Deconstruction of Album Covers

This album cover is clearly a take on Jack on the beanstalk which instantly sparks interest for the viewer as its familiar, but its been distorted to seem much more mythical and scary as well as the boy but much younger than the original. It all builds to give the album cover a spooky, dangerous and mysterious image. The ladder looks rough and impossible to climb again adding to the danger factor of the album cover. The sky is green where as up in the clouds its purple which gives the cover a toxic look as if the sky is poisonous and again dangerous, but retains this enigma of where the ladder leads to and the eye grabbing colours that attract us to the album. The fact that the character is a young child represents the naïve curiosity that the viewer can relate to and feel a part of whilst also reinforcing the danger he is in.

This is clearly designed to resemble the punk nature of the band and appeal to a rebellious youth audience. The stencil style of the red words across the undisturbed black and white image reminds us of spray paint on an undisturbed wall in society which is associated with rebellious youths. The way the figure is dressed is a typical punk style with his tattoo saying punk being made very clear as well as his hair, which gives the album a first look punk style reflecting the nature of the band. This is also represented in the scratchy scruffy writing of ‘…And out come the wolves’ which loosely resembles their punk style through their rejection of traditionally pleasing writing.