The Rolling Stones - Sticky FingerThis Album Cover was released in New York in 1971. I found this particular album cover interesting as it has underlying denotations of male dominance with its hidden phallic imagery and focus on the male reproductive area. This is also a particularly controversial to the time period in terms of musical fashion, with Punk vs Disco and the 'rebel' quailty. The use of black and white gives this album cover a certain vintage quality and red stamp like texts of the band and album name catch the audiences attention. The album cover almost looks like an advert for a pair of jeans, with the red text acting as a price label. This picture of a pair of washed out jeans is another example of the success of simplicity.
This typically 'Punk' era album cover is in contrast with the typically 'Disco album cover of 'Saturday Night Fever' by The Bee Gees. This cover is alot less abstract than The Rolling Stones cover, using colour 
and an obvious depiction of a man 'disco' dancing on a dancefloor and a band of three men dressed in white, standing out against the black background. This gives the 'disco' era a very enlightened image, as if they are the 'saviour' of music against the rebellious 'Punk'. I have found that the fashion of album covers changes over time and develops, often with two different fashions overlapping, similarly here with punk vs disco with disco as the dying craze and Punk as the new idea pushing forward.
and an obvious depiction of a man 'disco' dancing on a dancefloor and a band of three men dressed in white, standing out against the black background. This gives the 'disco' era a very enlightened image, as if they are the 'saviour' of music against the rebellious 'Punk'. I have found that the fashion of album covers changes over time and develops, often with two different fashions overlapping, similarly here with punk vs disco with disco as the dying craze and Punk as the new idea pushing forward.
I found this album cover for Cher's album 'It's a man's world' particularly interesting as the dominant female image of Cher acts as a contrast to the album's name itself. The biblical reference that is made to the Genesis story of Adam and Eve and 'Original Sin', with the serpent representing Satan and the red apple representing the fruit taking from the tree of life, creates quite a rebellious image. The colours used are very strong and have a sharp contrast against eachother. The dominating white and blue tint creates quite a cold, icy feeland the lack of expression and emotion on Cher's face gives quite a haunting impression. 
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