Digipak analysis

2. Rihanna – Talk that Talk

3. Album Cover
The album cover suggests what
type of music will be on the album
, as Rhianna is subverting the
stereotypical female conventions
by smoking which is very
common of R&B artists . The
camera here is personified as a
male’s eyes because Rihanna’s
mouth is open and exposing
some of her skin. This sexualises
her image and the eye contact
suggest confidence within the
star.

4. CD Disc
This is the disc cover for the
album ‘Talk that Talk’. This a pop
album that incorporates other
genre’s such as house , dance,
hip hop and dancehall . Like
most R&B albums the disc has
the artists name and album
name printed on in an unique
way. This album revolves around
romance and lascivious lovers.

5. Song list
song-list Analysis
Artists tend to display
the song-list on the
back of the of the
album. Using
handwritten font can
illustrate the music to
have significant lyrics.

6. Photos
This photo-shoot promotes
Rihanna’s image which is what
attracts audience more than music. It
could be said for these images to
create a distraction for audiences to
buy the album. These photos give a
sense to the audience of what she
can offer and shows off her
personality. Rihanna has no
performance pictures on this album ,
its populated with images that
sexualise her and almost see her as
a model rather than an artist. The
settings of these photos illustrate
most of the songs as the lyrics are
quite provocative.

7. Christian Aguilera – Bi-on-ic

8. Album Cover
. The album cover suggests that the
album is different and unique, this is
mainly because Christina’s face has
been divided into two , one side is
her normal face and the other half
seems to look like the inside of a
robot. This album cover also has
intertextuality references to the film
Metropolis which a lot of artists such
as Beyoncé , Janelle Monae and
others have gain ideas from.

9. CD Disc
The CD disc is a cartoon
drawing of Christina’s lips
which is very close up ,
which suggests the male
gaze . Furthermore, on the
right side of the lips its
seems to look as if she is
kissing the album as there
is a smudge as if she is
kissing the person with the
CD.

10. Song list
The song list has been laid out
neatly , with the bonus tracks in
red this is done to appeal the fans
or target audience . Also her face
as been split into two which also
makes the album more eye
catching and different to your
standard pop album design .

11. Photos
The photos that are featured
on the album are highly
sexualised, they have been
taken through the view of the
male gaze. This is done so
that she can appeal to her
male audience. Furthermore,
it could also suggest that
some on the songs featured
on the album may be very
explicit due to her costumes
and posture.

12. Beyoncé – I Am Sasha Fierce

13. Album Cover
The album cover is a close
up image of Beyoncé, she
seems to be wearing a
swimsuit as the back ground
of the image is on a beach .
This album cover is very
different to her others in the
past as she is wearing less
make up and seems less
sexualised in the image.

14. CD Disc
In this album there are two CD’s one is
the song album and the other is the
bonus feature album. On the first CD
there is an image of Beyoncé wearing
a dress with a long scarf around here
back here she almost looks angelic ,
this could be a cross reference to
some of the songs on her album for
example “Halo”. Moreover , the
second CD is more extravagant as she
more sexualised . This could be
showing her two personalities.

15. Photos
Here we see the white and black contrast
repeated giving a more appealing look for the
male gaze. The black clothes create a stand
out effect and attract attention to her body.
Also the theory of 'the male gaze' has been
used as here Beyonce is shown as a object
for males to gain pleasure. album are very
seductive,