Research: most famous album covers

The Beatles “Abbey Road” album cover is one of the most iconic images of the four current members of the Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and George Harrison Walking in a line over a zebra crossing in Abbey Road the theme for the cover is of funeral symbolism due to the themed clothing John Lennon is white that of a Preacher Ringo Star clad in black as the mourner, Paul McCartney wearing an old suit barefoot possibly depicting the dead finally George Harrison wearing tattered jeans and a shirt, to represent the grave digger. Besides the obvious appearance from further in depth research particularly from the daily mail’s online news feed there are smaller less noticeable indicators of death such as the cigarette in the "corpses" hand.

Nirvana’s never mind is another well-known album covers featuring a baby in a clear pool presumed to be chasing a dollar note, this has many symbolic messages to the image that gained its fame, such as the hinted iconography that perhaps everyone is helpless to money and controlled by it while also it could show the dangers that money brings, as the baby would die in this kind of situation. this suggest they're music to have a very anti-society feel while not coming across as a more "rebel" "teenage" kind of music that became popular around that era like Britney Spears. Additionally Kurt Cobain often had darker imagery and lyrics which is shown by the obviously life threatened baby in the  water so at the same time it reflects and stays true to his own perspective instead of being commercialised.

We will take lengthy consideration into these two album covers as they will help inspire us for our CD covers in both the preliminary and main task and show us that the albums can have a significant meaning through simple images which we will hope we can incorporate the theory into our own.