Original albums

For this task I was asked to choose the three albums which I will be recreating and research them. During this task I researched a lot about each album including the track listing, the year it was released, the title and artist of the album and I have also given an evaluation of each of the album covers. The three albums which I chose to recreate are “I walk the line” by Johnny Cash, “Slayed?” by Slade and “Reckless” by Bryan Adams.  Each of these albums are from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s respectively. 

I Walk The Line: Johnny Cash – 1964

Track listing: 

11.        I walk The Line

22.       Bad News

33.       Folsom Prison Blues

44.       Give My Love To Rose

55.       Hey Porter

66.       I Still Miss Someone

77.       Understand Your Man

88.       Wreck Of The Old ‘97

99.       Still In Town

110.   Big River

111.   Goodbye Little Darlin’ Goodbye

112.   Troublesome Waters 

I walk the line is the nineteenth studio album by Johnny Cash and it was released in May 1964. The original album artwork shows Johnny Cash wearing a black suit against a dark background stood at a microphone with a guitar in his arms. This means that it looks as though this photograph was taken during a performance. This is also made apparent by the lighting which is used within the photograph used here. This photograph has been lit using artificial lighting which has been directed onto the front of Johnny Cash which is made apparent by how well his face is lit yet how dark the surrounding parts of the photograph are. As Johnny Cash was known as ‘The Man In Black’ this album cover is very fitting as it shows cash wearing an all black suit as he was often seen wearing which soon became his signature look hence being given the nick name “the man in black”. Aside from the photograph which makes up the majority of this album this album cover also includes the artists name “Johnny Cash” and the title of the album “I Walk The Line” and in addition to this, a track listing is also featured on the front of the album cover. I feel that this is a very effective album cover as it is very informative and you know as soon as you pick it up what you are getting, the iconic photograph is very typical of Johnny Cash also. The photograph used for this album cover was produced by the photographer Lee Friedlander.


Slayed?:  Slade - (1972)

Track listing:

1: How D'ya Ride

2: The Whole World's Goin' Crazee

3: Look At Last Nite

4: I Won't Let It 'Appen Again

5: Move Over

6: Gudbuy T'Jane

7: Gudbuy Gudbuy

8: Mama Weer All Crazee Now

9: I Don' Mind

10: Let The Good Times Roll

Slayed is the third studio album by the British rock band Slade. Slayed was released November 1st 1972 and reached number 1 in the UK album charts and it lasted for a total of 34 weeks in the charts. This album featured two of the band biggest hits Gudbuy T'Jane and Mama Weer All Crazee Now and it has been said by rock critics to be the greatest studio album which Slade ever released. This album was also included within the book titled "1001 albums to listen to before you die". The original artwork for this album features a photograph of the four piece band stood together with the band name written across their knuckles with the album name displayed at the bottom of the album in bold yellow text. Within this photograph, the band are shown wearing typical glam rock clothing which they were known for as this was the style at this time. The era in which this albumm was released is also made evident from the hair styles which the band have as the long hair on males was fashionable within the 1970's. the original artwork for this album cover was produced by the photographer Gered Mankowitz. 

Reckless - Bryan Adams (1984)

Track Listing:

1: One Night Love Affair

2: She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'

3: Run To You

4: Heaven

5: Somebody

6 :Summer Of 69

7: Kids Wanna Rock

8: Its Only Love

9: Long Gone

10: Ain't Gonna Cry

Reckless is the fourth studio album which was released by the Canadian singer/song writer Bryan Adams. reckless was released on November 5th 1984 and the release of this album coincided with Adams' 25th birthday. This was one of Adams' most successful studio albums with 6 of the tracks being released as singles. The singles which were released from this album are 'one night love affair' 'run to you' 'somebody' 'heaven' 'summer of 69' and 'its only love' with 'summer of 69' being one of his most recognisable songs not only from this album, but of all time. Unfortunately I was not able to find out who took the photograph for the original artwork. The original artwork for this album features a black and white image of Bryan Adams with a serious yet "i dont care", or reckless expression on his face which fits in with the title of the album. The typography used within this album cover is simple yet effective as the artist name and the album title are clearly displayed within the cover while it is also out of the way and does not distract from the imagery used. The typography used here acts as a boarder for the image in a way.