Is the art of the album gone?

Online services have definitely made it easier to find good music. I don't relish the days of having one or two distant semi decent radio stations. At least MTV still played some decent stuff when they lifted the ban here in the 90s. I'd never buy music if local radio was my main source, can't remember hearing any broadcasts from the albums I purchased last year. University station has decent playlists sometimes, but corporate terrestrial radio is a wasteland.

Hopefully online distribution and promotion will continue to build up smaller labels that focus on quality music.