Analysis-Album Covers- Sergeant Pepper

There are the typical conventions of an album cover shown here.  There is the album name and the band name.  At the time this album cover was iconic as it was completely different to any other.  It was maybe a revolutionary way of making art for your album cover at the time.

It was one of the first album covers to turn art into others form of pop-art, by using these album arts in association with the band their art was another part of what defined them as a band.

In the album art there are lots of flowers.  This is a code for summer and 'summer of ' which is associated with this era as it was the 1960's when people were about free love and peace and freedom, so therefore there values comes through in these artists  album cover.

The drum is code for music .  It also has connotations with the circus.  The drum obviously shows them as the musical artists they are but also the circus connections shows the style of music which is fun, lively, colourful and entertaining.

The main people in the centre of the album cover are dressed in military esque clothing. The clothing however is very bright and colourful.  This has therefore undermined what a uniform stands for being in line with rules and regulations, instead it shows they have rebelled against this and done what they want and been unique as a band.  This may be what they want you to think of their music that it is unique and revolutionary. 

The other people in the picture look as if they could be famous people, such as the lady standing there with the elegant dress and the long blonde hair.  She looks Marilyn Monroe esque.  The could be a homage to these people showing how important these people are to the band or maybe showing the style of people/audience they feel their audience should be involved in or follow.

The back ground has a clear blue sky.  this is usually a code for freedom and tranquility. It is also code for a tropical place which could suggest they are in a tropical place, because the flowers are also very bright colours.  There is also a palm tree.  This is an important part of the album art.  This palm tree is usually associated with the Caribbean and desert Islands.  Therefore this is code for the band breaking away from the British persona.  These people whom are famous and who are artists who feel they may be better than us in some way have separated themselves from the norms of society and have gone to an exclusive Island separate from us as if they are some kind of Legends in their own right.