Album Art Research

The artwork of an LP or an album has evolved to the extent where what you see on the cover is almost as important as what is on the album itself. A good album cover can make the album go down in the history books when the tracks on said album may not be the artists most memorable. For example "Suck It and See" by Arctic Monkeys is commonly considered the bands weakest release, although I don't support this view, however the simple design of the album cover is elegant, simplistic and aesthetically pleasing that it could probably be considered the groups best album for the way it looks, the album also draws a similar sheek style to The Beatles' "The Beatles" commonly refered too as "The White Album". Similarly when the group first came onto the scene their album cover for "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" was another memorable one with similarities made to that of John Lennon's  "Imagine" LP.

The first album cover for a group to become memorable is always important as it is the first milestone a group has together and a good album cover is always the selling point of an un-heard of group as it's the first thing a buyer rates before they have even heard a track. Memorable first album covers include Oasis' "Definitely Maybe" and The Stone Roses debut album of the same name rated number's 5 and 6 on Q magazine's "100 greatest ever album covers" respectively.

For our album cover I feel as though we should follow in these greats footsteps by keeping a simplistic, sheek design that is aesthetically pleasing on the eye.

However we also need to intertwine such minimalism with the essence of rebellion that is the essence of Fight Back. Many album covers have managed this and as such, have gone down in history as some of the greatest album covers of all time; for example "London Calling" by The Clash.