bon jovi cd cover analysis

Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet cd cover

The image on the cd cover is a rainy night as seen through a glass window i.e. from indoors. This image gives the impression of both sadness from the rain and possibly comfort from the glass. This is further shown from the colours of the album which is predominantly black; which has connotations of darkness, possibly silence, or in some cases of evil, with touches of red and white which has connotations of lust, love, fire, passion, rage, blood, and possibly purity and good overlapping these sentiments.

This is further seen in the almost child-like font of the cd title which possibly gives the impression of love from the colours more of a rooting in the image given in the name of the cd.

This almost childlike quality is also seen in the fact that the placement of the three words that make up the cd title is somewhat diagonally crooked with each of the words below the other one giving the impression of both order and disorder of the mind of the writer as well as the impression that they wanted to see out the misty window something alot of people try doing when they are kids. This is possibly a way to connect with fans of the artist or members of the artists target audience which considering he is a rock artist is most likely people in their mid-teens to early thirties.

This somewhat more mature way of thinking is seen in the font of the artists name on the cd cover which is similar to either calligraphy done in the olde english style or news-type which gives the impression that this style of writing is similar to a symbol for the artist in question. Either that or that it was something he was trying at the time and wanted to attract more of a fan base than people in his target audience by changing his style.