Poster Pride & Prejudice: case study GOSSIP

Where we look at one Scorching piece of artwork that generates excitement for what it is advertising.

Then on the flipside we also have a Torturous piece that makes you wonder how it ever got approval to promote the product...

Following on from my review of Beth Ditto's biography I thought we would take a look at which album covers from Gossip get our seal of approval and which one needs to go in the fire

The Scorcher
 

The simple cover art of Music For Men I find is the strongest one from the five album catalogue of Gossip.  Instead of placing Beth Ditto front and centre we have a photo of newest band member Hannah Blilie.  The pinkish hue to the black and white picture creates a nice juxtaposition with the album title: also adorning the cover in pink writing.  It is such a straight forward design but one that works so well.

The Torture

On the other hand we have the home made style of art for Standing in the Way of Control.  It comes as no surprise that the artwork for Music For Men is much sleeker than their previous output; coming as it does on the major label Columbia.  Standing in the Way of Control though was their last record as a small indie group and the sleeve looks like an indie release.  I have to admit that I nearly didn't buy the album because of how much I disliked this cover, but the music was just too good not too.