1. TASK 8
Digipak

2. BLINK 182
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ENEMA OF THE STATE
The album artwork consists of three simple and bright colors: red, white, and blue. A hospital and medicine theme is
sported throughout the album liner notes and artwork. The lyrics are present in the liner notes, keeping in line with all
previous Blink-182 albums. A portion of the enclosed booklet with the album features a panorama of men posing in just
underwear with the members of Blink-182. Art direction for the album was headed by Tim Stedman, with Stedman and
graphic designer Keith Tamashiro designing the package. Porn star Janine Lindemulder is the nurse of the cover of
Enema of the State. The glove was inspired by the album‟s working title which was going to be called “Turn Your Head
and Cough”. The album cover is now iconic by many publications. Janine Lindemulder is also featured in other Blink 182
albums such as “What‟s My Age Again?” and “Man Overboard”. The original version of the album featured
Lindemulder in a nurse cap displaying the American Red Cross logo. The Red Cross was removed and digitally edited out
of all further printings, however, some Canadian pressings still feature the red cross intact and these versions are soon to
become rare.

3. ENEMA OF THE STATE
ANALYSIS
The images used in Blink 182 Enema State are mostly of men and the only women in the album is the
woman dressed as a nurse on the front cover. This could suggest the audience who will be listening to
this band but also perhaps the theme to the songs such as it will be about relationships between boys
and girls or guys chasing girls. The images used are all quite cheeky looking with the facial expressions
pulled by Blink 182 on the back cover but also the inside cover with them and other men half naked,
this could suggest that this isn‟t a serious album it‟s a fun album. There are symbols on the back cover
which all look like they are symbols you‟d see at a hospital. The front cover doesn‟t have Blink 182
written in big letters so say who the album is by but also it doesn‟t have the name of the album which
could suggest that the band don‟t need to tell their fans because they will already know or they have
chosen not to have their name in big letters because it could make people pick up the album to see
who the band who‟s album this is. The text for Enema of the State doesn‟t look like it was an iconic
text font. The colors of the text is blue, white and red just like the symbols. The blue and white link
with the hospital theme which carries throughout the album. Something which does indicate the genre
of music is the tattooed female on the front cover. Tattoos back then would be stereotypical of
punk/rock music whereas now days a lot of artists have tattoos. Blink 182 are a pop punk band so the
tattooed woman does indicate what genre of music this album fits into. The band are American so the
name Enema of the State means enemy of the state so it could mean that they are against someone or
something that would try to damage or destroy the government. This could show the serious side of
the band compared to the fun side of the band so the songs on the album could be a mix of serious
and fun songs.

4. LA DISPUTE
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WILDLIFE
Wildlife was released in 2011 by post hardcore band, La Dispute. The album
artwork was created by Adam Vass who does a lot of digital artwork. The album
cover is an image of wood and has been digitally enhanced with added colors such
as green and pink and also the words Wildlife and La Dispute on top of it.

5. WILDLIFE
ANALYSIS
The images used in La Dispute Wilfelife is mostly landscape photography which
links to the title of the album „Wildlife‟. This could suggest the themes of this
album could be based around things around us and nature. The images used are
quite dark and uninhabited which could suggest that the album could be quite a dark
album with inner meanings to the songs. There has also been a bit of photoshop
used to add colour to the dark photos which could suggest that even though the
themes of the songs are quite dark there is light about them.
The front cover has La Dispute smaller letters beneath the writing „Wildlife‟. The
big writing of Wildlife is hard to read which could suggest that La Dispute have
chosen a writing quite hard to read to make people stop and try and work out what
the writing says but also the wring is so interesting it makes it eye catching.
The colors of the text on the back is white to match the white text of the front
cover. The album cover doesn‟t give away what type of music this band is but the
fact that the front cover looks kind of artistic could suggest that this album is a type
of art. I think that this album is a serious album because the art work isn‟t fun as it
is quite dark.

6. PARKWAY DRIVE
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DEEP BLUE
The album artwork consists of three colors blue, white, and black. A water theme is shown
throughout the album artwork. The lyrics are present in the water artwork too. The art direction for
the album was headed by Dan Mumford who is an English artist. The theme for water links in with
the title of the album „Deep Blue‟ but it also links in with the lyrics.

7. DEEP BLUE
ANALYSIS
The artwork used in Parkway Drive Deep Blue follow a the waves
till they reach an city inhabited island. This could suggest the
themes of this album could be based around things around
distance. The artwork used is quite dark due to the colour choices
of dark, white and black which could suggest that the album could
be quite a dark album. After researching how the artist who
created this piece it said that he uses a tablet to draw on and
Photoshop to edit the colours. The front cover has Parkway Drive
in big font, the typography is Parkway Drive‟s iconic font, making
them recognizable. Deep Blue is written in different smaller but all
in capital letters hand but because the bands name is quite big it‟s
quite hard to work out if Parkway Drive is the name of the album
or the band‟s name. I think the front cover gives away what type of
album it will because of the dark colours it suggest that this album
is dark which fits the genre it fits into which is metal-core.

