The above cover is from Def Leppard’s most successful album, Hysteria made in 1987. As can be seen, as in my other album cover analysis, there is little to identify the band visually and instead relies on bright colours to attract the attention of a passerby. Although Def Leppard were not extremely popular before the release of this album, again the reliance is shown to be on the band’s name rather than the album itself. Like the other album, this album relies on contrasting colours, with the extremely common blue/orange contrast being shown, this contrast is further highlighted by the use of a red/green contrast that compliments the orange/blue designs respectively. It is possible that the image used in the centre is there as a focal point for the entire album, but it is also possible that it is white to draw the eyes away from the central triangle.
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