Album Cover Day: 12.11.2009

Stats and Analysis

Please note: the following is entirely unscientific and I make no claims to its accuracy. I'm sorry if I misnamed, besmirched, or omitted you or your album.

189 - Number of Whiskeroonis unquestionably participating in theme on Dec. 11th

16 - Number of Whiskeroonis not included above who could arguably have been participating in theme on Dec. 11th (not technically recreating an album cover but sort of circling around the margins of the theme)

255 / 55.80% - Number of Whiskeroonis out of total Active Beards (457) posting on December 11th

189 / 41.36% / 74.12% - Number of Posters categorically participating in theme, as a percent of total Active Beards and of total Dec. 11th posters

205 / 44.86% / 80.39% - Number of Posters categorically participating and/or marginally participating in theme, as a percent of total Active Beards and of total Dec. 11th posters


Artists represented more than once:

Eight Times (8): Pink Floyd (if darksidebluegrass and Lingenfizzle are included)
Seven Times (7): The Beatles (including jclutch's re-uploaded and then re-uploaded-over White Album)
Six Times (6): The Beatles (not including jclutch's re-upload), Pink Floyd (if darksidebluegrass and Lingenfizzle are not included)
Four Times (4): Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Morrissey (if redbeard2's Very Best of the Smiths is included), Pink Floyd (if only album covers are included)
Thrice (3): Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, David Bowie (if KimJongIllness's original post, Heroes, is included), Johnny Cash, Morrissey, Paul Simon, The Velvet Underground, Weezer
Twice (2): Al Green, Andrew W. K., David Bowie (if KimJongIllness's original is not included), The Clash, Elvis Costello, George Carlin, Iron & Wine, Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, Minutemen, Nirvana, Pantera, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, Susan Boyle, The Swell Season

Artists receiving renditions of multiple albums:

5: Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Ummagumma, The Wall, Wish You Were Here)
4: Bob Dylan (S/T, Nashville Skyline, Street Legal, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan)
3: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Beware, I See A Darkness, Master and Everyone)
3: David Bowie (Heroes, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane)
3: Morrissey (Viva Hate, Bona Drag, Years of Refusal)
3: Paul Simon (S/T, Bookends, Bridge Over Troubled Water)
2: The Beatles (Abbey Road, S/T (The White Album))
2: George Carlin (Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics, An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo)
2: Lil Wayne (Tha Carter II and III)
2: Pantera (Far Beyond Driven, Vulgar Display of Power)
2: Simon and Garfunkel (Bookends, Bridge Over Troubled Water)
2: Bruce Springsteen (Born to Run, The River)
2: Weezer (S/T (Blue Album), Raditude)

Artists receiving multiple renditions of the same album:

5: The Beatles Abbey Road (Birch Beard, Jarrett, O.G. Manly Beard, Romeotomeo, Yogi Beard)
3: Johnny Cash American IV (blackbeard, Fofe, jonshell)
3: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born To Run (flc, Grown Unknown, Ryan K)
3: The Velvet Underground ...and Nico (michaeljstraub, Ned Kelly, Pip)
2: Al Green Greatest Hits (abar, Pursuit of Hirsute)
2: Andrew W. K. I Get Wet (El Barbudo, Ryan!)
2: The Beatles S/T (The White Album) (brandon, jclutch)
2: The Clash London Calling (Chinese Wildman, Patchy Stache)
2: Elvis Costello This Year's Model (Andrew, pcain)
2: Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days (BryanHunter, FeXd)
2: Janet Jackson Janet (whipticker, wookiemonster)
2: Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (specialshoes, The Soulburgler)
2: Nirvana Nevermind (Eric the Beard, flainez)
2: Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel II (KimJongIllness, WHERE THERES A WILL THERES A BEARD)
2: Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody' promo (j.goforth, revgoomba)
2: Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream (Ace, rodohmes)
2: The Swell Season S/T (iamstevenj, K-Chance) 2: Weezer S/T (Blue Album) (jclutch, mOtke)

Albums done last time (2007) that were reprised this time:

