Cover Me, Game Forty-Six

Welcome to this week’s Cover Me! Hi, I’m Drew Carey, uh, I mean Michael Parr, and I’ll be taking over from your previous host, David Medsker. While I’m not going to stir the pot too much, you can expect a few surprises along the way.

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 a no acrostic this week, rather an overriding theme that will provide a clue as to the puzzle cover’s identity.

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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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  • gthradecky
    18. 'Goo' Sonic Youth
  • And our own David Steed closes this one down! Thanks to everyone for playing along, and join us in two weeks for the next edition of Cover Me. If you have any suggestions drop them in the comments. See you next time!

    1. Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes (Steed)
    2. Blink-182 - Enema of the State (JT)
    3. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Steed)
    4. Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth (MatthewBolin)
    5. Keith Urban - Keith Urban (MatthewBolin)
    6. Alan Parsons - The Time Machine (MatthewBolin)
    7. Styx Brave New World (David_E)
    8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (tippos)
    9. Santana - Supernatural (MichaelFortes)
    10. The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie (MarkoP)
    11. Ben Folds - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (Michael Wendt)
    12. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JT)
    13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (MichaelFortes)
    14. Nas - Nastradamus (MatthewBolin)
    15. Korn - Issues (MarkoP)
    16. Prince - Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (MichaelFortes)
    17. Counting Crows - This Desert Life (MarkoP)
    18. Joe Strummer & The Mesceleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (MarkoP)
    19. Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife (Steed)
    20. The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies (MarkoP)
    21. Indigo Girls - Come On Now Social (MatthewBolin)
    22. Guster - Lost and Gone Forever (MatthewBolin)
    23. Ben Harper - Burn to Shine (PaoloBassotti)
    24. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Running With Scissors (David_E)
    25. The White Stripes - The White Stripes (MichaelFortes)

    Puzzle: Prince - 1999 (MarkoP)
  • Would I be able to finish it - with Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro as #1
  • MichaelFortes
    16 wouldn't happen to be "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic" by the artist formerly known (at the time) as Prince, would it?
  • Ding! Ding! Ding! It is, in fact, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic by Prince who was, at the time, the artist formerly known as. That means there is just one left... who is going to finish this puppy?
  • You're right - I should have known that was Prince. Damn - I kept thinking those were legs when that was really an armpit.
  • Yeah, I was conflicted on that when choosing the crop.
  • Just two left, who's going to finish this one up?

    1.
    2. Blink-182 - Enema of the State (JT)
    3. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Steed)
    4. Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth (MatthewBolin)
    5. Keith Urban - Keith Urban (MatthewBolin)
    6. Alan Parsons - The Time Machine (MatthewBolin)
    7. Styx Brave New World (David_E)
    8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (tippos)
    9. Santana - Supernatural (MichaelFortes)
    10. The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie (MarkoP)
    11. Ben Folds - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (Michael Wendt)
    12. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JT)
    13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (MichaelFortes)
    14. Nas - Nastradamus (MatthewBolin)
    15. Korn - Issues (MarkoP)
    16.
    17. Counting Crows - This Desert Life (MarkoP)
    18. Joe Strummer & The Mesceleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (MarkoP)
    19. Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife (Steed)
    20. The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies (MarkoP)
    21. Indigo Girls - Come On Now Social (MatthewBolin)
    22. Guster - Lost and Gone Forever (MatthewBolin)
    23. Ben Harper - Burn to Shine (PaoloBassotti)
    24. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Running With Scissors (David_E)
    25. The White Stripes - The White Stripes (MichaelFortes)

    Puzzle: Prince - 1999 (MarkoP)
  • Wow, I have to say that this game looks a lot different from the other side. Nice selection this week, sir!
  • Thanks David!
  • MatthewBolin is on fire! All three correct... here are a couple of hints for the final two

    1. This Norwegian band was disbanded at the time of this release.
    16. Steed is going to kick himself in the arse for not knowing this one.
  • 6. Alan Parsons - The Time Machine
    14. Nas -Nastradamus
    16. Guster - Lost and Gone Forever
  • eddie_w
    Glad to have you on board, MIchael...let the Cover Me fun continue.

