This is the album cover of the 4th album from Black Sabbath. It is a picture of the singer Ozzy Osbourne in the middle surrounded by the name of the band and what number album it is. The background colour is black which connotes the rock genre of music. furthermore, this helps the image of the lead singer to pop out of the cover and highlights the peace pose of the singer which again was a theme of the rock genre that peace and expression of music. At first glance you would believe that of all genres this is clearly a rock genre album. The star image of the artists is rock 'n' roll, mental and freedom and these are all themes that will relate and resonate with their target audience. The writing is big and bold to stand out to sell the band who is performing as that is the name on the album. Also the colour is bland compared to the yellow of the picture which helps to further elevate the picture off the cover so people can see the message of what the band and album stand for.
Dressed to Kill is the third album for the American Hard rock band Kiss. Similarly to the last album the background of the album is black and the colour scheme is only black and whit which the dark and lack of colours is associated with the rock genre and their star image as a band. The picture of the band in the middle highlights their star image of being crazy, dangerous, mysterious and scary. The fans of hard rock music generally also attract to those themes of danger and being crazy so this attracts the specific hard rock fans who like this to the extreme to buy the album. The bands name Kiss is at the top in the brightest colours to highlight the band name, however it is also in a specific font where the 'SS' at the end of KISS are shaped like lighting bolts to connoted danger again highlighting their star image and what they represent. Lastly the album name is small, at the bottom and blends into the background and as the name is 'dressed to kill' which is already scary and mysterious and connotes danger again furthering what the band are trying to get across when selling this album.
Crime of the Century is the third studio album by English rock band Supertramp. Again as a rock band album cover the colour schemes are on the same lines and as this is a picture of space the background is predominantly black with white stars scattered round. The colours are what you would associate with a rock album cover dark and meaningful. The main picture is of hands clinging onto the bars of a floating prison cell. This is very mystery and can have lots of different meanings, things such as crime, mystery, danger, entrapment are all themes that are associated with rock genre and is how they are selling their star image to the target audience. The band name is the biggest on the album and is in a futuristic font and a smaller name of the album title underneath. The album cover as a whole is mysterious and lots of unanswered questions that will intrigue people to buy the album.
Road to Ruin is the fourth album by American Punk rock band the Ramones. Following the them of all these album covers of a black background that connotes the rock genre, with the brightness of the Band name as well as the album name to sell the band. The main picture is very colourful and clearly highlights a rock band. It is them in a cartoon form with all the generic rock equipment such as drums, guitars and the clothing. This highlights their star image to the the audience of a punk rock band it is simple and clear of what sort of music the play and what they are like as a band. This makes it easy for their target audience to relate to it as their isn't a coded message it is just a straight forward rock band and that will sell well with rock fans.
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