No Doubt is a modern version of Ska, they started in 1986 - present and during their career the band has won two Grammy Awards and has had sold 28 million records worldwide. The band broke traditional conventions of Ska as they entered the Ska Pop genre making they version of Ska more commercial. No Doubt also went against the checkered theme that Ska bands such as The Specials and The Selector, even the Ska ..albums used checkers on them.
This single cover that No Doubt has done places its main focus on Gwen Stefani the lad vocalist but they still hold on to the random element of Ska genre as Gwen is holding an orange, which doesn't link in with anything.
The other people on the cover are used to reinforce the song name 'Don't Speak'. However the people are shown speaking which can also relate to them going against the conventions.
The album cover also doesn't include checkers, and doesn't show any of the band members on the cover.
Also looking at a few other of their album covers you can see that the album covers have been influenced by the style of music they have been inspired by for the songs within the album, such as New wave, Dance Pop, Reggae and Dancehall.
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