This album cover successfully conveys the message and attitudes of the band through this well known album cover. The central image is not of the band but of a shocking image that the audience would not expect to see. The image is of a young baby in a pool, trying to chase an American dollar bill that he is being baited with on a hook. This image portrays the attitude that American society is corrupt and that the society is full of greed and materialistic and captures everyone, hence the baby chasing the American money.
The baby is naked to emphasis the corruption of society as the naked baby is a connotation for innocence, purity and gives a natural impression. Therefore, the audience learns that the band, Nirvana, have made an ideological album cover as it is powerful in pursuing its message and that the band are serious about their music and the message they want to convey through their music.
Also, as we see the baby in the pool, the colour blue surrounds the baby which connotates helplessness and coldness that are negative. However, we can also see the darker blue as a more comforting colour, but the baby is becoming distant from it and moving closer to the money but the audience is unable to see what the rest of the scenery is which connotates for danger. However, the vast blue background can also be code for the world and how it is a dangerous place, but the baby is already caught up in the world of greed and does not know this.
The conventions found in most album covers are also evident. The name of the band is situated at the bottom. The name is in the typical font that the band which is iconic, as it is used all the time and the audience recognizes it as the band “Nirvana”. The font used also gives the idea of equality, elegance and pride. The name of the album is beneath that and is in a watery font linking to the albums picture of the water.
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