Ancillary Task - Digipack

This album came out this year and is Joe Bonamassa's 10th album. The blues rock singer has recently toured in the UK at some local venues such as Ipswich Regent and the Corn Exchange in Cambridge.



The digipack itself is in black and gold (relating to the name of the album 'Black Rock'). The style is very simple but effective which contains throughout the digipack. Inside, the sleeve shows a lot of images of Joe Bonamassa in the studio along with messages to his fans of what to expect from the album. The digipack also lists the people involved with the album such as the band. Unlike most other albums, this one does not list the lyrics to his songs however does list the title of each song. Another unconventional aspect to his album is a list of the instruments used especially a long list of guitars. The album also shows off the character of Joe Bonamassa by adding in humour to the sleeve for instance a list of 'random things in the world to avoid'.

I like the idea of a simplistic front cover for our digipack, focusing on two or three colours, such as black and gold. Also we need to show the artist either in the sleeve or on the album cover. Our digipack would be better with the lyrics to the song inside, unlike this album, so our audience can read them.