Pictured above is the front cover of the album by the Manchester band Oasis titled 'Definitely Maybe'.The album itself was the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK. This album cover is one of the most recognised album cover's to the public due to the originality and statement given off by the cover. Within the picture, we see all members of the band but particularly placed in different parts of the room. This idea was taken from the back cover to A Collection of Beatles Oldies, a group photograph of the Beatles around a small table in a Japanese hotel room.
Within the photo, many items play reference to the songs on the album. For example, the globe could represent "Up in the Sky" as the world is technically, up in the sky. Secondly, on the left hand side, we can see a glass of wine and cigarettes next to Liam Gallagher. This could be in reference to the song "Cigarettes and Alcohol". The band have also incorporated their own taste into the album art. After doing research, I discovered that the poster on the lower-left side is that of Burt Bacharach, on of Noel Gallagher's idols.
Within the photo, many items play reference to the songs on the album. For example, the globe could represent "Up in the Sky" as the world is technically, up in the sky. Secondly, on the left hand side, we can see a glass of wine and cigarettes next to Liam Gallagher. This could be in reference to the song "Cigarettes and Alcohol". The band have also incorporated their own taste into the album art. After doing research, I discovered that the poster on the lower-left side is that of Burt Bacharach, on of Noel Gallagher's idols.
Above is the inside of the digipak booklet that comes with the album. Normally when such features come with an album, the booklet usually consists of the lyrics to each song on the album. However, this booklet associated with the album 'Definitely Maybe' consists only of pictures of the band.
This picture above shows the middle of the booklet, when the framing of each picture shows each band members position within the band. The left hand side shows the other three band members in their own space all on one page however, the right hand side shows brother's Liam and Noel pictured fully to show their dominance in the band and their equal contribution. Looking at this, we can see that Liam and Noel dominate the band and are the key characters.
This picture above shows the middle of the booklet, when the framing of each picture shows each band members position within the band. The left hand side shows the other three band members in their own space all on one page however, the right hand side shows brother's Liam and Noel pictured fully to show their dominance in the band and their equal contribution. Looking at this, we can see that Liam and Noel dominate the band and are the key characters.
This is the actual CD for the album 'Definitely Maybe'. To compliment it's busy album art, the CD itself is a plain, sky blue which may have been purposely used to not only match the colour scheme of the album art but so that it kept things simple and did not over complicate the album's look itself. To the left, we see the band's logo established boldly and in contrast with the CD's colour, illuminating the band and making the logo stand out from any other text present on the CD. At the bottom, we can see each track listed along with it's coordinating track number. This could be a feature added in case the album cover, which lists the songs on the back cover, were to go missing, the owner could still see which track was associated with each track number.
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