Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-20-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE- 1 AGUILERA*CHRIST|BACK TO BASICS
- 2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE
- 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER
- 4 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION
- 5 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION
- 6 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE
- 7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA
- 8 MATTHEW ANDRAE|BURNING
- 9 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE
- 10 FRANTI*MICHAEL |YELL FIRE!
Read the entire Indie Music Top 200 and CIMS commentary after the jump.
Howdy all!
I am such an idiot to have forgotten two weeks in a row to congratulate Electric Fetus on their NARM Award for Best Small Wholesaler. We were all just up in Minneapolis in May and got to tour their facility. Hats off to a wonderful operation and some damn nice folks!!
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Monday was an amazing day if you happened to be scanning your Sirius dial.
On "Jam-On" (17), it was Mule Monday and Warren Haynes took over the airwaves for the entire day.
Warren is celebrating the release of Gov’t Mule’s exceptional new album "High & Mighty" and the folks at Sirius, being very smart, let him be the star of the day. If you know Warren, you already are aware of his amazing story telling abilities. He remembers everything and is a master at connecting the dots.
Warren featured some of his favorite music and gave background before each song as to why it was an influence or some other trivia. The best was late in the day when he would play original tracks followed by a famous cover.
For example, "Turn on Your Lovelight" by Bobby Blue Bland followed by the Grateful Dead doing the cover. The best for me was "You Don’t Love Me" by Junior Wells followed by the Allman Brothers Band’s version on their Fillmore album. I actually rode around the block finishing that set out before going home.
If this is not compelling radio, then I don’t know what is. Today it was Warren but I would love to hear this same type of day from most all of my music heroes.
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As you can tell by our #1 release, it was a crap release schedule this week.
Not a shot at Christina but there was very little dragging folks into indie retail last week. One of my guys said it was a very long tail kind of week with tons of catalog and one-zee business. Looking at the fourth quarter it amazes all of us why this industry can’t get it into their thick skulls to spread this shit out. I know, it is artist ego and pushy managers and whatever. But, when all of this hit product competes with other hit product it strains already tight credit lines and already crowded marketing messages.
I know we have bitched about this every year for the 19 years I have been in the business but in this environment, it is damaging.