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights (2007: Ryan!; 2009: mercantilever)
Beastie Boys Ill Communication (2007: mOtke; 2009: l_etranger_)
The Beatles S/T (The White Album) (2007: Dschonn; 2009: jclutch, brandon)
Blind Melon Soup (2007: toitler; 2009: S. P. Dinsmoor)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Master and Everyone (2007: Mark; 2009: Keith)
David Bowie Aladdin Sane (2007: Presto Beardo, Scrivener; 2009: Moses Marion)
The Clash London Calling (2007: sibhod; 2009: Chinese Wildman, Patchy Stache)
John Coltrane Blue Train (2007: Boaz; 2009: mrpbody33)
Phil Collins Face Value (2007: jonschaaf, ShawnIde; 2009: KnoxAndy)
Elvis Costello This Year's Model (2007: david.bean, digihurl; 2009: Andrew, pcain)
Michael Jackson Thriller (2007: danimal; 2009: Presto Beardo)
Iron & Wine Our Endless Summer Days (2007: damnweather; 2009: BryanHunter, FeXd)
Jay-Z The Black Album (2007: Paragone; 2009: chrisbergman)
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King (2007: Joe Mamma; 2009: ploafmaster)
Don McLean American Pie (2007: Manimal (themightyjones); 2009: eightface)
Orleans Waking and Dreaming (2007: Paul (wiseacre); 2009: Arthur)
Owen I Do Perceive (2007: jonshell; 2009: mynameisjason)
Pantera Vulgar Display of Power (2007: bobafred, marmeluk; 2009: James A. Polk)
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (2007: shularbrau; 2009: Philly)
Radiohead The Bends (2007: abar; 2009: mattyc)
The Swell Season S/T (2007: Caronna; 2009: iamstevenj, K-Chance)
Tino Por Primera Vez (2007: Obey Maach; 2009: North Beard South)
Andrew W. K. I Get Wet (2007: wondermade; 2009: El Barbudo, Ryan!)

3 - Number of Whiskeroonis lamely attempting to meet the theme by giving their non-participating shot an "album name" in the caption (iambillpower, LG3, Pastor D Fizz)


All Indisputable Theme Participants:

