# The Album Cover Challenge

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370>\
**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\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/21 "2004-10-21T10:34:06Z")

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Challenge 3

13 White Stripes, Elephant  
Challenge 4

04 Tricky, Maxinquaye  
12 Eve, Olution  
18 hm, thougt it was Liz Phair…  
19 Eurythmics, Touch  
21 Marilyn Manson, Portrait of an American Family  
25 Duran Duran, Rio

Well, gotta go to work. Sorry if, in the time it took me to compile my answers, I’ve duplicated others. I also apologize for taking a lot of the easy ones. Later, taters!

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/22 "2004-10-21T11:38:31Z")

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I know two of them:  
54. is Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis  
and never mind as I thought the second page was the next page but it’s the main page. I’ll look to see if I can see any more.

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/23 "2004-10-21T11:43:00Z")

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Geez, I’m sorry. I’ve gotta steal some more of the easy ones:

Challenge 7

01 Nirvana, In Utero  
03 Blues Traveller, Four  
06 David Byrne, Uh-Oh  
08 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising  
12 Tom Waits, Mule Variations  
13 Everything But The Girl, Walking Wounded  
14 Pixies, Doolittle  
20 Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream  
28 Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffitti  
29 Blink Melon, Self Titled  
30 Beck, Odelay

Can’t… control urge… to I.D. more… sorry.

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Ok I can go back through them now:  
1a:  
5 REM Automatic for the People (I think)  
8 Smashing Pumpkins (have no idea of the name)  
9 Prodogy (again no idea)  
15 is some sort of Janet Jackson

1b I’ve already done,

2:  
10 looks like a John Coletran album but not more then 50% sure

3:  
19 Evenesence Fallen  
21 looks like 50 cent

4:  
1 looks like Queen 2, though I don’t have any of their albums any more  
19 is Eurrythmics

5:  
22 Metallica though I don’t know, Master of Puppets maybe

7:  
24 STP Facelift  
29 Blind Mellon

These were done all off memory, and I think I own all of two of them.

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/25 "2004-10-21T12:11:02Z")

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Can we have a new rule?

You can’t post for albums unless you know both the artist name and the name of the album. No half credit!

Agreed? :dubious:

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1. is ELO - Out of the Blue

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Been a busy boy me.

challenge 7 then

1. I think its 6 wheels on my Wagon by Fluke
2. 3 feet high & rising - De La Soul, which conversely is playing at this very moment
3. Kings of Leon  
10.Linkin fucking Park - Hybrid Theory  
12.Tom Waits - Mule variations  
13.Everything but the Girl  
14.Pixies - Doolittle
4. Santana - Abraxa
5. Paul Simon - Rhythmn of the Saints
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7. Rage against the Machine - Evil Empire
8. Audioslave - Audioslave
9. A Tribe called Quest - People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
10. Led Zep - Physical Graffiti
11. Blind Lemon - ?

challenge 6

1. Roxy Music - Country Life
2. C & C Music factory - gonna make you sweat
3. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
4. U2 - Under a blood red sky
5. Kriss Kross - Jump(??)
6. Alice in Chains - Dirt
7. Suzanne Vega - 99.9F
8. Snow - 12 inches of Snow
9. U2 - Boy
10. Grace jones - Island Life
11. Oasis - Whats the story?

I used AMG to remember the album titles on some of them, otherwise, all off the top of the dome.

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/28 "2004-10-21T14:07:37Z")

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Oooooh, but this was fun!

There were about another dozen or two where I knew the artist but couldn’t think of the album name. So frustrating I could _spit!_  
Part 1

1. Get Born - Jet
2. Automatic for the People - REM
3. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? - The Cranberries
4. Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
5. Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
6. Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
7. Blur - Blur
8. Morning View - Incubus
9. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
10. The Masterplan - Oasis
11. Absolution - Muse
12. Vehicles and Animals - Athlete
13. Room on Fire - The Strokes
14. The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
15. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
16. The Great Eastern - The Delgados
17. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
18. Nimrod - Green Day
19. THis Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours - Manic Street Preachers
20. Going Blank Again - Ride
21. The Beatles - The Beatles
22. Metallica - Metallica
23. Original Pirate Material - The Streets
24. Blowback - Tricky

Part 2.

1. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
2. What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. Big Calm - Morcheeba
4. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
5. Is This It - The Strokes
6. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
7. OK Computer - Radiohead
8. All That You Can’t Leave Behind - U2
9. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
10. Somthing To Remember - Madonna
11. Invincible - Michael Jackson
12. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
13. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
14. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
15. DIfferent Class - Pulp
16. The Great Escape - Blur
17. American III - Johny Cash
18. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

Part 3.

1. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
2. Diva - Annie Lennox
3. Make It Big - Wham!
4. Blue - Jonie Mitchell
5. Elephant - The White Stripes
6. American Tune - Eva Cassidy
7. Middle of Nowhere - Hanson _(I can’t believe I know that. I am so ashamed!)_
8. Fallen - Evanescence
9. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
10. The Datsuns - The Datsuns

Part 4

1. Love Is Here - Starsailor
2. Maxinquaye - Tricky
3. Garbage - Garbage
4. The Last Broadcast - Doves
5. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
6. Nocturama - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
7. Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle
8. From Every Sphere - Ed Harcourt
9. Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morisette
10. Touch - Eurythmics
11. Kaleidescope - Kelis
12. Cast of Thousands - Elbow

Part 5

1. Think Tank - Blur
2. Ok Computer - Radiohead _(again?)_
3. Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
4. Frogstomp - silverchair _(Go my hometown boys!)_
5. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
6. Sha-Sha - Ben Kweller
7. Like a Virgin - Madonna
8. Winning Days - The Vines
9. Parachutes - Coldplay
10. Live Through This - Hole
11. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
12. A Secret History - The Divine Comedy
13. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
14. Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue
15. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays

Part 6

1. Brainwashed - George Harrison
2. Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. Black Cherry - Goldfrappe
4. Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
5. 99.9 deg F - Suzanne Vega
6. War - U2
7. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis

Part 7

1. In Utero - Nirvana
2. White Ladders - David Gray
3. In Theory - Linkin Park
4. Walking Wounded - Everything But the Girl
5. Doolittle - The Pixies
6. Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon
7. Comfort Eagle - Cake
8. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
9. Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machines
10. Audioslave - Audioslave
11. The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian
12. Odelay - Beck

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/29 "2004-10-21T15:31:16Z")

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OMG. As OPer, OK. I will give an integrated thread of answers so far, suggest you add to it. I’ve taken Monkey Chew’s list and built on it. Haven’t checked em all - it’s easy to do so, since they’re all on Amazon.

Part 1

1. Get Born - Jet
2. Automatic for the People - REM
3. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? - The Cranberries
4. Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
5. Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
6. Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
7. Beautiful Freak - Eels
8. Blur - Blur
9. Morning View - Incubus
10. Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
11. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
12. The Masterplan - Oasis
13. Absolution - Muse
14. Vehicles and Animals - Athlete
15. Room on Fire - The Strokes
16. The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
17. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
18. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
19. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
20. Out of the Blue - ELO
21. The Great Eastern - The Delgados
22. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
23. Nimrod - Green Day
24. THis Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours - Manic Street Preachers
25. The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
26. Music has the right to Children - Boards of Canada
27. Going Blank Again - Ride
28. Take That and Party - Take That
29. Blind Man’s Zoo - 1000 Maniacs
30. The Beatles - The Beatles
31. Metallica - Metallica
32. Ozzmosis - Ozzy Osbourne
33. Vs - Pearl Jam
34. Original Pirate Material - The Streets
35. Things Fall Apart - The Roots
36. London 0 Hull 4 - The Housemartins
37. Blowback - Tricky

Part 2.

1. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (Ry Cooder)

2. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane’s Addiction

3. What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye

4. Big Calm - Morcheeba

5. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

6. Is This It - The Strokes

7. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

8. OK Computer - Radiohead

9. All That You Can’t Leave Behind - U2

10. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

11. London Calling - The Clash

12. Somthing To Remember - Madonna

13. Invincible or History - Michael Jackson

14. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

15. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

16. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

17. DIfferent Class - Pulp

18. The Great Escape - Blur

19. American III or Solitary Man - Johnny Cash

20. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine  
Part 3.

21. Mezzanine - Massive Attack

22. Diva - Annie Lennox

23. Make It Big - Wham!

24. Blue - Jonie Mitchell

25. Elephant - The White Stripes

26. American Tune - Eva Cassidy

27. Middle of Nowhere - Hanson (I can’t believe I know that. I am so ashamed!)

28. Fallen - Evanescence

29. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

30. The Datsuns - The Datsuns

Part 4

1. Love Is Here - Starsailor
2. Maxinquaye - Tricky
3. Garbage - Garbage
4. The Last Broadcast - Doves
5. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
6. Nocturama - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
7. Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle
8. From Every Sphere - Ed Harcourt
9. Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morisette
10. Touch - Eurythmics
11. Kaleidescope - Kelis
12. Cast of Thousands - Elbow

Part 5

1. Think Tank - Blur
2. Ok Computer - Radiohead (again?)
3. God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
4. Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
5. Frogstomp - silverchair (Go my hometown boys!)
6. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
7. Sha-Sha - Ben Kweller
8. Like a Virgin - Madonna
9. Winning Days - The Vines
10. Parachutes - Coldplay
11. Harvest - Neil Young
12. Live Through This - Hole
13. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
14. A Secret History - The Divine Comedy
15. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
16. Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue
17. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays

Part 6

1. Brainwashed - George Harrison
2. Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. Country Life - Roxy Music
4. Gonna Make You Sweat - C & C Miusic Factory
5. Black Cherry - Goldfrappe
6. Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
7. Jump - Kriss Kross
8. Dirt - Alice in Chains
9. 99.9 deg F - Suzanne Vega
10. 12 Inches of Snow - Snow
11. War or Boy - U2
12. Island Life - Grace Jones
13. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis

