Magazine Advert Research: Google

The Stone Roses Anniversary Album Advert

• Includes quotes/recommendations from other music magazines


• States song writer Ian Brown and original producer John Leckie


• Makes note of special tracks present, to appeal to past fans and those who know of the songs from the charts - creates awareness and appeal.


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• Bottom corners - logos of stores that this CD is available at


• Image - may be relevant to the CD cover from the past, or its there because it just looks cool? Against black background, the colours appear more vibrant.


• Red, white, and blue font against black is striking.

Ok Go New Album Advert and Article from Billboard Magazine

• Font and block colours co-ordinate with the clothing that the band is wearing


• The image has no sense of proportion (it looks like they're coming out of the page) and therefore makes the image more interesting artistically.


• The people in the image fill up the page; to advertise themselves to fans and the public.


• There is a persuasive element - "BUY YOUR COPY NOW". The word "NOW" is an imperative, and therefore sounds more commanding towards the audience and is more impressionable.

Feeder "Comfort in Sound" Album Magazine Advert

• Takes up a whole magazine page.


• The white background makes it eye catching, as the text and images is less crowded than others.


• Follows conventions by having the album name, band, and 'Out Now' as the first three most noticeable information - it is in bold, black capitals.


• Goes against conventions, as there is not an image of the band itself. The drawing also seems irrelevant, and its meaning/symbolism may only be recognisable to fans.


• Format of the poster is very plain - all text is located on the left side and in the same font (besides the band name).


• It includes track listings - unusual as most magazine adverts has a large focusing image.

Gwen Stefani "Love, Angel, Music, Baby" Album Magazine Advert

• Main image is the same as the image on the CD, however it is still shown on the bottom left corner - this is helpful for people who have seen the advert, and want to look for it later.


• The artist's name is bigger than the album name.


• This advert may be restricted in terms of where it can be displayed - only in magazines where the demographics is over 17?


• Famous tracks such as "What you waitin' for?" and "Rich Girl" are stated on the advert


• Yellow over white symbolises the 50s, glamourous image the artists is trying to portray, but it makes the text difficult to read.