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May 30, 2007

Know Your Album Art

Your skill at critiquing album art is unparalleled, we know, so here's a game designed to see how well you know the "classics." Mental Floss has a quiz geared to the graphic designer set, taking 15 "of the biggest-selling albums in music history" (each with over 10 million in US sales alone) and maybe/maybe-not altering their images just so. Head over, click "kosher" or "bogus," and report your score. The higher your percentage, the more we'll pay attention to your comments when Strawberry Jam is on the PhotoShopping block. (via Prefix)

11/15 over here, suckas. (Granted Billy Joel and the Mac were 'Gum gimmes, but still.)

Posted at 10:52 AM




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12/15, but man, that's harder than it seems...

Posted by: Jack Fear at 05/30/07 11:08 AM  | Reply
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7/15

Posted by: sharp cheddar at 05/30/07 11:26 AM  | Reply
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11/15
i rule.

Posted by: eeek at 05/30/07 11:29 AM  | Reply
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I got MC Hammer, Alanis, and Billy Joel right. I got Nirvana wrong.

Please kill me.

Posted by: the management at 05/30/07 11:30 AM  | Reply
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13/15 right, but that's because I've never seen the Garth Brooks or Steve Miller covers.

Posted by: Ju Bean at 05/30/07 11:37 AM  | Reply
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13/15 right, got Steve Miller and MC Hammer wrong. Bastards

Posted by: Dkeady at 05/30/07 11:48 AM  | Reply
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12/15--The Steve Miller, Fleetwood Mac & Garth Brooks through me off. The Brooks one was tricky because it's just an awkwardly composed photograph.

Posted by: jay at 05/30/07 11:51 AM  | Reply
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9/15...every album that I owned I got wrong. And yes, I did own a copy of "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em." Can I get a show of hands of people who are not ashamed to admit that?

Favorite Track: "On Your Face"

How's that for obscure? And no I don't have the album in front of me and I did not visit Amazon for info.

Posted by: Scott E at 05/30/07 11:53 AM  | Reply
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10/15, tricky!

Posted by: whistle at 05/30/07 11:55 AM  | Reply
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12/15. That was harder than I thought it would be.

Posted by: Liz at 05/30/07 12:11 PM  | Reply
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13 out of 15 right, so there! Has *anyone* actually looked at a Meatloaf album in my lifetime?

Posted by: Isaac B2 at 05/30/07 12:13 PM  | Reply
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14/15 Respect me!

Posted by: calliwell at 05/30/07 12:18 PM  | Reply
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13/15. Missed Steve Miller and Fleetwood Mac. Thank you corporate record store job.

Posted by: Jason at 05/30/07 1:17 PM  | Reply
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I really, really love that you misspelled the link to Mental Floss.

10/15. This was much harder than I thought.

Posted by: e* at 05/30/07 1:28 PM  | Reply
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12/15

and i can't believe i got the u2 one wrong....son of a bitch!

Posted by: Julio Enriquez at 05/30/07 2:20 PM  | Reply
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10 out of 15...i hate myself and want to die


:(

Posted by: jdubs at 05/30/07 4:01 PM  | Reply
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12 out of 15...
Brooks
U2
Mac
Damnit

Posted by: Ethan at 05/30/07 5:09 PM  | Reply
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That's a tough quiz
8/10

I'm proud I knew both Nevermind and Rumours, just by glance.

Posted by: Amy at 05/30/07 5:10 PM  | Reply
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12/15 ...damn you alanis !

Posted by: eric at 05/30/07 5:18 PM  | Reply
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The Big Album Cover-Up
Score: 87% (13 out of 15)

Posted by: Dw Dunphy at 05/30/07 7:44 PM  | Reply
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oh man i suck!
8/15:(

Posted by: p at 05/31/07 2:08 AM  | Reply
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oh man i suck!
8/15:(

Posted by: p at 05/31/07 2:08 AM  | Reply
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Ethan posted:

>

Must've been, since there were 15 questions!

Posted by: Cos at 05/31/07 9:34 AM  | Reply
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i too missed nirvana, wtfm8. but i got 12, i used to work in music at borders. fun.

Posted by: Janea at 05/31/07 11:36 AM  | Reply
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11/15 Who listens to Madonna anyway?

Posted by: Savin Hill at 05/31/07 1:41 PM  | Reply
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15 out of 15, but it took some thought! I guess those years I spent working in record stores from 1985 to 1994 paid off. Or something like that.

Posted by: Surly at 05/31/07 4:25 PM  | Reply
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12/15.

That was damned hard. Missed Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, and Meat Loaf.

All those albums suck, anyway. ;-)

Posted by: Gordon at 06/01/07 5:22 PM  | Reply
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12/15 (80%). Hadn't ever seen half of them, so my guessing skills quite clearly rule.

Posted by: Andrew at 06/03/07 4:39 PM  | Reply
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