Album Cover Quiz: Test Your Music Knowledge!

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The discussion revolves around a music-themed quiz where participants identify album covers based on snippets of artwork. The scope includes informal exchanges about music knowledge, specific album titles, and artists, with a focus on identifying covers from various bands.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant lists several album covers they have identified, including works by the Sex Pistols, Coldplay, and Nirvana.
  • Another participant mentions they only identified one cover, which differs from the others' responses.
  • There is a discussion about the Velvet Underground cover, with one participant suggesting it is the banana album.
  • Multiple participants reference Led Zeppelin covers, with some claiming there are three, while others argue that the quiz states each artist appears only once.
  • One participant expresses frustration over the identification of a sepia-toned cover, questioning its accuracy.
  • Humor is present in the conversation, with participants joking about being "nit picky" and referencing their high school experiences with Led Zeppelin fans.
  • Another participant expresses urgency to identify the remaining covers to win a prize for their girlfriend.
  • There are disagreements about the identification of specific covers, particularly regarding the Led Zeppelin albums and the use of spoiler text for hints.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the identification of all album covers, with multiple competing views and ongoing debates about specific titles and artists.

Contextual Notes

Some participants note that the quiz is hosted on a British website, which may influence the recognition of certain albums. There is also mention of a rule stating that each artist featured appears only once, which some participants challenge.

Who May Find This Useful

Music enthusiasts, particularly those interested in album artwork and trivia, may find this discussion engaging.

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Forget about the prize, here's something to keep us all entertained over the festive season!

http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=reviews&id=154331

Name the artist and album corresponding to these snippets of album artwork!

So far I've got:

sex pistols - never mind the bollocks
hardfi - stars of cctv
athlete - tourist
kaiser chiefs - employment
primal scream - screamadelica
franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better
the go! team - thunder lightning strike
coldplay - x&y
pink floyd - dark side of the moon
starsailor - on the outside
nirvana - nevermind
gorillaz - demon days
radiohead - the bends
arcade fire - funeral
ben folds - songs for silverman


The banana one, the horizontal colourful stripes one, and the brick wall one are particularly bugging me!
 
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I only got ONE. And interestingly enough, it's one you didn't get.
 
I can't believe you got "SP" but not "VU."
And I think there are 3 "LZ" covers if I'm not mistaken.
 
I got two, but you already have them.
 
VU is a good hint. If you can't get it, the banana one is Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico[/color]

I also saw in there: Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy[/color]

edit: hmm, we need a better text-hiding color than this.
 
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also: U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind[/color]
 
One of the "hands" covers at the bottom is Bowie, but I can't recall which album. The sepia tone one, also in the bottom row is Led Zep's In through the Out Door.
 
People, use color=#ececec

example: (highlight to see)

Horizontal colors one - Pink Floyd DSOM

(the only one I got). :frown:
 
Chi Meson said:
The sepia tone one, also in the bottom row is Led Zep's In through the Out Door.
Are you sure about that? I'm not sure what sepia is, but none of the pictures on the bottom row look like they match this
 
  • #10
"And I think there are 3 "LZ" covers if I'm not mistaken."

That would be strange, since it clearly states "all of the artists featured appear only once."


I've only got about 5. I realized after some serious research, that it's a British website, which might explain why many of them will be unrecognizable.
 
  • #11
Well aren't we all nit pickey!

I say they are ALL LED ZEP coz that's all that matters!

Whoo hoo!

I don't even like them that much!
 
  • #12
Chi Meson said:
Well aren't we all nit pickey!
I say they are ALL LED ZEP coz that's all that matters!
Whoo hoo!
I don't even like them that much!
This is a bizarre response. I get that you're kidding around, I'm just not sure what the kid is.
 
  • #13
DaveC426913 said:
I'm just not sure what the kid is.
Multiple Choice:
My jokes are...
(A) Over your head
(B) Beneath your radar
(C) Just not funny
 
  • #14
D) Non sequitur.

Is your comment 'being nit picky' directed to me? Cuz I'm not being nit picky (I might be being many things, but nit picky isn't one of them).

The site actually says "all of the artists featured appear only once." If anyone's trying to identify the album covers, they're wasting their time looking for Led Zep albums, since there's only one and we know which it is.
 
  • #15
Unfortunately we don't have a sarcasm smiley.

I meant "nit picky" as in "Oh so we have to read the rules, now" [:sarcasm smiley:]

Reading the rules is something I usually do, this time I didn't bother.

THen I was reminded of all the Led Zep fans I knew during High School who though that the universe began and ended with Led Zep; I kinda felt like one of them for a while (stupid, that is) (please, no offense intended to all you modern day Zep fans--you all have taste!)
 
  • #16
"...all the Led Zep fans I knew during High School who though that the universe began and ended with Led Zep..."

We called them "F***in' Eh's", because that's all they used to say: "F***in' Eh!"

They had only one style of dress: jean jacket over top of a black/red fleece lumberjack jacket, over a T-shirt, and jeans overflowing their unlaced yellow workboots ("banana boots").

Nowadays of course, Lep Zep is cool again.
 
  • #17
Chi Meson said:
I can't believe you got "SP" but not "VU."
And I think there are 3 "LZ" covers if I'm not mistaken.

The site states:Hint: all of the artists featured appear only once.


Therfore there can only be one LZ, and it is definitely House's of the Holy.

The tricky one I eventually got (at least I think!) is to the right of the Floyd classic, is the ZZ-TOP classic ! :cool: L-IM-IN-AT-HER ?

there is also an album there called WOW ?
 
  • #18
Spin_Network said:
The site states:Hint: all of the artists featured appear only once.
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK

Whaddayawant! I didn't read the rules! I'm an Idiot! OK!:eek:
 
  • #19
Back to the point, I'm only 7 (seven) covers off winning my girlfriend an iPod, so let's be productive darlings, it's Christmas after all.

xx




Edit: They're not all British, by the way.
 
  • #20
Bottom row
Third from the left
Bowie
Heroes
(Not Led Zep)
sod the spoiler font.