Album Digipack/CD analysis

The Beatles - Abbey Road

The first CD album cover I have chosen to analyse is ‘Abbey Road’ by the Beatles. I believe that this is a very eye catching photograph, presenting all the band members walking in a row, crossing Abbey Road. The name of the album cover relates to the ‘Abbey Road Studios’ where they had recorded a vast majority of their albums, so the picture not only looks appealing to an audience, but it also has personal connotations to the band members. The fact that they are walking away from the Abbey Studios suggest that they are walking away from their past, leaving everything and everyone else behind them. The fact that they are all walking at the same pace, with their feet the same distance apart shows the connection between all the band members. I also believe that as the road is fairly quiet and doesn’t have many vehicles driving, it has a sense of calmness and that they are in their own little world. Despite my personal opinions, some people believe that these band members are dressed for a funeral. John is the priest as he is dressed all in white, Ringo is the Paul bearer, George is the gravedigger and Paul is the dead one. The fact that they all have the same neutral facial expressions seems to make that opinion valid.

The King Blues - Save the world get the girl

The main themes apparent to me on this album cover are board games and superheroes. The fact that the album is called ‘Save the world get the girl’ suggests to the audience that a game has to be played in order to get the girl, and that game is by saving the world. The use of the chess board as the back ground image attracts the audience’s attention as it uses bright colours and cartoon figures. The cartoon characters also look as if they are flying out of the game, having connotations that they are flying out of the fictional world and therefore flying back into reality. The song is all about how badly behaved the world is and how no one cares, yet he believes he can sort out all the problems and issues ‘with just one second to spare, I will save the world’. This links in with the superhero cartoon characters on the front on the album that he will save the world.



Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


The song ‘Wish You Were Here’ is about the detached feeling most people go through life with. It is a commentary on how people cope with the world by withdrawing physically, mentally, or emotionally and I believe that the album cover of this CD entwines with the meaning of the song perfectly. The fact that he is shaking hands with a replica of himself on fire, suggest that the artist is saying goodbye to himself, perhaps because he has given up on life. The use of the fire uses the ‘shock’ method to attract the audience as we all know as a human instinct that fire is very dangerous and has killed many people. Normally when people see fire they start to panic or call for help, however the use of the artists neutral facial expression suggests that nothing shocks him anymore and that he is used to the pain experience in day to day life. The man on fire also gives out connotations that other things control his life, rather than being in control of his own life, and now he has just given up. The fact that they are wearing black suits also gives out connotations of death or funerals, illustrating to the audience that he is saying goodbye to himself.