Conventions of album backs

1. • Featuring a picture of
the band
• List of tracks on the right
side
• Music label with logo
and name
• Barcode
• Producer
• Links to social media
• Copyright text at the
bottom of the page.
• Colour scheme that fits
with the front cover
• Multiple fonts used,
constant with the front
cover

2. • Simple black and white
colour scheme
• Song in a list in the
middle of the album back
• Same fonts used
throughout
• Record label and logo
• Copyright text at the
bottom of the text
• Everything is central
including the text
• Producer

3. • Song list at the left of the
back
• Barcode ay the top right
• Record label
• Copyright text
• Producers
• Simple black and yellow
colour scheme
• Colour scheme is consistent
with front cover
• Very simple colour scheme

4. • Songs list is on the right of
the album
• Songs have the length of the
song
• Simple colour scheme
• Simple image
• Barcode
• Record label and logo
• Copyright text

5. To conclude:
The conventions of a back cover for a album are very simple, the main features are:
• All songs feature on the album in a list
• Simple colour scheme that fits with the front cover of the album
• Barcode
• Record label and logo
• Copyright small print at the bottom of the back
• Track number next to the track
However what is not clear from looking at different front covers is, many of the backs have
the track list in a different position, for example one is central, one is to the left and the
other to the right. This means that it does not matter where your track list is placed on as it
differs from album to album. Some albums also feature the song length next to the song,
this is unconventional as I only saw it on a few back covers.