Digipak Anlysis - Nimord Green Day

The album cover of Green Day's "Nimrod" is a black background with the bands title at the top and two black and white photos of people with bright yellow circles covering their faces with "Nimrod" written on each of them. The back also features pictures of the same style with the songs below them.

This is an extremely good use of synergy as the styles are very recognisable and it has a strong colour scheme. The pictures reflect the mood of the band, the style was inspired by a poster of a politician's poster where the face had been ripped off. The lack of identity of a "middle aged man, corporate American" who's identity had been taken through vandalism suited the band. They thought the album cover was striking so they used it. This would suit their target audience as they as the time it was teenagers and young people in their early 20s. The album's artist took photos from old high school yearbooks and scanned the "Nimrod" symbol onto them. The back also features pictures of the band members which will appeal to die hard Green Day fans.
The typography is also very important as it was used for all their touring concerts at the time of the albums release which is why the title is quite large.

The CD itself is amazing because it's like you can hold part of the album cover in real life, its linked so well because it is literally just a section of the album with the songs on it. It also appeals to the target audience because teenagers and young people would have liked the messy handwritten style of writing used for the songs and the occasional scribbles of ink.



Industry
The back of the album cover features a barcode so that they can sell the album.
The record label "Reprise" has it's name on both sides of the packaging, and has its logo just under the barcode. It is very small since the fan-base for Green Day considered themselves punk so they may have been put off by the corporate logo.

Representation