Album cover art analysis of oasis : definite maybe

Analysis of Oasis Album: Definate maybee

This album cover is quite conventional in the terms of adhering to the central features expected like the logo is in the log left , and the album name is at the top with the picture the cental theam of the album cover. Also it is conventional as the band members are featured in front cover. There are also numerous codes at work within this album are . They are there to establish the bands importance, confidence , ambition , musically and identity as this was there first album so the album is extremely in helping create the bands originality and establishing there image. therefore they had to create a ground braking front cover.

On the right side of the album cover quite central and clear to the observer there the a Man city player in a flame this is a convention used to establish there from manchester as this team is know as the team that real people from manchester support. Also it acknowledges, the bands Manchurian heritage.

Further more there is a wine glass with red wine in it , this is a code for sophistication, indulgent, as it is a drink which is associated with this though aristocracy. however opposite to the wine glass , there is a pack of B and H gold this is a code for working class , so it is therefore trying so convey that, they are sophisticated artists from a working class background.

The positioning of the band members in the front cover is conventional as it goes from most important to least important , this is why Liam Gallagher the lead singer is at the middle at the bottom. His body language is coding for a deep thinker as he is lying down on the floor. He is also separate from the group this codes him being a individual even though he is in a band , this helps to create the character which there audience will come to know. The other band member which is on the sofa has a guitar , this codes for a song writer as he is in his house sitting there playing around with his guitar, coming up with songs this makes him look like the bands songs just come naturally to him. Further more the back member of the band such as the drummer are positioned in the room this codes for there position in the band.

The room which the band members are in again codes for sophistication , as there are social trend of the upper class such as the sanded wooden floor , and the big firer place , it is not a typical type of house that a younger person there age would own. Yet there is working class things, which again highlights there working class heritage.

The costume of Liam is very much in the style of the beatles , with his waste cote tec. this codes for the influences which has helped to style his music, the other band member behind him to dressed very casually this codes for them being normal working class people.

There is a globe in the the background which codes for the having the world ambition and also that they are taking over the world , also that the world is in there hands. There is also a t.v in the room which one band member is watching this codes for working class, also it is a code for unity and a family , as a family sit together watching T.v .

The logo in the top left is back and white . this codes for there lyrics being black and white . further more there is no capital letters in the logo this is a code that show they are all equal . Further more the font style is like that of the sun, this codes for working class as the sun is a blue colour workers new paper . The font style of the album name is personal and looks real this codes for a person touch , and poetic