CD Cover Analysis - Elvis Presley

Artist: Elvis Presley

Album: Elvis

Genre: Rock and Roll, Rockabilly

Album Release: October 1956

Track Listing:
Side One-

1. 'Rip It Up' (1:50)
2. 'Love Me' (2:41)
3. 'When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again' (2:18)
4. 'Long Tall Sally' (1:41)
5. 'First In Line' (3:21)
6. 'Paralyzed' (2:18)

Side Two-

1. 'So Glad You're Mine' (2:18)
2. 'Old Shep' (4:10)
3. 'Ready Teddy' (1:55)
4. 'Anyplace Is Paradise' (2:26)
5. 'How's The World Treating You?' (2:23)
6. 'How Do You Think I Feel?' (2.10)

(This album was also rereleased in 1999 with bonus tracks)

     This album cover is quite basic to look at, it features the artist in the centre of the frame and taking up a large portion of  it overall. He is looking up slightly to where the album name sits infront of him in the top right corner in solid red letters. A simple typography is used which adds a boldness to the CD name, which of course is the artist name as well. At the time when Elvis became a published recording artist, his music was very controversial, as they say he was the beginning of rock music, people weren't familiar with it and many, the older generations in particular, condoned it for being 'too out there', by keeping the cover quite simple the music would of seemed less daunting and out of place.

     This cover is very much promoting Elvis himself with the use of his picture and also his name as the album title, which makes sense as he was also known for his attractive appearance and vivacious personality that so many fell in love with.