Jamie T's debut Mercury prize nominated album Panic Prevention was released on the 29th January 2007 and sold over 160,000 copies in the first year. The album was a big success for the Wimbeldon born singer and lead to his second hit album Kings and Queens. The album achieved most of its success from singles such as Shelia, If You Got The Money, Ike and Tina and So Lonely Was The Ballad. The album was named Panic Prevention because Jamie T (real name Jamie Treays) suffered panic attacks throughout his teenage years, and the album is a series of songs showcasing events and feelings.
What I like about the album cover and the digipack is the cluttered mess where Jamie lays and the contrast of the background with the war medals. The medals do not directly link to the songs in the album but do make a good back cover, unlike some albums the track list are display
ed simply which is what we wanted to do. Keeping a simple album cover isn't really popular in the media industry today artists use their covers to express how artistic they are to appeal to a wider audience. A basic album cover by a popular modern artists I found is Employment by The Kaiser Chiefs, I like the old book effect with the worn out material and the old label because they give a realistic old effect.
Another important part of the digipak is the design of the actual CD, Panic Prevention which is the image on the right has a plain basic design with the albums title Panic Prevention over and over again. This is an im
portant choice which means more than just the aesthetics. The repetition of the words represent an actual panic attack with someone in a confused state struggling to ommunicate. What i like about the repetition of the words is that in some places the words are cut off which centers the complete title. Where as the image above on the left hand side is an example of artistic creativity some artists choose to display on their CD's
portant choice which means more than just the aesthetics. The repetition of the words represent an actual panic attack with someone in a confused state struggling to ommunicate. What i like about the repetition of the words is that in some places the words are cut off which centers the complete title. Where as the image above on the left hand side is an example of artistic creativity some artists choose to display on their CD's 
I will analyse multiple music videos and discuss their Mise en Scene, Conventions and the directors other similar productions to understand the way they work. www.panicawayhelp.org
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