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October 11th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-11-07

1. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES
2. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
3. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
4. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
5. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
6. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
7. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
8. MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS
9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
10. HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

1 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES

This Week: 47700
Total: 47,800

Although the hype surrounding this record was not nearly as big as their last one, 47,000 is huge. I had thought that Dashboard had seen their day, but the fans are still there.

2 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK

This Week: 16400
Total: 644,100

3 IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG

This Week: 14900
Total: 46,700

I officially can’t get into this one, I love this band, but this one just isn’t doing it for me.

4 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM

This Week: 13300
Total: 47,100

5 DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER

This Week: 10200
Total: 39,600

6 DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES

This Week: 8900
Total: 50,800

7 GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON

This Week: 7400
Total: 19,800

8 MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS

This Week: 7100
Total: 22,400

9 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME

This Week: 6500
Total: 50,100

It is pretty amazing how closely dropkicks and motion city’s numbers parallel each other.

10 HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

This Week: 6400
Total: 17,200

14 EARLE*STEVE WASHINGTON SQUARE SERENADE

This Week: 5700
Total: 15,700

I was surprised to hear that the dust brothers produced this album.

15 ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT

This Week: 5700
Total: 19,900

Still going strong, someone said that they were hitting the road with Boys Like Girls which should help quite a bit.

20 AS I LAY DYING OCEAN BETWEEN US

This Week: 4300
Total: 92,800

Should be at 100K in a few weeks.

22 JONES*SHARON & THE DAP-KINGS 100 DAYS 100 NIGHTS

This Week: 4100
Total: 4,300

I got a promo through one of my distributors, Red Eye, and I love this album. I never would have guessed that it would have done so well coming out of the gates, but I have seen a ton of press on this one.

23 SPOON GA GA GA GA GA

This Week: 4100
Total: 145,300

I wonder if their appearance on saturday night live helped the scans. It seems like this is the level they were selling at the past few weeks.

30 BANHART*DEVENDRA SMOKEY ROLLS DOWN THUNDER

This Week: 3200
Total: 9,500

I just read an interview in Rolling Stone and Devendra is a weird bird. I love the quote about him spending most of his advance money on crystals. Sounds like a good decision.

31 BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME COLORS

This Week: 3100
Total: 20,500

Between the Buried and Me are Victory’s quiet breakthrough band. You don’t ever hear about them like you hear other bigger Victory selling acts, but people love them.

34 HAGGARD*MERLE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

This Week: 2900
Total: 3,000

I need to check this one out.

38 CAKE B-SIDES & RARITIES

This Week: 2600
Total: 2,700

Another Red Eye distributed title. Red Eye has been quietly selling a ton of records.

39 PINBACK AUTUMN OF THE SERAPHS

This Week: 2400
Total: 19,000

I finally crossed the threshold of getting into this album. I still favor summer in abaddon but this one is truly great.

42 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE POISON

This Week: 2300
Total: 331,300

How does this band still sell so many records? It is beyond me.

45 RALSTON*JOHN SORRY VAMPIRE

This Week: 2200
Total: 2,200

48 EVERY TIME I DIE BIG DIRTY

This Week: 2100
Total: 27,100

On the cover of Alt Press this month, on tour with Underoath, there realy isn’t more you can do to hype your band.

53 SILVERSUN PICKUPS CARNAVAS

This Week: 2100
Total: 225,500

It feels like it has been a while since I mentioned this record. It is still selling really well. 225 thousand is huge.

60 MINUS THE BEAR PLANET OF ICE

This Week: 1900
Total: 28,000

Minus the Bear are still cruising, but it seems as though the MTV band of the week did very little to boost sales.

64 WINANS*VICKIE HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM VICKIE WIN

This Week: 1900
Total: 500

66 MEIKO MEIKO

This Week: 1800
Total: 4,100

68 WEAKERTHANS REUNION TOUR

This Week: 1800
Total: 6,000

73 DEVIL WEARS PRADA PLAGUES

This Week: 1700
Total: 26,900

79 BLED SILENT TREATMENT

This Week: 1600
Total: 5,000

We just got the vinyl for this album in this week and the blue vinyl sure is pretty.

87 AIDEN CONVICTION

This Week: 1500
Total: 29,400

93 PRONG POWER OF THE DAMAGER

This Week: 1500
Total: 1,500

99 COLD WAR KIDS ROBBERS & COWARDS

This Week: 1400
Total: 131,400

Still doing around 1,500 a week, i would say that this record has done really well.

117 HELLOGOODBYE ZOMBIES! ALIENS! VAMPIRES! DIN

This Week: 1200
Total: 402,700

Headlining the Myspace tour should help gain some new fans. This record keeps chugging and now they are past 400,000. Gold status in 2 years at this pace!

122 YORKE*THOM ERASER

This Week: 1200
Total: 284,700

The hype surrounding Radiohead’s big announcement to put out their record themselves has made a small boost in Thom’s solo record. Anyone loving the new Radiohead? I need to listen to it more.

123 BAD RELIGION NEW MAPS OF HELL

This Week: 1200
Total: 63,800

142 ANIMOSITY ANIMAL

This Week: 1100
Total: 1,100

149 BIG CHIEF ALL ABOUT EMOTIONS

This Week: 1000
Total: 1,000

153 ANTI-FLAG BENEFIT FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT

This Week: 1000
Total: 1,100

I know this is a weird collection cd, but still, Anti-Flag just doesn’t have the momentum they once had. I hope they made a decent amount going to a major because it seems as though they lost a majority of their fans.

160 TWO GALLANTS TWO GALLANTS

This Week: 900
Total: 2,800

171 MAYDAY PARADE LESSON IN ROMANTICS

This Week: 900
Total: 20,100

175 BLACK LIPS GOOD BAD NOT EVIL

This Week: 900
Total: 5,400

187 BAND OF HORSES EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME

This Week: 800
Total: 88,600

People are anticipating their new one out this week.

200 TESLA REAL TO REEL

This Week: 800
Total: 42,400

Notable Major Label releases - The boss leads all with 335 thousand. John Fogerty sells 66,000 of his Revival album which is sounding pretty good! Emery sells 12,000 copies. Spill Canvas sells 5,500.

Upcoming Releases / Predictions - New ones by A Wilhelm Scream, Band of Horses, Parkway Drive, Royden, She Wants Revenge, So They Say, Jesu, Enon, and First to Leave. I think that Band of Horses could have a big week, they have sold nearly 90,000 of their first one. Do you think they can sell 20,000 copies which could be enough for the top spot. Parkway Drive are yet another screamo band on Epitaph, will these guys sell enough to make the top 10? I think She Wants Revenge are on a major, but it will be interesting to see if they can sell 30,000 plus and it goes to show that if you can cop that whole Joy Division / Interpol thing, you can sell a few records. I really like A Wilhelm Scream and hope they can scan 2,000 plus.

Written by Virgil Dickerson