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.)
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12/15, but man, that’s harder than it seems…
7/15
11/15
i rule.
I got MC Hammer, Alanis, and Billy Joel right. I got Nirvana wrong.
Please kill me.
13/15 right, but that’s because I’ve never seen the Garth Brooks or Steve Miller covers.
13/15 right, got Steve Miller and MC Hammer wrong. Bastards
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.
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.
10/15, tricky!
12/15. That was harder than I thought it would be.
13 out of 15 right, so there! Has *anyone* actually looked at a Meatloaf album in my lifetime?
14/15 Respect me!
13/15. Missed Steve Miller and Fleetwood Mac. Thank you corporate record store job.
I really, really love that you misspelled the link to Mental Floss.
10/15. This was much harder than I thought.
12/15
and i can’t believe i got the u2 one wrong….son of a bitch!
10 out of 15…i hate myself and want to die
12 out of 15…
Brooks
U2
Mac
Damnit
That’s a tough quiz
8/10
I’m proud I knew both Nevermind and Rumours, just by glance.
12/15 …damn you alanis !
The Big Album Cover-Up
Score: 87% (13 out of 15)
oh man i suck!
8/15:(
oh man i suck!
8/15:(
Ethan posted:
< < That's a tough quiz
8/10 >>
Must’ve been, since there were 15 questions!
i too missed nirvana, wtfm8. but i got 12, i used to work in music at borders. fun.
11/15 Who listens to Madonna anyway?
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.
12/15.
That was damned hard. Missed Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, and Meat Loaf.
All those albums suck, anyway.
12/15 (80%). Hadn’t ever seen half of them, so my guessing skills quite clearly rule.