Okay, last week was just too easy. Time to spice things up a bit.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. And we have a puzzle cover this week, yay! One guess per player of the puzzle between updates, please. Ready, Freddys and Bettys? Time to rock steady.

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UPDATE: Expanded pictures now posted for the remaining covers!
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Was last week’s quiz one born of frustration? Sorry, sometimes I just can’t help it. Did I just give you a clue to one of the album covers in this week’s game? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check this intro paragraph next week for another non-clue. Just sayin’.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. And, just to spice things up, we have a puzzle cover this week, yay! One guess per player of the puzzle between updates, please. Ready, Freddys and Bettys? Time to rock steady.

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You guys are way too good at this. Fortunately for you, I had already created a bunch of these quizzes before I realized how quickly you’d pick them off. When we get to Game Thirteen (the quiz I’m currently working on), the gloves come off. Just sayin’. Oh, and one other thing:

MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES PER PERSON PER UPDATE. Just to make sure we’re all clear on the rules.

Are you ready to sing along with the common people? Or do you suffer from some incurable disease? Or did I just give you a clue to one of the album covers in this week’s game? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check this intro paragraph next week for another non-clue.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. There is no puzzle cover this week. Or there are 25 puzzle covers this week, depending on whom you ask. Dig in, kiddies.

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Hey, you! Don’t watch that, watch this! Ah, but you knew that already, didn’t you? Am I going soft on you? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check this intro paragraph each and every week for another non-clue. Just sayin’.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. There is no puzzle cover this week. Or there are 25 puzzle covers this week, depending on whom you ask. Dig in, kiddies.

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Yeaaaaaaaaah, we’re stereotypes, there must be more to life. Do I have your number? Or did I just give you a clue to one of the album covers in this week’s game? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check this intro paragraph next week for another non-clue. Just sayin’.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores … back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. There is no puzzle cover this week. Or there are 25 puzzle covers this week, depending on whom you ask. Dig in, kiddies.

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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…well, I suppose it will end, as soon as I run out of ideas for album covers, but let’s not think about that right now.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. There is no puzzle cover this week. Or there are 25 puzzle covers this week, depending on whom you ask. Dig in, kiddies.

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(NOTE: Name That Tune will return next week at its usual time. ‘Til then, please enjoy this sneak peek at David Medsker’s Cover Me, a new feature that will be running Tuesdays at 9:30!)

Welcome to the inaugural installment of Cover Me. You good people seemed so enamored with Scraps’ wildly popular Name That Tune column that we decided to take it into the visual medium.

Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep you honest. You must guess both the artist and album cover. In order to keep things simple, live albums, soundtracks and singles compilations will not be used, and with all apologies to our European and Japanese friends, we are going with the covers that appeared in the US record stores…back when we had record stores. Sigh.

The rules are the same as Name That Tune. Each player can make three guesses between updates (“Update” is defined as “The time when I post a comment listing all of the covers that have been guessed correctly”), so everyone will have a chance to contribute. There is no puzzle cover this week, but that is subject to change in future installments, depending on how this one goes. In other words, you’re test subjects. Doncha feel special? All right, lab rats, ready, steady, go.

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