[j.kent.r] - M. C. Hammer 2 Legit 2 Quit (Printed out and presented in a CD cover)
aaron b - Nonpoint To The Pain
abar - Al Green Greatest Hits
Ace - Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream
Andrew - Elvis Costello This Year's Model
Army of Whiskers - Jarvis Cocker Further Complications
Arthur - Orleans Waking and Dreaming (w/ Jar, Brandon Hill)
bananaknuckles - Pink Floyd Ummagumma (jnon'd)
Barefoot - The Cure Disintegration (jnon'd)
Bawston Sean - Dobie Gray Drift Away
Bbrux - Toadies Rubberneck
Beard Goggles - Sublime S/T
Beardwinner - Bruce Springsteen The River
ben - Bjork Volta (jnon'd)
benfrank - Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever
Birch Beard - The Beatles Abbey Road (as John)
Bishop - Country Church S/T (jnon'd)
blackbeard - Johnny Cash American IV
bobafred - Pantera Far Beyond Driven
brandon - The Beatles S/T (The White Album)
Brandon Hill - John Mayer Heavier Things
Brian - Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar (jnon'd)
brobro - Minor Threat Complete Discography
Broseph - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero
BryanHunter - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days
Caronna - James Caronna Everybody Wants To Be In Love
cary norton - Damien Jurado Rehearsals For Departure
Chally - Morrissey Viva Hate
Childress - Moby Play
Chinese Wildman - The Clash London Calling
chris - The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
chrisauel - Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca
chrisbergman - Jay-Z The Black Album
Chuck Damage - Dio Holy Diver
Corey - Hannah Montana S/T
CraigwithaK - Paul Simon S/T
creole - Living Sacrifice Reborn
damnweather - George Carlin Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics
Daniel - Beyonce I Am
David W. - Superdrag Regretfully Yours
Davis - My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Dewey - Jim Croce Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and Other Favorites
Dj - Darwin Chamber Phobia Pt 1
Douggal - Neko Case Middle Cyclone
Dschonn - Bob Dylan S/T
Dunkle Swiftkick - Elliot Smith Figure 8
eightface - Don McLean American Pie
El Barbudo - Andrew W. K. I Get Wet
elegant_chaos - The Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro
elldub - Furry Lewis Shake 'Em On Down (jnon'd)
Eric the Beard - Nirvana Nevermind
ewagoner - Cyndi Lauper Twelve Deadly Cyns
Felix Mustachio - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Power To the People
FeXd - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days
flainez - Nirvana Nevermind
flc - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born to Run
Fledgling Brewer - Daniel Lanois Here Is What Is
Flotsam & Beardsam - Weezer Raditude
Fofe - Johnny Cash American IV
Frank The Tank - Peaches Fatherf****r
Frog - Protomen Act II – The Father Of Death
Furricane - Paul Desmond The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall
Greybeard - Tori Amos Crucify
Grower&Shower - Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline
Grown Unknown - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born To Run
hale. - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Beware
hankbobs - Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch
Heathmonster B - Hall and Oates Live in Chicago (Same image as @Lingerino)
Heyzeus - Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason
HiImTerry - Primus Frizzle Fry
Hirsuitius - Ben Folds Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP
iamstevenj - The Swell Season S/T
irishsquire - Eric Clapton Unplugged
James A. Polk - Pantera Vulgar Display of Power
JamesC - Mogwai Come On Die Young
Jar - Bee Gees Children of the World (w/ Brandon Hill, arthur)
Jarrett - The Beatles Abbey Road (as Paul)
jason - Devastatin' Dave The Turntable Slave Zip Zap Rap
Jaymz! - Paddy Roberts Songs for Gay Dogs
jclutch - Weezer (Blue Album) (Originally posted Weezer - (Blue Album) w/ pcain, thebandito, android, but re-upped w/ The Beatles - White Album, due to Photoshop flack; then later reposted Weezer in a cd with himself in the background)
jeremyokai - Common S/T
jmathiasxiii - How I Became The Bomb Volume III: They Can What It Seems They Cannot
jnonfiction - Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food (jnon'd)
jonshell - Johnny Cash American IV
jpopick - David Bowie Hunky Dory
jracecar - Bonnie Prince Billy I See A Darkness
Justin Will - Dr. Dre The Chronic
k_bone - Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (w/ @l_etranger_)
K-Chance - The Swell Season S/T
Karl - Frank Zappa Joe's Garage
Keifel - John Wesley Harding Adam's Apple
Keith - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Master and Everyone
KimJongIllness - Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 2 (Originally posted David Bowie - Heroes)
KnoxAndy - Phil Collins Face Value
l_etranger_ - Beastie Boys Ill Communication
Le Duncan - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Once Upon A Christmas
Lebanese Blond - Simon and Garfunkel Bookends (w/ sniebauer)
Lingerino - Hall and Oates Live in Chicago (Same image as @HeathmonsterB)
llIllIIIIII - Aphex Twin Richard D. James
mackle - Richard Swift The Novelist
Marko - Kenny Loggins The Essential Kenny Loggins
Mat Wiseman - Liam Finn I'll Be Lightning
Matthew Callis - Lady Gaga The Fame Monster
mattyc - Radiohead The Bends
mercantilever - Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights
michaeljstraub - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico
michael_dunn - Starflyer 59 Old
miguelito - Morrissey Bona Drag
Moses Marion - David Bowie Aladdin Sane
mOtke - Weezer (Blue Album) (w/ marko, themightyjones and folliclejuju)
mrpbody33 - John Coletrane Blue Train
mu - Allman and Woman Two the Hard Way (jnon'd)
mynameisjason - Owen I Do Perceive
Nate Frog - Michael Buble It's Time
Ned Kelly - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico
North Beard South - Tino Por Primera Vez
O-Train - Tom Waits Mule Variations
O.G. Manly Beard - The Beatles Abbey Road (as Ringo)
Owen - Pink Floyd The Wall
Ozzy Nelson - Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis
Paragone - Barbara Striesand and Kris Kristofferson A Star Is Born (jnon'd)
Patchy Stache - The Clash London Calling
Paulie - Dire Straits Money For Nothing
pcain - Elvis Costello This Year's Model
Philly - Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon
Pip - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico
Ploafmaster - King Crimson In the Court of the Krimson King
Poe - Slowdive S/T
Presto Beardo - Michael Jackson Thriller (jnon'd)
Pursuit of Hirsute - Al Green Greatest Hits
R E N A U D - AC/DC Highway to Hell
ramblinboysof - Against Me! As the Eternal Cowboy
Red - Various Artists Pulp Fiction OST
redbeard2 - The Smiths The Very Best of the Smiths
rnnbrwn - Giant Drag Hearts and Unicorns
robberfly - U2 War
Robfrenzy - Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Here
rodohmes - Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream
Rolf Bastard - Nobunny Love Visions
Romeotomeo - The Beatles Abbey Road
runningantelope - Bob Marley and the Wailers Kaya
Rusty - Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment
Ryan K - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born To Run
Ryan! - Andrew W. K. I Get Wet
RyRy - George Carlin An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo
S. P. Dinsmoor - Blind Melon Soup
samuelD - Mew And the Glass Handed Kites
Scrivener - Bob Dylan Street Legal
seventy-seven - Rod McKuen Cycles (jnon'd)
Shanks Keating - Tyrese S/T
Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie (jnon'd)
shularbrau - Richard Cheese The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese
Sir Squire - Muddy Waters Hard Again (jnon'd, also clamebuting hale. from 11/27/2007)
Sir Walshington - Buddy Holly Greatest Hits
slo gro - Beck Mutations
sniebauer - Simon and Garfunkel Bookends (w/ Lebanese Blond)
SoulGlo1976 - Spinal Tap Smell the Glove
specialshoes - Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime
Spoony B - Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (jnon'd)
stanislaw - Statistics Statistics
Stink - Tina Turner Private Dancer
super_structure - Wilco Being There
Tao Jones - Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
tedford - Tegan and Sara Sainthood (jnon'd, but also in-camera double exposure)
ThatGuy - Rakim The Seventh Seal (jnon'd)
The Soulburglar - Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime
themightyjones - The Misfits Collection II
TheStride - Feist Let It Die
Timcredible - Lil Wayne Tha Carter II
Tolleson - MF Doom Operation: Doomsday
Trey - Mos Def Black on Both Sides
TrickyD - Prince S/T
tulipsjohann - Jeremy Jay Slow Dance
Twisted Sistare - Naked City S/T
ty - Tiny Tim Live in London
Ula O cealleigh - The Doors The Very Best of the Doors (Originally posted Led Zeppelin - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Vol. 1, jnon'd)
unky Kris - Ween Chocolate and Cheese
Vanbert - Lil Wayne Tha Carter III
Wheat Beard. - Alice In Chains Jar of Flies
WHERE THERES A WILL THERES A BEARD - Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 2
whipticker - Janet Jackson Janet (full shot, of which only a crop made the album cover)
Wilcoxjd - Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
wiseacre - Morrissey Years of Refusal
wookiemonster - Janet Jackson Janet (full shot, of which only a crop made the album cover)
Xjdunn - Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire
XscatteredshowersX - Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart (jnon'd)
Yogi Beard - The Beatles Abbey Road (as George)
yourfavorite - Rick Astley Hold Me In Your Arms (jnon'd, rick rolled)
zackle - Seu Jorge The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions featuring Seu Jorge

