Recognize Discographies from Approximate Colour Schemes! (an ILM cover game)

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Weezer

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link

yes

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link

42.

Some of these are ridiculously close matches:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mpcot1/ColourCover2-1.jpg

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link

New Order xxp

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link

44. http://e.imagehost.org/0923/Untitled_2.jpg

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link

xpost: Yes indeed!

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link

44 Strokes?

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link

It is The Strokes. It may even be a Stroke in the first picture

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link

45.
http://s4.tinypic.com/2mc9f2u.jpg

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link

spoon

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah. I was tempted to pick less obvious photos, but I'm sort of in awe about how close #5, for instance, resembles Gimme Fiction.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link

#'s 5 and 6 were the keys to that one.

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link

Talking of similarity, I may have found the ultimate band for images to render the whole asking nearly obsolete (provided one remembers them, that is):

46
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/clcv04.jpg

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link

Hahaha! Their website lists more than a dozen horrible albums, though

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link

Carter USM, that is. Wikipedia tells me they are still releasing greatest hits nearly every year.

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Huh. And here I was thinking that #3 was Zooropa.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link

47. http://e.imagehost.org/0147/Untitled_2_5.jpg

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link

Ah, you've left out Strawberry and Wine?

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link

I don't believe it really exists.

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link

Just as well. (So 47 = MBV, for completeness.)

Another good band for near-tautological picks:

48.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/clcv05.jpg

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Could that be Cocteau Twins?

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link

49. http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/3792/scheme2hs4.jpg

өөө (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Correct on 48!

Midnight roundup my time -- still missing are

8 -- Mr Manley's monochromish one except for a crab
17 & 18 -- reposted by g00blar
21 -- dramatic colour schemes
23 -- the one with the eggs, by kingkongvsgodzilla
26 -- darkness & golf putt etc, ditto
31 -- emil.y's black & blue
32 by Pleasant Plains
33 by emil.y; first pic distracts me every time by looking like Aerial
34 -- lovely colours by bendy
35 -- "read" it backwards and it could be the intro to a movie
36 -- we're on a difficult streak here apparently
39 -- lots of white
43 -- red bus, Greek vase painting etc

xpost and 49 obv

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link

49. Wilco?

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link

oh wait could 43 be Pavement? I only remember the covers of 1 and 4, but they don't fit too bad.

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link

50: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/greatesthit/albcov1.jpg

(Very, very easy)

Richard C, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link

Pet shop boys! #2 is a great pick! (It's Very & Bilingual that did it though.)

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link

Plus pound sign = v fitting, as is the traffic theme for Nightlife. Good one.

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link

Right! I had to choose that photo to represent Actually!

Richard C, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link

oh wait could 43 be Pavement? I only remember the covers of 1 and 4, but they don't fit too bad.

Yes!

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link

51.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mpcot1/ColourCover3.jpg
[note: one of these might not be considered a proper LP]

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link

#52
http://i36.tinypic.com/ilaob6.jpg

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link

: ( I think #21 might be the same as mine

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link

53: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/greatesthit/albcov6.jpg

Richard C, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link

53 = Steely Dan

jaymc, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link

Ha, I think the same image was used for both Aja and Depeche Mode's Violator.

jaymc, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link

54

http://i38.tinypic.com/nf2vm9.jpg

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Erykah Badu

jaymc, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link

(Although I feel like I cheated a bit on that one, since my guess was mostly based on the fact that I know you're super into her.)

jaymc, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link

haha yup

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link

55

http://i33.tinypic.com/25gzcyr.jpg

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link

: ( I think #21 might be the same as mine - It is official: 21 & 52 are the same artist.

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link

sorry for steppin on your toes, homie

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link

they are some pretty dramatic color schemes tho

WE DO THIS FOR THE GHETTO! (The Reverend), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link

no prob. It was bound to happen eventually.

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link

The only one I guessed correctly so far was White Stripes..

I think #17 is Muse, but it's prob not.

billstevejim, Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link

56. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/IMG_0194-1.jpg

♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link

nah, sorry, not muse xpost

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link


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