CD Cover Analysis - Wire

This album, Pink Flag, was released in 1977 by Wire. The image is simple, with only one object to look at in the centre of the cover. The image also serves the purpose to tell the consumers the album name, rather than having more text covering the image. I think this is quite a clever way of advertising the album's name, because it makes the consumers think about the cover, rather than just giving them the information straight away. The colours of the cover are mainly blue, pink and black, though there is brown and white in the image. All the colours work well together as none of them are loud colours, so they don't clash. The black used for the band name means it stands out from the image and makes it easier to read. The colours also look 'washed out' giving the cover a vintage look. Alrhough the colours make the cover look more interesting, most of them come from the image, and only the black is added on. I quite like the idea that the colours from the image make up the main colour palette. Like Suck It and See, the band name is placed in the top left hand corner of the cover, allowing it to be visible whilst on show in stores. The font used for the band name is simple, but bold, which helps to draw some of the attention away from the image, as it's more obvious.

In conclusion, I like the use of the image as it makes the cover look more interesting than just a plain background, so this is something I would consider using in my cover designs. However, I would include the album name on my cover because I think that relying on the image to project the name isn't very reliable and could lead to confusion.