Recovery Album Cover, Digipak and Poster

This is the front cover for Eminem's new album Recovery, the cover is quite simple and no effects have been used to edit it. We can see a long shot of Eminem on the left hand side from behind walking down a road on his own. On the right we can see power lines going down the road into the distance, the title Recover is in the top right corner. The 'O' in the title has been turned into a white cross in a red circle like a first aid symbol, the second 'E' is turned around to face the other way, Eminem does this most of the time with his other albums and posters. The artist is recovering from a drug addiction he has had over the past few years and the title explains what this album is about, his last album was called Relapse and this new album is showing the recovery hes made over the last few years.

This is the back of the album cover, we can see Eminem sitting down on a sofa with city buildings in the background. There are objects in the shot that you would normally find in a living room like the lamp and other furniture. There is also a sign in the background which says "Eminem Welcomes You To Detroit", this is probably just showing that he is from Detroit. Something else I noticed is that i could see a reflection of something around him.

This is one of the pictures in the digipak, its quite similar to the back of the album cover. There are the same buildings in the background but they are further away, all of the furniture from the back cover are still in the shot. The main difference is that he is a glass box with all the furniture and this is where the reflection came from. Eminem is casually sitting down reading a book, where as he was looking at the camera last time. This relates to what he says some of his lyrics, he talks about being in a glass cage, being in a zoo, and having the whole world constantly watching him.

This is the inside of the digipak, on the left we can just see a white page with Eminem in big letters in brackets and some information on his songs in red. on the right we can see a medium shot from side on of Eminem with his top off looking at the camera. I think the shot is to show off his tattoos on his left arm, the one on his forearm is a tribute to his best friend who died a few years ago, Eminem also dedicated the album to him.

This is in the middle of the digipak, the same picture is on both sides but one has been turned upside down, the rest of the digipak is upside down from this point onwards. In the middle is the recovery symbol. The picture is a close up of Eminem holding his hand over his eye, this part of the digipak represents the turning point in the album, the songs start off more aggressive and half way through they become more sentimental and meaningful.

This is towards the end of the digipak, on the left we can see half of the recovery symbol and some writing about the album, there is also a picture of his best friend Proof who died and this is who he dedicated the album to. There is also a quote which Eminem wrote to go with the picture telling people who are going through hard times, it does get better. On the right there is a close up picture of Eminem with his hood up, eyes closed and hands together. I think this picture is showing that he is praying for his best friend.

This is the poster for Eminem's Recovery album, the picture for the poster is the same picture for the album cover. A few things have been added to the picture such as Eminem name above the title, the date in the bottom right corner and information on the songs on the album and some record company logos.