5 Album Covers - "Blue Eyed Soul"

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Amy is in the centre of the frame, posing with
a natural facial expression looking directly toward the camera.

This holds connotations that the album is open and honest.

She is dressed in her iconic beehive, thick black eyeliner and red lipstick. She also has a white cotton dress on teamed with a red leather belt. This is her own indivudual style.

The photograph itself is reletivley simple, its taken from a medium shot of Amy sitting on a wooden stool against a black background.

This supports the albums title "Back To Black". Which also holds some negative connotations that the songs included in her album relate to sad times in her life.

The title is at the bottom of the picture, because the attention should be focused on Amy herself. Her name is written in the biggest size and in a stripey font, then underneath "Back To Black".

The lighting is artificial and focused on Amy herself. Because she is in the press alot, and especially during the time her album was released - 2006 - the record company must of relied on her image itself, therefore keeping the rest of the factors quite simple.

Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions

The title of the album is "Soul Sessions" letting the potentional audience know exacly what kind of music to expect.

The photograph is yet again relaetivly simple and is a close up shot of Joss singing into a microphone in what looks like a recording studio.

This has been edited to a dark purple colour connoting mystery and sexuality.

At the bottom right of the picture it says in bright yellow almost stripey font "The Soul Sessions". This catches the audiences attention but following the main picture of herself singing.

It is a modern album made to look like a vintage one, suggesting to further possibley older audiences - rather than the target demographic of 16-30 women - that her music is how soul used to be.

Gabriella Cilimi - Lessons To Be Learned

Gabriella looks directly into the camera and poses naturally, with her hand scrunching her hair. This has been taken from a medium shot.

This has also been edited to a 'sepia' effect which also makes the album looks like an old one, suggesting her singing style is that of typicial soul.

We can see she is wearing alot of necklaces and a black vest top, the same as what she wore in her first single and the video i have also analysed - Sweet About Me. Because this reached number one (and therefore was played alot) the audience can recognise her immediatley from this.

The title and her name is written at the top left of the album, with out captials in an italic bold font. This is used to reflect her laid back, easy going personality much like her music.

At the bottom right is her record label and company logo and small details which is written in a tiny font and the colour matches the sepia effect on the photograph, so not taking the attention away from her picture and the title of the album.

Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!

The album title reflects real speach by using prosodic features, connoting ideas that she is laid back and down to earth going much like her music.

This is supported by the image of her lying on the grass, taken from a medium shot. She is wearing an orange top with her hair tied back and jeans, this is a very relaxed style and would have been relevant to the fashion scene when her album was first released - in 2000.

Her name is in the middle of the album in a huge curly green font and underneath is the title of the album, written in a light blue colour in the same font but smaller. The connotations of these colours and natural and fresh, reinforced by the image of her lying flat on the grass.

Like the other albums she faces the camera and looks at it directly also pulling a natural facial expression. This tells the audience she and the music featured is honest and relaxing.

The lighting is natural been as the photograph is taken outdoors, however this must have been edited because it's very bright.

It isn't particuarly clear that we know who the target audience is because she isn't doing anything encoded in the idea we have of stereotypical soul, so soul fans may not notice this.

Duffy - Rockferry

The image is taken from a medium shot, and shows Duffy looking down from the camera away from an old fashioned train.

The image is taken in 'greyscale' and her clothing - a high buttoned coloured coat and thick blonde hair - make her relevant to older audiences as well as the target demographic - 16-30.

Her name looks handwritten as a signature, at the top left of the page, this tells the audience that this is something very personal to her and that the songs like the other albums above i have analysed; are open and honest.

In the image we can also see her holding one side of her coat together, as if she is putting her hand on her heart and that these songs are very emotional.

'Rockferry' is written at the bottom left of the page in capital letters and in a bold and old-fashioned font.