Music Quiz: The Last Word Albums II

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.

45 Comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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

    • 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.

  3. 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

      • 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

    • Yup, those were three where they pretty much picked the most canonical albums. Some of their other choices were pretty niche….

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

Leave a Reply to PaulCancel reply

About

Aphoristic Album Reviews is almost entirely written by one person. It features album reviews and blog posts across a growing spectrum of popular music.

Default image
Aphoristical View Profile
Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.

Review Pages

Read about the discographies of musical acts from the 1960s to the present day. Browse this site's review archives or enjoy these random selections:

Blog Posts

I add new blog posts to this website every week. Browse the archives or enjoy these random selections: