Sade’s album cover ‘soldier of love’ truly captures the consistent genre rhythm of her previous album covers. The album title ‘soldier of love’ is written in small capitals along with the artists’ name ‘Sade’. The placement of the text- ‘Sade’ and ‘soldier of love’ being so close together portrays a title and definition look; Sade meaning soldier of love. The word soldier connotes a type of defence and so Sade meaning the defender/ protector of love shows continuity with her previous albums that follow the genre of R&B- relating to the word ‘love’ in her album title. This is an instant sign for her target audience or large fan base as recognition that this album will consist of good, old fashioned R&B. Having a target audience of mid 20’s to 50+ this album cover provides a mature and image for her unique and mature sound. The main image depicts Sade in tribal jewellery resembling a tribal defender/ leader. This shows continuity with her album title as she is represented as some sort of warrior. The symmetry within the main image of Sade shows her to be very strong in character much like a warrior. The image appears to show her Sade naked, which does keep in line with the overall concept of R&B- with many sexual connotations. The background depicts a yellow tinted sky almost like a sunset, which provides the album cover with a form of romance but also the colours are not common in sunset and help to complete the concept of Sade being a soldier of love.
Thoughtful and erudite description
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