Congratulations to the Punk Panther and to Rich Kamerman, who both scored 20/20 in last week’s Classic Rock Cover Match quiz.
This week, you’re invited to join regular readers in identifying which artist a greatest hits collection belongs to. Even if you don’t know the compilation in question, you can figure some out based on iconography and facial recognition.
Graham Fyfe is probably the only music blogger to appreciate Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande. Aphoristic Album Reviews features reviews and blog posts across a growing spectrum of popular music.
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All it took was one quick fumble at the end and I missed a perfect score. I’ll have to settle for 19/20.
19 is still good.
11/20 what’s below measly? lol
I don’t think there’s any word below measly. I think that’s about as long as you can go. Lmao
lol!
Infinitesimal is lower. Then zero.
It’s 55%, which is a C in my book. Not measly, still a pass.
You’re too kind, Graham. Thank you.
SCORE
20/20
TIMER
02:32 A couple of educated guesses and I happen to get those two right.
Great work!
SCORE
18/20
TIMER
02:32
Thanks for playing!
15/20. That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. And some of those must have been the back covers of the albums or something cuz they didn’t look anything like the greatest hits albums I’ve seen from those artists.
Some of them are more recent right – I guess there’s an argument for including the most recent ones, or including the more iconic ones from peak-CD era.
Only 15/20 for me…
You know the hits, but not the hit compilations, I guess?
Well, as my laptop was running very slow, I took the quiz on my mobile device, and couldn’t make out the details of some of the album covers.
You can’t keep the Panther down. I got 20/20.
I actually knew 17, but guessed three successfully at the end.
Guessing this week, huh? Good work.
Excuses, Bobby! “They must have been the back covers…”.
Even I knew them. Come on man, get back on your game:)
Lol. There’s no Blondie greatest hits album with that picture on the cover. And I never saw that Eagles one either. Unless maybe they’re kind of new so I don’t know them.
Dang it, I rushed through it and got an 18/20. I could’ve and should’ve done better as I did know all of them. I clicked too fast on a couple.
Haste makes waste (as my math teacher used to say).
I would’ve failed that teacher’s class probably!!
Actually there is, both of them. I have the Blondie one.
Yeah it says it’s from 2006. And when I checked there’s been like another gazillion after that one. There’s like 10 more since then.
It is a bit weird- you’d think compilations would have largely been superseded by Spotify playlists. Maybe tight 40 minute compilations for vinyl collectors have some appeal?
I never really thought about that before. Who’s really buying these things anymore? Nobody buys new CDs anymore and not too many people buy vinyl. Maybe they make them for streaming purposes. I know that I still like to stream whole albums rather than the playlists on the streaming services but I wonder if most people just stream playlists instead nowadays. A lot of times the playlists are pretty good but I still go to albums first.
20/20, 1:57 left.
Great work!
Yes, I got it because it came with an extra DVD.
Look at this awesome list that’s got 4 Blondie Best-of’s on it. This is the greatest Best-of list you will ever see in your whole entire life. I might have to add that Blondie one too. They had good ones because they always added something decent that you never heard before.
I have a Blondie compilation with remixes of Atomic – not my favourite addition.
What I don’t like is when they put the single version of Atomic on some compilations. It edits out the machine gun synth thing in the instrumental break. Which is the best part. And also the intro is cut out.
I don’t know why I’d want a remix over some different songs. Although it’s a pretty long compilation already.
Yeah I know. I also have a whole entire album of Blondie remixes, all of which are crappy.
20/20 with 3:03 on the timer – probably helps that I own close to half of these
Great work!
Great list. Not quite the greatest as there’s no Jam, Roxy Music or Mott The Hoople.
Well of course I’ve got Mott the Hoople. You must have missed it. And I’ve got Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music Greatest Hits. No Jam though cuz they didn’t have enough songs that I like.
All it took was one quick fumble at the end and I missed a perfect score. I’ll have to settle for 19/20.
19 is still good.
11/20 what’s below measly? lol
I don’t think there’s any word below measly. I think that’s about as long as you can go. Lmao
lol!
Infinitesimal is lower. Then zero.
It’s 55%, which is a C in my book. Not measly, still a pass.
You’re too kind, Graham. Thank you.
SCORE
20/20
TIMER
02:32 A couple of educated guesses and I happen to get those two right.
Great work!
SCORE
18/20
TIMER
02:32
Thanks for playing!
15/20. That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. And some of those must have been the back covers of the albums or something cuz they didn’t look anything like the greatest hits albums I’ve seen from those artists.
Some of them are more recent right – I guess there’s an argument for including the most recent ones, or including the more iconic ones from peak-CD era.
Only 15/20 for me…
You know the hits, but not the hit compilations, I guess?
Well, as my laptop was running very slow, I took the quiz on my mobile device, and couldn’t make out the details of some of the album covers.
You can’t keep the Panther down. I got 20/20.
I actually knew 17, but guessed three successfully at the end.
Guessing this week, huh? Good work.
Excuses, Bobby! “They must have been the back covers…”.
Even I knew them. Come on man, get back on your game:)
Lol. There’s no Blondie greatest hits album with that picture on the cover. And I never saw that Eagles one either. Unless maybe they’re kind of new so I don’t know them.
Dang it, I rushed through it and got an 18/20. I could’ve and should’ve done better as I did know all of them. I clicked too fast on a couple.
Haste makes waste (as my math teacher used to say).
I would’ve failed that teacher’s class probably!!
Actually there is, both of them. I have the Blondie one.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1198-greatest-hits-sound-and-vision/
Yeah it says it’s from 2006. And when I checked there’s been like another gazillion after that one. There’s like 10 more since then.
It is a bit weird- you’d think compilations would have largely been superseded by Spotify playlists. Maybe tight 40 minute compilations for vinyl collectors have some appeal?
I never really thought about that before. Who’s really buying these things anymore? Nobody buys new CDs anymore and not too many people buy vinyl. Maybe they make them for streaming purposes. I know that I still like to stream whole albums rather than the playlists on the streaming services but I wonder if most people just stream playlists instead nowadays. A lot of times the playlists are pretty good but I still go to albums first.
20/20, 1:57 left.
Great work!
Yes, I got it because it came with an extra DVD.
Look at this awesome list that’s got 4 Blondie Best-of’s on it. This is the greatest Best-of list you will ever see in your whole entire life. I might have to add that Blondie one too. They had good ones because they always added something decent that you never heard before.
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/bobbyb5/greatest-greatest-hits-and-best-best-of-compilations/
I have a Blondie compilation with remixes of Atomic – not my favourite addition.
What I don’t like is when they put the single version of Atomic on some compilations. It edits out the machine gun synth thing in the instrumental break. Which is the best part. And also the intro is cut out.
I don’t know why I’d want a remix over some different songs. Although it’s a pretty long compilation already.
Yeah I know. I also have a whole entire album of Blondie remixes, all of which are crappy.
20/20 with 3:03 on the timer – probably helps that I own close to half of these
Great work!
Great list. Not quite the greatest as there’s no Jam, Roxy Music or Mott The Hoople.
Well of course I’ve got Mott the Hoople. You must have missed it. And I’ve got Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music Greatest Hits. No Jam though cuz they didn’t have enough songs that I like.