Busted Album Covers Analysis

This album cover shows the band in a police line up, this creates an image of rebellion and immaturity. The message that the image creates suggests that the target audience is for a younger audience, around the ages of 10 and 14. I say this because at the audience’s age they are likely to be to be searching for an image and therefore they can relate to the older attitude that the band create. The band use this common ground to gain attention from their target audience and gain more popularity therefore making the band more successful. The band uses a stamp like font for the name of the band; the stamp is associated to prison and therefore emphasizes the whole rebellious look that the band created. The red font also relates to the whole rebellious idea as well as making the font iconic so it stands out and allows the audience to know it’s a Busted album.

This album cover revolves around 3 simple colours, red, black and white. The band are in white and black which contrasts with the red background. The huge contrast gives the cover an eye catching presence which makes it more appealing to the target audience. The band maintain the rebellious image as they stand in a arrogant and dominant pose, this again is done to appeal to their young target audience. Like other albums the band uses the stamp like font for the band name, this ensures the audience know exactly it’s a Busted album.