Broken art: what's with the spate of bad album covers?

Leaping dogs, space-age uniforms, cartoon animals. Who the hell is designing record sleeves these days? GCSE art students?When American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert released his album For Your Entertainment last week, its artwork was met with such widespread derision that he was forced to defend it on Twitter. It was "deliberately campy", Lambert pointed out, in case the airbrushed, Athena-poster feel and man make-up didn't make it too obvious.   I think Lambert just about gets away with it...

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