Conventions of album covers

Front Cover: Album name, Band name, either a picture of the band or an abstract image relating to the album.
Back Cover: Track listing, barcode, copyright infomation.
Insert: Lyrics, Pictures of the band, Thank you letters.


To help me come up with ideas for my own digipack, I will analyse Paramore's Riot CD. It has a recurring theme that appears all over the CD which is the hand-written Riot.

Back Cover




The back cover shows a black and white image of the band and also carries across the theme of hand-written text and the riot! in the back ground. The sides of the cover contains the name of the band and album. These strips on the outside will become the sides of the physical album. 


Insert



Each member of the band chose their favourite song to write the lyrics in the insert which added a personal touch to the CD. Also, the whole insert is in black and white which is not seen very often.

Front Cover



The band and writing are all in black and white except the few Riots that are in red. this makes the cover look very graphic and draws attention to the album name.