10/16/09 4:10pm
by Chris Burland (CHARTattack)
With so much of the world honouring the events of 20 years ago behind what was known at the time as The Iron Curtain, let's take a glimpse back at the campus charts from a decade ago, during a time when we weren't celebrating the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Julie Doiron And Wooden Stars' self-titled collaboaration was still ruling the charts during the week of Oct. 7 to 14, 1999, a position they held for four weeks to that point.
This album' stanglehold temporarily kept Stereolab's Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night out of the top spot on the chart. Stereolab remained stalled at #2 for a second week, again, while The Sadies' Pure Diamond Gold rose seven places to occupy the #3 position. Emm Gryner's Science Fair rose three spots to #4 as The Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby fell two places to #5.
The highest new entry of the week belonged to an artist who had two former #1s on the campus chart during the previous three years. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's Xtra-Acme USA entered the chart this week at #9.
While this throw-away B-sides compilation follow-up to the band's so-so release from 1998, Acme, did enter the charts in the top 10, as did both 1996's Now I Got Worry and Acme, Xtra-Acme USA only lasted on the charts for six weeks, peaking at #6 the following week. Both Now I Got Worry in November 1996 and Acme in November 1998 hit #1 and held onto to a place on the campus charts for 16 and 14 weeks respectively. The band's only other charting album was 2002's Plastic Fang which hit #3 and surived for eight weeks on the top 50.
There were a few other new entries this week following JSBE's lead. Tori Amos' To Venus And Back debuted at #11 followed by Tory Cassis' Anywhere But There at #13. Air's Premiers Symptomes arrived at #22 and Grade's Under The Radar arrived at #27.
Way down at the bottom of the chart was the first appearance of an artist whose releases would dominate the charts for the next decade. Joel Plaskett's In Need Of Medical Attention entered at #48. It was his first solo album after the disolution of his band, Thrush Hermit. A number of his albums have spent time at the top of the chart, including his most recent solo release, Three, which spent 21 weeks on the chart.
With so much of the world honouring the events of 20 years ago behind what was known at the time as The Iron Curtain, let's take a glimpse back at the campus charts from a decade ago, during a time when we weren't celebrating the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Julie Doiron And Wooden Stars' self-titled collaboaration was still ruling the charts during the week of Oct. 7 to 14, 1999, a position they held for four weeks to that point.
This album' stanglehold temporarily kept Stereolab's Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night out of the top spot on the chart. Stereolab remained stalled at #2 for a second week, again, while The Sadies' Pure Diamond Gold rose seven places to occupy the #3 position. Emm Gryner's Science Fair rose three spots to #4 as The Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby fell two places to #5.
The highest new entry of the week belonged to an artist who had two former #1s on the campus chart during the previous three years. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's Xtra-Acme USA entered the chart this week at #9.
While this throw-away B-sides compilation follow-up to the band's so-so release from 1998, Acme, did enter the charts in the top 10, as did both 1996's Now I Got Worry and Acme, Xtra-Acme USA only lasted on the charts for six weeks, peaking at #6 the following week. Both Now I Got Worry in November 1996 and Acme in November 1998 hit #1 and held onto to a place on the campus charts for 16 and 14 weeks respectively. The band's only other charting album was 2002's Plastic Fang which hit #3 and surived for eight weeks on the top 50.
There were a few other new entries this week following JSBE's lead. Tori Amos' To Venus And Back debuted at #11 followed by Tory Cassis' Anywhere But There at #13. Air's Premiers Symptomes arrived at #22 and Grade's Under The Radar arrived at #27.
Way down at the bottom of the chart was the first appearance of an artist whose releases would dominate the charts for the next decade. Joel Plaskett's In Need Of Medical Attention entered at #48. It was his first solo album after the disolution of his band, Thrush Hermit. A number of his albums have spent time at the top of the chart, including his most recent solo release, Three, which spent 21 weeks on the chart.
