Greendays American Idiot album is an iconic album cover because when people see the image of the hand holding the red grenade heart they automatically know what album it is from.
The simplicity if the design makes it more recognisable to people because the white hand stands out from the black background.
The text on the album cover is also very simplistic. It uses the white and red to tie in with the image that is also these colours and this keeps it consistent and memorable.
The simplistic nature of the album sticks in with the pop-punk genre of taking the easy way out with all of the promotion and designing of the albums and focusing purely on the performance aspect of the band. This album cover is an example of how using a simplistic design has paid off and become iconic.
London Calling - The Clash
London Calling is an iconic album cover because of the picture on the front. The image depicts Joe Strummer the singer taking a guitar and starting to smash it up. The picture makes the album cover iconic because it shows the more punk and edgy side of the punk scene which people remember.
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