Cover Me, Game Seven

Okay, last week was just too easy. Time to spice things up a bit.

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. And we have a puzzle cover this week, yay! One guess per player of the puzzle between updates, please. Ready, Freddys and Bettys? Time to rock steady.

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UPDATE: Expanded pictures now posted for the remaining covers!

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Lastly, here’s the puzzle cover.

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!

EXPANDED PICTURES

The last two covers, and the puzzle…

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Puzzle:

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  • Pete
    1. Grace Jones - "Slave to the Rhythm"
    2. The Police - "Synchronicity"
    5. Cheap Trick - "In Color"
  • andrewmoore20
    3: Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry
    7: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
    22: Rage Against the Machine
  • Edward
    8 Toto Iv by Toto
  • 24: Moby - Play
  • gary lucy
    23. Jane's Addiction "Nothing's Shocking"
    16. Velvet Underground "White Light White Heat"
    14. N'Sync "No Strings Attached"
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    9. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Into the Great Wide Open"
    12. Public Image Ltd., "Happy?"
    17. Def Leppard, "High and Dry"
  • 16. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
  • kmbone
    15. Matchbox Twenty--Yourself or Someone Like You
  • David_E
    15. Matchbox Twenty - "Yourself Or Someone Like You"
    18. Kansas - "Point of Know Return"
  • Mr. Medsker is currently without Internet, but he's headed for a temporary wi-fi connection, so he'll soon be able to issue updates. Sit tight!
  • David_E
    10. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    As Herr Medsker circles the Columbus area, searching desperately for a Wi-Fi connection, he would have me tell you that A) all of the above guesses are correct except for Gary's "White Light/White Heat" (Paolo was right: it's the self-titled album), and B) he will do a formal update himself whenever he's able to access the web.
  • Jude
    6) Toto- Toto IV ...trying to sneak that one through, eh? Wait... WHY did I know that??...

    Bloody yikes.
  • Jude
    OOPS!!

    I meant 8) Toto- Toto IV ...right then.
  • 6) Violent Femmes, self-titled
    11) Midnight Oil, Diesel And Dust
  • Ah, I'm back...for now.

    First, a big "fuck you" to Panera for deliberately shutting off their wi-fi at lunch time to keep us working stiffs out of their restaurant in favor of customers, and a big 'hell yeah' to the good people at Hoggy's, where my wife and I camped for five and a half hours yesterday with nary a complaint.

    Time for an official UPDATE:
    1) Grace Jones, Slave to the Rhythm (Pete)
    2) The Police, Synchronicity (Pete)
    3) Fatboy Slim, Better Living Through Chemistry (andrewmoore20)
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    5) Cheap Trick, In Color (Pete)
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    7) Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (andrewmoore20)
    8) Toto, IV (edward)
    9) Tom Petty, Into the Great Wide Open (WHarrisBullzEye)
    10) Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (David_E)
    11) Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust (Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas)
    12) Public Image Ltd, Happy? (WHarrisBullzEye)
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    14) N’Sync, No Strings Attached (Gary Lucy)
    15) Matchbox 20, Yourself or Someone Like You (David_E)
    16) The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (Paolo Bassotti)
    17) Def Leppard, High ‘n Dry (WHarrisBullzEye)
    18) Kansas, Point of Know Return (David_E)
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    22) Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine (andrewmoore20)
    23) Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking (Gary Lucy)
    24) Moby, Play (GrayFlannelSuit)
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    Puzzle Cover:

    You guys are rockin'. Only seven covers and the puzzle left.
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    Is #21 Scritti Politti's "Provision"?
  • It is, indeed.
  • Hmmm, looks like we need some clues...

    4) Million-selling spinoff band
    6) Onetime million-selling cock rocker
    13) Breakthrough sophomore effort from a band that's either dead or Canadian.
    19) Debut album from one of the most distinct and revered metal bands of all time.
    20) Mellow Gold band.
    25) Million-selling band that makes me fucking crazy.

    Puzzle: One of the best-selling rock albums of the '70s.
  • JMallon
    4 - Arcadia - So Red The Rose
    6 - Ted Nugent - Free For All
  • The right idea, but both are incorrect.

    For the record, Arcadia was used in Week One, and is will not be used in any future quizzes until further notice.
  • David_E
    19. Motorhead - Motorhead
  • David_E
    13. Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
  • David_E
    25. Linkin Park - Meteora
  • Motorhead and Crash Test Dummies are correct. I'm going dark for the rest of the day. Power will hopefully be back up tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Thanks for playing, everyone. Larger images will go up tomorrow if the power company permits.
  • Old_Davy
    20. Ambrosia - Road Island
  • Linkin Park and Ambrosia are correct. Two covers and the puzzle left. Re-sized images up shortly...
  • JMallon
    6 - Mama Said - Lenny Kravitz. Damn, I almost guessed that yesterday!
  • Old_Davy
    Puzzle is Heart - Dreamboat Annie
  • Jerry
    4. Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe
  • Yes, yes, and yes! All guesses are correct. Thanks everyone for suffering through my power outage issues (still without power). Hopefully it'll be back up for next Tuesday's game. See you then.
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