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Taio Cruz album Textual Analysis

Back Pane

Front Pane

Inside Pane left

Inside Pane Right

Taio Cruz overall album cover is very dark and quite dull but it works for him, its simple and could be because he wants the music to do the talking not fancy artwork. The colour scheme of this album is: silver, black, white and red. Quite mellow plain colours but the slight hints of red makes it bright again. Its very contrasting against the harsh tone of the black background. The front pane is simple does what it says on the tin. A primary image of the singer, the album name and the artists name. There is no fancy subliminal messages or smart camera work to connote different things about the genre or the musician. The primary image is reminds me of a David Bailey image but with a unique futuristic feel to it. And knowing Taio Cruz music futuristic is the style of music he performs and enjoys.

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Again it is very simple even in the binder as usually there is industry information filling up all the space but instead its just his name and the title, still continuing with the very simple theme. On the back pane there is a strange image behind the song titles that seems to be peaking through almost as if its not ready to come out. Could be foreshadowing the artists music. Finally there is a barcode at the bottom and then industry information, which is mandatory if any album.