Kasabian Poster and Album Cover synergy.

This is the poster for Kasabian’s album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. It features the band as the main focus of the poster, all staring in what looks like a mirror. This produces some sort of synergy with the music video Fire, One of the main features of the music video being the lead singer looking into a reflective window in numerous occasions. Another thing that can link in with the music video fire is that one of the band members in the video is wearing a neck chief; this is similar to the band member in the bottom right who is also wearing a neck chief. The band members are all seen wearing old fashioned clothes. It adds effect to the poster because we wouldn’t tend to see people wearing clothes like that now a day, showing they are going against norms. The band member on the left is wearing what seems to be a colonel or lieutenant outfit maybe showing his importance, suggesting he may be the lead singer of the band. The poster is quite dark in colours maybe representing the genre of music that they play, possibly rock. The typography of the poster is quite bold and is probably the first thing you see. This is good for marketing purposes because it grabs people’s attention so they see this poster before anything else. The Artist name at the top is lot bigger than the album name at the bottom, suggesting that the band name is a lot more important in terms of advertising but the album is still advertised nonetheless. The poster is quite simple in its forms of typography this is probably because it gives a better impact if there is not too much going on in the poster therefore making it look more interesting and appealing as opposed to boring and time consuming to read.



This is the Album cover for Kasabian’s Album. The front cover is the same as the poster, so for analysis see above. The back of the album cover is what seems to be a target with an eye in the middle. It is simple in its design but effective because the eye in the middle contrasts against the deep red background. In the middle of the target are the songs listed in the shape of the target. At the bottom of the back cover is the copyright laws and where the cover was made and when. At the top is the recording company, that being Sony music. The fact that a target is in the middle suggests violence throughout their music maybe about guns? It reflects the music video fire because they use guitars as guns and this references the target at the back.