All Arguable Theme Particpants:

alijoon - iTunes' "Artwork for this album could not be found"

(Note: mattyc contends for alijoon's inclusion in the main block. I pegged him 'arguable' because, technically, it's not an album cover)

Caffeine Addict - Resemblance to System of a Down's vocalist Serj Tankian
chadmcclarnon - Reaction shot to @yourfavorite's post
darksidebluegrass - Holding a Pink Floyd flag
Dave - Bishop Clamebute (12.08)
dizzywizard - claims the sign in his shot inspired a band's first ep
j.goforth - iconic still from Bohemian Rhapsody
Juan Pablo Garcia - "what I would wear as a cover if I was a bum named Al"
keeper of the fort - Playing poker with 3 favorite albums
Lingenfizzle - Wearing a Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon T-Shirt
mc sauce - Holding Converge - Jane Doe, which he tried to recreate but failed
mims attack - holding a GBV CD (Sunfish Holy Breakfast) he wanted to do but didn't
revgoomba - iconic still from Bohemian Rhapsody
Richmond Red - Shot through the hole in a "Stray Cat Strut" single
The Bandito - Reproducing a non-album-cover shot of the Eurythmics
wondermade - Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz, except not

Posted on Dec. 11th but not Participating in Theme: BamaBuckeye (In a raincoat, but gives us no clue), bryanbryan, BURNEY, chance, digihurl, Dirty Pirate, dragnlo, fotofugitive, General Lee, GrapeS, GrizzlyDex, GrowWithTheFlow, heyrevlover, iambillpower (claims it's his forthcoming solo debut "A Bath And A Beer"), j a t, jeremiahx, JoePat, John-O, Johnny Rebellious, josh (Post-it Note suicide), juanzo, Just Jamey, Kevin!, LG3 (claims it's his forthcoming solo debut "Lazy wop with no undershirt, sings the classics"), Lord Matthew J. Murphington Esq. (Striking a very rock pose), Mason Bernard, matthewtodd, mattmarch (Breaking an egg in his fist), Matty O, Mike de Monk, Moo, NoahRienks, Noelix, pastor, Pastor D Fizz (Drinking a mug by the tree, caption: "Christmas Album"), Patchy McHoles, Ramsey, Roo, smurf, Snuffleupagus, Spitzer, StillVande, taber