Cover Me, Game Fifty-six

Michael Parr April 26, 2010 52

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 a no acrostic this week, rather an overriding theme that 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!

  • EightE1

    #2 Nickel Creek – Nickel Creek

    Rob (EightE1)

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

    Looks like there are just two stragglers this week. I'll say I'm surprised that The Kinks went unanswered. Thanks to everyone for playing along and be sure to join us back in two weeks for the 57th edition of Cover Me!

    1. Benny Mardones – Benny Mardones (Steed)
    2. Nickel Creek – Nickel Creek (EightE1)
    3. Prince – Prince (Antti)
    4. Santana – Santana (malaco)
    5. Ramones – Ramones (Gonzeaux)
    6. Huey Lewis & The News – Huey Lewis & The News (Gordon)
    7. Duran Duran – Duran Duran (Antti)
    8. Specials – The Specials (MichaelFortes)
    9. Doors – The Doors
    10. Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam (Antti)
    11. Aerosmith – Aerosmith (Gordon)
    12. Kinks – The Kinks
    13. Boston – Boston (Gordon)
    14. Van Halen – Van Halen (SansDirection)
    15. Weezer – Weezer (MarkoP)
    16. Queen – Queen (Antti)
    17. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (MichaelFortes)
    18. Survivor – Survivor (David_E)
    19. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (Antti)
    20. Aaliyah – Aaliyah (Antti)
    21. Ben Folds Five – Ben Folds Five (MichaelFortes)
    22. Danzig – Danzig (SansDirection)
    23. Clash – The Clash (Antti)
    24. Libertines – The Libertines (EightE1)
    25. Motorhead – Motorhead (MarkoP)

    Puzzle. Smiths – The Smiths (Antti)

    Final Standings:

    (Antti) – 8
    (Gordon) – 3
    (MichaelFortes) – 3
    (EightE1) – 2
    (MarkoP) – 2
    (SansDirection) – 2
    (David_E) – 1
    (Gonzeaux) – 1
    (malaco) – 1
    (Steed) – 1