Analysis of existing products DIGIPAK PARAMORE

Paramore - Riot

The front cover of the album is sketchbook like. It features scribbles of the word riot! in the background and when read more closely it can be seen that some of the smaller scribbles are in fact the credits for the album.

The album title stands out the most on the cover, it’s one of the few bits of text written in an orange colouring and takes a very central position on the cover. An image of the band is located directly below the album title in black and white and has been edited to give it a sketch-like look which compliments with the rest of the cover.

The RIOT! scribble theme continues onto the back cover of the album with that particular written in black with all important information written in orange. The back cover features a track listing in orange above another black and white image of the band with a sketch like effect applied. The image takes a central position on the lower half of the cover with the band focussing directly at the camera. The band and their record label’s web address are also featured on the back cover along with the barcode and copyright information.

The album’s insert further continues the notebook theme as you can see in the 2 panels pictured above. Images of the band are once again a recurrent theme here in a style consistent with the rest of the album package.

The insert includes the lyrics to four of their most popular songs with lots of extra notes and doodles alongside. The whole album package with it’s notebook theme implies the idea of mystery, craziness and frustration. These themes are reflected in the songs on the album, for instance in the songs ‘Misery Business’ or ‘That’s What You Get’. It’s clear to the listener that the theme of the album as a whole is reflected not only through the music but also through the album package.

The artwork on the actual CD is also very interesting as it looks as if the word RIOT! has been scratched on to the disk with an orange pen. 

The information here has been portrayed using an unusual style. The structure of the text has not been written in an easily readable structure as it does not follow structured paragraphs or points. This whole section is full of small writing in a hand written font making it quite difficult for the reader to follow.