Cover Me, Game Forty-One

Lord Jefito and I are still trying to figure out how this posted nearly a month early. My apologies to those of you who already submitted guesses – and early congrats to that rat bastard drxl, who’s already guessed the puzzle cover – but if it’s all right with you guys, I have deleted all of the previous comments, and we’re going to start from scratch. Although I replaced the puzzle cover.

Seriously, drxl, how did you get that so quickly? I thought I disguised it pretty well. Not well enough, apparently.

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 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,” “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 no acrostic this week, but there is definitely a theme. 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!

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  • JerryM
    4. The Cars - Candy-O
    6. The Cure - Wish
    10. The Clash - London Calling
  • ATM Kid
    8. The Fixx - Reach the Beach
  • 7 - The Knack, Get the Knack
    15 - The Time, Ice Cream Castle
    19 - The Call, Reconciled
  • ATM Kid
    Puzzle : The The - Infected
  • TuffGong
    02. The Verve - Urban Hymns
    18. The Band - Music From Big Pink
    20. The Cult - Sonic Temple
  • MarkoP
    2. The Verve - Urban Hymns
    12. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

    Puzzle: The The - Infected
  • kmbone
    18 The Band - Music from Big Pink
  • Damn. Should have stayed with the original cover, and just used a different part of it. There was no real disguising of this one.

    All guesses so far are correct, and congrats to the ATM Kid for picking off this week's puzzle cover.
  • ATM Kid
    1. The Hives - Veni Vedi Vicious
  • ATM Kid
    Could it be another rule of thumb stated "Every puzzle cover must be MONOCHROME"? That may leads to open guess and thematic lead. It was funny in the past weeks guessing that one, IMO.
  • In my mind, Infected had some monochrome spot on it. I've already used Dusk and Mind Bomb, and Soul Mining was guessed so quickly when this accidentally went live last month that I just thought, "Well, I'll change it to Infected." Should have used Hanky Panky instead.
  • Jordan
    16. The Jam-The Gift
  • dpop
    14. The Who - Who Are You
  • 13. The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
  • The Who is correct. Time for an OFFICIAL UPDATE.

    1. The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious (ATM Kid)
    2. The Verve, Urban Hymns (Tuff Gong)
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    4. The Cars, Candy-O (Jerry M)
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    6. The Cure, Wish (Jerry M)
    7. The Knack, Get the Knack (steed)
    8. The Fixx, Reach the Beach (ATM Kid)
    9.
    10. The Clash, London Calling (Jerry M)
    11.
    12. The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth (MarkoP)
    13.
    14. The Who, Who Are You (dpop)
    15. The Time, Ice Cream Castles (steed)
    16. The Jam, The Gift (Jordan)
    17.
    18. The Band, Music from Big Pink (Tuff Gong)
    19. The Call, Reconciled (steed)
    20. The Cult, Sonic Temple (Tuff Gong)
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    25.
    Puzzle: The The, Infected (ATM Kid)
  • ATM Kid
    3. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
    22. The Vines - Highly Evolved
    24. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
  • 9. The Hours : The Hours
  • Right band, wrong title.
  • 9. See the Light by The Hours, sorry
  • TuffGong
    02. The Verve - Urban Hymns
    18. The Band - Music From Big Pink
    20. The Cult - Sonic Temple
  • jeffgee
    17. Nazz Nazz by The Nazz
  • All guesses correct. Only six more...
  • JerryM
    Is #13 Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by the Sundays?
  • Not the Sundays. You have the right first letter, though.
  • tangstrom
    #21 is The Tubes' self-titled album.
  • skaffold
    25. The Doors - The Soft Parade
  • The Doors and the Tubes are correct. Here is an UPDATE with CLUES:

    1. The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious (ATM Kid)
    2. The Verve, Urban Hymns (Tuff Gong)
    3. The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (ATM Kid)
    4. The Cars, Candy-O (Jerry M)
    5. one word: supergroup
    6. The Cure, Wish (Jerry M)
    7. The Knack, Get the Knack (steed)
    8. The Fixx, Reach the Beach (ATM Kid)
    9. The Hours, See the Light (drxl)
    10. The Clash, London Calling (Jerry M)
    11. Unsuccessful follow-up to one of Popdose's favorite one-hit wonders
    12. The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth (MarkoP)
    13. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (drxl)
    14. The Who, Who Are You (dpop)
    15. The Time, Ice Cream Castles (steed)
    16. The Jam, The Gift (Jordan)
    17. The Nazz, Nazz Nazz (jeffgee)
    18. The Band, Music from Big Pink (Tuff Gong)
    19. The Call, Reconciled (steed)
    20. The Cult, Sonic Temple (Tuff Gong)
    21. The Tubes, The Tubes (tangstrom)
    22. The Vines, Highly Evolved (ATM Kid)
    23. Much-hyped Irish band
    24. The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette (ATM Kid)
    25. The Doors, The Soft Parade(skaffold)
    Puzzle: The The, Infected (ATM Kid)
  • 23. the Thrills: So Much for the City
  • 5. The Firm : Mean Business
  • 5. The Firm : Mean Business
  • The Thrills and the Firm are correct. No guesses for #11? Check the Popdose 100 and see if anyone catches your eye...
  • retroaddict
    #11 is Amazon Beach by everyone's favorite(or at least they should be) Canadian party band The Kings.
  • retroaddict
    And obviously the theme is: Some of "The" bands who have "The" in their band names.
  • Also, the rest of the name (after the "the" article) is monosyllabic
  • Ding ding ding! And that's a wrap. See you next week for another round of Name That Tune.
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