Analysis Daughter's Album Covers

To help me with designing the album cover I decided to analyse all previous album covers as well as any of the official Daughter photographs to inspire me. Firstly I looked at the covers of released albums such as 'If You Leave', 'His Young Heart' and 'Wild Youth'.

ALBUM COVERS:

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The two EPs; 'His Young Heart' and 'Wild Youth' feature two of the most iconic Daughter album cover. They both feature young children, similar in features. The photographs look as if they are home photos which adds a feeling of nostalgia. This idea, despite being Daughter's iconic image however would be hard to replicate and I think it would not tie in with the song or the album theme.

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However I do like the idea of replicating the old photo aesthetic as it resembles most of Daughter's album covers. I could replicate this using film photos such as the ones you would get from a polaroid or I can edit photos I have taken to create a grainy feel with low-key lighting.

In these two photos there are also a sample of the type of text the band use on all of their albums. White text is always used on the covers and the name of the band tends to be bigger than the name of the album.

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 The full studio album uses a picture of landscape rather than members of the band or the two iconic children. The image uses the same grainy feel as the other two images and the colour has been adjusted so it is not a vibrant. It links better with the songs in the album as the all have a naturalistic feel to them.

This idea is also something I would not replicate as it is rather bland and does not advertise the band. Nonetheless, this is something that I would like to replicate inside the digipack as it will go with the nature-related lyrics.

The text on this album is in black as the background behind it is white, but it uses a similar font to the other two album covers. The name of the band again is shown in large letters in comparison to the name of the album. This is an idea that I am inspired by and I would like to keep the tradition by using it on my album cover.

BAND PHOTOGRAPHS:



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Elena Tonra as the lead singer is the fore-front of the band and her face is the image the band go by. In most photographs of the band she is often situated in the middle of the photograph and perhaps even standing in front of the other two members.

In my video there are no actors to play the other band members and there is only a representative of Elena. Therefore I shall not replicate an image similar to these two photos. As Elena is the 'image' of the band, I intend on only using her image on the album cover.



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All three images show examples of Tonra's image which include her infamous bob and fringe, winged eyeliner and darker clothes. This is something that I should include in the photoshoot for the album cover (minus the haircut!) These photos also show great examples of poses that Tonra uses in photograph which I am influenced by.

In the first image it uses the same grainy, dark tone as the two EP covers. In addition to this, the third photo uses black and white to convey the same dark tone. This also something that has influenced my work. The second image is one of the few band images where it is colourful and bright. However it still does use a vignette to adjust the colour slightly to tie in with the rest of their images.


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The third image resembles the black and white theme of the 'Youth' video. I was inspired by the simplicity of the photo and I know that I could use this effect to tie in with the album theme.