Ancillary results

What makes you buy an album (visually)
Colour, photos, composition of text, different materials for packaging, special edition, bonus CD
-This results tells us that people look for unique visual features when looking at albums-

What colour do you associate with rock music?
Red – 9
Orange – 4
Yellow – 0
Green – 4
Blue – 7
Purple – 2
Pink – 0
Black – 5
White – 0
-This tells us that Blue and Red are most associated with rock music-

Is colour important when looking at a poster or album cover?
Yes – 20
No – 10
-This tells us that colour is relitively important when attracting someone to an album-

What sort of font do you associate with rock music?
Rounded - 0
Curly - 0
Bold - 9
Spikey - 20
Italic - 1
Other - 0
-This tells us that spikey and bold fonts are expected on album covers for rock artists-

What do you expect to see on a band tour poster most? (You may circle two)
Most popoular answers were a large photo of the band, tour dates and links to social networking sites.
-This tells us that enough information should be on a tour poster for people to know when to buy tickets and where from-

What is your favourite album cover and why?
Some choices were Nirvana - Nevermind, Eminem - Relapse, Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown, Muse - The Resistance and Coldplay - X & Y
-This implies that some of the most popular and well known album covers are by rock artists-