Digi Pak Research

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

Flat Plan

 

Flatplans

Digipak Idea 1 - Food Colour

Digipak Idea 2 - Car idea

Ancillary task research

Album Cover Research

The Beatles album cover of Abbey road is probably the most iconic of all time and the picture of the band crossing has become one of the most famous images of all time. The fact the Beatles are an iconic band helps to give this legendary status. it is also thought to be part of the conspiracy that Paul McCartney died, and the way the band members are dressed suggest a funeral and the number plate on the car is supposed to have a subliminal meaning. however this is not what I think makes this and iconic cover. the actual album was the Beatles masterpiece and one of the most successful albums in history.

In the scene, the group walk across the street in single file from left to right, with Lennon leading, followed by Starr, McCartney, and Harrison. McCartney is barefoot.

The zebra crossing has now become a popular destination for fans, to the extent that in December 2010, the crossing was given grade 2 listed status for its "cultural and historical importance"; the Abbey Road studios themselves had been given similar status earlier in the year.

The front cover design, a photograph of the group walking over a zebra crossing and it was based on sketched ideas by McCartney and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. Photographer Ian Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo whilst he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up the traffic.

The photo is so famous that the car in the background was stolen several times and later sold for a large amount of money and can now be found in a German Museum.

It has been reconstructed many times by different artists and most recently has been used by the boy band 'One Direction'. They did this to try and emulate the success of the Beatles as a new up and coming boy band.




The naked and Famous, which is the band whos song we are using, have only one album called "Passive Me, Aggressive You ". From the image you can see that it is infact a picture of grassy mountains however at first glance you just see a colourfull circle. There is another factor to the album, that if you look at the circle it seems similar to the view of the earth from space. The idea of a natural seen is something that we have looked at however the twist that the band have used by changing the colour of part adds a exciting twist on what could have been a boring picture. However this album cover has come under some criticism with one review starting with... "First of all let me get something off my chest. ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’ has one of the most mind-boggling, boring and lazy album covers I have seen in a long time. It features a bizarre, multicolored globe with the band’s (rubbish) name and (rubbish) album title printed in the blandest font on top. It means nothing, it doesn’t attract me, and it doesn’t represent anything about this album. If first impressions count then me and The Naked and Famous have gotten off on the wrong foot."



This picture I took whilst in a Forrest and it shows the variety of nature and the vibrancy and variety of the colors. It would make a good album cover due to the fact it is simple but stands out to people. And below this you can see another picture that I took whilst in London on a photography trip. I have edited it using photo shop changing the contrast and making the colors more vibrant, however I think the fact that St.Paul's cathedral is such an iconic building gives this a different aspect to other scenes as anybody who looks at it will automatically realize what it is. Also the glass sides of the Bridge almost draws you into the picture, sucking the customer in to have a closer look at the album.





The three pictures here I took, whilst in Egypt. I believe that there is something in the way that the sea reflects the sun that makes it perfect for an album cover. I started with just taking a photo of the water itself however I then saw some rocks and thought that it would give it a focal point and therefor make it more interesting.