This album displays the third general convention of album covers, which is to have an image of the artist on the cover. The Pleasure Principle (1979) is Gary Numan's third album, however the first made within his own name. The album was an extreme change as it doesn't feature any guitars and is solely synth music.
The album image, as I've said previously, is a photograph of Gary Numan. The photo however is uncharacteristic of this type of covers as it isn't a portrait styled picture, beautifully displaying the artist and adhering to a looks obsessed society. Numans image is extremely surreal as it shows his almost emotionless personality simply sat in front of a grey backdrop staring at a red pyramid. The colours on the album are extremely muted and really the only colour that stands out is the red, much like The Last Shadow Puppets album. Numan's attire is unstereotypical of the electronic music on the album and similar artist at the time, he looks much more business man than popular musician.
The text is small and it seems its placed in the available space, suggesting that the image is most import on the album. It is, however, very legible due to the bright white against the grey and the block capitals, as though the text is being exclaimed loudly.
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