analysis of digipaks

1. The Stone Roses album is mainly art
based with a mixture of graphics as well,
with paint spread over the cover and the
graphic which is the name ‘The Stone
Roses’. The variety of colors all clash with
each other, however it allows the album
cover to stand out strongly and be
noticed. As seen in the complete colour
palette, the background colors are very
dull and vague, but the layers on top
stand out with the yellow allowing the
name to be clearly understandable.
On the back of the album, a similar concept
is adopted because a wide variety of colors
is used but this time to make the members
of the band stand out with bright colors. It
also includes the track list, track durations
and legal requirements.
The CD disc is quite plain but with the black
background, the writing of ‘The Stone
Roses’ stands out clearly. Also the middle
hole is used as the ‘o’ which just adds to the
effect. It also has the legal requirements
with the record label and information about
the company.

2. This album called 48:13 by
Kasabian is purely graphic based
with the durations of each track
on the front. This cover is very
basic which I like because it keeps
it simplistic and not too cluttered.
The colour scheme is very bright
and vibrant which allows it too
stand out. This color scheme is
carried out throughout the whole
of their work involved with this
album.
One of the reasons I like this album
is because it develops a motif that
is very simplistic which gives fans
an idea what this particular album
looks like and the theme carries on
throughout.
The color scheme is continued on the
back to create the same motif. The back
features all the necessary requirements
for an album including the barcode,
legal information, record label and track
list. The track list is positioned as the
same as it was on the front to show the
link between the two. The back and
front are very simplistic but not
minimalistic as I will be aiming for with
my digipak.

3. This album called ‘Yours truly, angry
mob’ by the Kaiser Chiefs. I find that
the image of the band on the front of
the album is very effective as it allows
the buyer to know who is producing
the music they are listening too. This is
something I think that we will adopt in
our digipak as we are focusing on a
similar genre of music and think it is a
very powerful and effective method.
The back of the album produces the
conventional track list, barcode and
legalities. The back continues with the
minimalist theme which indicates that
the main focus should be on the front
of the album and the back is simply to
give information to the audience.
The complete colour palette is
relatively dull and plain with a
mixture of blacks and greys.
This is done to give a minimalist
effect however, the image of
the band give the desired effect
because the main focus is
supposed to be on them. The
lack of activity on the front also
allows the band name to stand
out along with the name of the
album.