Analysis of the "Dark Side of the Moon" Digipak 2

• The front cover contains a beam of thin, white light entering into a metallic triangle. The light is then refracted on the other side, splitting it into all the colours of the spectrum. This all happens on a pitch black background. The cover is very enigmatic and dark, suiting the style of Pink Floyd's music. It also appears to be referencing space because it involves a physiological occurrence on a black background. The triangle reminds me of the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey" whose alien presence is an enigma but we try our best to understand it.

This may be reflective of the band's issues with Syd Barrett's schizophrenia and the epic confusion it caused. The cover's spacy element can also suggest that the music is 'out-of-this-world', which would appeal to the general public.

• The back cover is a live image of four prisms with many lines of coloured light going through them. The prisms all seem connected by these colours of light but not to the source of white light. Perhaps this is to symbolise how something may be more complicated that it appears. Since there are four prisms, I would guess that these resemble the four band members who are all connected by the colour of music. The CD and the back cover of the booklet also have this image.