Magazine Advert Analysis.

Here is a magazine advert for the artist Gwen Stefani, it is promoting her new album which the advert states it si avalible through download and album. The advert doesn't state the release of the album which only presume that the album is available already. , but it does state two songs which is featured on the album, they are "What you waiting for?" and "Rich Girl", this help promotes the album by stating the two singles which have been released proir to the album. This help sells the album, the style of the album and the way Gwen Stefani is presented on the advert as royalty hinting the fact she is the queen of hip-hop, as she is popular and successful . Gwen Stefani is presented as royalty by sitting on a throne and holding a crown, which is the theme of the album. It also shows Gwen Stefani's record company (Target) and website (http://www.gwenstefani.com/) to promote the companies.

Here is the magazine advert for the single "Love is Noise" by the artist The Verve. The advert clearly states that the single is out now to buy, and it says the formats it is available in CD, Vinyl and Download. The whole feel of the magazine advert is relaxed and calm, with a nice relaxing picture of the clouds, the artwork on the advert clearly shows what feel the album has, this helps the album sell as an advert is all about selling the product you have. The bands information is also displayed on the advert, the record company, "Parlophone" and the bands website, www.theverve.com.

From analyzing these two magazine adverts, I learnt that it is important to sell the album through a picture or a theme, which seems hard but is very is entirely possible. To do this you have to match the style and feel of the album and try to present that trough an image, The Verve do this well in with the picture they use, conveying a relaxed theme to it. It is also important that the magazine adverts sow what music label the artist represents, this means that when people see the logo of the music label, they will know what kind of music it is and what other artist's they are similar too, again helping to sell the album to people who haven't heard of the band before.