Friday, 11 January 2013

Digipak Research - Cohesion


Analysis by Danny Jarman and Matthew Dickinson

Foo Fighters 



Foo Fighters are an american rock band and "One by one" is their fourth studio 
album. The final album was released in October 2002 after a year of 
construction.Singles from the album included "All My Life", "Times Like These", 
"Low", and "Have It All". The band planned to release it six months earlier but 
had an argument over the music saying it didn't sound right which ended up in 
them recording the whole album a second time. The black heart is suits the 
album and is used to symbolise the love and lust that band members had for 
each other throughout the creation of it. 






Coldplay



Mylo Xyloto is Coldplays 
Fifth studio album released 
in 2011. It was the UK's 
best-selling rock album of 
2011, selling 908,000 
copies. To date, it has sold 
over 8 million copies worldwide. Coldplay wanted it to be an explosion of vivid
 colors as a counterpoint to the subdued color palette of Viva La Vida. 






Paolo Nutini
Sunny side up is the second album released by Paolo Nutini in 2009. The album
was the eighth best selling album in the United Kingdom of 2009 and the sixth 
of 2010. It sold over60 000 copies in the Uk alone. The colours and nature of
 the music ties into thename of the album "Sunny Side up" projecting positivity in
music. Everything thing from the way the eggs connote the sun to the slight 
yellow gradient on the text help establish this tone.




The XX







The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2008. The group 
released their debut album, xx in August 2009. The xx recorded their album in a 
small garage that was part of the XL Recordings studio, often at night, which 
contributed to the low, whispery nature of the album. The x symbolises the 
band’s name and connotes the only iconography on the cover. Without a title or 
name it creates a highly recognisable cover which can be recreated in later 
albums or concerts etc. 


Mumford and Sons 



Mumford and Sons are an english folk/rock band which released their first album 
"sigh no more" in October 2009. Much of Mumford & Sons' lyrical content has a 
strong literary influence, its debut album name deriving from Shakespeare's 
Much Ado About Nothing. The band won the ARIA Music Award for Most Popular 
International Artist in 2010, and the Brit Award in 2011 for Best British Album. 
Furthermore, in 2011 they received aEuropean Border Breakers Award for their 
international success.


Iconic Album Covers 




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