MSTRKRFT Have The Looks To Top The Chart

08/22/06 6:00pm

by Chris Burland (CHARTattack)

Last week we looked at the trends on the top 50 chart for the past six Augusts and predicted further dominance of the incumbent #1 album. But this month is starting to take shape as a turbulent one. For the first time in a number of months, there have been three different albums at #1 for the past three weeks. Two weeks ago it was Sonic Youth's Rather Ripped (currently at #5). Last week it was The Bicycles' The Good The Bad And The Cuddly, which drops to #2 this week. And now the new #1 is MSTRKRFT's The Looks.

The biggest puddle jumper of the week is The Sadies' In Concert Volume One, which rockets up 39 places to grab the #3 slot. It's followed by Sufjan Stevens's The Avalanche, which moves up five spots to #4. Dropping three positions to #6 is Shout Out Out Out Out's Not Saying/Just Saying, while Peaches' Impeach My Bush rises a spot to #7. Oneida's Happy New Year slides down three slots to #8, while Afrodizz' Froots jumps seven places to #9. It's followed by Thom Yorke's The Eraser, which tumbles four positions to #10.

The Chart Sizzler Award goes to the phenomenal debut full-length by Blood Meridian called Kick Up The Dust. It enters at #12, beating out Andre Ethier's Secondathallum, which debuts at #22. Panurge's Walking In The Fog arrives one spot back at #23. Other notable debuts include The Golden Dogs' Big Eye Little Eye at #29, Chad VanGaalen's Skelliconnection at #33 and The Muse's Black Holes & Revelations at #41.

The specialty charts features two virgin #1s, two remaining #1s and one returning #1. October Trio's Day In takes over the top spot on the Jazz/Blues chart and the Studio One DJs, Volume 2 compilation lands at #1 on the World/Folk chart. Strapping Young Lad's The New Black remain atop the Metal/Punk top 10 and MSTRKRFT's The Looks is still dominating the Electronic chart. OK Cobra's self-titled album returns to #1 after a week's absence, as it moves up three places to top the Hip-Hop chart.