Cover Me, Hey Nineteen

David Medsker January 19, 2009 36

What’s shakin, Stevens? I’ve been taking rapping lessons from Andy Samberg lately. Bloopy bloop blurp blah blah dookie doo…

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.

There is no acrostic to this week’s puzzle, but there is definitely a theme. And no, it has nothing to do with Steely Dan.

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Lastly, the Puzzle Cover

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!

  • David_E

    4. Spoon – Girls Can Tell
    9. Cake – Prolonging The Magic
    20. Yes – Going For The One

  • Gary Lucy

    1. The Chills-Submarine Bells
    7. Hoodoo Gurus-Stoneage Romeos?
    10. Hole-Live Through This

  • Jerry

    17. Keane – Hopes and Fears
    19. Suede – Suede

  • Jerry

    18. Jude – No One is Really Beautiful

  • Andrew Moore

    16. Ride- Nowhere
    23. Beck – Modern Guilt
    22. Seal – Seal

  • luffy66

    3. Hole -Live Through This
    10 Len- You cant stop the bum rush

  • luffy66

    whoops hole already taken!

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    14 is Sweets from a Stranger by Squeeze.

  • Marko

    5. Jet – Get Born
    7. Sloan – Smeared
    21. Bjork – Post

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

    Yikes, I had no idea I was already on the clock…

    All guesses so far are correct except for the Chills and Hoodoo Gurus.

  • Miguel

    15 Rush Permanent Waves

  • Karen

    1. Nirvana – Nevermind

  • http://playitandbedamned.blogspot.com rob

    20 – Yes “Going for the One”

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

    Rush is correct. Nirvana is incorrect. Time for an official UPDATE:

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    3. Hole, Live Through This (Gary Lucy)
    4. Spoon, Girls Can Tell (David_E)
    5. Jet, Get Born (Marko)
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    7. Sloan, Smeared (Marko)
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    9. Cake, Prolonging the Magic (David_E)
    10. Len, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush (luffy66)
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    14. Squeeze, Sweets from a Stranger (RLB)
    15. Rush, Permanent Waves (Miguel)
    16. Ride, Nowhere (Andrew Moore)
    17. Keane, Hopes and Fears (Jerry)
    18. Jude, No One Is Really Beautiful (Jerry)
    19. Suede, Suede (Jerry)
    20. Yes, Going for the One (David_E)
    21. Bjork, Post (Marko)
    22. Seal, Seal (Andrew Moore)
    23. Beck, Modern Guilt (Andrew Moore)
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    Puzzle:

  • Old_Davy

    8. Lit – Atomic

  • Jude

    11. Bis — Retun To central

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

    Lit and Bis are correct.

  • David_E

    25. Al Stewart – Time Passages

    No? Same damn rock, anyway.

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    1. The Ocean Blue, “Cerulean” (I think)
    2. Bond, “Bang Out of Order”
    6. Gene, “Drawn to the Deep End”

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

    Bond and Gene are incorrect. Al Stewart and Ocean Blue are incorrect.

  • Brian Ibbott

    #12 is “A Day At The Races” by Queen, isn't it?

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

    It is, indeed.

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

    Mighty quiet here on the range. Time for some CLUES.

    1. Debut album from UK power trio
    12. Album by UK quartet, once one of the biggest bands in the world.
    13. Album by Irish quartet who forced a very popular punk pop band to modify its name.
    24. Debut by modern-day shoegazers. Or at least they were shoegazers when this album came out.
    25. Maligned album by French duo.
    Puzzle: Sophomore album by LA singer/songwriter who forced a very popular college band go modify its name somewhat.

  • EightE1

    12. Queen – Day at the Races

  • Birgitte

    25. Air: 10000Hz Legend

  • EightE1

    Sorry — didn't see that one had already been solved (though you did give a clue …)

  • EightE1

    25. 10,000 Hz Legend by Air

  • WHarrisBullzEye

    13. Blink, “The End is High.”

    Still not sure about #1, though…

  • EightE1

    1. Muse – “Showbiz”

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

    Muse, Blink and Air are correct.

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

    He slipped that comment in as I was putting the clue piece together…

  • Tippos

    24. South – From Here on In

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

    South is correct. No guesses for the puzzle?

  • misty

    puzzle:
    word of mouth parade by gus

  • misty

    puzzle:
    word of mouth parade by gus

  • misty

    puzzle:
    word of mouth parade by gus