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-20-06 Pos. ARTIST|TITLE
1 AGUILERA*CHRIST|BACK TO BASICS
2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE
3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER
4 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION
5 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION
6 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE
7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA
8 MATTHEW ANDRAE|BURNING
9 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE
10 FRANTI*MICHAEL |YELL FIRE!
11 NEW YORK DOLLS|ONE DAY IT WILL
12 JURASSIC 5|FEEDBACK
13 RAE*CORINNE BAI|CORINNE BAILEY
14 ROSS*RICK|PORT OF MIAMI
15 TRICE*OBIE|SECOND ROUND’S ON M
16 AUGUSTANA|ALL THE STARS & BOUL
17 RACONTEURS|BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS
17 SCHNEIDER*BOB|CALIFORNIAN
19 RED HOT CHILI P|STADIUM ARCADI
20 G. LOVE|LEMONADE
21 MUSE|BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIO
22 LOS LONELY BOYS|SACRED
23 WOLFMOTHER|WOLFMOTHER
24 GOLDEN SMOG|ANOTHER FINE DAY
25 KNOPFLER/HARRIS|ALL THE ROADRU
26 JENNINGS*LYFE|PHOENIX
27 SPEKTOR*REGINA|BEGIN TO HOPE
28 I’M YOUR MAN|SOUNDTRACK
29 STEVENS*SUFJAN|AVALANCHE: OUTT
30 SUBWAYS|YOUNG FOR ETERNITY
31 STONE SOUR|COME WHAT(EVER) MAY
32 TOOL|10000 DAYS
33 SNOW PATROL|EYES OPEN
34 SIGUR ROS|SAEGLOPUR EP
35 BLUE OCTOBER|FOILED
36 SEBADOH|III
37 RECKLESS KELLY|RECKLESS KELLY
38 TUNSTALL*KT|EYE TO THE TELESCO
39 SNIDER*TODD|DEVIL YOU KNOW
40 PHARRELL|IN MY MIND
41 DIXIE CHICKS|TAKING THE LONG W
42 HOT SNAKES|THUNDER DOWN UNDER
42 GUSTER|GANGING UP ON THE SUN
42 FLAMING LIPS|AT WAR WITH THE M
45 HINDER|EXTREME BEHAVIOR
46 LAMB OF GOD|SACRAMENT
46 CUT CHEMIST|AUDIENCES’ LISTENI
46 DEATH CAB FOR C|PLANS
49 MURDOCH*ALEXI|TIME WITHOUT CON
49 RISE AGAINST|SUFFERER & THE WI
51 HARPER*BEN|BOTH SIDES OF THE G
52 LIVING LEGENDS|VOL. 1-LEGENDAR
52 PEACHES|IMPEACH MY BUSH
52 CASE*NEKO|FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS
52 COMETS ON FIRE|AVATAR
52 BAND OF HORSES|EVERYTHING ALL
57 TOURE*ALI FARKA|SAVANE
57 YOUNG*NEIL|LIVING WITH WAR
57 SPOON|TELEPHONO + SOFT EFFECTS
60 RODRIGUEZ*CARRI|SEVEN ANGELS O
60 UNEARTH|III: IN THE EYES OF FI
62 FLOGGING MOLLY|WHISKEY ON A SU
62 RITTER*JOSH|ANIMAL YEARS
62 NALICK*ANNA|WRECK OF THE DAY
65 HELLOGOODBYE|ZOMBIES! ALIENS!
65 DAMNWELLS|AIR STEREO
67 JENNINGS*MASON|BONECLOUDS
67 SONIC YOUTH|RATHER RIPPED
69 RADIN*JOSHUA|WE WERE HERE
69 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|WE SHALL OVERC
71 HEARTLESS BASTA|ALL THIS TIME
71 YUNG JOC|NEW JOC CITY
73 PANIC! AT THE D|FEVER YOU CAN’
73 DMX|YEAR OF THE DOG AGAIN
75 CURE|HEAD ON THE DOOR
75 BROWN*GREG|EVENING CALL
75 FURTADO*NELLY|LOOSE
78 KEB MO’|SUITCASE
78 DIRTY PRETTY TH|WATERLOO TO AN
80 PEARL JAM|PEARL JAM
80 NICKELBACK|ALL THE RIGHT REASO
80 FRAY|HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
80 PINK SPIDERS|TEENAGE GRAFFITI
84 A.F.I.|DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
85 TAPES ‘N TAPES|LOON
85 MARLEY*DAMIAN|WELCOME TO JAMRO
85 BUILT TO SPILL|YOU IN REVERSE
88 FORMAT|DOG PROBLEMS
88 DASHBOARD CONFE|DUSK & SUMMER
88 SILVERSUN PICKU|CARNAVAS
91 UNDEROATH|DEFINE THE GREAT LIN
91 CURE|TOP
91 KEANE|UNDER THE IRON SEA
94 LONG WINTERS|PUTTING THE DAYS
94 COCKBURN*BRUCE|LIFE SHORT CALL
94 RAITT*BONNIE|BONNIE RAITT & FR
94 CAMERA OBSCURA|LET’S GET OUT O
