Digipak Analysis - Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace

 

The album Echoes, Silence, Patients and Grace gets its name from the song Home. It is almost in complete contrast to the album's imagery of a bomb mixed with a valve audio amplifier and therefore is used to juxtapose because neither of these items and silent or graceful and in them selves aren't alike in many ways. The colours to this album are plain and calm which fits the music and genre. This is because of some of the music on this album, unlike Foo  Fighters normal songs, are slow tempo and relaxed.

 

This digipak definitely fits well with the target audience because of the use of imagery, colour and possibly the long name. The picture (a bomb) is right for the audience as it is a serious and controversial subject, in other words young children won't be talking about this type of thing.

The text is appropriate as it shows the artist name and album name in black to stand out from the grey background. The ampersand used in the album name is also note worthy because the colour of this is the same colour as the text on the back to try make the entire digipak work together in one colour scheme.

 

On the back of this album there are the names of the songs and bonus track just like most albums; this is so people buying the album know where to look and what to expect. The back of the digipak also shows the production company and who helped in the making.

 As for the CD artwork, the continuous theme of two things that don't fit together (and are almost opposite) has endured. This can also be seen in the album leaflet with pictures such as a babies head next to a heat monitor which is often associated with flat lining and therefore the opposite of birth- death. Another example is a stick of dynamite and an umbrella, these show no obvious opposites but again are not similar. This again could link to the music on the album because some of the tracks are slow and relaxing, some are fast and angry and some change.