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Coldplay's Album Covers: Comparing Rock And Roll

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The first album I chose to analyze was released from the band Coldplay. The name of the first album cover is called Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which was released in 2008. The second album I chose came from a Japanese band named Dragon Ash. The name of the album is Viva La Revolution, which was released in 1999. I chose these two albums on how similar each cover is to one another and at the same time very different. They are both very interesting to look at and each cover has its own similar story. Each album cover has amazing detail, with the colors used, the alignment, and the balance of elements from top to bottom and left to right.
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They both have very similar mindsets to why they are a band. For looking at this album you can see that they sing for what they believe in and have that rebellious look. They both target the same audience, but different to how old they target audience is. Looking at both covers you can easily pick out the differences. For Coldplay’s album they literally just took Delacroix’s painting and cut it down to a smaller size. Whereas, Dragon Ash changed the entire layout. The same painting might have been used but you see that the band members are in place for the people. Another thing you see right away are the titles for each album. Coldplay uses a title that is painted on with splatter marks all over the painting, almost making it hard to read. Coldplay also does not put their name on the cover leaving someone who might buy it with the question, “Whose album is this?” Whereas, Dragon Ash has a nice printable title with their name on it, that is easy to read. The overall look at the Coldplay album looks old, it looks like it actually was painted in 1830, in which it was. Where Dragon Ash’s album cover looks like it was repainted and is new. It also looks like the painting is in HD. The album can tell you a lot about a band and also can tell you what kind of songs you are going to hear throughout the album. Both bands were creative and really thought outside the box on designing these cover. You won’t see covers like these from other bands. Both album covers, when you look at them tell you a story of who the band is and what they are trying to accomplish, which is

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