Cover Me, Game Four

David Medsker August 26, 2008 30

Hey, you! Don’t watch that, watch this! Ah, but you knew that already, didn’t you? Am I going soft on you? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check this intro paragraph each and every week for another non-clue. Just sayin’.

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. There is no puzzle cover this week. Or there are 25 puzzle covers this week, depending on whom you ask. Dig in, kiddies.

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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!

  • andrewmoore20

    6. Talking Heads: Remain in Light
    7. Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
    11. Nirvana: In Utero

  • Michael Davies

    2. World Party – Private Revolution
    5. Yaz – You and Me Both
    15. Joe Jackson – Night and Day
    22. Microdisney – The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
    23. Pixies – Come on Pilgrim

    Upon further inspection only #5 and #15 are right. but those were my guesses, so now you know.

  • Scraps

    Maximum three guesses between list updates.

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    23 – The Clash – Combat Rock

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    4 – Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad

  • http://www.barelyawakeinfrogpajamas.blogspot.com Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas

    2) Thompson Twins “The Gap”
    8) Duran Duran “The Wedding Album”
    16) Asia “Asia
    18) Alanis Morissette “Jagged Little Pill”
    19) Prefab Sprout “Two Wheels Good” (or, “Steve McQueen”)
    20) Saga “Worlds Apart”
    21) The Clash “Combat Rock”

    Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas
    http://www.barelyawakeinfrogpajamas.blogspot.com

  • http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/ Scraps

    19 – Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen

  • Jeff

    4. Oingo Boingo – Only A Lad
    18. Alanis Morrisette – Jagged Little Pill

  • http://astreetproductions.com/weblog andrew_t

    13. Keane – Under the Iron Sea
    20. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
    24. Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full

  • JMallon

    9) New Pornographers – Electric Version
    12) Fountains Of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers
    22) Clash – Combat Rock

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Maximum three guesses per person per update.

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    3. Ministry – Twitch

  • http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/ arensb

    Is #5 an American pressing, or a European one? If the latter, then it's Yazoo, not Yaz.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Newcomers, please, read the instructions. Don't ruin the fun for everyone else by guessing the entire puzzle. Ugh.

    All of the picks are correct except for World Party, Microdisney, Duran Duran and the Pixies. Only nine left, so time for an official UPDATE.

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    2) Thompson Twins, Into the Gap (Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas)
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    4) Oingo Boingo, Only a Lad (Scraps)
    5) Yaz, You and Me Both (Michael Davies)
    6) Talking Heads, Remain in Light (andrewmoore20)
    7) Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (andrewmoore20)
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    9) New Pornographers, Electric Version (JMallon)
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    11) Nirvana, In Utero (andrewmoore20)
    12) Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers (JMallon)
    13) Keane, Under the Iron Sea (andrew_t)
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    15) Joe Jackson, Night & Day (Michael Davies)
    16) Asia, Asia (Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas)
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    18) Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (Jeff)
    19) Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen (Scraps)
    20) Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better (andrew_t)
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    22) Saga, Worlds Apart (Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas)
    23) The Clash, Combat Rock (Scraps)
    24) Paul McCartney, Memory Almost Full (andrew_t)
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  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Ministry is correct.

  • Antti

    8. Pulp – Different Class
    14. Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad

  • andrewmoore20

    17: Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Fleetwood Mac, Pulp and Rihanna are correct.

  • Antti

    25. Kirsty MacColl – Kite

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Kirsty is correct. Only three to go…

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    3. Ministry, “Twitch”

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    Whoops, sorry, didn't see that someone had already gotten this one. Okay, then…

    21. Hard-Fi, “Stars of CCTV”

  • http://jbacardi.wordpress.com Johnny Bacardi

    #1 is Squeeze's Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, I do believe. “Last Time FOrever” was the only track I ever warmed to on that one.

  • J

    6) Talking Heads, Remain in Light

    11) Nirvana, In Utero

    12) Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers

    18) Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Hard-Fi and Squeeze are correct. J, your picks were already guessed, and there is a maximum of three guesses per person per update. Please see the instructions above.

    Johnny Bacardi, give that Squeeze album a second chance. The production is overdone, but there are some great tunes on it

    One left, and it's a million seller….

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Still no guesses for the million-seller? All right, here's your clue…

    10) Third album by California quartet

  • Antti

    OK. Got it.
    10. No Doubt – Return of Saturn

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Bingo. No Doubt is correct.

    Thanks, guys, see you next Tuesday.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Bingo. No Doubt is correct.

    Thanks, guys, see you next Tuesday.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Bingo. No Doubt is correct.

    Thanks, guys, see you next Tuesday.