Cover Me, Game Thirty-Four

David Medsker May 18, 2009 31

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”), 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 no acrostic this week, but there is definitely a theme. Also, Cover Me will be taking a holiday on Memorial Day, and will return June 1. Good luck!

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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!

  • garylucy

    1. Crowded House
    12. Elastica
    15, Cheap Trick
    all self-titled!

  • tippos

    13. Boston S/T
    18. Tracy Chapman S/T
    24 Cars S/T

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    21 – Echo & The Bunnymen S/T

  • jack

    2. Genesis
    3. Queen
    4. Rush
    5. The Romantics
    9. Marshall Crenshaw
    14. B-52s
    19. Richard Marx
    20. Garbage
    21. Echo and the Bunnymen
    22. Roxy Music
    23. Everything But the Girl

    Puzzle Cover: Blur

    All self-titled!

  • jack

    24. The Cars (self-titled)

  • DrNecessitor

    6. Van Halen – s/t
    7. Kiss – s/t
    11. Heart – s/t

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

    YIKES! Please re-read the rules, max three guesses per update.

  • jack

    Oops! Sorry, I thought that meant 3 posts per round, not three answers in one post. My bad.

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

    That's great that you knew so many of them, but please, save some for the other players. :)

  • John Q.

    18. Tracy Chapman S/T

  • jack

    I do apologize. The rule makes sense now. I don't know why I assumed three guesses meant total number of posts, not number of album cover answers. Sorry to spoil the fun.

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

    For the record, Jack receives credit for:

    2. Genesis, Genesis (jack)
    3. Queen, Queen (jack)
    4. Rush, Rush (jack)

    And the puzzle cover:
    Blur – Blur

    The rest are officially back up for grabs, though if you already saw the answers, please leave them to new players. Thanks.

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

    All guesses so far have been correct.

  • Jerry

    19. Richard Marx – Richard Marx
    25. Daniel Powter – Daniel Powter

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

    Richard Marx and Daniel Powter are correct. Time for an official UPDATE:

    1. Crowded House, Crowded House (Gary Lucy)
    2. Genesis, Genesis (jack)
    3. Queen, Queen (jack)
    4. Rush, Rush (jack)
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    6. Van Halen, Van Halen (Dr Necessitor)
    7. Kiss, Kiss (Dr Necessitor)
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    11. Heart, Heart (Dr Necessitor)
    12. Elastica, Elastica (Gary Lucy)
    13. Boston, Boston (tippos)
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    15. Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick (Gary Lucy)
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    17.
    18. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (tippos)
    19. Richard Marx, Richard Marx (jerry)
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    21. Echo & the Bunnymen, Echo & the Bunnymen (RLB)
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    23.
    24. The Cars, The Cars (tippos)
    25. Daniel Powter, Daniel Powter (jerry)
    Puzzle: Blur, Blur (jack)

    Jack, feel free to resubmit three of your previous guesses. Thanks.

  • http://giardinodeileoni.blogspot.com/ PaoloBassotti

    22. Roxy Music – Roxy Music

  • http://giardinodeileoni.blogspot.com/ PaoloBassotti

    14. The B 52's – The B 52's

  • Antti

    5. The Romantics
    8. The Power Station

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

    Roxy Music, Romantics, B-52s and Power Station are correct.

  • Antti

    16. Duran Duran

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

    Duran Duran is also correct.

  • http://www.dolphchaney.com/ Dolph

    9. Marshall Crenshaw

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

    Marshall Crenshaw is correct.

  • http://www.discoskonfort.com/ drxl

    10. Scissor Sisters S/T

  • http://www.discoskonfort.com/ drxl

    20. Garbage S/T

  • jack

    23. Everything But The Girl S/T

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

    Scissor Sisters, Garbage and EBTG are correct. Only one left. Look north, and ye shall find your answer.

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

    All right, I'm pulling the plug. It's Saga's first album. I'm taking Memorial Day off, so we'll see you in two weeks!

  • http://blog.albumartexchange.com/ Fritz

    Very cool game! I run a blog about album covers: AlbumArtExchange blog. I will be linking to this game on a regular basis.

    http://blog.albumartexchange.com/

  • http://blog.albumartexchange.com/ Fritz

    Very cool game! I run a blog about album covers: AlbumArtExchange blog. I will be linking to this game on a regular basis.

    http://blog.albumartexchange.com/

  • http://blog.albumartexchange.com/ Fritz

    Very cool game! I run a blog about album covers: AlbumArtExchange blog. I will be linking to this game on a regular basis.

    http://blog.albumartexchange.com/