Their first album A Storm In Heaven notably didn't have the album name on the cover and had a very muted colour palette or blue tint. None of the band members are shown, although the indistinct figure in the cave entrance could be one of them. This cover to me comes across as having a meaning or narrative.
The next album cover is A Northern Soul. This cover has the album title and bands' name as a font rather than part of the artwork like on the previous album and all four members of the band are the main subject of the cover. A very different style compared to the previous album, with a more moody and representative look.
The Verve's next album was Urban Hymns. The text on the cover is pretty much the same as the last album with small differences in the font. Again the band members feature on the front of the album, although less manipulated or 'photoshopped' than before. As far as the photo goes it is rather standard with very little visual communication other than 'this is us' which i guess is what they were after.
Their most recent and final album is Forth. Completely different from their previous album covers Forth includes the same text from Urban Hymns but centered, the photo not featuring any band members and having a more arty/painterly quality to it.
After looking at all their album covers i can see that they have very little in common with each other, this may reflect the bands frequent break ups and reformations and different musical directions over the years. I would like to keep the text from Urban Hymns as it seems to be the only thing that is kept the same on more than one cover, and i plan on having at least one person feature in my cover seeing as Urban Hymns and A Northern Soul feature band members. I will now sketch some ideas for my own version of Urban Hymns... while listening to the album as loud as my speakers go.
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