Analysis of the "Dark Side of the Moon" Digipak 1

The Digipak I am analysing now is the 1992 remastered version of the 1973 album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd. Since my chosen song is from the same genre (prog-rock), band and even the same album - I thought this would be a good choice.

• Unusually, images of the band members are not featured in the front or inside covers of the pack - not even on the disc itself. They only reveal their faces in two double-pages of the booklet, which is included with the CD case. The band's absence gives off a sense of mystery and deeper appreciation for the music rather than their image.
• The double-page below shows four separate images of the band members playing in concert. They do not appear to be happy but SERIOUS about their craft. This fits into their style of music, which is psychedelic and dark. 

• The penultimate double-page of the booklet features all four Pink Floyd members in black-and-white. All are smiling and content with themselves. It is stating that since the album has been listened to - because the image is after all the pages of lyrics - one can be content without seriousness once again.

• The booklet contains the list of songs, the band members and who play which songs. This is to keep die-hard fans informed as well as teaching soon-to-be fanatics. The idea of the songs being more important than the artist is repeated in the font. The list of songs in the digipak are in BLOCK CAPITALS and the artists use only their surnames and are mostly in lowercase lettering. 

• Like many other digipak booklets, this one contains the lyrics for every song performed. Unlike most, however, each song has its own double page with differing images and colour scheme. The colour scheme follows that of when light is refracted in a glass prism. So, it begins with red and ends in a deep purple. The song lyric double-pages, on top of their uniform colour scheme, also have different abstract images on each to add to the enigma. For example, the image for the song "BRAIN DAMAGE" contains keys, a syringe, spoons, lobster cutters and a tablet canister. Since this song is supposed to a dedication to Syd Barrett's mental illness, it would be safe to assume that the objects are to do with that. The keys in particular probably allude to one of Barrett's breakdowns where he locked his girlfriend in a cupboard for three days - only feeding her biscuits, which he slid under the door. It is also alluded to in the lyric: 'You lock the door/And throw away the key'.