Marylou (CD cover)

This is what a business in Portugal was looking for in their CD cover design

Cover for a French “noir” album. Album narrative tells the story of a man (narrator) obsessed with a girl (Marylou) who's a stripper that exerts a powerful fascination over men and women alike. Narrator tries to track her down the red light districts of France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, with dire consequences for his physical and mental integrity.

Photograph of the word “Marylou” to appear as a red neon hanging on a building somewhere in a back alley of a red light district (eg, Amsterdam, Berlin) at night.
Only colours: red for the neon; night blackness.

Should convey: mystery, danger, sexiness, solitude, shivers and despair.

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