Cd Cover Analysis of All Killer No Filler by Sum 41

Front

The front cover of this album looks very low budget and easy to make. It includes all 4 members of the band Sum 41 Deryck, Jason, Steve and David on the front cover pulling funny faces. They’ve just opened their mouths and shook their heads from left to right very fast resulting in air catching in their mouths making them puff out the way they do in the pictures . This band also has sense of humour and is looked up to by a lot of teenagers who come from the punk scene. The pictures aren’t exactly high quality but they do look funny and the band has done this to show their sense of humour. The look of the album cover has a tiled effect like how the pictures are in 16 squares that fill up the whole front and then in the American colour scheme Red, White and Blue is the band Logo and album name. The band logo stands out from everything else on the page due to its bright colours and this is supposed to stand out so people who like the band know it’s their album. The name of the album also stands out but not as much as it’s in a red font on a strip in-between a line of photo’s but is easy readable. The album came out in 2001 so that can explain as to why the picture quality isn’t that good but I think the band actually wanted this look as it gives it a vintage polaroid effect.

Inside Front

Inside of the front cover looks almost identical to the front cover but without the band name and logo. It has the same tile Polaroid effect as the front cover but it’s different and has a meaning. They’ve done the exact same thing as the front cover only this time the people that are shown doing the puffed out face are the producers of the album and some friends of the band. The band has done this because it’s a way to say thank you and they’ve decided to include photos of them inside the case to show you who the people are who helped them produce a very successful album. Also they’ve made them do the funny faces just for comedy as its funny seeing photos of the producers and friends of the band who are never usually seen by millions of people unlike the band. So the inside of the front cover is important as it shows you the key people who helped and support Sum 41 to make this album.

Inside Back

The inside of the back cover of the album is extremely important. At the top it has the bands logo the exact same one we see on the front of the album and once again it stands out the most on this page over everything else. This page is also a way of saying thanks but it also tells you a lot of information. Under the Sum 41 logo there is the nicknames of the band members in large white bold writing and the positions they play in the band in the same red font from the front cover next to them. These stand out over all over text on the page apart from the logo as their important. Other information on the page includes the producers of the album and basically everybody who had some input in helping with the album getting made. Towards the bottom of the page there is a huge list of names and just above the names there is a title saying ‘Thanks’ so they are all the names the band would like to thank so this could be close friends and people who have had an impact on them whilst making the album. Inside the cd case on both sides are thank you pages which was nice of the band to do, because they’re trying to get across that they don’t deserve all the credit just because they produce the music.

Back

The back of this CD case makes a change from the rest of the CD Case. The rest of the case contains dark colours such as the front cover except the band logo and on the inside of the case it uses the colour black a lot. In this shot of the band it’s quite colourful, the way how the band have got a photo lounging around in a room in front of some bright multi coloured floral wallpaper. I think the band have done this, so it purposely stands out from the rest of the case and so you can see clearly who the band members are without them pulling any funny faces. There are cans of beer in the middle of the photo and if you look at the band members them all seem to look rough so this photo could represent that they’ve been partying and are all hung-over. At the top of the back cover it has a black background with the names of the songs in a white font with red numbering. This is again sticking to the colour scheme of the rest of the Cd Cover. In large bold red letters underneath the track list it contains who it was produced by and has the bands website and the record company’s website. Both of these things are important as it tells you the name of the person who actually produced the album and the websites can be used to access further information about the band and album. Also in the bottom right corner which is difficult to see, but it also contains the bands record companies logo which is island records and it’s a small white palm tree on a black background.

Posted by Tom