What is an album?

There are a lot of things that are usually found on a music album, these usually are:
-Legal info
   -Copyright
   -Year
    -Studio
      -Producers, writers, etc

-Record label (usually logo as well)

-Track list
-Barcode
-Artwork/Photo (reflects the image and genre)

-Album name

-Warning (e.g. Parental advisory advised)

-Artist name/band

Album artwork is used to help promote an artist or band, by presenting both itself, its music and its image to both its consumers and its potential consumers. Artwork both incites and adds value to final product of the producer; the album.