Linkin Park Album Cover Analysis

What I’ve Done album cover.

The first thing that I noticed about the album cover for What I’ve Done is that it is very very simplistic. The white background helps to make all the band members stand out and the water fading at the horizon is a great touch. Both the single cover and the album cover use the same fonts for the title and the sub title, using the original font for ‘Linkin Park’, and a plain text for the text of the album and single name.

The front and back covers for the What I’ve Done album are very different to any other album that they have released. Firstly, the front cover is a shot of a white, peaceful setting with tranquil water nearby, misleading us into thinking that it is a peaceful, gentle CD, instead the CD is a heavy rock genre, making the cover completely deceptive. The band members on the front cover seem to stand united, all together. The black silhouettes of the members also give a mysterious feeling surrounding the CD. There seems to be a dark, moody theme, running through the front and leading to the back cover, as the members have got there back turned to the camera, giving the cover a ‘silent’ theme.

The back cover gives off a similar vibe as the front, moody and mysterious. As we can see the back cover seems darker than the front, making the band members blend into the surroundings. In some cases some of the song choices echo the setting, such as ‘Given Up’, it seems to reflect the band member’s moods as they look out to what looks like an ocean. Another song choice that reflects the artists attitude is ‘What I’ve Done’, this song choice could represent that what the artists are thinking, and looking out to sea, reflecting on past deeds, or looking out to the distance for answers.