Part 7

1. In Utero - Nirvana
2. Four - Blues Traveller
3. Uh-Oh - David Byrne
4. White Ladders - David Gray
5. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
6. In Theory - Linkin Park
7. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
8. Walking Wounded - Everything But the Girl
9. Doolittle - The Pixies
10. Abraxa - Santana
11. Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon
12. Comfort Eagle - Cake
13. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
14. Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machines
15. Audioslave - Audioslave
16. People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
17. The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian
18. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
19. Blind Melon - Blind Melon
20. Odelay - Beck

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Part 1

1. Japan - _Gentlemen Take Polaroids_

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Did no one really get the Group 1 #23 is _Pink Floyd’s The Wall_?

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I’m not reading any of your responses, because I don’t want to be told any of the I.D.s, because I plan to do the total geek-out thing and try to pin down some of these later, using my collection.

(As Rummy famously said, there are “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns”…)

Like probably most everyone, I’m a lot better about identifying the artist and letting the album title fall by the wayside, even with LPs in my own collection.

But, including LPs that I visually recognize and am pretty sure I can pin down the specifics of later (web searching is allowed, right?), and fractional credit for those I think I recognize but not to a great degree of certainty (unknown knowns?) my early tally is:

1a: 9  
1b: 11 or 12  
2: 13-15 (depending)  
3: 10 1/2  
4: 10  
5: 9  
6: 13 1/2  
7: 12 1/2

Ooh, I just remembered what one of them was just now, so one of those fractions can be rounded up now… 😃

This contest would be a lot tougher if they included EPs and singles art…

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Challenge 6

13 Supertramp, Breakfast In America

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Ones I got that haven’t been named yet, per **Waccoe** ’s update post:

Part 6:

1. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year’s Model
2. Sonic Youth - Dirty
3. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
4. Don McLean - American Pie
5. Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming

Part 5:  
13) Sarah MacLachlan - Surfacing  
16) Train - Drops of Jupiter  
24) Shawn Mullins - Soul’s Core [kinda cheated for all three of these - I knew the artist but had to look up the album title]

Part 4:  
14) Tom Waits - Small Change  
25) Duran Duran - Rio  
30) India.Aire - Acoustic Soul

Part 3:  
07) Ludacris - Chicken ‘n’ Beer  
08) Outkast - Stankonia  
09) Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada [another case of knowing the artist but not the title]  
20) The Specials - The Specials  
23) Madness - One Step Beyond  
24) The Cure - Galore  
26) Gary Jules - Trading Snake Oil for Wolf Tickets  
27) Morrissey - You Are the Quarry  
30) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

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List continued:

Part 2:  
04) Gordon Lightfoot - Gord’s Gold  
19) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Part 1:  
40) Christina Aguilera - Stripped  
48) Ani DiFranco - Evolve  
51) Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

Strangly enough, of all the albums I named in the last two posts, I only own 2: Elvis Costello’s _This Year’s Model_ and The Smiths’ _The Queen is Dead_.

There are a few others I recognize but can’t place, especially since very few of the album covers are coming up full-sized when I click on the thumbnails.

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The ones I know the title and artist of. Some I recognize, but can’t name the title.

Part 1a

8–Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins  
10–Beautiful Freak by Eels  
17–The Color and the Shape by the Foo Fighters

Part 1b

40–Stripped by Christina Aguilera  
52–White Album by the Beatles

Part 2

13–Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers  
17–All That You Can’t Leave Behind by U2

Part 3

1–Mezzanine by Massive Attack  
13–Elephant by the White Stripes  
19–Fallen by Evanesence  
21–Get Rich or Die Trying by 50 Cent  
25–Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie  
27–You Are the Quarry by Morrisey

Part 4

9–Chutes Too Narrow by the Shins  
18–Under Rug Swept by Alanis Morissette  
22–Born To Do It by Craig David

Part 5

2–OK Computer by Radiohead  
16–Drops of Jupiter by Train

Part 6

29–Under the Table and Dreaming by the Dave Matthews Band

Part 7

1–In Utero by Nirvana  
7–White Ladder by David Grey  
10–Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park  
18–Comfort Eagle by Cake  
20–Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins  
22–Audioslave by Audioslave

Part 8

8–On the 6 by Jennifer Lopez

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Group 7  
#4 Nursery Cryme - Genesis

Group 6  
#11 Tommy - The Who

Group 4  
#1 A Night At the Opera - Queen  
#25 Rio - Duran Duran

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Sorry, but you’re wrong about #53. It’s Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap. (Metallica are just copycats.)

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/39 "2004-10-21T22:57:14Z")

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I think Part 7, #24 is Alice in Chains’ first album.

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-album-cover-challenge/270370/40 "2004-10-21T22:58:19Z")

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I was right, though I didn’t remember the title of the album, which is _Facelift_.

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