After a couple of months with some late summer, early autumn releases dominating the top of the campus chart, it good to some fresh titles at the top instead. In fact, half of the top ten this week are only in their sophomore charting week. That’s a wonderful response to my understated ‘call to arms’ over the past two columns.
In fact, one of those 2 week newbies has captured the #1 position. Braids’ Native Speaker, which was the Chart Sizzler Award winner last week as the highest debut, rises six places to grab the #1 spot on the campus chart for the week of Feb. 1. The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead – who are currently in the city of Toronto fro a couple of concert appearances – rise four places to land at #2 in its third week on the chart.
Both of these newer entries force former #1 album, Giant Sand’s Blurry Blue Mountain down a spot to #3. Another newbie, Destroyer’s Kaputt rises 34 places to sit at #4 while last week’s #1, Imaginary Cities’ Temporary Resident tumbles four spot to #5.
Jenn Grant’s Honeymoon Punch rockets up the chart 28 positions to stick at #6 followed by one of the two veteran (and fornmer #1) albums that hold onto spots near the top of this week’s campus chart. Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest rises four places to re-enter top ten at #7 while Sufjan Stevens’ The Age Of Adz falls six spots to #9.
Sandwiched between these two older discs, British Sea Power’s Valhalla Dancehall makes the biggest internal jump on this week’s chart catapults up 35 positions to land at #8 while Jon McKiel’s Confidence Lodge jumps a modest 11 spots to #10. Both of these discs, along with Jenn Grant’s are all in their second week on the chart
After a week on impressive new entries, this week’s batch is modest in comparison. The highest debut is The Weirdies‘ Volatile entering at #17. Volatile only appeared on four individual charts but all four spots were in the top ten of four of the most powerful stations led by a #1 at CJAM (Windsor), #3 CITR (UBC) #8 CKUW (Winnipeg) and #9 CFMU (McMaster).
Les Jupes’ Modern Myths was the runner-up new entry at #19 followed immediately by Twilight Hotel’s When The Wolves Go Blind at #20.
Other notable debuts include Social Distortion’s Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes at #29, Olympic Symphorium’s The City Won’t Have Time To Fight at #38 and Darwin Deez’ self-titled release at #49.
With Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs departure from this week’s chart, the oldest albums on the chart are a pair of 18 week entries: Black Mountain’s Wilderness Heart falling two spots to #15 and Women’s Public Strain tumbling down 22 places to #39.
There’s some significant stagnation on some of the specialty charts this week. Only one chart has a #1 where Afro Soul-Tet’s Afrodesia debuts at #1.
Afrodesia should not to be confused with eponymous release from Afrocubism, which continues to hold the #1 position on the World/Folk top ten. This chart also doesn’t feature a new entry, only three re-entries led by former #1, Drum Hand’s Moving Still returning at #4.
Royksopp’s Senior rises two places to return to the #1 place on the Electronic chart. Senior held the top spot during the middle two week in December. This top ten also doesn’t have any debuts this week, only a couple of re-entries including a former top chart dog, Diamond Rings’ Special Affections reappearing at #5.
Gangrene’s Gutter Water remains at #1 on the Hip-Hop chart. There are two new entries here led by The Beast & Nnenna Freelon’s Freedom Suite entering at #7.
Finally, long-time chart topper, Kylesa’s Spiral Shadow remains at #1 on the Metal/Punk top ten. There are surprisingly more new entries on this usually sloth-like chart. The highest new entry here is Stratovarious’s Elysium, which debuts at #3.
- Imaginary Cities Grab #1 On Chart
- Diamond Rings’ Special Affections Tops The Campus Chart
- The Chart Time Tunnel: Mojave 3
- Charty Chart Chat: All That Jazz Gives Us The Chart-Compilation Blues
- Chart Chart Chat: The Kid Is Hot Tonite
