2. Digipak Analysis
I am going to be analysing the digipak for The Beatles 1969
album Abbey Road. The Beatles were a rock band from
Liverpool and gained international fame and success
throughout the 60s.
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4. Front cover
The now iconic front cover of abbey road shows the band
crossing the zebra crossing outside abbey road studios. All the
band are in step with each other except for McCartney who
is, unlike the rest of his bandmates, not wearing shoes. The
group are all walking in a single file which shows there is no
order and no one is more important than anyone else in the
group. Equality was a big theme throughout music in the 60s
and was a message that the Beatles where keen to promote in
there music. The simplicity of the album cover shows the
popularity of the band at the time as they did not need
anything flashy to promote their music and could do the
photo for the album outside their studio.
5. Back Cover
The back cover for the album shows a brick wall outside the
studio with the bands name and the title of the album on it.
There is the track listings of the songs inside and on the right
hand side there is the bottom half of a woman in a blue dress
walking past the sign. Like the Beatles on the cover of it she is
walking and is shown as a side profile however as she is
unknown it adds an air of mystery to it. A similar colour theme
as was used on the front cover is shown with the main colours
being blue black and white. At the bottom you can see the
record label, barcode and other elements you would typically
find on the back of a digipak.
6. Inside
Inside of the abbey road album is a fold out booklet that shows images from the photoshoot that promoted the
album. There is also information inside the booklet about the process of making abbey road, the track listings
on the album and about the different instruments used.
7. CD
The Cd for abbey road very simple and shows a big green
apple in front of a black background. The name of the
album, along with the band name and track listings can
be seen on the apple with copyright written in green
along the edge of the CD in green. The apple is symbolic
of the Beatles as it used to be the name of their
production company hence the apple on the back of the
album.
8. Fold out
The fold out for the digipak of abbey road shows
pictures of the band from the photoshoot that was
done promoting the album. It shows the band
dressed in clothes appropriate to the 60s and are
taken in outdoor locations like the image used for
the front cover of the album is.
