On the Com Lag cover, a bear tells a grinning despot to say cheese, in Japanese.

The Com Lag cover: a bear at a brick wall works an old bellows camera aimed at a grinning creature, under a blue engraved landscape, with a Japanese speech bubble

Toshiba-EMI made it for Radiohead's April 2004 dates in Osaka and at Makuhari Messe. Stanley Donwood said the designers had imagined Delft pottery painted with despots and genetically modified bears. Imports alone took it to number 37 in the UK albums chart in May.

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On the Com Lag cover, a bear tells a grinning despot to say cheese, in Japanese.

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