Hannah Jane Parkinson 

Quiz: How many of these noughties album covers do you recognise?

We've been bringing you album cover quizzes by the decade. This week, it's back to the 00s to see if you can recognise the following sleeve artwork
  
  


  1. What album is this?

    1. Give Up – The Postal Service (2003)

    2. Boy in da Corner – Dizzee Rascal (2003)

    3. Original Pirate Material – The Streets (2002)

    4. City High – City High (2001)

  2. Which artwork is this?

    1. Cassadaga – Bright Eyes (2007)

    2. Funeral – Arcade Fire (2004)

    3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008)

    4. Vespertine – Björk (2001)

  3. Which very famous album does this cover belong to?

    1. The Lost Tapes – Nas (2002)

    2. Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent (2003)

    3. The Documentary – The Game (2005)

    4. The Blueprint – Jay Z (2001)

  4. This risqué cover belongs to who?

    1. Stripped – Christina Aguilera (2002)

    2. Is This It – The Strokes (2001)

    3. Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)

    4. Sleeping with Ghosts – Placebo (2003)

  5. What is this album?

    1. Oracular Spectacular – MGMT (2007)

    2. Untrue – Burial (2007)

    3. Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem (2007)

    4. Only By the Night – Kings of Leon (2008)

  6. This album has sold millions of copies, but what is it?

    1. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones (2002)

    2. Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (2006)

    3. Harmonium – Vanessa Carlton (2004)

    4. not.com.mercial – Cher (2000)

  7. Whose heart is this?

    1. Wild Young Hearts – The Noisettes (2009)

    2. Confessions – Usher (2004)

    3. Pawn Shoppe Heart – The Von Bondies (2004)

    4. 808s & Heartbreak – Kanye West (2008)

  8. This album put someone on the map, but who?

    1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco (2002)

    2. Alligator – The National (2005)

    3. Hot Fuss – The Killers (2004)

    4. Wincing The Night Away – The Shins (2007)

  9. Who is this?

    1. Walk of Life – Billie Piper (2000)

    2. Let Go – Avril Lavigne (2002)

    3. So-Called Chaos – Alanis Morissette (2004)

    4. Time (The Revelator) – Gillian Welch (2001)

  10. This artwork is attached to which LP?

    1. I Am A Bird Now – Antony & the Johnsons (2005)

    2. Nocturama – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2003)

    3. Turn On The Bright Lights – Interpol (2002)

    4. Girls Can Tell – Spoon (2001)

  11. This is a Britney Spears album – but which one?

    1. Blackout – Britney Spears (2007)

    2. Oops!...I Did It Again – Britney Spears (2000)

    3. Britney – Britney Spears (2001)

    4. Circus – Britney Spears (2008)

  12. This is the sleeve for which record?

    1. You Are Free – Cat Power (2003)

    2. Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple (2005)

    3. For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver (2006)

    4. Ys – Joanna Newsom (2006)

  13. Which hip-hop star is this?

    1. The Notorious K.I.M. – Lil' Kim (2000)

    2. Eve-Olution – Eve (2002)

    3. Under Construction – Missy Elliott (2002)

    4. Aaliyah – Aaliyah (2001)

  14. What is this famous cover?

    1. Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts – M83 (2003)

    2. The Body, the Blood, the Machine – The Thermals (2006)

    3. Pocket Symphony – Air (2007)

    4. Bang Bang Rock & Roll – Art Brut (2005)

  15. What is this the name of this record?

    1. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not – Arctic Monkeys (2006)

    2. The Back Room – The Editors (2005)

    3. The Libertines – The Libertines (2004)

    4. A Weekend in the City – Bloc Party (2007)

Solutions

1:C, 2:B, 3:D, 4:B, 5:C, 6:B, 7:D, 8:C, 9:B, 10:A, 11:B, 12:A, 13:C, 14:C, 15:A

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Ouch! You've gone off the rails, like a noughties teen star!

  2. 5 and above.

    Hmm, not brilliant. But you could have done worse, chin up – you might make the B team.

  3. 7 and above.

    A good score, you haven't embarrassed yourself here, but there's work to be done if you want to make it to the top of the charts.

  4. 9 and above.

    Hey, not bad! You know your stuff! Just a few more lip-syncing lessons and you'll be a fully-fledged chart artist.

  5. 13 and above.

    Here, have a platinum disc, you've done brilliantly.

 

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