98 MEW|AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES
98 RONSTADT/SAVOY|ADIEU FALSE HEA
100 STEVENS*SUFJAN|ILLINOIS
100 MATISYAHU|YOUTH
100 ZERO 7|GARDEN
100 FIVE FOR FIGHTI|TWO LIGHTS
100 STEP UP|SOUNDTRACK
105 HUBBARD*RAY WYL|SNAKE FARM
105 YEAH YEAH YEAHS|SHOW YOUR BONE
107 FRANKENREITER*D|MOVE BY YOURSE
108 SHE WANTS REVEN|SHE WANTS REVE
108 BEIRUT|GULAG ORKESTAR
108 OLLABELLE|RIVERSIDE BATTLE SON
108 DRAGONFORCE|INHUMAN RAMPAGE
108 CURE|KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME
108 WIDESPREAD PANI|EARTH TO AMERI
114 J DILLA|SHINING
114 BUCKCHERRY|15
114 CASH*JOHNNY|AT FOLSOM PRISON
117 KEEN*ROBERT EAR|LIVE AT THE RY
117 JOHNSON*JACK & |CURIOUS GEORGE
117 MIDLAKE|TRIALS OF VAN OCCUPANT
120 SEXTON/MCNALLY|SOUTHSIDE SESSI
120 GYM CLASS HEROE|AS CRUEL AS SC
120 OH NO|EXODUS INTO UNHEARD RHYT
120 SUBLIME|SUBLIME
120 MONKEES|MORE OF THE MONKEES (D
120 GLOVE|BLUE SUNSHINE
120 ANGELS & AIRWAV|WE DON’T NEED
120 THREE DAYS GRAC|ONE-X
128 KNIFE|SILENT SHOUT
128 CLEAVES*SLAID|UNSUNG
128 CSS|CANSEI DE SER SEXY
128 MONKEES|MONKEES
128 CASSIE|CASSIE
128 DOORS|BEST OF DOORS
134 THIEVERY CORPOR|VERSIONS
134 BLUNT*JAMES|BACK TO BEDLAM
134 ALL THAT REMAIN|FALL OF IDEALS
134 FRENCH KICKS|TWO THOUSAND
134 TENG*VIENNA|DREAMING THROUGH T
134 CHERISH|UNAPPRECIATED
140 PEEPING TOM|PEEPING TOM
140 MONSIEUR GAINSB|MONSIEUR GAINS
140 ELLIOTT*RAMBLIN|I STAND ALONE
140 RADIOHEAD|O.K. COMPUTER
140 PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO
140 INDIA.ARIE|TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIF
146 MASTA KILLA|MADE IN BROOKLYN
146 KNIGHT*CHRIS|ENOUGH ROPE
146 KING*KAKI|UNTIL WE FELT RED
146 COSTELLO*ELVIS|RIVER IN REVERS
146 SUBLIME|GOLD
146 CALEXICO|GARDEN RUIN
146 LAST KISS|SOUNDTRACK
153 CASH*JOHNNY|MAN COMES AROUND
153 UNDER THE INFLU|UNDER THE INFL
153 GIN BLOSSOMS|MAJOR LODGE VICTO
153 BUSTA RHYMES|BIG BANG THE
153 ICE CUBE|LAUGH NOW CRY LATER
153 PANIC CHANNEL|ONE
153 RED JUMPSUIT AP|DON’T YOU FAKE
153 LASWELL*GREG|THROUGH TOLEDO
161 FLYLEAF|FLYLEAF
161 RHYMEFEST|BLUE COLLAR
161 ISAAK*CHRIS|BEST OF CHRIS ISAA
161 FLAMING LIPS|YOSHIMI BATTLES T
161 DAVIS*MILES|KIND OF BLUE
161 MALO*RAUL|YOU’RE ONLY LONELY
167 JOHNSON*JACK|IN BETWEEN DREAMS
167 FEIST|LET IT DIE
167 ARCTIC MONKEYS|WHATEVER PEOPLE
170 HOT CHIP|WARNING
170 POSTAL SERVICE|GIVE UP
170 LAMONTAGNE*RAY|TROUBLE
170 MEN WOMEN & CHI|MEN WOMEN & CH
170 KINGS OF LEON|DAY../JUNKETBOY
175 BROKEN SOCIAL S|BROKEN SOCIAL
175 VELVET TEEN|CUM LAUDE
175 PLEASANT|AWKWARD AS A BEEHIVE
175 DJ LOGIC|ZEN OF LOGIC
175 LIVING END|STATE OF EMERGENCY
175 CAT POWER|GREATEST
175 DERAILERS|SOLDIERS OF LOVE
175 RADIOHEAD|MY IRON LUNG
175 DRIVE BY TRUCKE|BLESSING & A C
175 NEUTRAL MILK HO|IN THE AEROPLA
175 BRICKELL*EDIE &|STRANGER THING
175 30 SECONDS TO M|BEAUTIFUL LIE
187 MY MORNING JACK|Z
187 MORRISON*VAN|PAY THE DEVIL
187 GONZALEZ*JOSE|VENEER
187 PHOENIX|IT’S NEVER BEEN LIKE T
187 DJ KRUSH|STEPPING STONE-SELF R
187 SADIES|IN CONCERT VOLUME ONE
187 KOOL KEITH|RETURN OF DR. OCTAG
187 ADKINS*TRACE|DANGEROUS MAN
187 GORILLAZ|DEMON DAYS
196 BLACK ANGELS|PASSOVER
196 OLD CROW MEDICI|O.C.M.S.
196 RASCAL FLATTS|ME AND MY GANG
196 JOHNSON*JACK|ON & ON
196 ROCK KILLS KID|ARE YOU NERVOUS
196 PHELPS*KELLY JO|TUNESMITH RETR
196 WOLF PARADE|APOLOGIES TO THE Q
196 HEAD AUTOMATICA|POPAGANDA
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