Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Album covers - subverting and adhering conventions

The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper


Flamboyant clothing = conventional but also eye catching

Adele - 21


Artist, brand name and is simple = very conventional of the pop genre

Guns and Roses - Appetite for destruction

Tattoos and skulls = adhering to conventions and expectations of the genre

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon

No name of artist of album = subverting all conventions

Blur - The best of


Cartoons and no brand name = subverting conventions

Velvet underground - The velvet underground and Nico

Banana conveys sexual imagery, no brand name, no artist = very unconventional

Madonna - Celebration

Graffiti, Andy Warhole

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Different, pop art and simple = adhering to and subverting conventions








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