The Beatles - A Hard Days Night.

This was the Beatles third UK album, A Hard Day’s Night. It was released on 10th July 1964. I chose to analyse this album cover because I think that it is visually interesting. The Genre of the music on this album is pop rock.
'A Hard Days Night' suggests that they have been either working hard or out all night. The beatles are on the album cover and they are all wearing suits appropriate to the time era. They are laughing whilst running, possibly running from something, or some people, or they've been up to no good or messing about, or if you are aware of the film, then you know they are running from fans and trying to find Ringo etc. The background looks like a rough, working class estate with the fencing on the wall and the road is in need of repair. The album cover is black and white which also fits with the time era and the working class image. Coloured photographs were available in 1964, but only to the richer, upper class who could afford them. Since the image demonstrates working class culture, the black and white could also link to coloured photographs which were unaffordable to the working class. This is a shot taken from the film the Beatles starred in 'A Hard Days Night' which was made in the style of a mock documentary, describing a couple of days in the lives of the group.