2. The Smiths
The smiths were a rock band formed
in Manchester in the 1982. The band
were very popular and continue to
be today. I am going to analyse the
digipak for their 1986 album ‘The
Queen is dead’.
3. Front Cover
The front cover for “The Queen is
dead” shows Alain Delon from the
1964 film L’Insoumis in a dark
green filter. The photo shows his
characters death in the film and
was chosen by the bands front man,
Morrissey. By using a scene from a
French film the band is relating to
its audience as smiths songs are
full of obscure references. The
cover is very simplistic as there
are only three colours used and
this is continued throughout the
digipak. Other than the photo of
Alain Delon the only other
convention worth mentioning is the
name of the band and the title of
the album at the top of the album.
4. Back cover
The back cover for ‘The Queen
is dead' is very similar to
the front. The colour scheme
is the same as the front with
a dark green background and a
light red/pink colour for the
track listings and white for
the record labels, copyright
marks and other conventions
found on a digipak. By
keeping the same colour
scheme for the digipak it has
created a sense of continuity
for the album.
5. CD
The CD for the Queen is dead
follows the same colour
scheme as the front and back
cover for the CD does. It has
the name of the band and the
album on the top of the CD
with the track listings
underneath. On the left hand
side of the disc is the
compact disc logo and on the
right hand side there is more
information about the disc.
6. Fold out
The fold out for the Queen is dead contains information about the making of
the album as well as photographs of the band and the track listings for the
tracks on the album. The fold out is once again the same colour scheme that is
used throughout the rest of the digipak.
