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25 January 2008

Album art guessing game →[More:]
Okay, I have been thinking of this for awhile. I dunno if I'll be able to start off with an example from work, because I can't upload anything to Flickr.

Here's how this works. Someone posts an image of album cover art with the artist/album name removed / obscured.

Obviously this requires some kind of image-manipulation type skills, but I was able to do the first one easily enough in Paint (whether or not I'll be able to put it up here, however, is another thing entirely).

First person to guess the artist + album correctly gets to post one of their own, naturally, or else if they can't for whatever reason (technical, whatever) they can give their turn to someone else.

post by: lonefrontranger at: 16:27 | 30 comments

Here's the first one, and it's SUCH an easy chestnut (I had a better one but couldn't upload it to flickr...). sorry for the size.

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posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 16:31

uh-huh The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

posted by gaspode 25 January | 16:33

Cool idea!

posted by iconomy 25 January | 16:34

But someone else can have my turn because I'm fighting with excel and sigmaplot.

posted by gaspode 25 January | 16:34

Right on one gaspode, I told you it was easy!

Someone else gets to try it next!

posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 16:38

Here's one:
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posted by box 25 January | 16:42

And here's another:
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posted by box 25 January | 16:50

rrrr again box. Work site blockage is sucky and inconsistent. I can see images posted to flickr but not photobucket/imageshack/snapfish et. al.

posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 16:55

No idea on the first, but the second is Iron Butterfly - "In a gadda da vida"

posted by DarkForest 25 January | 17:03

also, in the interest of keeping the thread interesting and moving, I'll stick another one up (this is not to preclude you, box or DarkForest!) - I know afternoon/early evening EST is typically a slow time of day for MeCha.

This is the one I'd originally wanted to post, found a link to it in Google Images w/o titles:

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posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 17:14

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Try this. Too obvious or too obscure?

posted by DarkForest 25 January | 17:14

King Crimson?

posted by danf 25 January | 17:21

yep - King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

posted by DarkForest 25 January | 17:22

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posted by danf 25 January | 17:45

box-- dammit! I know the first one, but the name is just not quite coming to me... argh.

posted by jokeefe 25 January | 18:08

DarkForest's are "Music Has The Right To Children" by Boards of Canada, and something by The The.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:12

Oops, my bad. lfr posted the BoC one. I thought DarkForest did 'em both.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:13

Not to mention, I was wrong about what DarkForest's pic was. Gah.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:15

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posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:20

but you were right about the band/album anyhows.

oh god beeps I feel like I should know the one you posted. Can't wait to see the answer so I can smack myself for not knowing.

danf, that one's a stumper. Anyone?

posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 19:28

also: does anyone have any clue what the first one box posted is? I'm clueless (but that's to be expected).

posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 19:30

danf's is Into the Purple Valley by Ry Cooder; BP's is "Flesh + Blood" by Roxy Music.

And someone else can take my turn, since I have no way of manipulating images here (and wouldn't know how to if I did.)

posted by bmarkey 25 January | 19:37

bmarkey is right about mine!

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:40

I was searching for another album cover to do, and found this, which I've never heard of, but is a fantastic album cover.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:42

thanks you guys for posting - please, everyone, keep playing, as I have to head back to my intertube-less abode and do a metric shitload of laundry. Look forward to checking in tomorrow to see how it goes!

posted by lonefrontranger 25 January | 19:53

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posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:54

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posted by matthewr 25 January | 19:55

Heh heh!!! Very clever, matthewr... Franz Ferdinand.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 January | 19:56

Box's first image is Cookin' by Miles Davis Quintet.

posted by Triode 26 January | 00:35

I've spent way too many hours digging in the crates it would seem. Try this one:

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posted by Triode 26 January | 00:56

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