Connotations of titles (Albums and Magazine articles)

Through looking at the titles of different Albums and magazine articles within the genre I have found many things which will help us decide on what the title on our digipak will be as this will be one of the fist thing people will see on the cover and so we must know what the connotations are:

The man who sold the world

The album "The man who sold the world" by David Bowie is an Album title which has many connotations and is an important Album in the history of Alternative Rock music. The title of the Album draws people in allows them to interpret the name of the album in their own way. Some of the ways in which the Album name can be interpreted as are:

• Can be seen to be suggesting that possibly David Bowie is describing himself as he could be the man who sold the world. The idea of selling the world is one which implies that the person who sold it has lots of power and therefore could suggest to people that Bowie is suggesting that he has lots of power and control.
• The title may also suggest that he is talking about somebody else and that he has possibly met somebody like this and that he the songs within the album will be about the person who sold the world. 

        American Idiot

• The album "American Idiot" by Green Day is a title which was appropriate for the time of its release as people in America and across the world would see this as being a title which is describing the year America have had. This is seen as it was the year following the beginning of the Iraq war and one which was opposed by many people as some believed 9/11 was an excuse for the government to go to war. There were also many other bad events that occurred in America and so the album was presumably named for this reason and it was very popular with Green Day being seen as one of the most popular musical groups that year. 

Whatever people say I am, that is what I am not

The album by the Arctic Monkeys which has the song Mardy Bum on it is called "Whatever people say I am, that is what I am not" and this has many connotations and is very relevant to the title we will give due to it being the title of the Album which the song we have chosen to make a music video for is on. This album title is rebellious and it suggests that people should go against what they are labelled to be. The band built up a fan base before the release of the album and when it was released it became very popular amongst younger people. The album along with the image completely gives the impression that people should break stereotypes and the rules of society.