Album Artwork

3OH!3 - Streets of Gold
This album artwork is interesting. It is quite toned down in terms of shades and images, unlike a lot of their other artwork (for instance the album Omens). The name of the album is the name of one of their tracks. The gold themes are obviously taken from the title.
The front cover features the hand symbol that is on all of their material. It replicates the band name - three (fingers) o (from the fingers joining) and three (fingers).
There is a lot of skin revealed across the artwork. The gold paint on the hands on the front reveals the creases of the fingers and hands, and the close up of the side of the jaw on the back brings out a lot of detail on the woman's face; we can see the pores of her skin and the wrinkles of her lips. The spill of gold from between her lips is an interesting addition too, linking the front and back covers, and the name of the album.
The muted shades can be seen to be suggesting that the band has 'grown up' since their last release, as the gold, white and grey colours are considered more sophisticated than the colours used in previous works, such as the black, purple and blue used for the artwork for 'Want'. The music in this album went in a new direction to that of previous albums and this may be reminiscent of that.

Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim

This is the first album Charlie Simpson, who found fame in both Busted and Fightstar, released as an independent artist. It is called Young Pilgrim, which is indicative of his position upon creating the album. For instance, the title contains the word 'young', which brings to mind thoughts of new things, such as the new direction the artist has headed in in terms of genre.
It suggests it's also something that he has little experience with.
The definition of a pilgrim is "one who embarks on a quest for something conceived of as sacred."This can be interpreted as the artist using this album as a way into a new kind of music that he has not been able to venture into before; I also think that he may be using it as a way to try to be considered as a serious artist, as he did not find much success after leaving Busted for the alternative rock outfit Fightstar. 
The artwork on the album is interesting and links well to the title. The word 'pilgrim' brings to my mind images of nature and a simpler way of life. This is supported in the artwork through his outfit choice, which is simplistic, with a white shirt and grey waistcoat. The acoustic guitar aids this representation. 
The landscape around him suggests getting back in touch with nature, and some of the song titles also have connotations with rural areas and countryside, such as Thorns, Cemetery, Sundown, Riverbanks, Farmer & His Gun. The background matches closely with the front, and is in fact an exact copy, apart from the artist being absent. The white frame around the two images is reminiscent of a photograph being laid out, and in fact this effect can be seen as the CD case is laid against white to have a photo taken of it!
The square shape could be a Polaroid, for instance, and this brings to mind a simpler, less technology-dependent time. The effect on the pictures supports this.
I think the cover is a good representation of the artist and the genre, which is listed as "Acoustic/Indie Folk".