Cover Me, Game Eighteen

Hello, my friends, for the Barely Legal edition of Cover Me.

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.

There is no acrostic to this week’s puzzle, but there is definitely a theme. I have a feeling this group will sniff it out in seconds flat.

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Lastly, the Puzzle Cover

Like Scraps, I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post (click on “Track Comments”) to more easily follow the progress of the game. Remember, maximum of three guesses between updates of the list. Have fun!

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  • Gary Lucy
    This is a hard one!
    I think #22 is the La's...and I think I saw Supergrass in there at #9 I should Coco
  • Funny, I thought this would be a super easy week...

    The La's and Supergrass are correct.
  • Jerry
    My faves of the ones I know:

    4. Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
    11. Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife
    17. Beautiful South - Welcome to the Beautiful South
  • kmbone
    13 James- "Laid"
  • James, Blur, PSB and Beautiful South are correct.
  • Gary Lucy
    20. Oasis- Definitely Maybe
  • #6: 808 State, "Ex:El"
    #12: The Sundays, "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic"
    #25: Radiohead, "OK Computer"
  • Oasis, 808 State, the Sundays and Radiohead are correct.
  • Marko
    7. Beats International - Let Them Eat Bingo
    14. Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
    23. Depeche Mode - Violator
  • Depeche, Chemical Brothers and Beats Int'l are correct. That's half the puzzle, so time for an official UPDATE:

    1.
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    4. Blur, Modern Life Is Rubbish (Jerry)
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    6. 808 State, Ex:El (Francis)
    7. Beats International, Let Them Eat Bingo (Marko)
    8.
    9. Supergrass, I Should Coco (Gary Lucy)
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    11. Pet Shop Boys, Nightlife (Jerry)
    12. The Sundays, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (Francis)
    13. James, Laid (kmbone)
    14. Chemical Brothers, Exit Planet Dust (Marko)
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    17. Beautiful South, Welcome to the Beautiful South (Jerry)
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    20. Oasis, Definitely Maybe (Gary Lucy)
    21.
    22. The La's, The La's (Gary Lucy)
    23. Depeche Mode, Violator (Marko)
    24.
    25. Radiohead, OK Computer (Francis)
    Puzzle:

    I have to interview Biz Markie, but I'll be back in 15 minutes or so.
  • Jerry
    3. Kula Shaker - K
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    2. The Charlatans, "Between 10th and 11th"
    8. Menswe@r, "Nuisance"
    15. Pulp, "His 'n' Hers"
  • Kula Shaker, Pulp, Meanwe@r and the Charlatans are correct.

    Oh, and the Biz Markie interview was a total bust. Damn.
  • luffy66
    10. Bob Seger- Against the Wind
  • Bob Seger is incorrect.
  • Anthony Hansen
    19. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
  • 10. Catatonia - International Velvet
  • 24. The The - Dusk
  • Welcome back, Paolo. As you can see, you've been missed. :)

    Underworld, Catatonia and The The are correct. Time for some CLUES...

    1. Album by UK band featuring a modern rock hit that stole the bejeezus out of a Spencer Davis song.
    5. They know what you think. They think the same things as you.
    16. Massive critical smash from electronic duo.
    18. Debut by sensitive Scots
    21. These guys barely made a dent in the US, but Rod Stewart covered their most well-known song about ten years ago.
    Puzzle: Huge, huge album in the UK, spawning five Top 40 singles. (Only one of those songs cracked the US Top 40)
  • JohnHughes
    Well, #1 is House of Love - "Babe Rainbow"
  • I'm happy to finally be able to contribute! 21 is Skunk Anasie's Stoosh.
  • Jerry
    18. Travis - Good Feeling

    "Sensitive Scots" - who else could it be? :)
  • Big Country? :)
  • Skunk Anansie, Travis and House of Love are correct.
  • #5: Shed Seven, "Change Giver"
  • Shed Seven is correct. Two left, one critic's darling and one mega-million seller.
  • goozer
    16. FSOL - Dead Cities
  • Future Sound of London is correct. As for the puzzle cover, well, if you don't know it by now...
  • Jerry
    Puzzle - Stars by Simply Red

    Thanks for the hint
  • Ding ding ding! Simply Red is correct. Thanks everyone, and we'll see you next week.
  • ArtieF
    18 - Travis - Good Feeling

    Didn't read all of the comments - sorry
  • Just joining the festivities...

    1. Babe Rainbow - House of Love
    8. Pulp- His & Hers
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