Cover Me, Game Thirty

David Medsker April 6, 2009 40

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.

Also there is an acrostic this week. The FIRST letter to each band or artist’s name will spell out a clue as to the puzzle cover’s identity, so there are two parts to the puzzle. One is solving the acrostic, and the other is the identity of the puzzle cover. 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!

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

    11. Massive Attack – 100th Window

  • Anonymous

    1. Autograph, “Sign In Please”
    3. The Church, “Heyday”
    7. The Go-Betweens, “16 Lovers Lane”

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

    18. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely

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

    14. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

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

    Puzzle. The Zutons – Who Killed The Zutons?

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

    14. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral.

    Also, the image for #26 appears to be missing.

  • Paul

    16 Paul McCartney – McCartney

  • http://coffeefortwo.wordpress.com/ coffeefortwo

    4. The Damned, Damned Damned Damned
    10. Judybats, Native Son
    11. Kings of Leon, Because of the Times

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

    All guesses except Massive Attach are correct, which means that we have a new record for solving the puzzle cover! Congrats, Paolo.

    And thanks, arensb, for pointing out #26. There is no #26 this week, so I've deleted that.

  • David_E

    2. Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi

  • David_E

    8. House of Pain – House of Pain

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

    Hm. There seem to be a lot of self-titled albums this week.

  • http://radiostickeroftheday.blogspot.com/ buffalochipz

    19. Sammy Hagar – VOA

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

    I guess I can try another one, as Massive Attack was wrong:
    22. Verve – Forth

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

    Bon Jovi, House of Pain and Sammy Hagar are correct.

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

    The Verve is correct. That's a little more than half the answers, which means it's time for an official UPDATE:

    1. Autograph, Sign in Please (WHarrisBullzEye)
    2. Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi (David E)
    3. Church, Heyday (WHarrisBullzEye)
    4. Damned, Damned Damned Damned (coffeefortwo)
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    7. Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane (WHarrisBullzEye)
    8. House of Pain, House of Pain (David E)
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    10. Judybats, Native Son (coffeefortwo)
    11. Kings of Leon, Because of the Times (coffeefortwo)
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    14. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral (Paolo Bassotti)
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    16. Paul McCartney, McCartney (Paul)
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    18. Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely (Paolo Bassotti)
    19. Sammy Hagar, VOA (buffalochipz)
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    22. Verve, Forth (Paolo Bassotti)
    23.
    24.
    25.
    Puzzle: Zutons, Who Killed the Zutons (Paolo Bassotti)

  • ATM Kid

    5. EBN-OZN – Feeling Cavaliers

  • ATM Kid

    20. Toni Basil – Word of Mouth

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

    EBN-OZN and Toni Basil are correct.

  • David_E

    17. Quarterflash – Quarterflash

  • Gary Lucy

    15. Michael Penn March

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

    Quarterflash is correct. Michael Penn is incorrect.

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    21. Utah Saints, “Utah Saints”
    24. Xymox, “Twist of Shadows”

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

    25. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell

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

    9. Idlewild – Make Another World

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

    Idlewild, Utah Saints, Xymox and YYY's are correct. Only five left…

  • http://www.yarnivore.com/francis Francis

    #13 is Melissa Manchester, “Hey Ricky”.

  • MichaelFortes

    15. Ozzy Osbourne, No Rest for the Wicked

  • RoyBatty

    Sorry…newb here. Are we still supposed to solve the acrostic, even though the puzzle has been solved? (If so, it's the alphabet up to “y”, thus leading us to The Zutons, if not, disregard this entirely and go back to what you were doing!)

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

    Sorry, I meant to change that out so it simply said that there was a theme. My bad.

    Melissa Manchester and Ozzy Osbourne are correct.

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

    Hmmm, still some unguessed covers. Here are your CLUES.

    6. Sounded like the Fixx.
    12. Japanese metal
    23. Recently defunct Aussie band

  • ATM Kid

    12. Loudness – Lightning Strikes

  • ATM Kid

    23. Wolfmother – S/T, but wait, had they really disband?

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

    Wolfmother and Loudness are correct. Technically, Wolfmother hasn't broken up, but the drummer and bassist left the band. The lead singer recruited three new guys to take their place.

  • ATM Kid

    23. Wolfmother – S/T, but wait, had they really disband?

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

    Wolfmother and Loudness are correct. Technically, Wolfmother hasn't broken up, but the drummer and bassist left the band. The lead singer recruited three new guys to take their place.

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

    Hmmm, still some unguessed covers. Here are your CLUES.

    6. Sounded like the Fixx.
    12. Japanese metal
    23. Recently defunct Aussie band

  • ATM Kid

    12. Loudness – Lightning Strikes

  • ATM Kid

    23. Wolfmother – S/T, but wait, had they really disband?

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

    Wolfmother and Loudness are correct. Technically, Wolfmother hasn't broken up, but the drummer and bassist left the band. The lead singer recruited three new guys to take their place.