An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially realised audio recording product or album. It can be used on CD's, or 10" or 12"records.
The features on Album Covers can change dramatically as every band is different, but even then, the band won't necessarily do the same style of cover every time.
When an album cover is being produced, then it has to be sent to the record label before it is released to see if it is appropriate for release and to see if it will relate to the target audience that is most popular for the band.
My favourite album cover!
Recovery, was released in 2010 by the American rapper Eminem. This was his 7th studio album, yet probably his least controversial to date.
The message behind Recovery was showing he has turned over a new leaf. As he has stated, when writing album the album encore, he was "on drugs' and while writing relapse, he was "flushing them out". This album is made up of songs that express his feelings of when he was in that state of mind and how he is showing improvement in lifestyle now.
In one of his songs "Space Bound", it is believed that it is to show how you can be seen in many different ways, as Eminem has been over his years in the music industry.
The album fits into Eminem's theme, because it is the story of his life, showing how he is as a person in the past and now, and how he has had a troubles life.
It appeals to his target audience as he will always have adoring fans that have read and listened about his life for years and years and have been there following his career from the start.
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