Pretty Odd (2008) was Panic! At the Disco's 2nd album, and is considered very experimental due to the contrast of genre to their 1st. The music had a huge influence from The Beatles and The Beach Boys, which is clearly reflected in the cover. The cover is extremely illustrative and detailed. The floral design surrounds the 'Pretty Odd' banner, the focus of the cover. The title being the centre of the album is one of the common conventions of a cover. However the band name isn't featured on the cover, which isn't the norm as it means the buyer should already know what the album is. This would mean that album's target audience will mostly be those who are already fans of Panic! At the Disco.
The 'painted' design creates a vintage look reflecting the psychedelic rock, almost folk genre. The colours of the album are incredibly bright colours but muted giving the impression of a vintage filter. Another vintage feature of the album is the purple/brown border, which recreates a convention generally seen on old vinyl sleeves. Because of the extremely busy design the album would be very eye catching on a shelf and would therefore attract more purchases.
I really like this album cover because of the detail and bright look it has. However I feel this would not fit with the slow, indie genre of our artist. It does, though, have the vintage air I would like to incorporate into my album cover, which is closely linked to the indie genre.
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