N&G AOTM /// Vol. 60 - June 2024 /// U.N.K.L.E.'s "Psyence Fiction"

[MadLucas]

We all know how this works!

Looking forward to seeing how you all decode what I have come up with for you.

And I hope you love the album

 

[MadLucas]

CLUES:

1. Heavy Metal
2. Weird Al Yankovic - "Twister"
3. Tricky - "Hell Is Around The Corner," Massive Attack - "Eurochild"
4. At The Drive-In - "Napoleon Solo"
5. John Candy
6. Frank Zappa - "Apostrophe"
7. Badly Drawn Boy - "Pissing In The Wind"
8. Drum Solo Of Life, but the opposite of it
9. www.whosampled.com
10. Sun Ra is sampled on the album

 

[MadLucas]

Reserved for Clues 2

 

[MadLucas]

GUESSES:

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Ssecret Treaties (@avecigrec)

2. Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozzy (@cul8er)

3. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy (@Yer Ol' Uncle D)

4. Beastie Boys - License To Ill (@cul8er)

5. Bran Van 3000 - Glee (@jt4527)

6. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (@Dirtbag Auntie)

7. Neil Young? (@Yer Ol' Uncle D)

8. PFunk - One Nation Under A Groove (@avecigrec)

9. U N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction (@Hemotep)

 

[MadLucas]

CURATED SWAPTIONS

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing


2. Jay Som, Everybody Works


3. Beat Happening, Black Candy

 

[MadLucas]

Reserved for nonsense

 

[MadLucas]

Clue #1

 

[avecigrec]

 

[cul8er]

Osmium is the most dense heavy metal (of every element for that matter), so my guess is...

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Clue #1

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[MadLucas]

I'll say this about the Heavy Metal clue: it has nothing to do with the genre of the album.

 

[MadLucas]

Clue #2

 

[Nee Lewman]

I'll say this about the Heavy Metal clue: it has nothing to do with the genre of the album.

Is it a soundtrack?

 

[MadLucas]

Is it a soundtrack?

Not a soundtrack, but not a static act. Many moving parts.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

 

[Colonel_Angus]

Clue #1

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"1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology film"

Clue #2

"The music on Even Worse is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-1980s"

I'm gonna lean into it being a compilation of cover songs.

 

[MadLucas]

I'm gonna lean into it being a compilation of cover songs.

Hard no.
But the word "compilation" is debatable.
And, depending on your definition of "cover," it may be applicable.

 

[MadLucas]

Depending on your definition of "cover," it may be applicable.

Which lead me to this...

Clue #3:


Clue #3 continued:

 

[Colonel_Angus]

Hard no.
But the word "compilation" is debatable.
And, depending on your definition of "cover," it may be applicable.

So, not a hard no.

 

[MadLucas]

So, not a hard no.

Clue #2 is actually a double clue, regarding album content and contributors.

Clues #3 and #3.5 points toward are significant to both origin points of the album as well as lyrical content of at least one of the songs.