Oasis - Be Here Now

This is Oasis's album 'Be here now' which was released in 1997. The band are not following typical conventions as they have not included the album name on the cover. Instead they have a calender in the image which has their release date on it. They have their iconic band name font in the top right hand corner, this makes it cohesive with their previous album and that style of print is recognisable with the band.

It is set in prestigious settings this is code for the bands success and to show how far they have come, in their first album they are in opposite settings to this. However they have elements of the last album as they are in order of hierarchy in their positioning. Liam the lead vocals is at the front and the only one looking at the camera, therefore he is in the position of leading them. A bit further away one of the band members are holding a key as a guitar as a code that music is a key to their future.

They are dressed in casual clothing and some are wearing sunglasses which is now iconic to the band. What they are wearing is juxtaposition to where the photo is set and symbolises the time period.

The expensive car in the swimming pool is now a typical convention of a boy rock band but at the time they were breaking the ideological and typical styles of album front covers. It also shows that the band can afford to live their lives like this and that they have total dis-regard to wealth and money. A grammar phone and a motorbike also appear in the image, they are there to represent the bands passions. Their influences and history. The TV and globe in the background link back to their old album, the globe to be a code for that they aim to conquer the world and the futuristic tv to show that they are going to be the same and not forget what they used to do and be whatever happens in the future. There is also a clock without out any hands a code for them and their music being timeless and that they have all the time to achieve their goals.