Cover Me, Game Sixteen

Hello, everyone. I want to play a game. But don’t worry, this isn’t one of those Jigsaw games where you have to choose between your life and, say, your eyesight.

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, just to spice things up, we have a puzzle cover this week, yay! One guess per player of the puzzle between updates, please.

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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!

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  • Jamie Lyon
    18 General Public - All the Rage
  • Old_Davy
    13. Donnie Iris - Back On The Streets
    14. Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
  • Old_Davy
    24. Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets
  • Pete
    15. Enigma - MCMXC A.D.
    20. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
    24. Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets
    And is the puzzle cover Foo Fighters - One by One?
  • 1) Kaiser Chiefs, Out of Their Heads
    14) Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
    21) The Pogues, Peace and Love
  • Yeesh, I mean "Off With Their Heads", not the Rolling Stones album title. Not enough coffee today. Since someone else grabbed Camper Van, I'll reassign my second guess to #22: Level 42, "World Machine".
  • Argh, David_E got that one. Hopefully no one will guess #23, Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere" in the time it takes me to type this.
  • David_E
    22. Level 42 - World Machine
  • 11. dinosaur jr. - green mind
  • 16. The Doors - The Doors
  • Jude
    11. Dinosaur Jr. -- Green MInd
  • tippose
    8. When in Rome - When in Rome
  • Gary Lucy
    9 Haircut 100 um...ummm...
  • Gary Lucy
    9 Haircut 100...ummm...Pelican West! I almost said Pelican Brief
  • Gary Lucy
    1. Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup?
  • Gary Lucy
    10. Gene Loves Jezebel "Discover"
  • Sorry, had to see a movie. "Frost/Nixon" is awesome, by the way.

    All guesses are correct, except for Stereolab. And Pete is correct, the puzzle cover is indeed the Foos. Nicely done.

    More than half the game has been guessed, so it's time for an official UPDATE:

    1) Kaiser Chiefs, Off with Their Heads (Francis)
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    8) When in Rome, When in Rome (tippose)
    9) Haircut One Hundred, Pelican West (Gary Lucy)
    10) Gene Loves Jezebel, Discovery (Gary Lucy)
    11) Dinosaur Jr., Green Mind (Paolo Bassotti)
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    13) Donnie Iris, Back on the Streets (Old Davy)
    14) Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (Old Davy)
    15) Enigma, MCMXC A.D. (Pete)
    16) The Doors, The Doors (Paolo Bassotti)
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    18) General Public, All the Rage (Jamie Lyon)
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    20) Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Pete)
    21) Pogues, Peace and Love (Francis)
    22) Level 42, World Machine (David E)
    23) Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere (Francis)
    24) Doobie Brothers, Takin’ It to the Streets (Old Davy)
    25)
    Puzzle: Foo Fighters, One by One (Pete)
  • Pete
    17. Diana Ross - The Boss
  • jbacardi
    #3. Alice in Chains-Dirt
  • Alice in Chains and Diana Ross are correct.
  • breadalbane
    5 = Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
  • Pete
    7. Nik Kershaw - Human Racing
  • NIk Kershaw and Warren Zevon are correct. Time for some CLUES:

    2) Breakthrough album by indie-pop gods
    4) Album by artist that hates being called a "chanteuse."
    6) Second album by band that made only two albums.
    12) Album by band that I personally think should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
    19) "Not now...we're busy."
    25) Guitarist in this band is arguably the Kevin Bacon of rock.
  • ozarkmatt
    #25 is Rainbow's "Bent Out of Shape"
  • 2 is Bee Thousand by Guided By Voices (GBV!!)
  • tippose
    4. Bjork - Vespertine
  • tippose
    James Brown - Get on the Good Foot
  • Rainbow and Guided by Voices are correct.
  • Sorry, I've been having problems with the comment box appearing. James Brown is correct, Bjork is not.
  • ATM Kid
    12. The Hollies - Distant Light (Yes, I agree they should. Even there non-classic, out in the wilderness period work (late 70s - 80s) are way underrated. But BTW didn't CSNY already be in the Hall of Fame? And would that took them a little harder way?)
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