Linkin Park Album Analysis- Living things

Linkin Park Living Things Digipack Analysis

 

 

Name of Album: Living Things

Release Date:  20/06/2012

Band: Linkin Park

Front Cover

 

 

The Front cover of the album is strangely ominous yet also very visually powerful, the sharp red colouring on the eyes and chin of the character really stand out in the centre of the piece, the crumbling effect on the character itself is also very interesting. What it could possibly signify is something akin to a personal shell or inner being. The Typography of the title is bold and stunning with its subheading slighlty smaller indicating that more importance is on the band name being seen rather than the album title, this isnt really an issue here because the front cover is quite abstract and easily definable among other albums covers in my opinion.

 

Back Cover

 

The back of the CD Cover is reminiscent of the themes and colours shown on the front cover, however the colour red is omitted, this less visually stunning image is however less concerning as some may think, it would be fair to assume that at this point the person viewing the album has already found and picked up the CD being drawn to the front. the back serves its purpose clearly and shows the songs listed on the back, I know from personal experience that the special edition of the CD comes with a live tour DVD so this could be something to think about.

 

Inside CD

 

The Inside of the CD casing contains a lyric book, this is one of the few decent pictures of it that I have managed to find, but the lyric book follows this style, its a series of beautiful paintings with the lyrics placed over it in white making it stand out on the background. I have checked and this is the actual inside, my confusion for this is that the piece inside doesnt appear to match the exterior of the CD, however, it will admit it is quite stunning. I am strongly considering using this idea for my piece by underlaying a beautiful picture, to avoid copyright infringement I will most likely take a photograph and edit it.


I have gotten some strong inspiration from this piece here, I especially like the Front Cover and Inner CD Casing.