The Age of the Understatement - Album Cover Analysis

This is another album cover with a huge vintage influence tying in with the vintage influence on the songs. The Age of the Understatement (2008) is the first and only album from The Last Shadow Puppets, a collaboration band of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane and producer James Ford.

Another popular convention of albums is to use an already existing image. The image is the focus of the album, however it's a photograph unrelated to the band or the album. The photo is one taken in 1962 by Sam Haskins. The black and white photograph and the stereotypical style of the sixties model brings vintage elegance to the cover. A feature that I really love. The image is right aligned allowing ample space to display the name of the band and the title.

The text stands out against the white background, drawing the eye. The band name is written in a very solid, bold more modern font whereas the album title is extremely retro. The many of the consonants come to the same length at the capital letters, creating a disjointed look. The red injects the only bit of colour onto the cover, giving a huge constrast to the black and white and singling it out as the most important part featured on the cover.