The name of the artists is 'The Stone Roses'. Several stories later emerged suggesting that the band had initially been called 'English Rose' or that the name was somehow linked to The Rolling Stones, but these were untrue, Brown explaining "No, I don't know where that English Rose story came from. John thought up the name 'Stone Roses' - something with a contrast, two words that went against each other. This connotes British as if inspired, the rolling stones were famously British and a key aspect of British culture.
The font/lettering is very bold,in capital latters which is very in your face, and is a greeny/ yellow colour which connotes grunge. The colours also stands out from the coloured paint and the yellow lemons which attracts your to it and therefore makes you remember the artists name.
The star/band are not on the album cover which is significant as it shows that they are all about the music and are not selling their music on their appearances
The dominant image within then front cover is paint splashes with lemon segments. This is significant as the lemon and paint is famously associated with the band. This makes the album cover automatically more appealing as the audience will see these features and automatically know who the album is by before even seeing the album title, or artists name. As with most Stone Roses releases, the cover displays a work by John Squire. It is a Jackson Pollock-influenced piece titled "Bye Bye Badman," which makes reference to the May 1968 riots in Paris. The cover was named by Q magazine as one of "The 100 Best Covers of All Time." In the accompanying article, Squire said: "Ian [Brown] had met this French man when he was hitching around Europe, this bloke had been in the riots, and he told Ian how lemons had been used as an antidote to tear gas. Then there was the documentary—a great shot at the start of a guy throwing stones at the police. I really liked his attitude." This story was also the inspiration for the lyrics to the song of the same name. The background of the piece is based on the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. The band visited the causeway while playing a gig at the University of Ulster in Coleraine.
The titles of the album, is the same name as the artists, 'The Stone Roses'. This is significant as the band is promoting themselves through their name and is very important to them. Also the fact the album is called the stone roses makes people talk about it a lot more as instead of calling the album a name, an audience has no choice but to talk about the artist.;
Dominant colours include the green and yellow which signifies grungey feel to the album. Also the Red, Blue and White colour stripes on the front cover is patriarchal as it connotes Britain and the fact they are a British band makes it fit into the indie genre a lot more.
The CD is produced by Martin Hannett, who worked with Joy Division, New Order, this appeals to the audience as the producers has worked with bands of a similar genre of madchester, which now fits into the indie category.
The record label was universal which appeals to an audience as this is a big record label and connotes success.
Attitudes and values associated with this genre include hooliganism, drugs, alcohol and crime.
The target audience for this is teenagers/ young adults probably 15-30 as violence and hooliganism is associated with this music.
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