Cover Me, Game Fifty-four

Michael Parr March 29, 2010 33

Below are magnified fragments of 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 simple, 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,” “Guess” is defined as “any attempt to identify a single cover”), 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 an acrostic this week. The FIRST letter in the name of the artist or band will provide a clue as to the puzzle cover’s identity. Good luck!

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Lastly, the Puzzle Cover

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!

  • MichaelFortes

    4. ELO, Discovery
    5. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
    10. Helmet, Betty

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    6. INXS, Kick
    16. Yes, 90125

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    3. Huey Lewis and The News, Sports.

  • http://popdose.com MatthewBolin

    Puzzle Cover: Queen – A Night at the Opera

  • David_E

    1. The Bird And The Bee – Eponymous

  • David_E

    Puzzle: Queen – A Night At The Opera

  • http://coffeefortwo.wordpress.com/ Dan Seeger

    2 is Americana by The Offspring.

    Why do I always wind up identifying albums I don't even like in this game?

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Are these too easy, or are you guys this good? Half an hour into the game and half the covers — including the puzzle — have been correctly identified! As we've had so much action, I'll post the first official update now:

    1. Bird and the Bee – Bird and the Bee (David_E)
    2.
    3. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports (RLB)
    4. E.L.O. – Discovery (MichaelFortes)
    5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (MichaelFortes)
    6. INXS – Kick (RLB)
    7.
    8.
    9.
    10. Helmet – Betty (MichaelFortes)
    11.
    12.
    13.
    14.
    15.
    16. Yes – 90125 (RLB)

    Puzzle. Queen – A Night at the Opera (MatthewBolin)

    Here are the standings!

    MichaelFortes – 3
    RLB – 3
    MatthewBolin – 1
    David_E – 1

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Correct!

    When selecting the covers, I've noticed that I sometimes gravitate to artists that I wouldn't normally have any interest in.

  • eddie_w

    I finally got here in time for a change…woo hoo!

    14. OutKast – ATLiens

  • KingPervus

    13 – Slayer – South of Heaven

  • KingPervus

    #13 Slayer – South of Heaven

  • KingPervus

    13 Slayer – South of Heaven

  • KingPervus

    Sorry, didn't know I posted that many times. Apologies.

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Indeed!

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Correct! Correct! Correct!

  • MichaelFortes

    12. Prince, Planet Earth

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    No worries.

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    You are correct, sir!

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    At the one hour mark, only five covers remain.

    1. Bird and the Bee – Bird and the Bee (David_E)
    2. Offspring – Americana (Dan Seeger)
    3. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports (RLB)
    4. E.L.O. – Discovery (MichaelFortes)
    5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (MichaelFortes)
    6. INXS – Kick (RLB)
    7.
    8.
    9.
    10. Helmet – Betty (MichaelFortes)
    11.
    12. Prince – Planet Earth (MichaelFortes)
    13. Slayer – South of Heaven (KingPervus)
    14. Outkast – ATLiens (eddie_w)
    15.
    16. Yes – 90125 (RLB)

    Puzzle. Queen – A Night at the Opera (MatthewBolin)

    Here are the official standings:

    MichaelFortes – 4
    RLB – 3
    MatthewBolin – 1
    David_E – 1
    Dan Seeger – 1
    eddie_w – 1
    KingPervus – 1

  • beardedarmenian

    15. Drive By Truckers – The Big To Do

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Yes!

  • David_E

    9. RATT – Invasion Of Your Privacy

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Love will find way, just give it time…

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Just three left!

    1. Bird and the Bee – Bird and the Bee (David_E)
    2. Offspring – Americana (Dan Seeger)
    3. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports (RLB)
    4. E.L.O. – Discovery (MichaelFortes)
    5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (MichaelFortes)
    6. INXS – Kick (RLB)
    7.
    8.
    9. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy (David_E)
    10. Helmet – Betty (MichaelFortes)
    11.
    12. Prince – Planet Earth (MichaelFortes)
    13. Slayer – South of Heaven (KingPervus)
    14. Outkast – ATLiens (eddie_w)
    15. Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do (beardedarmenian)
    16. Yes – 90125 (RLB)

    Puzzle. Queen – A Night at the Opera (MatthewBolin)

    And the standings:

    MichaelFortes – 4
    RLB – 3
    David_E – 2
    MatthewBolin – 1
    Dan Seeger – 1
    eddie_w – 1
    KingPervus – 1
    beardedarmenian – 1

  • MarkoP

    11. All 4 One – All 4 One

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Man, I wish I had gotten here earlier – this is totally my game this week. And yet I'm 100% I should and do know #7 and #8 – the only two left and just can't come up with them. I'm going to kick myself when someone does.

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    “I Swear” you are correct!

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    I'll say that seven is probably the hardest of the bunch.

  • eddie_w

    Took me a little while to dig through my high school memories for this one, but here goes:

    8. New Edition – All for Love

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    Just one left, I've given the beginning letter of the elusive number seven, and will say that the this patriotic bunch of rockers released this record in the aughts.

    Here is the official update, and standings:

    1. Bird and the Bee – Bird and the Bee (David_E)
    2. Offspring – Americana (Dan Seeger)
    3. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports (RLB)
    4. E.L.O. – Discovery (MichaelFortes)
    5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (MichaelFortes)
    6. INXS – Kick (RLB)
    7. A
    8. New Edition – All for Love (eddie_w)
    9. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy (David_E)
    10. Helmet – Betty (MichaelFortes)
    11. All-4-One – All-4-One (MarkoP)
    12. Prince – Planet Earth (MichaelFortes)
    13. Slayer – South of Heaven (KingPervus)
    14. Outkast – ATLiens (eddie_w)
    15. Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do (beardedarmenian)
    16. Yes – 90125 (RLB)

    Puzzle. Queen – A Night at the Opera (MatthewBolin)

    MichaelFortes – 4
    RLB – 3
    David_E – 2
    eddie_w – 2
    MatthewBolin – 1
    Dan Seeger – 1
    KingPervus – 1
    beardedarmenian – 1
    MarkoP – 1

  • David_E

    7. All American Rejects – When The World Comes Down

  • http://twitter.com/michaelparr Michael Parr

    And David_E closes out game 54 of Cover Me. Thanks for playing and be sure to check back every other Monday for another set of covers.

    1. Bird and the Bee – Bird and the Bee (David_E)
    2. Offspring – Americana (Dan Seeger)
    3. Huey Lewis & The News – Sports (RLB)
    4. E.L.O. – Discovery (MichaelFortes)
    5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (MichaelFortes)
    6. INXS – Kick (RLB)
    7. All American Rejects – When the World Comes Down (David_E)
    8. New Edition – All for Love (eddie_w)
    9. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy (David_E)
    10. Helmet – Betty (MichaelFortes)
    11. All-4-One – All-4-One (MarkoP)
    12. Prince – Planet Earth (MichaelFortes)
    13. Slayer – South of Heaven (KingPervus)
    14. Outkast – ATLiens (eddie_w)
    15. Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do (beardedarmenian)
    16. Yes – 90125 (RLB)

    Puzzle. Queen – A Night at the Opera (MatthewBolin)

    MichaelFortes – 4
    RLB – 3
    David_E – 3
    eddie_w – 2
    MatthewBolin – 1
    Dan Seeger – 1
    KingPervus – 1
    beardedarmenian – 1