Music Quiz: Greatest Hits XVII

It’s that time of the week – identifying more compilations! There are a few compilations in my collection this week. But also some weird, tricky, arty covers that you might find tough even if you know the artist.

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I scored 18/20. Can you beat my score?

Congratulations to Tony, who was just caffeinated enough to hold out EclecticMusicLover.

This week goes from the sublime:

To the ridiculous:

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      • The only one we heard much at that time was Luka but I later heard some like Gypsy and Tom’s Diner

        • Yrah, she was pretty much a one-hit wonder when I was listening to the radio. She has a bunch of great songs – ‘Marlene on the Wall’ from her debut is a good one as well.

  1. Oh so close to perfection, but ended up with 19/20 because I got confused between the Van Morrison & Nick Cave collections. Ironic, considering I own about 70 albums between those two artists.

    • Good work though. I bought that Van Morrison compilation for my parents in law years ago, so I recognised it.

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