Wolf Parade Take Expo 86 To #1

The prediction made last week has come true, just a week late.

Wolf Parade's Expo 86 has hit #1 dethroning Tokyo Police Club's two-week stint at #1. The two Canadian albums switched spots, with Expo 86 sitting at #1 and Champ falling to #2 on the campus chart for the week July 25 to 31.

Following the trend set by this week's two top albums, the next two CDs have swapped positions. Stars' The Five Ghosts rises to #3, while Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record drops a spot to #4. The Black Keys' Brothers remains at #5 again.

The numerical symmetry continues through the next five releases, with the #6 and #9 albums switching place. The Roots' How I Got Over rises three places to #6, while The Sadies' Darker Circles falls three spots to #9. The other three discs remain in the same spots as last week: Shad's TSOL sits at #7, Sarah Harmer's Oh Little Fire is static at #8 and The New Pornographers' Together remains at #10.

There's an unusually high number of veteran releases still holding on to positions on the campus chart's top 50. Eleven entries with double digit weeks' service are on this week's chart, and all of them are in the top two-thirds of the positions. Four of them are in the the top 10.

The two longest-serving releases are Caribou's Swim, which rises five spots to #14, and Pack A.D.'s We Kill Computers. It re-enters at #33. Both discs have accumulated 14 weeks on the chart.

Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 1 arrives at #27 this week, picking up the Chart Sizzler Award for the highest debut.

There were two other releases battling for the highest new entry. The Cat Empire's Cinema debuts at #31, followed by Frazey Ford's Obadiah arrival at #32. Kathryn Calder's Are You My Mother? finally debuts on the campus chart after a month of bubbling under #50.

There's a moderate level of change among the top albums on the five specialty charts. The Roots' How I Got Over rises a spot to capture the #1 position on the Hip Hop top 10. Cyclist's Double Dip EP rises two slots to grab #1 on the Electronic chart. Cancer Bats' Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones returns to the top of the Metal/Punk chart. It's the fourth time this release has moved into the #1 position in its 15 week on this specialty chart. Steve Coleman And Five Elements' Harvesting Semblances And Affinities holds onto #1 on the Jazz/Blues top 10 for a fifth week, and Konono No. 1's Assume Crash Position remains at #1 on the World/Folk chart for a second week. 

There were a few notable new entries on the specialty charts. Soilwork's The Panic Broadcast debuts at #2 on the Metal/Punk chart. The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedlia In 1970s Nigeria compilation arrives at #6 on the World/Folk chart and Acid Washed's self-titled release enters at #6 on the Electronic top 10 this week.

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