Guns. N .Roses Digipak analysis

Guns . N . Roses

(Greatest Hits)

Front cover:

The front cover is a simple grey made to look metallic with their logo of the hand guns with the entwined roses. 

This cover is quite plain and simple, giving professional look to the cover and creates a "trustworthy" look with the artist. This also adds to it looking classic because its a Greatest Hits album. However the logo of the guns complies to the rock/heavy metal genre. Most rock covers tend to involve weapons or death. Therefore the guns comply with this convention.

Inside cover:

The inside covers starting from the left is the same grey metal effect as the front, however in this cover there is a super imposed image of two of the band members. This also makes it look like its from a past concert making it look as if its something that made them be a "classic". The grey is also adding to the simplistic look of the front cover. The right side is a coloured image of the band with their older logo in the background. This introduces the whole band to the audience from left to right. The first four band members are  in direct eye line and contact with the audience, but the band member on the far right/bottom is looking away from the lens creating a break in the audience contact the rest of the band members, possibly an emotional detachment. He also looks bored with his hand on his face. This could be his reckless attitude rebelling in boredom. All the band members are also appropriately dressed to the genre.

Back Cover:
The back cover is a combination of all the front and inside. It has the grey metallic look all the others have but it also includes the whole band together in the metallic look to make them look encased in memory. It also has the tracks across the bottom with the copyright, barcode and record label logo.