1. On the back of the digipak a list of
the songs has been listed to allow a
potential buyer in store to read
through and recognize any tracks.
The back is generally where any
information on the album goes since
the front is needed for the album art.
The bar code at the bottom is also
shown, as well as some smaller text
which is any other information such
as people involved and so on. This
text is of course smaller to make way
for the most important part which is
this track list. Further down just
above the bar code is also the record
label’s logo, as usual displaying their
brand identity across the album.
On the front cover is album art which is
supposed to be the most recognizable
part of the album. It allows the audience
to determine the album from the other
albums of the artist, unless the artist has
a trend which they stick to. Coldplay’s
Viva La Vida is different to their other
albums, as it features what looks like a
dated photograph of possibly back in the
French revolution era, with the French
flag being flown and various dated
weaponry on show along with the
bodies, showing triumph and victory.
The Album doesn’t really mean much to
the audience, not at first glance at least,
and it doesn’t really need to mean much.
The album is distinguishable, especially
with the large painted text on the front.
The cover of the CD itself conforms to the simpler
and organized norms of the back of the digipak.
This CD specifically copies heavily off the back of
the pack, with the same font, colour, and size. It
has almost everything the back does with the
background, the record label’s mark and the
credits. The only difference is the songs are
replaced with the band’s name along with the
album name. The song list is just made smaller and
placed underneath.