Rusted Root album covers

I decided to have a look at some of the album covers Rusted Root had created as i expected them to represent the bands image and personality. It also helped me start to think about ideas for my digipack. As expected, their album covers matched up to everything i'd previously seen about them. Bright colours like their clothes on the video, artistic and interesting elements, and they also appear rustic, nature-based and welcoming. All of these aspects shown on the covers could tell me a lot about the band and their music, even if i hadn't heard of them before. An album cover is crucial for a band, it could make or break sales as it is the first thing the customer will see on the shelf, and people will always make an initial judgement on something. The cover has to not only represent the band, but the music and their desired audience. Also as expected, the majority of their covers did not have the band themselves featured, but an artistic concept. There are arguments both for and against having the artists profile appear on the cover.  For example, people may not recognise it so quickly if the band is not on the cover. Therefore, they will have to go the extra mile to look at the titles on the albums which could potentially minimise their audience as some may only know what the band look like and not what their name is.