8. BRAND NEW
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THE DEVIL AND GOD ARE RAGING
INSIDE ME
The name of the album came from a conversation Jesse Lacey had with a friend regarding
Daniel Johnston, a musician who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The album cover is a picture titled "Untitled #44" from Nicholas Prior's "Age of Man"
collection which the band saw at an art show and later used. The outside of the cardboard
case contains no song listings, and doesn't contain the name of the album or the band name
anywhere but on the spine. The record company instead placed stickers on the plastic
wrapping to indicate the name of the album and band, and on the UK version to indicate
that it had the bonus track.

9. THE DEVIL AND GOD ARE
RAGING INSIDE ME ANALYSIS
The images used in Brand New „The Devil and God are raging inside me‟ has
different images all very different such as the inside book has images of drums,
live, a picture of a horse and the album cover is a image of a girl and two ghouls
which doesn‟t links to the title of the album „The Devil and God are raging inside
me‟. The title of the album could suggest that the band are religious because it
talks about God. The front cover could be a underlining meaning like they wanted
to combine their song title in normal life such as the two people talking dressed in
ghoul costumes could be seen as the Devil and the girl could be seen as God
because she is innocent. From the digipak you can‟t tell what type of genre music
this album belongs to because the album cover is fairly normal and there isn‟t any
dark colours or bright colours to suggest what genre it is. The front cover doesn‟t
give us a title of the album or the band name which makes us think that the
album name or the band aren‟t that important and that people should focus more
on the songs on the album. I think the album could have a personal meaning to
the band because the photos inside the booklet don‟t have anything to do with the
front cover or the name of the album so the photos in the album could be
something to the band.

10. GREEN DAY
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AMERICAN IDIOT
The artwork for American Idiot reflects the themes on the record. The themes for American
Idiot are likening the change of image to a political. The inspiration for the album is from
Chinese communist propaganda art the band saw in art galleries. The artist who design previous
Green Day albums Chris Bilheimer designed American Idiot. The aim for the artwork was” at
once uniform and powerful.” Bilheimer listened to the album and took note of the lyric “And
she‟s holding on my heart like a hand grenade” from the song “She‟s a Rebel.” Bilheimer was
influenced by artist Saul Bass‟s poster from a film called The Man with the Golden Arm where
Bilheimer wanted to create a upstretched arm holding a red heart shaped grenade.

11. AMERICAN IDIOT ANALYSIS
The artwork used in Green Day American Idiot is quite roughly done on
purpose making it more raw which looks really effective and works for
this album. The album is inspired by propaganda which I think the front
cover does look like it should be a advert for propaganda. The idea that
the album should be for propaganda could suggest the theme of the
album that it will be quite a controversial album. The red colour stands
out amongst the black drawing attention to the heart hand grenade. The
red also has connotations of blood which links in with the
controversialness of this album as there are themes of war in it. The
hand grenade follows onto the CD too. The booklet isn‟t done in any
fancy writing it‟s done handwritten which makes it look raw. The front
cover has Green Day written in big and writing making it obvious that
Green Day is the band and American Idiot is the name of the album, we
can tell this because „American Idiot‟ is written in red the same colour as
the hand grenade. The black on this album makes us think that it is a
dark album which it is but it also matches the rock stereotype that rock
music is dark.

12. SLIPKNOT
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SLIPKNOT
The artwork for Slipknot self titled „Slipknot‟ was
done by photographer Stefan Seskis. The album
Slipknot was released in 1999.

13. SLIPKNOT ANALYSIS
The artwork used for Slipknot self titled is quite dark and has a gorey feel to it.
Slipknot are one of the first bands who thought of wearing masks and hiding their
identity which is something which you‟d associate with superhero's or murders in films
so them having their picture on the front cover either makes them announce that they
are the first to do so that they are making it obvious that they are unique. The back
cover has an x-ray like image of a skull again it‟s quite a gorey image with the browny
reds giving out connotations of blood and murder which could be themes in this
album but also the darkness of this album suggests a genre of music it belongs to
which I think is nu metal. The typography of Slipknot is like blood running down but
it is also Slipknots trademark writing making them recognizable. The album name for
this album is no where to be seen on this album so the audience has to work out what
the album is called. The audience for this album I think is for the audience for
teenagers or young adults because of the masks makes me think that the masks stand
for something but also it is childish that they are wearing masks.