Congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover and Tony, who were the only 100% scores in last week’s Last Word Albums quiz.
Not surprisingly, this week we’re looking at Last Word Albusm II.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Flick/lastfamousalbumiisfun
I scored 32/36 – I missed albums by Green Day (twice), The Foo Fighters, and Foreigner. It’s a tricky quiz because it often doesn’t opt for the most famous albums in an artist’s discography. 49% was the median score, so if you make it into the 20s you’re doing well.
I was sorry to hear this week that Delays frontman Greg Gilbert is in palliative care. Faded Seaside Glamour from 2004 is a great record, combining psychedelia, Britpop, and indie into a characterful blend. Gilbert’s raspy falsetto is a key part of the band’s appeal.
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28/36. I got zero of the Foo Fighters. I had time left and tried every word in the alphabet on the ones I didn’t get. But it was hopeless as I just didn’t know enough of them.
Colour and the Shape is a pretty well-known Foos album, but the other two are kind of obscure picks.
21/36 and ran out of time. A couple were either lucky guesses or my mind knew the answers.
You scored above the Sporcle average, so good job!
Yay! Thank you!
That was easy. I only had to guess at one of them and I got it right.
Perfect 36/36!
34/36 – I couldn’t tell you the name of a single Aretha Franklin album and only got one right thanks to guessing something else.
That really is sad news – Long Time Coming is a cracking song and they’d got quite a few just like it
Good score! I think Aretha is a pretty good album artist – Lady Soul is a very good one.
Oh no doubt about it but the likelihood of my knowing any of her album titles are as slim as it gets
SCORE
29/36 I could not tell you a Whitney Houston album or the rapper guy.
Did you listen to that Delays song in the post – it has enough jangle and harmony that you’d probably like it.
I just did…love it. Thanks Graham…I like their sound. The first song I picked was Long Time Coming and it sounds great…I’m off until Monday so I’m going back to them.
You mentioned another band a month back…was it The Pinkees? I’ve started to listen to them a lot also. I had it bookmarked and I could figure out when or who pointed me toward them.
Yup, that was me with The Pinkees. Another blogger mentioned them, I’ve only heard that one song.
33/36, and gave up with 1:22 left. Did not know one of the albums by Aretha, GNR or Jimi Hendrix.
Good score though!
Crazy thing is, the one of Aretha’s I missed is pictured in your header! What a dope I am!
I’d never heard of that album before I worked through her late 1960s and early 1970s stuff last year. It’s not one of her best, IMO, even though it’s between two of her best-known.
It’s weird that this is the first time I ever got them all right cuz I don’t even listen to all those people. And the one that I had to guess at was Foo Fighters Skin and……. But what the hell else would you guess besides Bones?? Lol
I missed that one! I obviously wasn’t thinking clearly at that point.
Yeah sometimes you can’t even come up with a guess. I didn’t even check to see how much time I had left. I should have looked.
The only other one that I thought I was gonna miss was Foreigner Agent Provocateur because provocateur is one of those words that you never know exactly how to spell. And I had to spend a lot of time trying to spell it right and I just tried everything, then suddenly I spelled it right
I tried Agent Orange….
25/36. I was all over the map on this one, almost every artist had a hole or two. I only got full marks for Eminem, ELO, and Hendrix.
Yup, those were three where they pretty much picked the most canonical albums. Some of their other choices were pretty niche….
23/36 and that’s it.
Solid score, tough week
Oh yeah and I love that first Delays album. Sad news about the lead singer.
Are the later records good?
Not quite as good as I recall. I believe they went less jangle pop and more electronic? I confess it has been a while…
31/36 which is a pretty good score, but it’s a little embarrassing that two of the titles I missed were from Foo Fighters, whose catalog I covered in detail a few years ago. Hanging my head (slightly) in shame.
I think they picked tough Foo Fighters albums.
33/36 – the last Eagles album and 2 of the Foreigners were the ones I didn’t get (I don’t know any Foreigners albums, I only guessed one because I was guessing another album).
Foreigner are pretty obscure nowadays I reckon, apart from one big hit. And their most famous album “4” doesn’t work for the quiz format.
Yeah, i got to about 15 and mind went completely blank. Too tired, mind isn’t working.
Hopefully your mind is working better next week.
We can only hope!
25 this week. Loads of gaps – Foos, Eagles, Aretha, Green Day, Foreigner, ELO…
That’s really sad news about Greg Gilbert.
Good work though – those Foo records were tough, and Foreigner aren’t remembered much beyond their one huge hit.
24 of 36. like others most of the groups I had a gap or two – got all of GNR, Eminem, Hendrix. A number I just guessed at what word made sense and got lucky
Those were the three where they chose canonical albums I reckon.
Yeah that made it a bit easier 😀
33/36 with 2:21 to go, just guessing and gave up at that point.
Good work though! 33 is a good score in a tough week.
Thanks! It has been a tough week. Hoping next week is better.