I had to post this week’s quiz a little early, so I might have missed some late entries for last week’s Red Album quiz. But congratulations to 2Loud2Old Music, who recorded a perfect score with the best time.
This week, it’s another old-fashioned album cover quiz, but with typing instead of clicking.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/albumcovers2
I scored 20/20 with 6:55 remaining – can you beat my time?
I saw this cartoon floating around on social media this week – enjoy!
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I gave up after guessing 19 of them. Had no idea what the album cover was that turned out to be ‘Strange Days’.
Funny but ‘Strange Days’ is one I got and I don’t even have the album or know how I recognized it.
A couple of people have got 19 and missed that one. I guess it’s one of The Doors’ more obscure albums, but they’re still a well-known classic rock band with a small discography.
Speaking of small discographies, it didn’t really occur to me until recently that the Police only have five studio albums.
Stewart Copeland’s solo career has been far longer and more prolific than his time in the Police at this point. Jimi Hendrix only has three official studio albums although of course his career was interrupted by his untimely death.
Yeah, good point. My sources tell me Hendrix was pretty influential. I’m fond of quoting that The Beatles official output was about 10 or so hours.
Janis Joplin had even fewer than Jimi Hendrix. She only had two official studio albums. Unless you count Cheap Thrills.
And now 5 seems like a lot!
Who’s the most famous artist with only one solo studio album? Jeff Buckley? Sex Pistols?
Sex Pistols seems like it could be the most famous one. All I could think of is Blind Faith or Derek and the Dominos, just because they’re famous for breaking up so fast after their only album. And I don’t know if they really count because maybe people just consider them different Eric Clapton projects or something.
Most people interested in classic rock know Layla, probably better known than any Sex Pistols song.
That would be an interesting list to see. One Album Wonders. cuz you always see stuff about One Hit Wonders, but not about One Album.
I’ve seen a pretty good list on Rolling Stone, I think.
Good work – there’s been a 20, but 19 is right up there.
11/20 with 5:33
Good work!
Thank you, Graham 🙂
A lousy 12/20. I recognized every cover but the ones I missed I realized afterwards I would never have gotten. Funny cartoon as long as you know the original routine.
I don’t know the original routine – please enlighten me.
It’s a parody of an old routine by Abbott and Costello, the American comedy duo. (Comedy duos have, as far as I know, gone the way of the dodo.) This is a classic routine they did called “Who’s on first?” It references our game of baseball so your appreciation of it may hinge on that. But to this day it’s so enshrined in our culture that this routine is in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ve20PVNZ18
I only got 19/20…I had to cheat somewhat to get one…well I knew the name but I could NEVER spell Sy…sync…oh the Police album lol. That you have here on top of the post.
LOVE the cartoon Graham!
I was surprised I understood the cartoon 🙂
I thought the Steve Howe reference was pretty obscure.
Googling for spelling is fine. I can never spell Mellencamp.
Yes I want to put an a after the l’s with his name.
Or Melon Camp!
Ah Yes! That does it also.
20/20 with 3 minutes left. Who’s (on) first?
Ooh, the only 100% so far.
19/20 – did not recognise that Doors album. I’m defo gonna use that cartoon to tell it as a joke for someone.
I remember finding it in a bargain bin and having to look at the spine since it doesn’t have a name on the cover.
16/20. Unlike most, I did get Strange Days. It was annoying that it wouldn’t accept just Sgt Pepper and you had to type the whole thing out…
Good work on the Strange Days!
20/20 with 5:57 remaining. An interesting side effect of being off your tits on coffee is that while I got these in a blur, typing fast means it takes even longer to correctly spell album titles
Sgt Peppers really messed with my typing groove.
I sort of had 17 of them but 3 of the 17 I was spelling wrong so I really got 14 and then cheated for the other 3 to get the correct spelling. Then there were 3 I had no idea on.
Googling for spelling is fine, so 17. As I said in another comment, I need to Google how to spell Mellencamp every time it comes up.
Ha! Yeah, Mellencamp through me for years, I got it now.
I recognized more than I could remember actual titles. thought about cheating but raised the white flag.
How would you cheat?
look them up on duckduckgo! lol
19 – missed the penultimate cover!
I think you’re the third person to miss that one and get 19.
20/20 with 4:16 left. But you know what? It would have been faster, but I kept putting Sergeant instead of Sgt and it wouldn’t take that as an answer, and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Then I figured out what I was doing wrong. ha ha
Sgt Peppers was a pain to type for sure.
16 of 20 – realizing I need to get a computer with a better keyboard.. i also ran into the Sergeant Sgt issue and had to look it up . I enjoyed the cartoon – like Jim says, it think its funnier if you know the original but pretty creative. Happy holidays to everyone!
What’s wrong with your keyboard? I’ve never noticed much difference between keyboards. Have a good Christmas – it’s already afternoon in Christmas Eve here.
I have an old laptop that is missing some of the key covers so when I want to type a B for example I have to press down extra hard. Yeah I could get it fixed if I want to be without the laptop for a month. Anyway merry Christmas to you too Graham. I’ve really Enjoyed blogging with. You this past year (or at least commenting on your blog) 😀
Hope your Christmas is going well too!
I got 8/20, sorry! I’ve seen at least three other album covers before, but I forgot the names of them and I didn’t want to cheat. But anyways, happy holidays to you and your family! Have a merry Christmas! Also, that cartoon was hilarious, “who’s” versus “whose,” haha!
Thank you – hope you had a good Christmas too!
I had a great Christmas, thank you!
Christmas in New Zealand now I guess. Have a good one Graham! Take care.
Paul.
Thank you! Hope your Christmas went well.
20/20 with 6:19 remaining! Had a bit of a struggle typing one of the titles, fingers were trying to work too quickly.
Ooh, I think you’re the fastest so far.
Just 18/20 for me. Merry Christmas. And it’s nice to see a Pearls Before Swine comic strip featured here. It’s one of the few strips I still read every day.
Thank you! I don’t think I’ve seen Pearls Before Swine before, but I enjoyed that one.
20/20 5:09. I got stuck on two (I knew the cover but do you think I could think of the name?), and one I only knew the main song but not the album title (I never owned it) so it took me some time to think it through. Fun!