The document analyzes the digipaks of various albums, highlighting their artwork and design. It emphasizes the originality and thematic consistency of the packaging for bands like 30 Seconds to Mars, Biffy Clyro, Mumford & Sons, Muse, and The xx. Each digipak is noted for its unique style that reflects the band's image and music genre, with specific attention to elements like color schemes, use of text, and the layout of song titles.

1. Digipak Analysis
Oliver Shepherd

2. 30 Seconds To Mars – Love Lust Faith
& Dreams
There are no images on this digipak so just on first glance you would not be able to tell what band produced
this album. The artwork is very artsy as its uses one of Hirst’s spot paintings, this shows the originality of the
band and how different they are to others. The text on the cover is a clear to read, blue font; on the white
background thus makes it easy to read and look like it is part of the painting.
The name of the album are all words of passion which reflects on the band and their music as the band are
very passionate about what they produce.
This digipak is different to others by this band or by anyone
as the song titles are on the inside case rather than on the
back. The inside cover and CD both continue the house style
of the cover as it stays in the same colour scheme. The CD is
in all the different shades that are on the cover, this is so it
stands out from other discs produced by the band.
The back of the album is just a plain white back but with the
band logo. Within the band logo it has the spot painting so it
carries on with the theme of the album.

3. Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
The artwork for this album is very original as for an image that looks quite
plain, a lot is going on, for example, there is a burning building in the
background. This represents the band as it is very simplistic yet very
effective.
The mise én scene of this album cover is two characters stood in a field,
one male and one female. The female is wearing red and has a big red
flag coming from her and the male is in blue with a
blue flag coming from him, the colours are very
contrasting and partner together on disc of the
album. The track list features on both the disk and
the back of the case which is different to most CDs
as they only the back or, like the previous digipak, on the inside.
The artwork on the back of the box carries on with the image on
the front however there is now a green flag which is the
dominant colour in the whole of the house style.

4. Mumford & Sons – Babel
The band Mumford & Sons are under the genre of indie rock and folk,
this album Babel is more of a folk album; this is represented in this
digipak as it shows the band members in quite stereotypical folk clothes
sat in a town square that seems to be having a fair/festival. The band
members are the only people in focus on the cover, this is because they
are the most important object in the shot but also so the cover is
recognisable by their fans.
The inside of the digipak features the bands logo on the
back of the booklet as well as being on the CD. The image
behind the CV is the setting of the main artwork but with
no one there so it is like you are taking them all out when
you remove the disk.
The back of the digipak is a different image completely and
looks like it was taken on the inside of one of the buildings in
the main image. This ties in with the genre as it is quite a rural
area which is associated with the folk genre.

5. Muse – The 2nd Law
The album artwork for this album is very different as there is only one
singular feature too it. All of the album artwork Muse produce are all very
artsy and this one is one that stands out the most. The use of different
colours really helps it to stand out on the shelf and the theme of
multicolour is featured throughout the whole digipak.
The inside cover folds out into 3 as
the CD comes with a DVD on the
making of the album. Not many
bands do this so it is seen as an
incentive to buy the album as it
gives the fan a behind the scenes
look on how they made the album.
The back of the digipak has the song list written out in the
colours of the main image, this is to carry on the house style
throughout the whole album. The rest of the cover is black
which is featured heavily in the whole of the digipak yet is not
taken into account because of the main image.

6. The XX – Coexist
The genre of The XX is indie so the artwork for this digipak is
quite basic, original and different which reflects the band,
however, it does help the digipak stand out a lot. No text is
needed on the front and a band name of The XX is not really
needed when the band logo is the main feature to the
album. The other XX album is the same but with a black
background and white cross so it is like they are sticking to
house style.
The inside is not much different, however,
the colour for the cross on the front is not
actually printed on, it is actually the lyric
book on the inside.
The back of the digipak is a plain white background with
the song list written out very small and put to the side of
the case so it looks as simple as possible. This may not
look like much, however, it is very effective and is very
eye appealing and likely to been picked out off the shelf
among all the other CDs.