Cover Me, Game Twenty-Five

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!

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  • MichaelFortes
    5. Yardbirds - For Your Love
  • 19 is Harvey Danger, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
  • The Yardbirds and Harvey Danger are correct.
  • ATM Kid
    Is 16 Since I Left You by The Avalanches?
  • ATM Kid
    And is 6 Coldplay's Viva La Vida? If not I guess it must be something by U2?
  • Avalanches and Coldplay are incorrect. So is U2.
  • Antti
    1. Black Box – Dreamland
    2. Enrique Iglesias – Enrique
  • Black Box is correct. As for #2, right artist, wrong title.
  • Antti
    OK.
    2. Enrique Iglesias – Escape
  • #6 Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
  • Terence Trent D'Arby is correct, as is Enrique.
  • Jude
    18. Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Are You Normal?
  • RLB
    Holy smokes, this week is tough.
  • Old_Davy
    8. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  • Ned's and the Daredevils are correct.

    Did I make it too hard? You guys have picked off so many covers that I thought would go unguessed that I just don't know anymore which ones are easy and which ones aren't.

    All right, let's see if this clears a few things up. Here's the acrostic:

    Benny took a chance on her.

    Have at it, boys.
  • Puzzle: Frida - Something's Going On
  • Ding ding ding! Frida is correct. I'm off to see Watchmen, and I'll drop clues for anything still remaining later this evening.
  • PeterLeahy
    5. Ace - Five-A-Side
  • PeterLeahy
    Sorry, I meant 13.
  • David_E
    7. Oleta Adams – Circle of One
  • David_E
    19. Harvey Danger – Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
  • David_E
    4. New Radicals – Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
  • Ace, Oleta Adams, and the New Radicals are correct.

    I'll be back with an UPDATE and clues as soon as I finish watching and blogging "24." No rest for the wicked...
  • David_E
    Damn. Didn't see that 19 had already been guessed.

    Alright, here:

    4. Nancy Sinatra – Boots
  • David_E
    Not 4. Typo.

    14.
  • Nancy Sinatra is correct. All right, here is an official UPDATE with clues.

    1. Black Box, Dreamland (Antti)
    2. Enrique Iglesias, Escape (Antti)
    3. N (Hip hop dude)
    4. New Radicals, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (David E)
    5. Yardbirds, For Your Love (Michael Fortes)
    6. Terence Trent D'arby, Introducing the Hardline... (matthew bolin)
    7. Oleta Adams, Circle of One (David E)
    8. Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Ozark Mountain Daredevils (Old_Davy)
    9. K (They want a girl with lips like...)
    10. A (Novelty rapper)
    11. C (Jason Hare would spot this cover in a nanosecond)
    12. H (Has a song that spawned an SNL skit)
    13. Ace, Five-a-Side (Peter Leahy)
    14. Nancy Sinatra, Boots (David E)
    15. C (Early '90s house music star)
    16. E (Shitty late '90s band with one hit)
    17. O (This band has three letters in their name)
    18. Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Are You Normal? (Jude)
    19. Harvey Danger, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone (coffeefortwo)
    20. E (His sister was much more popular)
    21. R (She's huge overseas. Hasn't had a hit here in a while, though)
  • Antti
    3. Nelly – Country Grammar
  • Antti
    9. Kill Hannah – Until There's Nothing Left of Us
  • David_E
    17. OXO – OXO
  • David_E
    11. Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross
  • Oxo, Nelly and Kill Hannah are correct. Be back in a few hours.
  • Christopher Cross is correct as well.
  • volley
    Puzzle is Frida from Abba with Something's going on
  • volley
    Sorry, didn't notice that it was already solved
  • Antti
    21. Robyn – Robyn
  • ATM Kid
    12. Haddaway - S/T
  • ATM Kid
    15. Crystal Waters - Surprise
  • Crystal Waters, Haddaway and Robyn are correct. And it warms my heart that you guys have already forgotten the shitty '90s bands I used this week. Seriously.
  • Jerry
    20. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Desireless
  • Eagle Eye Cherry is correct. As for the others, I'm giving them up: they're Afroman and Everything. Remember them? Let me guess, you're pissed at me for thrusting those songs back into your consciousness, right? Can't say I blame you. .
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