Research into similar products: contents pages

I've also analysed a couple of contents pages from two different music magazines and the way they successfully draw in the audience through the layout of their contents pages.

I love the sense of order with the above contents page, that everything has it's place and that the masthead logo is included in the page to subtly reinforce it's message. I also love the addition of a charts column to keep the reader in the know of what's popular.

I like the way this contents page is laid out in terms of it being rather loose and relaxed, there is order to it but the use of an image matching a statement backs up the stories at hand and lures in the audience visually.