Cover Me, Game Thirteen

All right, you super-smart, wily bastards. This quiz is being assembled shortly after you disemboweled Games Four and Five. Time to step up the attack somewhat.

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. Are you ready, Mr. Burns? Are you set, Mr. Burns? Go, Mr. Burns.

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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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  • tippose
    17. The Goos - Dizzy Up the Girl
    19. Aimee Mann -Whatever
    24. Soul II Soul - Club Classics, Vol. 1
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    18. The Beatles, "Abbey Road"
    20. Elastica, "The Menace"
    21. Michael Bolton, "Time, Love & Tenderness," which remains the only CD that I have knowingly and willfully destroyed. (When I worked at the record store, we literally threw it across the store until it finally shattered.)
  • kmbone
    25. Howard Jones "Dream Into Action"
  • MichaelFortes
    1. Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue
    22. Peter Cetera, Solitude/Solitaire
  • All guesses so far are correct except for the Stones.

    I'll be back as soon as I can. The boy is home with a fever...
  • David_E
    16. White Lion - Pride
    19. Aimee Mann - Whatever
  • David_E
    21. Michael Bolton - Time, Love & Tendernes
  • White Lion is correct. The other two have already been guessed. You have two more guesses.
  • David_E
    And if I could read, I would have noted that.

    Damn. Sorry. I just get so EXCITED ...
  • David_E
    But in that case,

    18. The Beatles, Abbey Road.

    (Really? I mean ... really?)
  • David_E
    AAAARGH! DAMN! DID IT AGAIN!

    I think I'll just sit this one out. Obviously, my Theraflu is getting the better of me.
  • Birgitte
    14. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
  • 3. KMFDM, Angst
  • 1. Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
  • Midnight Juggernauts, Nine Inch Nails and KMFDM are correct.
  • I win the boob picture! Yay!
  • I am going to do an all-cleavage game in your honor.
  • Birgitte
    6. Chicane - Behind The Sun
  • breadalbane
    13: Paul Simon - "Paul Simon"

    7 is either not showing up on my machine, or it's The Beatles' White Album
  • breadalbane
    Ahh, I hit refresh, and 7 showed up. And it's....geez, I have no idea.
  • It's obviously The Pants Album, one of their less-successful efforts.
  • Chicane is correct. Paul Simon is incorrect, and you will laugh out loud when you discover which cover that is.

    Time for an official UPDATE

    1) Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine (arensb)
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    3) KMFDM, Angst (arensb)
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    6) Chicane, Behind the Sun (Birgitte)
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    14) Midnight Juggernauts, Dystopia (Birgitte)
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    16) White Lion, Pride (David E)
    17) Goo Goo Dolls, Dizzy up the Girl (tippose)
    18) The Beatles, Abbey Road (WHarrisBullzEye)
    19) Aimee Mann, Whatever (tippose)
    20) Elastica, The Menace (WHarrisBullzEye)
    21) Michael Bolton, Time, Love & Tenderness (WHarrisBullzEye)
    22) Peter Cetera, Solitude/Solitaire (Michael Fortes)
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    24) Soul II Soul, Club Classics Vol. I (tippose)
    25) Howard Jones, Dream into Action (kmbone)
    Puzzle:

    Will, care to put the guessers of #7 out of their misery? I know you know this one.
  • Birgitte
    Someone please put me out of my misery! I sooooo recognize that cat (#4), but I can't remember. Argh!
  • Jerry
    13. Kylie Minogue - Kylie
    7. Beck - Midnight Vultures ?
  • Kylie is correct (see, I told you you'd laugh). Beck is incorrect.
  • Rob
    2) Billy Joel – Storm Front
    13) Kylie Minogue
  • Billy Joel is incorrect.
  • Rob
    15) Guns and Roses
  • Birgitte
    2. Garth Brooks - In Pieces
  • Garth Brooks is correct. Guns 'n Roses is incorrect.
  • Jude
    10. 3rd Bass-- The Cactus Album
  • WHarrisBullzEye
    9. Saint Etienne, "Foxbase Alpha"
  • Gary Lucy
    11 Ramones "Road to Ruin"
  • Gary Lucy
    23 Suzanne Vega "99.9 F"
  • 3rd Bass, Saint Etienne, the Ramones and Suzanne Vega are correct. Here are clues for the rest.

    4) Massive comeback album for soul singer
    5) Debut album by one of the biggest bands on the planet
    7) Much-hyped comeback album by '60s icon
    8) Debut album by Belgian group
    12) They play heavy music.
    15) They have a DJ in the band.
    Puzzle: Fifth effort by onetime alt-rock darlings
  • Gary Lucy
    4. Private Dancer- Tina Turner
  • Anthony Hansen
    12. Tool - 10,000 Days
    15. Incubus - One Crow Left Of The Murder

    I'm not a nu-metal fan, I swear.
  • Birgitte
    5. Coldplay - Parachutes
  • 8. Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
  • Thierry
    That seems correct, but this was actually their second album - not their debut.
  • Is it? My bad. It was their US debut, at any rate.
  • Thierry
    Also, the puzzle in 10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo.
  • Thierry
    "is".
  • Ding ding ding! 10,000 Maniacs is correct. Thanks everyone, and we'll see you next week.
  • 7. Tom Jones - The Lead And How To Swing It
  • All guesses are correct. Revamped puzzle cover coming shortly.
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