Analysing album covers- the punk/rock genre

During the 70's, album art became more controversial, prehaps the most recognised of these is 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' from the punk band Sex Pistols. This was an iconic album cover from the punk rock era during the 70s, and yet the design is very simple. The yellow background immediately grabs the attention of the audience and has no photographs to show the band yet through the font displays the sense of the music the band produced, rebellious and loud. The contrasting pink with the yellow stands out and is disrupting and also pleasing to the eye. Overall the cover is not easy for the eye and this is exactly the purpose- to encourage discomfort and controversy.

Despite the fact that The Sex Pistols only actually produced one album, their music has been repackaged and re-released many times.

This is the officially recognized list of albums:Never Mind The B******s, Here's The Sex Pistols(1977)
The Great Rock n Roll Swindle(1979)
Some Product - Carri On Sex Pistols(1979)
Kiss This(1992)
Never Mind The B******s (aka This is Crap)(1996)
Filthy Lucre Live(1996)
The Filth and the Fury(2000)
Jubilee(2002)
Sex Pistols Box Set(2002)

Another iconic album from the punk rock era is 'London Calling' by The Clash.  On the cover, there is a guitar being smashed, which is seen as a stereotype for rock bands, as it showed off their status (they could afford another guitar) and their involvement and passion of the music, and also excited audiences and fans. The  font style on this album was inspired by artwork for an Elivis Presley album.

In 2002, this photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by "Q magazine", they also commened that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control".