Advert Analysis

This is the Kasabian magazine advert for their album 'Empire'. Kasabian are a British Indie Rock band and this album was released in August 2006 and went to number one in the UK Album Charts.  They named it 'Empire' because the band use that word to describe something good.

The artwork used in this advert is the album artwork used for the front cover of the CD. It is a King of clubs playing card. This could portray that Kasabian are powerful and one of the strongest, highest band in their type of genre. (King of clubs is a high playing card). It also shows a king or old soldier of some sort carrying a naked woman. This could imply that again they are strong, due to the size of the man compared to the woman.

There is also 3 critic opinions included in the advert. They are powerful sentences used to describe how the critic felt about the album and all the words used can also be used to describe a powerful King. For example; "World takeover predicted."

The colours used in the artwork of this advert are the majority primary colours. I believe this is done because they aren't a mix. They are strong and stand boldly alone. Which may be what Kasabian want to get across to their audience.






This is the Foo Fighters advert for their Greatest Hits album which was released on November 2nd 2009. Foo Fighters are an American Rock band who formed in 1994. It is made up of 5 members.

The background of this advert looks as though it is some sort of metal. I believe that they used that due to the original name of the band. Foo Fighters are named that because they got their name from UFO sightings during World War Two, which were called Foo Fighters. Therefore I think that the metal is used to represent the outer casing of what a UFO would look like.

The artwork used on this advert is the logo for the band. I think this is used due to the album being their greatest hits. Therefore the band would have to be quite well known and popular to release an album like that. This would mean that people would know their logo and realise it was an advertisement for Foo Fighters.