Gnarls Barkley

Here Gnarls Barkely front cover uses explosive imagery to illustrate a growing attraction to his music. It also refers to the politics of modern society and the growing impact it has on society. The colours are fairly neutral this refers to the middle ground which most people lie on. This includes peaches and greys which make the both blend in but at the same time stand out. The build up of images such as the gas mask, bomb and astronaut also connote references to to outer this world experiences. Also there is images New York in the upper region this plays references to were the artist is from and gets his influences to create his music. The large images and the little amount of text show references to particular elements that the artist wants to be made visible. The target audience can then take an active participation in the argument and support the same beliefs on the topic or go against them even.
The little amount of text that is visible on the cover is shown in the left hand corner of the cover and is in capitals lettering which is quite bold to stand out and be noticed. The artist is therefore making his statement noticed and clear that it is his opinions. Other text that is used is "live, sex, don't walk" here are all references to specific things within our lives, for example with don't walk here a reference to the spilt decisions that we must make in life result in us either going down the correct path or rebelling against what is expected of us.

The back of the CD is fairly minimalistic as there are build up of images there is mainly text on a plain black background. This shows that it is straight to the point, the artist wants you to be interested in the music rather than distracted by images and colours that have no meaning. The background does however have what looks to be smoke after an explosion this links to the front of the CD cover this as a result creates a constancy throughout the cover which makes it look like they are linked through a key event that has occurred. The background also contains a back code this is generic of CD covers to contain an individual code that illustrates they are for a particular CD. Finally there is a small amount of text which has been placed just next to the bar code which lists produces and so on to thank an promotes their intake on the CD.