    Of course, I'm starting out your tenure as I typically spent David's - a little too late to the party. All the ones I knew of have been long since identified. Curse you, early afternoon meetings!
  • I can only hope to measure up to my predecessors. And I agree, early afternoon meetings are for the birds!
  • Just five left keep the answers coming!

    1.
    2. Blink-182 - Enema of the State (JT)
    3. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Steed)
    4. Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth (MatthewBolin)
    5. Keith Urban - Keith Urban (MatthewBolin)
    6.
    7. Styx Brave New World (David_E)
    8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (tippos)
    9. Santana - Supernatural (MichaelFortes)
    10. The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie (MarkoP)
    11. Ben Folds - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (Michael Wendt)
    12. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JT)
    13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (MichaelFortes)
    14.
    15. Korn - Issues (MarkoP)
    16.
    17. Counting Crows - This Desert Life (MarkoP)
    18. Joe Strummer & The Mesceleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (MarkoP)
    19. Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife (Steed)
    20. The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies (MarkoP)
    21. Indigo Girls - Come On Now Social (MatthewBolin)
    22.
    23. Ben Harper - Burn to Shine (PaoloBassotti)
    24. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Running With Scissors (David_E)
    25. The White Stripes - The White Stripes (MichaelFortes)

    Puzzle: Prince - 1999 (MarkoP)
  • MarkoP
    15. Korn - Issues
    18. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
  • You are correct sir! Just five left...
  • i want to say 14 is Physical Graffiti by Led Zep but im guessing thats wrong
  • You are guessing correctly... not Led Zeppelin.
  • MatthewBolin, you sir are correct!

    Just seven covers left...
  • 23. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn To Shine
  • Indeed, it's Mr. Harper and his cohorts dusty boots.
  • 4. Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth
    5. Keith Urban - Keith Urban
    21. Indigo Girls - Come On Now Social
  • The Apples in Stereo, Counting Crows, Bloodhound Gang, Flaming Lips and our Puzzle Cover (Prince's 1999) are all correct, still quite a few left up there to be had.
  • tippos
    8. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
  • Let's do the first official update:

    1.
    2. Blink-182 - Enema of the State (JT)
    3. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Steed)
    4.
    5.
    6.
    7. Styx Brave New World (David_E)
    8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (tippos)
    9. Santana - Supernatural (MichaelFortes)
    10. The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie (MarkoP)
    11. Ben Folds - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (Michael Wendt)
    12. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JT)
    13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (MichaelFortes)
    14.
    15.
    16.
    17. Counting Crows - This Desert Life (MarkoP)
    18.
    19. Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife (Steed)
    20. The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies (MarkoP)
    21.
    22.
    23.
    24. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Running With Scissors (David_E)
    25. The White Stripes - The White Stripes (MichaelFortes)

    Puzzle: Prince - 1999 (MarkoP)
  • MarkoP
    10. The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie
    17. Counting Crows - This Desert Life
    20. Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
    Puzzle: Prince - 1999
  • #3 is Eminem - Slim Shady LP
  • 19 - Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife
  • At :45 minutes after being posted, all answers so far are correct.
  • 2-Blink-182 Enema of the State
    3-Audioslave-Out of Exile
    7-Styx-Brave New World
    9-Santana-Supernatural
    11-Ben Folds-The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
    12-Brittney Spears-Baby One More Time
    13.Red Hot Chili Peppers-Californication
  • And remember... three is the magic number!
  • Audioslave is incorrect.
  • MichaelFortes
    25. White Stripes s/t
    13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
    9. Santana - Supernatural
  • David_E
    12. Britney Spears – ... Baby, One More Time
  • Looks like JT beat you to this one...
  • David_E
    24. Weird Al Yankovic – Running With Scissors
  • David_E
    7. Styx – Brave New World (and hideous)
  • JT
    Welcome aboard
    Blink-182-Enema of the State -2
    Britney Spears- baby one more time-12
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