Charty Chart Chat: Buck 65 Tops Two Charts
Tuesday November 20, 2007 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Situation

Though this is known as Grey Cup week to many Canadians, Charty Chart Chat proclaims the next seven days Buck 65 Week since the MC/turntablist from Mount Uniacke, N.S. has the relatively rare distinction of simultaneously topping two charts. His new Situation album makes a 10-spot jump to grab the #1 position on the top 50 chart while also beating all competitors on the Hip-Hop chart.

Sunset Rubdown's Random Spirit Lover drops a spot to #2, while Holy Fuck's LP rises four places to #3 and Weakerthans' Reunion Tour continues to hold on at #4. Stars' In Our Bedroom After The War falls three places to #5. Barmitzvah Brothers' Let's Express Our Motives climbs 15 spots to #6 and Jens Lekman's Night Falls Over Kortedala rockets up 23 places to #7. Caribou's Andorra holds steady at #8, the CBC Radio 3 Sessions Volume 3 compilation slides down four notches to #9 and Radiohead's In Rainbows jumps six positions to #10.

Release The Saviours

You have to drop down another 10 spots to find the Chart Sizzler Award winner. Fond Of Tigers' Release The Saviours debuts at #20 with appearances on seven campus radio charts, including #1 on CITR (UBC), #4 on CFRU (Guelph) and #9 on CKDU (Dalhousie). The runner-up debut, buried at #36, is The Pipettes' We Are The Pipettes. Other notable new entries include Grizzly Bear's Friend EP at #41, Neil Young's Chrome Dreams II at #42 and Born Ruffians' Hummingbird at #50.

The five specialty charts feature three new #1 albums. Buck 65's Situation moves up one place to grab top honours on the Hip-Hop top 10, while Boys Noize's Oi Oi Oi makes a similar move to claim supremacy on the Electronic chart. McCoy Tyner Quartet's self-titled album moves up a couple of spots to swipe #1 on the Jazz/Blues top 10 from Dee Daniels' Jazzinit, which tumbles four places to #5. There was quite an upheaval on this chart, with six new entries and one re-entry. High On Fire's Death Is The Communion remains #1 on the Metal chart and Mr. Something Something's Deep Sleep also hold its place atop the World/Folk rundown.

—Chris Burland