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October 4th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-4-07

1. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
2. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
3. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
4. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
5. HELL RELL FOR THE HELL OF IT
6. ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT
7. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
8. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
10. EARLE*STEVE WASHINGTON SQUARE SERENADE

1 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM

This Week: 33800
Total: 33,900

Is this a soundtrack for the show?

2 IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG

This Week: 31700
Total: 31,900

Huge first week for Iron and Wine. I figured it would do well, but this is really great.

3 DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER

This Week: 29300
Total: 29,400

I figured this one would do well, too, but 30,000 is a ton of records. Glad to see 3 records beat out Hairspray.

4 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK

This Week: 18900
Total: 627,800

5 HELL RELL FOR THE HELL OF IT

This Week: 15700
Total: 15,900

6 ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT

This Week: 13900
Total: 14,300

I have heard a few people say that this is the best first week for Hopeless in their history. I am not 100 percent about this, but if that is the case, that means that this record has done better first week than Thrice and Avenged Sevenfold. Great first week.

7 DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES

This Week: 13500
Total: 42,000

Motion City may have had a better first week, but it looks as though Dropkicks may end up with bigger numbers overall.

8 GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON

This Week: 12400
Total: 12,500

9 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME

This Week: 10500
Total: 43,700

Pretty huge drop off after the first week, but you would hear no complaints from me doing 43,000 after 2 weeks.

10 EARLE*STEVE WASHINGTON SQUARE SERENADE

This Week: 9600
Total: 10,000

I just read something about this record and need to hear it. Anyone digging this?

11 SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY JESUS

This Week: 8000
Total: 5,700

12 VARIOUS GOIN’ HOME-TRIBUTE TO FATS DOM

This Week: 6900
Total: 6,900

13 CHIODOS BONE PALACE BALLET

This Week: 6800
Total: 69,000

Still doing really strong numbers. Should be at 100,000 in about a month.

14 FOWLER*KEVIN BRING IT ON

This Week: 6700
Total: 6,800

15 BANHART*DEVENDRA SMOKEY ROLLS DOWN THUNDER

This Week: 6300
Total: 6,400

I have only listened to this once so far, it sounded a bit weirder than past releases. I thought that Devendra could do bigger numbers though.

24 BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME COLORS

This Week: 4700
Total: 17,400

A bit of a drop off after the first week, but the band is putting up some really strong numbers.

26 WHISKEY FALLS WHISKEY FALLS

This Week: 4500
Total: 4,500

28 WEAKERTHANS REUNION TOUR

This Week: 4200
Total: 4,200

I missed their show in Denver, but I heard that it sold out the venue and people were freaking out. I gave the new album a few listens and it is just a little too mellow for my tastes. I love the first 2 records though.

31 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER NOCTURNAL

This Week: 3800
Total: 13,500

34 BLED SILENT TREATMENT

This Week: 3500
Total: 3,500

I have been reading a lot of praise for this new record. I gave it a spin, but it really didn’t grab me.

43 MATT POND PA LAST NIGHT

This Week: 2700
Total: 2,800

Last I heard, Matt Pond was going Major Label. I don’t know enough of his history but I thought he was capable of doing bigger numbers.

44 DONNAS BITCHIN’

This Week: 2700
Total: 10,400

The Donnas were in the top 10 last week and dropped all the way to #44 this week. Ouch.

45 PATTERSON*RAHSAAN WINES & SPIRITS

This Week: 2700
Total: 2,700

46 LAVETTE*BETTYE SCENE OF THE CRIME

This Week: 2700
Total: 2,700

47 SKAGGS*RICKY & THE WHITES SALT OF THE EARTH

This Week: 2600
Total: 2,100

59 NESBY*ANN THIS IS LOVE

This Week: 2300
Total: 2,300

62 MR. CAPONE-E DEDICATED 2 THE OLDIES PART 2

This Week: 2200
Total: 2,200

67 MOORE*THURSTON TREES OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY

This Week: 2100
Total: 5,200

68 SEA WOLF LEAVES IN THE RIVER

This Week: 2100
Total: 2,100

75 TWO GALLANTS TWO GALLANTS

This Week: 1900
Total: 2,000

I have yet to hear the new two gallants, but I dig this band. how is the new one? 2,000 for a first week is not bad.

77 MCKAY*NELLIE OBLIGATORY VILLAGERS

This Week: 1900
Total: 1,900

81 CRUZ*JOHN ONE OF THESE DAYS

This Week: 1800
Total: 1,800

82 MARLEY*KY-MANI RADIO

This Week: 1700
Total: 1,700

86 WRIGHT*STEVEN I STILL HAVE A PONY

This Week: 1600
Total: 1,600

97 BIRBIGLIA*MIKE MY SECRET PUBLIC JOURNAL LIVE

This Week: 1500
Total: 1,500

105 TARVER*PHIL DRAW NEARER

This Week: 1400
Total: 500

119 SECRET HANDSHAKE ONE FULL YEAR

This Week: 1300
Total: 1,300

125 OFFICE NIGHT AT THE RITZ

This Week: 1200
Total: 1,200

126 MITCHELL*VASHAWN PROMISES

This Week: 1200
Total: 400

134 SISTER HAZEL SANTA’S PLAYLIST

This Week: 1100
Total: 1,100

140 TIESTO ELEMENTS OF LIFE

This Week: 1100
Total: 66,700

144 KAFANI MONEY’S MY MOTIVATION

This Week: 1000
Total: 1,000

151 OVER ASHES BEGIN AGAIN

This Week: 1000
Total: 100

189 FAREWELL ISN’T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN

This Week: 800
Total: 900

191 FLOWER KINGS SUM OF NO EVIL

This Week: 800
Total: 900

192 WONDER*WAYNE FOREVA

This Week: 800
Total: 800

197 CASUALTIES MADE IN NYC

This Week: 800
Total: 800

This would seem like really small numbers had it not been for the fact that this is a live record.

Major label numbers - Rascal Flatts led the pack with 540,000 sold. Foo Fighters sold 168,000 for #3.

Upcoming releases / Predictions - In stores this week are releases by American Steel, Dashboard Confessional, Coalesce, The Spill Canvas, Idiot Pilot, Bullets and octane, All Else Failed, Anti-Flag, Between the Wars, Emery, The Great Deceiver, Internal Affairs, No Turning Back, and more. Questions, do you think American Steel will make it onto the charts? There was definitely hype surrounding them getting back together and signing to Fat, but the new record sounds more like a Communique record than it does an American Steel record. Will Dashboard post really big numbers like he has done in the past? Do you think Dashboard can top the indie charts? I think their last one was #2 overall in Billboard, but it seems as though there was a lot more going on with him then. Will Anti-Flag scan more than a thousand or two thousand copies of their self-released collection cd for charity? I remember seeing it had a low retail price, that might help, but it seems like their stock has gone down since putting out a record on a major. The Spill Canvas have gotten a lot bigger over the past few years, but are they capable of cracking the top 10? What are your predictions?

Written by Virgil Dickerson