album artwork presentation
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Album Art Work
In this presentation I will displayand analyse the album art of
bands/artists similar to that ofThe Upgrade. At the end there isa conclusion of the main themesused within the artwork and myown potential digi-pack design.
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The first band is Green Day. Their early music was incredibly punk influenced and
had a distinctive sound yet as their music has progressed they have gone throughmany different genres but still keeping faithful to their original rock roots. Their
recently released album 21stCentury Breakdown was a comeback for Green Day.
Well known songs off this album are ones such as 21stCentury Breakdown, East
Jesus Nowhere and 21 Guns. YouTube links posted below:
21st Century Breakdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ZKlT1EvCA
East Jesus Nowhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDT_7VaPdw21 guns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ZKlT1EvCAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDT_7VaPdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDT_7VaPdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ZKlT1EvCA -
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The band Ash formed in 1992 in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. They have sold 8
million records worldwide to date. The front man is called Tim Wheeler and their
most famous track is called Shining Light released in 2002.Shining Light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZGcNx8nV8U
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The Kaiser Chiefs who formed in 1996 have a distinct sound and originate from Leeds.
They have released 4 full albums. These being: Employment (2005), Yours Truly, Angry
Mob (2007), Off With Their Heads (2008) and The Future Is Medieval (2011). Above is the
cover for their first album Employment containing well known tracks such as Everyday I
Love You Less and Less and I Predict a Riot (YouTube links posted below).
Everyday I Love You Less and Less: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y
I Predict a Riot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y -
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The Artic Monkeys are a indie/rock band formed in Sheffield, UK. Pictured is their debut album
called Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not released on 23rd January 2006. This albumbecame the UK's fastest selling debut album, selling over 360,000 copies in its first week! It has
since gone quadruple platinum. Popular songs from this album include Dancing Shoes, I Bet You
Look Good On The Dancefloor and The View From The Afternoon. Links to all three of these songs
are posted below.
Dancing Shoes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1sqXNZkbE
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwThe View From The Afternoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQAZsyucbQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1sqXNZkbEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQAZsyucbQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQAZsyucbQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6z4mONfO8&list=UU-KTRBl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1sqXNZkbE -
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The Foo Fighters are an American rock band, formed
in Seattle in 1994 and have released 7 albums since
1994 with their debut album called Foo Fighters
(pictured immediately below). A well known song of
theirs is on the 6th
album (top left): Echoes, Silence,Patience and Grace and the song is called The
Pretender. A link to the YouTube music video is
posted below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQ9tuuTJQ
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The Queens of the Stone Age formed in Palm Desert, California, USA in 1997. The
album Songs for the Deaf was originally released on August 27th, 2002 and
achieved a gold status in 2003, after they sold 900,000 copies. Below is a link to
one of their most commercially famous tracks No One Knows featured on the
album Songs for the Deaf (pictured above).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE
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Nirvana formed in Aberdeen, Washington,USA in 1987. Their genre was grunge. The
original members were lead guitarist and
front man, Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist
Novoselic. After playing with several
drummers for 3 years the longest lasting wasDave Grohl (drummer of Queens of the
Stone Age front man of Foo Fighters
featured previously) who joined the band in
1990. Previous drummers included the
following:
Aaron Burckhard (19871988, 1988)
Dale Crover (1988, 1990)
Dave Foster (1988)
Chad Channing (19881990)
Dan Peters (1990)
Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after Kurt
Cobain unfortunately committed suicide in
1994. The album pictured to the right isconsidered Nirvanas most commercially
successful album Nevermind released in
1991. Below is one of their most famous
tracks from this album called Smells Like
Teen Spirit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg -
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The band Rage Against the Machine is a rap, metal band formed in Los Angeles,
California, USA in 1991. They are known for incorporating their very left-wing political
views within their music. The album pictured above is their debut album simply namedRage Against the Machine and was released on November 3, 1992.
Major companies reviewed this album upon its release including Kerrang! Magazine
which rated it 5/5 stars. Chris Jones from the BBC stated Musically adventurous, funky
to a tee and mad as hell. Q magazine also rated it 5/5 stars. Two especially popular
tracks on this album are posted below with links to YouTube.
Killing In The Name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQBombtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUaL1FnotRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUaL1FnotRQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUaL1FnotRQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ -
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ConclusionA frequent motif within the artwork is the colour black whether its the
writing or the picture. This is plain to see in each of the album coversincluded within this slide show (especially slides 2, 3, 4 and 5). This
could connote that the music (the bands which have been picked being
mostly rock/metal) has a darker message to send.
For example on slide 9 there is the album artwork for Rage Against the
Machine. The picture is of Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk
named Thich Quang Duc who on the 11th June 1963 set himself alight
using gasoline and burned to death. He was protesting about the
maltreatment of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Roman Catholic
Government. Rage Against the Machine have taken that image, edited itinto black and white and used it as cover art. This fits in with their left-
wing messages they try to achieve in the album that people should
protest and stand up for their rights. Thich Quang Duc made the
ultimate sacrifice of burning himself to death to prove a point so others
could live better.
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My Own CD Cover Design
Panel 1
The front panel of the album will be taken onthese spiral staircases located in the UEA
campus. The reason I like this concept is
because the different levels of stairs could
represent the bands idea of an upgrade or
up-grading. The other reason is the harsh
looking metal wires in front. This could suggesttheir new and fresh talent is currently locked
up yet they want to let it all out for the public
to hear.
The words of The Upgrade (apologies for
being crudely written onto the image) Ithought would contrast nicely in black ink
against the white wall making it stand out
instantly to the eye. I am planning to go to the
UEA with the band members and take a photo
shoot in and around these stairs so they are
original images and will then experiment withdifferent effects such as black and white.
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Panel 2
The second panel uses thisbuilding here. Its located at
the Sainsbury's Centre,
Norwich, Norfolk. The large
glass windows reflect very well
and I am wanting to shoot
them from a low angle shot(closer than this image is
taken, mine shall be right up
against the glass) so the band
are staring into the eyes of
their own reflection. It could
be argued this connotes thevoyeurism which can come
with fame and how there is no
privacy as a celebrity due to
the press etc. I plan to have
this edited into black and
white.
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Panel 3On the CD I am planning to
have the CD jet black andhave the arrow (The
Upgrades logo) in white.
When this is played in a CD
player it will spin round and
look circular.
The single which is beingreleased on this CD is called
USA yet the band are British
so I thought of the concept of
combining the two flags
together in the background of
the panel behind the CD sowhen you take the CD out you
can see the full design. Using
images from the internet I
have come up with a rough
idea of how it should look
which is on the next slide.
BlackWhite
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CD outline
Panel 3 without CD In the Case.
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Panel 4For the back panel I am
planning to take a more
close up and lower angleshot of the bronze lions
outside city hall. These are
widely recognisable and
immediately put across the
bands origins of Norwich,
Norfolk, UK. They are alsosolid metal (has
connotations towards the
genre of metal). I am
planning to also edit this
picture into black and white
and go to shoot on a day
when there is grey sky. This
is so the grey will contrast
against the black writing of
the track listing making it
easier to read.