# The Album Cover Challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370 "2004-10-21T08:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waccoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Waccoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waccoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/1 "2004-10-21T08:35:18Z")
I don’t know if this has been posted before, but even if not, I’m sure that between you, you can identify the artist and title of these albums in…oh, say 12 hours? [Album Cover Challenge](http://www.meish.org/files/albums/index.php?pageType=folder&currDir=./album_cover_challenge_1b) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/2 "2004-10-21T08:43:29Z")
Oh, this is embarassing. I only know 3 right off the bat, and one of them is Christina Aguilera :(. 40 is CA 56 is Pearl Jam 52…looks like the White Album to me. Is 54 a Tool album? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/3 "2004-10-21T08:46:22Z")
36: Beach Boys- Pet Sounds 49: 10,000 Maniacs- Blind Man’s Zoo 56: Pearl Jam- Vs. 58: The Roots- Things Fall Apart Hoe many points do I get for 4? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/4 "2004-10-21T08:53:34Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > 52…looks like the White Album to me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/5 "2004-10-21T09:01:37Z")
1. Green Day - “Nimrod” 2. Metallica - “The Black Album” (I think? I know it’s all black except the band name.) Actually #52 could be many things… the first thing I thought it looked like was the cover of the new Interpol album (which is all white except for the band name and album name, and those were scrubbed out on this test). ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/6 "2004-10-21T09:04:47Z")
31 is the Smiths - I can’t remember which one 32 is ELO I think 36 is Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 38 is This is my truth tell me yours - Manic Street Preachers 37 Nimrod - Green Day 45 Music has the right to Children - Boards of Canada 46 Going Blank Again - Ride 47 Take That - & Party (I think. How embarassing) 51 is Dizzee Rascal - Boy in the Corner (?) 57 The Streets - Original Pirate Material 59 Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 4 - Jet - Get Born 5 - REM - automatic for the people I’ll be back ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/7 "2004-10-21T09:07:43Z")
Wait, I know number 32…is it Foreigner? Reo Speedwagon? Boston? Kansas? It’s one of those late 70s/early 80s “arena-rock” bands. I always have trouble telling them apart. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/8 "2004-10-21T09:09:05Z")
1. R.E.M, Automatic for the People? 2. Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 3. Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 4. Pink Floyd, The Wall 5. Something by Fleetwood Mac 6. I know this one but I can’t remember where Challenge #2 was a little easier 03. Buena Vista Social Club 05. Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 Miles Davis 13 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bloodsugarsexmagic 23. Michael Jackson, History 24. Tracy Chapman 25. Meatloaf, Bat Out of Hell 26. David Bowie, Ziggy STardust 30. Rage Against the Machine ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/9 "2004-10-21T09:16:53Z")
8 is Outkast - Stankonia 11 is STP - Purple 18 is Hanson 19 is that band where the girl badmouthed Howard Stern after he gave them a bunch of free plugs. Can’t think of their name. 20 is the Specials 21 is 50 cent ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/10 "2004-10-21T09:19:16Z")
12 is Eve 13 is A Perfect Circle 21 is Marylin Manson ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/11 "2004-10-21T09:22:07Z")
6 is Silverchair 13 is Sarah McClaughlin I recognize 21 but I can’t place it…is it Veruca Salt? Courtney Love? 22 is Master of Puppets 24 is that guy that sang “Rockabye” (Isn’t it?) Is 26 a Michael Jackson album? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/12 "2004-10-21T09:23:50Z")
21 is Kriss Kross. I’m bad at this… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/13 "2004-10-21T09:26:10Z")
1 is In Utero 3 is Blues Traveler 5 is Incubus 12 is Johnny Cash 21 is Evil Empire 24 is…STP? 29 is Blind Melon I recognize 8, 9, and 20 but can’t place them. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buh-buh-buh-BACON)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/14 "2004-10-21T09:28:47Z")
Challenge 1 09- Prodigy, Fat of the Land 10- Eels, Beautiful Freak 14- Beastie Boys, Ill Communication 26- Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life 36- Suede (London Suede), Dog Man Star I’ll be back, as well. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/15 "2004-10-21T09:43:47Z")
Oh my! There are other pages! Well, I’ve given as much time to this as I can right now- I won’t be going through all 8 pages right now. In addition to the 4 I listed from page 1b, I’ve got: Page 1a 06: Cranberries- Everybody Else is Doing it so Why Can’t We? 08: Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 10: Eels- Beautiful Freak 14: Beastie Boys- Ill Communication 15: Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814 Page 2 05: Jane’s Addiction- Ritual de lo Habitual 07: Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On? 13: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic 17: U2- All That You Can’t Leave Behind 20: The Clash- London Calling 21: Madonna- Something To Remember 23: Michael Jackson- Invincible 24: Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman 25: Meatloaf- Bat Out of Hell 29: Johnny Cash- Solitary Man 30: Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine ---
**Author:** ![buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buh-buh-buh-BACON)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/16 "2004-10-21T09:44:58Z")
Challenge 2 05 Jane’s Addiction, Ritual de lo Habitual 07 Marvin Gaye, What’s Goin’ On 17 U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind 18 Stone Roses, Self-Titled 20 Clash, London Calling ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/17 "2004-10-21T09:49:44Z")
Damnit, I own some of these albums I’m missing. I think I only see about every other thumbnail when I’m skimming around. Does that make me visually lazy? ---
**Author:** ![buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@buh-buh-buh-BACON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buh-buh-buh-BACON)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/18 "2004-10-21T10:12:36Z")
Challenge 3 01 Massive Attack, Mezzanine 02 a-ha, Hunting High and Low 04 Annie Lennox, Diva (little known fact: is heiress to the Dave Lennox heating and cooling empire) 06 Wham!, (don’t know the album, but maybe Make It Big?) 07 Ludacris, Chicken -N- Beer 09 Lyle Lovett, The Road to Ensenada 27 Morrisey, You are the Quarry 30 Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures ---
**Author:** ![Waccoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Waccoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waccoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/19 "2004-10-21T10:13:17Z")
I’m only taking responsibility for numbers 31 to 60, I didn’t realise people would sneak onto the other pages straight away. I know one myself - The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell. Don’t buy it. Here we are on 31 to 60 so far: 1. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow I think 2. ELO? 3. 4. 5. 6. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 7. Green Day - Nimrod 8. Manic Street Preachers - Is this my truth 9. 10. Christina Aguilera 11. 12. 13. Joni Mitchell - Hissing of Summer Lawns 14. 15. Boards of Canada - Music has the right to Children 16. Ride - Going Blank Again 17. Take That 18. 19. 1000 Maniacs - Blind Man’s Zoo 20. 21. 22. The Beatles - The Beatles 23. Metallica - The Black Album 24. 25. 26. Pearl Jam - Vs 27. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 28. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 29. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 30. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/20 "2004-10-21T10:13:44Z")
**Page 7** number 04-- _Nursery Cryme_ – Genesis **Page 2** number 19-- _The Queen is Dead_ – Smiths [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370.md?page=2)