1. CD COVER ANALISIS
AS MEDIA STUDIES
Album: Globalisation
Artist: Pitbull
By Ioannis Kalketinidis
10/9/2015
Featuring, Michael Jackson & Pitbull
2. Title of the CD
The title and the name of the artist is in
head letters and in bold text. As we can
see the name of the artist: Pitbull is much
bigger than his album name. This could
mean that the name of the artist is most
important than the name of the album, or
to attract more people , as the his name is
famous and his face can not been
understand.
EARTH-HEAD SYMBOLISM
His head is a photoshoot of the earth from the space
so that’s why there are clouds on it. Also his facial
characteristics cannot be seen not even the shadow of
the nose, from this we understand that his face is not
coloured but pasted with Photoshop on his head. The
picture symbolise the fact that the genre of the music
in the album can be listened and enjoyed in every
country all over the world. Also it could mean that the
artist like to share his love with everyone, also in his
CD album, there is the song “We Are One” referred to
2014 Fifa Wold Cup, so it symbolises the biggest
performance of the year, and the competition of the
countries in the most popular game in the world, the
football. The Fifa World Cup 2014 was in Brazil, so
Pitbull decided to use in the frond cover the American
Continent.
Clothes
Pitbull main clothing style is smart suits. In the cover
Pitbull choose to wear his black suit with bowtie.
From that the audience can imagine his lifestyle.
Wealthy and so rich, full of entertainment and celeb’s
parties. This means that his personality will never
change and also that the songs which are included in
the album is dance music usually heard in top class
parties so the artist want to share his lifestyle with the
world.
Background
The cover’s background is bright white. This could
mean the peaceful combination of the two different
kind of music in music history. For the majority of the
world the white colour remember to the word happy
feelings and peaceful moments. Perhaps the artist
want to calm the audience in order to be entertained
with the music without thinking problems of everyday
life.
Pitbull
Armando Christian Pérez, (born January
15, 1981) better known by his stage
name Pitbull, is an American Latin rapper.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In this cover we can see a man, probably
the artist, who is wearing a smart suit,
in an id picture photography in a
straight position.
His head is space picture of the earth,
specially the American continent, his
facial characteristics cannot be seen,
except his chin, as the picture had been
pasted with Photoshop in his skin.
Genre
The genre of the album is pop music
with some jazz clues. This can be
understand by the big difference
between the coloured earth picture and
the black and white background and
clothes which are the colours of retro
age. The combination of his fresh pop
beat music with the use of many jazz
musical instrument like, saxophone and
trumpets give the taste of difference
and modernised the old fashion.
3. WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In the back cover we can see the artist rotated (back view), this
time the realistic picture of the earth shows the Europe, Africa and
the western Asia.
Song details
In many CD albums the songs in the back are in the form of list.
The artist choose the paragraph style of song details so as to
differ from the others, this shows superiority and professional
thinking as it is initiative and something fresh and risky. Also it is
used to spent less space so as to not cover the back of his head,
because of the picture as he believe that its more important to
show the world , specially the African continent as sample of
respect and his main inspiration source.
Background
The white background is still the same, the artist want to pass the
message of peace, love and respect between everyone in the world.
Other information
The barcode is in the right side position rotated in order to not take to much
space. Also there are some small logos in the bottom of the back cover
which are the record companies and other music sponsors. Finally at the
middle right we can see a small text, this text includes the information about
the executive producers: Armando Perez and Charles Chavez and some
other information of the artist, mainly for advertisement and further
reputation, social media and other websites
4. Title of the CD
The title and the name of the artist is in head
letters and both in golden colour with some
shade on. The gold colour shows his big success
in his life, shows that he is the only one king in
this world associating with the music. It is luxury
and expensiveness. also the letters are very
elegant. We can clearly see that the name of the
artist: Michael Jackson is much bigger than his
album name. This could mean that the name of
the artist is most important than the name of the
album, or to attract more people , as the his
name is famous and his face can not been
understand as it is a picture of him when he was
still young.
Throne symbolism
The golden throne symbolism the stability.
It is the planted seat of power, the settled
place whence authority springs. According
to the paternal theory, the throne is the
Father's chair, from which the household's
law goes forth. So this means that nobody
can stole the throne from the only one
King of the pop music that the wold ever
had. Also its structure is very suggestive.
The combination of Gold and red colour
give the sense of passion and love, also
shows luxury and sophisticated The throne
lies upon the golden ground, symbolises
the place that live now and also the
sculptings which have some angelic form,
then symbolises the high value of the
singer and his reputation.
Clothes
Michael’s main clothing style is elegant
very expensive with metal small details, his
clothes are always connected with the
dance, so he preferred trousers which were
easy to dance with. Also Michael was show
man, this means that when Michael was in
the main stage, all the lights and the
people’s attention was on him, so he had
to wear fancy clothes in order to inspire
and entertain the audient in the same time
Black Background
The cover’s background is dank black this
is associated with power, fear, mystery,
strength, authority, elegance, formality,
evil, and aggression, authority, rebellion,
and sophistication. Also the black colour
might be used in the cover to reveal his
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June
25, 2009)
Was an American singer, songwriter, record
producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of
Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along
with his publicized personal life, made him a
global figure in popular culture for over four
decades.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In this cover we can see that the cover has been
composited using ICT, adding the image of
Michael Jackson over a new photo of a throne and
stylish clothes. The young Michael sitting in a
golden throne with some red details, he seems
relaxed and chilled but serious, who is wearing a
prototype cloth as usually wore, also the young
Michael is staring to the audience in a weird leg
position. The background is deep black , and only
the part of the floor which Michael’s throne
stands, is lightened, and give us the colour of the
floor
Genre
As the king of pop music and the biggest star in
the music industry Michael Jackson raised many
genre in his huge carrier, and in order to succeed
as the greatest singer in the industry he had to
risk many times. Because his style and his
personality he had an excellent carrier, he
explored a variety of music genres, including pop,
soul, rhythm and blues, funk, rock, disco, post-
disco, dance-pop and new jack swing. His
reputation has been exploded as he could dance
his every track.
5. WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE
In the back cover we can see the young Michael on the floor posing with a
smile to the audience, also his eyes and the arms shows superiority, and
high class kid. He is wearing the same clothes as in the frond cover. The title
of the title is in the same frond and but a little smaller than in the frond
cover and finally the song details are written in a form of a small paragraph
Song details
In many CD albums the songs in the back are in the form of list. The choice
of the paragraph style of song details is to differ from the others, it shows
the top class in the music style, shows also superiority and professional
thinking as it is initiative and something fresh and rule breaker. Also it is
used to spent less space so as to not cover the back of his head, because of
the picture as he believe that its more important to show him shelf in a
happy pose, specially because is wearing this clothes which didn’t wear at
this age, as his carrier began after, also shows that he got the talent from
the young age , even that the record companies denied him at the first time.
Background
The back background is still the same, the artist want to pass the feeling
expensiveness, and luxury , as the black and the gold have a extraordinary
rich and treasur’s combination
Other information
The barcode is in the right side position, record companies and other music
sponsors are located in the left bottom side of the backcover.
