Had another fail on Anderson.Paak, so I’m trying to get my head around him. Kings of Leon album titles are proving a tough learn despite being familiar with a bunch of songs from them.
Questions
The last song by The Carpenters to reach the UK top ten, what four ‘out of this world’ words complete a hit with a title that begins with the word ‘Calling’?
OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT
Tragically dying in 2019, what was the real name of “Lucid Dreams” singer Juice Wrld?
JARAD HIGGINS
Juice Wrld’s Billboard No. 2 hit “Lucid Dreams” was from which album with a four word title that unfortunately seems a little prophetic given his untimely death?
GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE
Despairing of finding himself at Widnes Railway Station, Paul Simon allegedly put pen to paper there to compose which Simon & Garfunkel song that was their first to reach the UK top ten, also reaching number 5 in the US?
HOMEWARD BOUND
Containing four words, the third of which looks like a key was pressed twice by mistake, what was the 2012 major label debut album by Kendrick Lamar?
GOOD KID, MAAD CITY
Kendrick Lamar is a member of which hip-hop supergroup alongside Top Dawg Entertainment label mates Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q?
BLACK HIPPY
Super Scouse offers us a reminder that we need ‘A current MOT’ in a parody of CW McCall’s “Convoy” called “Convoy GB”. Reaching number four in the UK, it has hit for which artist?
LAURIE LINGO AND THE DIPSTICKS
What two-word title is given to Ye’s second studio album, his follow up to “The College Dropout”? Followed by the “Stronger” containing “Graduation”, its songs include “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” and “Gold Digger”.
LATE REGISTRATION
Which ninth studio album by Ye follows a Christian theme, with tracks including “Follow God” and “Closed on Sunday”?
JESUS IS KING
What is the name of Ye’s mother, which he used for the titles of his tenth and eleventh studio albums?
DONDA
Singing on “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, what is the two word stage name of Donald Roeser, the guitarist and vocalist who is the only constant member of Blue Öyster Cult?
BUCK DHARMA
The first album by the Wu Tang Clan takes its name from which two films, released in 1973 and 1978 respectively?
ENTER THE DRAGON & 36 CHAMBERS OF SHAOLIN (Its title is “Enter the Wu Tang: 36 Chambers”)
The only copy of which seventh Wu Tang Clan album was bought for $2 million by ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Skhreli?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHAOLIN
Which fifth Wu Tang Clan album, the first after the death of ODB, takes its title from a 1984 Hong Kong film with a title than ends in “Pole Fighter”?
8 DIAGRAMS
Reaching number 60 on the Billboard 100, the Wu Tang Clan song “C.R.E.A.M.” stands for what?
CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME
The first name being the same for both, what was either the birth name of Bo Diddley or the real name that he went by?
ELLAS BATES / ELLAS MCDANIEL
The title words only paired together in the first line of the song, what was Bo Diddley’s highest charting hit in the US, reaching number 20 in 1959?
SAY MAN
Wanting to give them a wedding ring so that they can become his blushing bride, what words refer to Bo Diddley’s love interest in his highest charting UK hit that reached number 35 in 1955?
PRETTY THING
Cast in the 2023 musical film version of “The Color Purple” that saw Danielle Brooks earn an Oscar nomination, what is the real name of R&B singer H.E.R.?
GABRIELLA WILSON
Winning a Grammy for Song of the Year thanks to her work on “I Can’t Breathe”, what does the acronym of Gabriella Wilson’s stage name H.E.R. stand for?
HAVING EVERYTHING REVEALED
From which film was the 2021 Oscar winning H.E.R. track “Fight for you”?
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Sparks wrote the music for which 2021 musical that saw Leos Carax win the Best Director award at Cannes?
ANNETTE
Including the tracks “Molly’s Chambers” and “California Waiting”, what was the four-word title of the first album by Kings of Leon, reaching number 3 in the UK chart?
YOUTH & YOUNG MANHOOD
The title coming from lyrics in the song “Taper Jean Girl” and having an orchid on the album cover, which second Kings of Leon album matched the number 3 of “Youth & Young Manhood” in the UK chart and featured the single “The Bucket”?
AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK
Its cover centred around an image of a light bulb that has started to disintegrate, which third album by Kings of Leon was the first to reach number 1 in the UK chart, its tracks including the single “Fans”?
BECAUSE OF THE TIMES
The follow-up to “Come Around Sundown”, which sixth Kings of Leon album has a cover that features a neon sign, its songs including “Supersoaker” and “Don’t Matter”?
MECHANICAL BULL
Actually an acronym, which seventh Kings of Leon album is their only one to date that has a one-word title? Tracks include “Waste a Moment” and “Reverend”.
WALLS (Stands for “We Are Like Love Songs”)
Its title making up the first half of the words in the name of its opening track, which eighth album by Kings of Leon is notable for being the first album to be sold as a non-fungible token?
WHEN YOU SEE YOURSELF
Famous for providing the theme tune to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, Nerf Herder gained significant airplay with a 1997 single named after which band?
VAN HALEN
Dying in 1933, what nickname was given to ‘Father of Country Music’ Jimmie Rodgers on account of his profession?
THE SINGING BRAKEMAN
What was the name of Elvis’ chimpanzee, the second animal he bought in the hope of creating a Graceland zoo?
SCATTER
What was the name of the basset hound Elvis sang “Hound Dog” to on TV?
SHERLOCK
Naomi Campbell sneaked into the cast of which dreadfully rated 1991 film that featured the acting debut of Vanilla Ice?
COOL AS ICE
Writing “Africa”, “Rosanna” and “Hold the Line”, who is the main songwriter and singer of the band Toto, co-founding it with Jeff Porcaro?
DAVID PAICH
Pitchfork ranked “The Sprout and the Bean” in their list of best songs from the 2000s. It comes from which first album by Joanna Newsom, which also includes the song “This Side of the Blue”, that song being featured in an Orange cinema advert?
THE MILK-EYED MENDER
What is the two-letter title of Joanna Newsom’s criticallly acclaimed second album, containing five songs at an average of 11 minutes each?
YS
The voice of Dale in the 2022 film “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers”, to which comedic actor has Joanna Newsom been married since 2003?
ANDY SAMBERG
Found on the soundtrack to the 2005 romantic comedy “Hitch”, “1 Thing” reached Billboard no. 8 and UK no. 4 for which R&B singer in 2005?
AMERIE
On which first Public Enemy album from 1987 is Terminator X listed third as ‘Lead scratch’ behind vocalists Chuck D and Flavour Flav?
YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW
Jackie Chan, Issac Hayes and Billy Ocean are all mentioned in the lyrics of which Anderson.Paak song, a non-album single that saw him win his first Grammy in 2019 in the category of Best Rap Performance?
BUBBLIN
A winner of the Best R&B Album, which Californian location follows “Venice”, “Malibu” and “Oxnard” to complete the list of Anderson.Paak’s first four albums? The city of Oxnard can be found within a county going by this fourth album’s name.
VENTURA
Anderson.Paak’s first Billboard No. 1 came as part of Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars. What was the name of the track, with the Grammy Awards getting a bit excitable by awarding it four prizes including for Record of the Year?
LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
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