Gaming badges and points for student and pupil music blog reviewsRockhaq

100

Congratulations – You’ve published 75 blogs!

Plectrum: Influenced by French electronic duo Daft Punk, Aerodynamic is the second single from their second and best-selling album Discovery, released in 2001.

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Baby, I’m A Star

Awarded for consistently brilliant reviews. Only Team Rockhaq can award this badge.

Plectrum: Baby, I’m A Star is a song that was written and recorded by Prince on his Purple Rain album, regularly ranked as one of the best albums in pop music history and released in 1984.

The song is about pop stardom and includes the line: “I don’t wanna stop, till I reach the top.”

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75

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Awarded for a large number of quality comments on a review. Only Team Rockhaq can award this badge.

Plectrum: Influenced by Morrissey and The Smiths, Bigmouth Strikes Again appears on the group’s third album, The Queen Is Dead.

The lyrics describe the protagonist’s frustration at being hounded by others for his comments, to which he replies “I was only joking.”

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150

Firestarter

Awarded for a consistently large number of social shares (Facebook, Twitter) on several blog posts. Only Team Rockhaq can award this badge.

Plectrum: Influenced by The Prodigy, their hit single of the same name taken from their best selling third album, The Fat of The Land, and Keith Flint’s manic hairdo.

The Prodigy were an underground rave act from the early 90′s who remodelled their sound into electro-techno-punk, with phenomenal results.

Firestarter and The Fat of The Land album, released in 1996 and 1997 respectively, propelled them into achieving global chart success with 2 million sales in the US and cementing their place in pop culture forever.

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25

Kamikaze

Congratulations – You’ve published five blogs!

Plectrum: Influenced by PJ Harvey and her infamous pink catsuit from Glastonbury Festival 1997, Kamikaze is a track on her fifth album, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.

After being nominated for the Mercury Music prize several times, this album finally won her the acclaimed award in 2001.

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25

Let’s Shake Hands

You now have ten friends!

Plectrum: Influenced by The White Stripes and their debut 7″ single, released in 1998.

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75

Music: Response

Congratulations – you’ve posted 75 comments on blogs!

Plectrum: Title taken from The Chemical Brothers’ fourth single from their third album Surrender, released in 2000 and 1999 respectively. Design influenced by Tom Rowlands’ orange lensed glasses from early noughties photoshoots

Music: Response did not qualify for an official chart place as it contained five songs instead of three, but as it followed the storming singles ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’, ‘Let Forever Be’ and ‘Out of Control’, it was generally accepted that the Surrender album had already achieved considerable success.

Surrender was certified double platinum by the BPI in 2005.

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120

Out There Somewhere

Awarded for killer insight, original opinions and flair – nobody else can get close to your brilliance! This badge can only be awarded by Team Rockhaq.

Plectrum: Name and design influenced by British electronic dance music duo Orbital, made up of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll.
Orbital are known for wearing torch light glasses when they play live, partially illuminating the sides of their heads. Out There Somewhere is a two-part track from their critically-acclaimed In Sides album, released in 1996.

Orbital were one of the biggest names in British dance music in the 1990′s, achieving critical and commercial success and using improvisation during live shows. They recently reformed for live shows and a new album in 2012.

*** Orbital perform their mix of the Doctor Who theme tune with Matt Smith at Glastonbury 2010 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7NZx2mvL7U&feature=related ***

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200

Ray of Light

Congratulations – You’ve published 150 blogs!

Plectrum: Influenced by the one and only Madonna and named after her first single to debut at number one in the UK singles charts.

Having achieved multiple Guiness World Records, Madonna is the world’s top selling female artist and the most successful female recording artist of all time.

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75

Renegade

Congratulations – you’ve published 50 blogs!

Plectrum: Design influenced by Jay Z’s classy tuxedo and title taken from a track featuring Eminem on his sixth studio album, The Blueprint.

The Blueprint is widely considered to be Jay Z’s best studio album, consisting of a unique blend of samples that had street credibility and mainstream appeal.

Kanye West would later use some of the production and sampling techniques on The Blueprint on his own solo work.

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175

Revolution Rock

Congratulations – you’ve published 200 blogs!

Plectrum: Design influenced by the iconic London Calling album from The Clash, released in 1979, and title taken from a track on the same album.

London Calling is seen as one of the greatest rock albums of all time and typifies The Clash’s hugely influential musical legacy – having fused punk with funk, pop, soul, jazz and reggae so incredibly well.

The album achieved platinum status in the US and has sold over five million copies worldwide.

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What The World Is Waiting For

Where are you? We’re missing you on here!

Plectrum: Based on artwork from The Stone Roses’ albums and singles, which in turn were influenced by the work of US artist Jackson Pollock.

The Stone Roses are a legendary Manchester band who achieved commercial success with the release of their debut album in 1989, only to take a jaw-dropping six year break to write and record their follow-up album, The Second Coming, finally released in 1995.

Don’t vanish like them – come back and show us what you can do!

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Wildcard

Congratulations – You’ve just activated your profile!

You’ve made a splash, but can you go the distance on Rockhaq? Good luck with your reviews.

Plectrum: Influenced by the iconic sleeve design from the debut album by controversial punk band The Sex Pistols. This seminal punk band generated hordes of headlines during their short career, but ultimately lacked the musical talent and dedication for long-term success.

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50

Yeah!

Congratulations – you’ve published 20 blog posts!

Plectrum: Influenced by Usher and Yeah! is the first single from his fourth album Confessions, both released in 2004.

Yeah! was met with great critical acclaim for it’s groundbreaking production and is one of the fastest selling hip-hop singles in music history.

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