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

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8's not The Prodigy, no.

Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link

is 11 Bjork?

henry s, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link

11: nope

anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link

Is 8 Primal Scream?

Billy Dods, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link

nope

Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link

12.
http://s4.tinypic.com/2zojdq0.jpg

jaymc, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link

Hint for #11: the years are 1985-1998.

13 is ridiculously easy haha:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/clcv01.jpg

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link

14:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/clcv02.jpg

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 07:48 (fifteen years ago) link

FInally one I can guess!
13 = white stripes

Paul in Santa Cruz, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link

zaktly!

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 08:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Billy's yellow bowl in #9 is bugging me! White-and-yellow cover that isn't a banana? White cover with a lemon? rubber duck? I'm sure I've seen this...

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 08:09 (fifteen years ago) link

Ignore the shape, it's all about the colours. A clue, the six I posted are from 1979-86 consecutively.

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link

Is 14 Guns N' Roses? GENIUS idea!

Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:02 (fifteen years ago) link

14 = g'n'r yes!

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link

xpostsx3 - These are all one series. For some reason, I was only able to post 3 images at a time.

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link

15 = Low

krakow, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link

My last two are 17 and 18.

Manchego Bay (G00blar), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link

15 = Low - well done & hats off

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link

Hurrah!

krakow, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link

Daft Punk!

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Wow, that was quick.

I'm Richard (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link

21.

OK, this one might be difficult. Maybe not. Hint: most of these sleeves have quite dramatic color schemes to begin with.

http://www.stereointeractive.com/ILM/Colors/Game03/01.jpg http://www.stereointeractive.com/ILM/Colors/Game03/02.jpg http://www.stereointeractive.com/ILM/Colors/Game03/03.jpg

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:04 (fifteen years ago) link

Is #12 Prince?

Immovable Fiesta (Adept), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link

Is #11 JAMC?

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:17 (fifteen years ago) link

Good call. I was trying to figure that one out (and I thought about doing JAMC myself lol). I can't confirm it, but I would stake absurd amounts of money on your answer being correct.

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link

JAMC yes!! Well done.

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:31 (fifteen years ago) link

Ah, I think there's a good chance #20 is Stereolab, no?

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link

Huh?

Duane Barry, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:44 (fifteen years ago) link

xxpost: Stereolab it is! Well done sir.

The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link

Is 20 Big Black?

Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Is #12 Prince?

Nope.

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link

Is that last one Roxy Music?

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link

22.
http://s4.tinypic.com/1fekiv.jpg

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link

(Sorry about the space.)

jaymc, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link

Okay, just using Google images and browsing the dodgier matches...

#110

https://images2.imgbox.com/81/72/JlVo8GFt_o.png

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link

I fear 2021 image search engines are way too accurate for this game!

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:25 (three years ago) link

ooh memories! :-D

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 16 January 2021 09:58 (three years ago) link

Run the Jewels? This was a great thread.

Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link

Correct!

I tried another one earlier, using Bing. Again felt like the matches are just *too* good. But I'll post it...

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link

#111

(One of these is a The Weeknd cover, but standing in for something else.)

https://images2.imgbox.com/2b/79/gDhOyggN_o.png

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:32 (three years ago) link

Is it The Feelies?

Maresn3st, Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link

Silver Jews?

I hear the Purple Mountains album was almost called "How Do You Ilumi?"

swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link

Weezer?

Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 16 January 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link

Silver Jews (+Purple Mountains) is correct!

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 17 January 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link

Switched to https://www.shutterstock.com image search, for more pleasingly 'random' results. This artist might have been done in 2008. I can't quite tell. Easy?

#112

https://images2.imgbox.com/0e/14/v3B4DRMb_o.png

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 17 January 2021 03:41 (three years ago) link

Talking Heads easy

frogbs, Sunday, 17 January 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link

^ Word!

#113 LOL

https://images2.imgbox.com/12/f4/i533Fbtk_o.png

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 17 January 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link

How do you make the collages?

joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 17 January 2021 07:59 (three years ago) link

113 - Sault?

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 17 January 2021 08:17 (three years ago) link

Yes :)

XP: I'm sure there are a multitude of more elegant ways but I've just cut and pasted bits and pieces in MS Paint myself.

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 17 January 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link

Oh man, I wonder how the images in the 'album covers rendered in MS Paint from memory' thread have held up over the long years.

Maresn3st, Sunday, 17 January 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link

Oh man, I wonder how the images in the 'album covers rendered in MS Paint from memory' thread have held up over the long years.

― Maresn3st

Not entirely well, it seems.

BUT, it turns out I loved these threads so much (even if people blatantly started ignoring the "from memory" bit) that I saved the first two threads, images and all! And in the same folder, it appears I also saved the "Photoshop/MS Paint Nike and other evil corporations ruining famous album covers". Wonder if there is a sensible way of sharing here on board, if there is interest?

anatol_merklich, Monday, 18 January 2021 10:48 (three years ago) link

I totally ignored the 'from memory' bit, ashamed to say.

Maresn3st, Monday, 18 January 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link

#114

No idea how hard this is. A few pics are ridiculously OTM thematically, as well as chromatically.

https://images2.imgbox.com/2f/2b/OUGx7kNz_o.png

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:05 (three years ago) link

Jim O'Rourke?

alpine static, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:22 (three years ago) link

^ I can totally see how that could work! But no.

Incidentally, the 5th item is not a 'proper' LP, but some issues were vaguely LP-length.

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:34 (three years ago) link

Dinosaur Jr?

willem, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:45 (three years ago) link

Correct!

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:51 (three years ago) link


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