h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It took a while to get through those 'Now's – they're triple albums, you know…

Icy's Suggestions
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces
On Every Street - Dire Straits
One - Beatles
Original Masters - Jethro Tull
Out of the Blue - ELO

Good suggestions there – I'll have to keep my eye out. Oh, and I have '1' and listed it right at the start under '1', so no points for 'One' I'm afraid.

Today I am mostly hearing:
'Ocean Drive' – Lighthouse Family
'Off The Ground' – Paul McCartney
'Official BBC Children in Need Medley' [Various*]
'OK Computer' - Radiohead
'On Air' – The Rolling Stones
'On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2' – The Beatles

Icy North: 88
Sasha: 76

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* Performers (in rough order of appearance) include: Thomas the Tank Engine, Sir Topham Hatt aka 'The Fat Controller', Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Angelina Ballerina, Postman Pat and Jess, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Roary the Racing Car and Big Chris, Fifi Forget-Me-Not, Muffin the Mule, The Woodentops, Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, Andy Pandy, Paddington Bear, The Wombles, The Teletubbies, Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy from 'In the Night Garden', Peppa Pig, the Tracy family, Lady Penelope, Parker and Brains from 'Thunderbirds' (proper puppet 'Thunderbirds', not new-fangled CGI nonsense), Bagpuss, Ben 10, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, SpongeBob SquarePants, Roobarb and Custard, Zippy and George from 'Rainbow', Sooty, Sweep and Soo from 'The Sooty Show', characters from 'Camberwick Green' and 'Trumpton' and Pudsey Bear.

"It covers 1983-2013, commemorating the first 30 years that the 'Now That's What I Call Music' ran for."

Ah!

"I've got Queen's Greatest Hits I, II & III if that's any consolation?"

It is a small consolation, but you're missing out on some highlights from the early period with those... Art appreciation with 'The Fairy-Feller's Masterstroke' for one Not to everyone's taste, though, I can imagine, so I'm not really surprised they are not first choice for 'Best Of' compilations...

More Os

One for the Road - The Kinks
One Size Fits All
Ooh La La - Faces
Original Soundtrack - 10cc
Out of Time - REM

One for the Road - The Kinks
One Size Fits All
Ooh La La - Faces
Original Soundtrack - 10cc
Out of Time – REM

Today I am mostly Hearing:

'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' – [OST]
'On The Telly (Blackpool Night Out)' – The Beatles
'Only the Lonely' – Roy Orbison
'Only You: The Best of' – The Flying Pickets
'Original Soundtrack' – 10cc

O, we've reached the end of that letter so mind your Ps and Qs.

Icy North: 88
Sasha: 79

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I can think of some obvious later Ps, but I’ll start with some PAs:

Parachutes - Coldplay
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Parklife - Blur
Past Masters - Beatles
Paul is Live - Paul McCartney

Just when I thought Sasha was catching up, Icy pulls ahead once more…

Parachutes - Coldplay
Parallel Lines – Blondie <- Really should get it, though.
Parklife - Blur
Past Masters - Beatles
Paul is Live - Paul McCartney

'Past Masters' was released as two separate albums from 1988-2009 and since 2009 has been released as a single 2-disc volume comprising both. So Icy can legitimately guess 'Past Masters' as for ten years that has been the album's title. But as I have the older, two separate albums editions it means Icy is entitled to double points on a 5 point guess, so he scores 13 points this round.

Today I am mostly hearing:
'Past Masters: Volume 1' – The Beatles
'Past Masters: Volume 2' – The Beatles
'Paul is Live' – Paul McCartney
'Paul McCartney's Ocean Kingdom'
'Performance and Cocktails' – Stereophonics

Icy North: 101
Sasha: 79

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So I guess three critically acclaimed and bestselling indie rock classics, scoring zero, then the obscure live album and back-catalogue rehash scores 13.

Be warned, Sasha Q

I've never claimed to have good taste, just consistency

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I don’t correlate good taste with critical opinion or sales.

Having said that, few can top the Beatles in those departments.

Congratulations, Icy

Permission to Land - Darkness
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Peter Gabriel
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

‘Peter Gabriel’ is very sneaky! I think there are 4 of them

Permission to Land - Darkness
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Peter Gabriel
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

A shocking round in that you both get a double 5 points one after the other – I have 'Pet Sounds' twice, my original basic copy and one presented in glorious, lovingly restored, original mono. My ears aren't sensitive to notice any difference on my stereo. (Is it still a stereo if you are playing mono?)

Peter Gabriel may well be very sneaky with a choice of four, but I ain't got any of 'em.

Icy North: 101
Sasha: 89

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The first ‘Peter Gabriel’ is worth a listen.

‘Here Comes the Flood’:

http://youtu.be/vb7htoJAK7g

Ok, here goes...

Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
Play - Moby
Please Please Me - Beatles
Press to Play - Paul McCartney
Pure McCartney - Paul McCartney

Today I'm only doing a half day, but will try and listen to:

'Pet Sounds' – The Beach Boys (in Stereo AND Mono)
'Pictures: 40 Years of Hits' – Status Quo
'Piece by Piece' – Katie Melua
'Piece of the Action' – Meat Loaf
'Pink Panther, The' – Henry Mancini

Icy – you're probably feeling quite confident at picking up a point or two with those guesses:
Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
Play - Moby
Please Please Me - Beatles
Press to Play - Paul McCartney
Pure McCartney [Deluxe] - Paul McCartney

You can start thinking of your arse over the weekend - sorry, I mean your Rs.

Icy North: 105
Sasha: 89

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I *knew* I shouldn’t have chosen that critically acclaimed multi-million selling worldwide hit album by Moby. It was a moment of weakness

"A shocking round in that you both get a double 5 points one after the other"

Wow! This is a great game - educational and entertaining!

Trying for something between Pink Panther and Pipes of Peace:

Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Pop - U2
Pop Art - Pet Shop Boys

RAM - Paul McCartney
Rarities - The Beatles

Did someone say R’s?

Red Rose Speedway - PM & Wings
Revolver - Beatles
Rock ‘n’ Roll -John Lennon
Rubber Soul - Beatles
Run Devil Run - PM

Today I will mostly be hearing:

'Pipes of Peace' – Paul McCartney
'Pirates of Penzance, The' – Gilbert & Sullivan
'Planet Waves' – Bob Dylan
'Platinum Collection' – The Shadows
'Please Please Me' – The Beatles

Sasha:
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Pop - U2
Pop Art - Pet Shop Boys
RAM - Paul McCartney - Not everyone has a CD-RAM
Rarities - The Beatles (replaced by Past Masters)

Icy:
Red Rose Speedway - PM & Wings
Revolver - Beatles
Rock ‘n’ Roll -John Lennon
Rubber Soul – Beatles – Both US & UK
Run Devil Run - PM

Icy North: 111
Sasha: 91

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I remember visiting a second hand record shop where the large Beatles section had subdividers for each album. One of them was intriguingly marked “R Soul”.

Not sure about all of these, but you May have a couple:

Rock Spectacle - Barenaked Ladies
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert - Bob Dylan
Rock ‘n’ Roll Music - Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones No 2