Digipak- Final Idea

For my Digipak I have been looking at various ways in which to adapt it.

I have been researching Andy Warhol's 'Campell's Soup'.  I am going to put a painted effect on my cover and track listing to create the Andy Warhol effect. I am doing this as it has been done before for 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'. I want to use irony as 'Lo!' is not a typical grooved very well known band/ style, unlike Andy Warhol's artwork which is known all across the world. 

My album cover and track listing will consist of the front and back view of a tin of 'Spam'. This is following on from the Andy Warhol pop-art look. I have also been inspired by the 'Oasis' singles 'Definitely Maybe' album. 

The box is meant to resemble a cigarette box, however it contains several CD's from 'Oasis'.

Analysis of Digipaks- Red Hot Chili Peppers- By The Way

This is the album cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album, "By The Way". The album cover consists of a background of an open area with a woman in the foreground in a negative image effect. The band name is listed down either side of the cover.

The back of the CD features the band walking through a field in an old fashioned colour. It also features the track listing down the right hand side.

The inside of the case has an alternate album cover. It also has the disc with the album name on it written in a handwriting style font.

The inside of the digipak has several pages which have the lyrics to the songs on them. This is very common in album digipaks. The left hand page has another shot of the band walking through a field, similarly to the back of the album.

Analysis of Digipaks- Avenged Sevenfold- Nightmare

This is the front cover of Avenged Sevenfold's album "Nightmare". The front shows a girl sleeping, with   Death in the background and a gravestone. The background is meant to show what's going on inside her dream. On the gravestone it has the word foREVer, which is a reference to their drummer who died just before the release of the album.

The back of the album continues with the nightmare theme with the dark skies and background.

Inside the CD case there is the booklet for the album and a merchandise leaflet. The CD has a pattern made out of bones on.

Behind the CD is a picture of the band together as a memory of the drummer.

Inside the digipak the artwork continues to play with the "Nightmare" theme.

All of the pictures inside the digipak are in dark colours. The picture on the right shows the band sat around a table but as skeletons. The picture on the left shows the band-members sat in a bar. In all of the shots the background is the main focus of the pictures.

Digipak analysis - Inside In, Inside Out by The Kooks

Digi Pak Analysis Kooks

Digipak analysis - Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis

Digi Pak Analysis Oasis

Digipak analysis - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace by Foo Fighters

Digipak Analysis Foo Fighters

Analysis of Digipaks- Kaiser Chiefs- Employment

The front cover of the Kaiser Chief's alum "Employment" is very simple. It has an old fashioned book style to it. The band name and album name are printed plainly and boldly to stand out and are surrounded by a yellow box to make the writing stand out better.

The back of the album is also very simple. Again it has a very old fashioned style, however, it is made to look like a picture frame with the track listing in the middle.

The inside of the digipak however is more interesting. The Disk is made to look like a roulette wheel as the inside of the digipak seems to be playing with gambling/game themes.

In another part of the digipak the gambling/game theme is continued. On the post-it notes on the snakes and ladders board there are names of producers who produced certain songs on the album.  On the other side there is a page dedicated just to 'thank you's' from the band to people that have helped them.