Album Cover - Belle and Sebastian - If you're feeling sinister

This album was released in November of 1996 by a band called Belle and Sebastian who produce very soft acoustic indie music. The cover of this really works with the feel of the music on this album, as its relaxing and comforting with mildly disturbing lyrics. The photo on this cover art is of a young girl looking really bored, which is what most of the album is about, being young and bored and trying to find things to do, learning about people. It's quite an influencial album for young adults as the songs are almost educational, about life, being young, and all the ups and downs that come with it. There's also a copy of 'The Trial' next to the girl, which is a depressing and complex play written by Franz Kafka in the early 1900's, and is often studied in later years of high school or college. This also relates to the educational lyrics in the majority of songs on this album. The red filter on the photograph gives the photo a evil/sinister feel which also connects to the name of the album 'If You're Feeling Sinister'.

This album was released in September this year, and is Two Door Cinema Club's second major album. The cover art for this CD was particularly interesting as it didn't involve any shots of the band members, or any faces, and instead focused on women's body parts. The photos have also been edited to have a slight glow about them, adding a dream like atmosphere to the art. This also relates to the songs on this particular album because a lot of them have been inspired by a short period the lead singer went through when writing this album of having really odd and surreal dreams. There is a track called sleep alone which is about this period, using lyrics such as 'He sleeps alone, he needs no army where he's headed cause he knows that they're just ghosts and they can't hurt him if he can't see them'. It's the main single off the album and is very upbeat, despite Alex singing about something quite traumatic. Therefore the cover art connects nicely with the songs on the album, as well as referencing to something personal for the band, particularly Alex Trimble (the lead singer).

Album Cover - Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree

This album was released in May 2005 by 'Fall Out Boy', a four man band from Chicago, Illinois, which was their third album. Before they recorded this album, while touring, they crashed the bus they were travelling in, in the middle of winter. So the photo of a minivan half covered by snow relates back to this incident which shook up the band members and ad worried fans. I feel this made the cover quite popular because it related back to something important and meaningful for the band and fans, giving the album a homely feel. Moving onto the curtains and audience I think this is a reference to the record company 'Fuelled By Ramen' as at this particular time other that was their image, a dramatic theatre style which fellow friends and band 'Panic! At The Disco' were also playing around with.