Cover Me, Game Twenty-Four

David Medsker February 23, 2009 33

Q: What do you call a guy who hangs out with a bunch of musicians?
A: A drummer.

Personally, I don’t find that joke funny. There isn’t a single great band that doesn’t have a great drummer. And that includes Ringo.

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.

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 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

    18. Echo and the Bunnymen – Porcupine

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

    6. Throbbing Ghristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats

  • David_E

    21. Audioslave – Audioslave

  • Gary Lucy

    4. Feargal Sharkey-s/t
    5. Alison Moyet-Alf
    6. Throbbing…oops somebody got that one

  • Gary Lucy

    3. Reflex- Politics of Dancing

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

    All guesses so far are correct.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    8 is Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
    11 is Ashford and Simpson – Solid

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    2. Earth Wind & Fire, “All N All”
    9. Rollins Band, “Nice”

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

    Should have known you'd get Ashford & Simpson, Mr. Steed. Again, all guesses so far are correct.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    Valiant effort hiding the amazing Ashford Jheri Curl though.

  • Pete

    1. Harry Connick Jr. – We Are in Love

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

    Harry Connick is correct. That's a little over half of the covers, so time for an official UPDATE:

    1. Harry Connick Jr., We Are in Love (Pete)
    2. Earth, Wind & Fire, All 'n All (WHarrisBullzEye)
    3. Re-Flex, The Politics of Dancing (Gary Lucy)
    4. Feargal Sharkey, Feargal Sharkey (Gary Lucy)
    5. Alison Moyet, Alf (Gary Lucy)
    6. Throbbing Gristle, 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Paolo Bassotti)
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    8. Eminem, The Slim Shady LP (Steed)
    9. Rollins Band, Nice (WHarrisBullzEye)
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    11. Ashford & Simpson, Solid (Steed)
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    16. T.a.T.u., 200 Km/H in the Wrong Lane (Paolo Bassotti)
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    18. Echo & the Bunnymen, Porcupine (Paolo Bassotti)
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    21. Audioslave, Audioslave (David_E)
    22.

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

    16. t.A.T.U. – 200 Km/h in the Wrong Lane

  • polinate

    #17 I would guess Santana

  • Gary Lucy

    12. Dixie Chicks- Home

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

    #10: Hatebreed, “Perseverance”

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

    Dixie Chicks and Hatebreed are correct. Santana is incorrect.

  • David_E

    19. Foghat – Fool For The City

    (Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Yeah? Well turn it up, dude!)

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

    Foghat is correct. Anyone have a guess at the acrostic?

  • TuffGong

    14. Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

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

    Ice Cube is correct. Off to pick up my son. Will check in later.

  • Thierry

    The Bird and the Bee – Ray Guns Are Not The Future
    (so that would be “Her father had little feat”)

  • Gary Lucy

    Good puzzle!

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

    Ding ding ding! The Bird and the Bee is correct, as is the acrostic. Congrats, Thierry. Now you have the rest of the letters. Clues will come later, if necessary.

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

    7. Famously dicked over by their boss at Victory Records
    13. They took a ride on the sugar train.
    15. I recently wrote this artist up for White Label Wednesday.
    17. They're female, and they rap. You have two guesses, and only one counts.
    20. Put out what is arguably the most annoying song of the '90s
    22. Go head. Make their day.

  • David_E

    7. Hawthorne Heights – The Silence In Black & White

  • Marko

    20. Eiffel 65 – Europop

  • ATM Kid

    15. Tasmin Archer – Great Expectations

  • ATM Kid

    13. Love and Money – Strange Kind of Love

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

    Hawthorne, Eiffel, Love and Money and Tasmin Archer are correct.

  • ATM Kid

    22. Technotronic – Pump up the Jam

  • ATM Kid

    22. Technotronic – Pump up the Jam

  • ATM Kid

    22. Technotronic – Pump up the Jam