The front panel of Panic! At The Disco's digipak dark and bright at the same time, the darkness coming from the background picture itself of Brendon in his back garden and the brightness coming from the illustrations drawn over the top to make the once basic picture very exciting. The illustrations link to many of the songs from the album such as 'Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time' which Brendon sings about many of the things that occur at parties and about being drunk. So the madness of what is happening in the illustrations may be alluding to that, like something that is remembered after a night out.
The 'Panic! At The Disco' typeface has changed for this album once again, the logo changes with each album too suit the style of music on the album more. The logo changing tells the listener that they are about to listen to an entirely new Panic! sound.
The back cover of the album is similar to the front as it is dark but bright at the same time. The plain black background with bright coloured writing for the track list along with an illustration of a cut off plug. The copyright and other information os down the bottom of the cover this means that the viewers eyes are drawn to the track list and illustrations first before they glance down further. There is synergy between the typeface as the track list is written in the same typeface as the logo.
The first and second panel display a drawing of Brendon Urie and the tracks with their lyrics. Synergy is continued within the digipak as the lyrics to each of the songs are displayed on a black background, with the titles in a bright red making them stand out between the white lyrics. The minimalistic drawing of Brendon uses the same colours, black, white and red, but also contrasts lyrics which are on a black background and the drawing on a white background. This makes the drawing stand out more and the viewers eyes will be drawn to the picture before the lyrics as it is bigger and bolder.
The third and forth panels are almost identical to the first and second as they follow the same style with a small change to the layout, with the drawing on the right instead of the left. The viewers eyes are still pulled to the drawings before the lyrics, as the picture is the same but with drawings over it. This links back to the front panel where an ordinary picture is drawn over. On this picture devil like features have been drawn over Brendon's face along with what could be seen as dripping blood, this is synergistic with the video for 'Emperor's New Clothes' where Brendon transforms into the devil.
The fifth and sixth panels are in a different layout as there is no drawing of Brendon and the lyrics stop on the very left of the fifth panel leaving room for other things, such as drawings and a thank you note. The picture once again draws in the viewer as it stands out between the small writing. On the sixth panel all the credits are listed, with the track titles once again in red making them stand out between the white writing.
The back panel is a plain black with the same picture of Brendon as before but it is washed over in red, through the digipak Brendon's picture transforms, linking to the album itself as he is changing 'Death of a Bachelor'.
The synergy continues onto the CD design where the drawing of a plug and socket are shown, this could be symbolism of how the listener is about to plug into the album.
The typeface is the same of the band name and title of the album, and are in bright yellow writing capturing the audiences attention along with the image. There is copyright information at the very bottom of the CD which is very compact meaning that the viewer is unlikely to look at it and instead the picture, band and title.
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