Album Cover Conventions

Front Covers
- A simplistic colour schemes
- A simplistic design
- Few or no characters
- Use of a different colour for the band/artist name compared to the rest of the cover
- Hidden meanings
- A title that explains to the audience what the album will be about
- Bold, simple fonts for the band/artist name
- Similar or entirely opposite font for the album title

Back Covers
- Name of band/artist at very top
- Name of album beneath this
- List of song titles, usually centred
- Barcode in bottom right hand corner
- Name of record company
- Copyright and year
-Who owns the copyright material
- Who the album has been distributed by

Insides
- Colour scheme that is the same as the rest of album
- Blank, plain background
-No characters
- Few or no text

Spines
- Name of the record company in recognised font, or logo
- Name of band/artist
- Name of album
- Both in the same simplistic fonts
- Code linking to the record company