KCRW’s Top 50 Most Played Albums

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KCRW’s Top 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of  8/8/2011

2 METRONOMY == English Riviera >> [Big Beat/because]

3 HORRORS == Skying >> [Xl]

4 STEPKIDS == Stepkids >> [Stones Throw]

5 PORTUGAL THE MAN == In The Mountain In The Cloud >> [Atlantic]

6 FOOL’S GOLD == Leave No Trace >> [Iamsound]

7 TORO Y MOI == Freaking Out Ep – Sampler >> [Carpark]

8 IVY == All Hours >> [Nettwerk]

9 SBTRKT == Sbtrkt >> [Young Turks]

10 STROKES – TRIBUTE == Stroked >> [Stereogum]

11 WASHED OUT == Within & Without >> [Sub Pop]

12 VETIVER == Errant Charm >> [Sub Pop]

13 ELECTRIC GUEST == Radical Miracle >> [Advance]

14 BJORK == Biophilia – Sampler >> [One Little Indian]

15 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA == Unknown Mortal Orchestra >> [Fat Possum]

16 HUNT, VAN == What Were You Hoping For >> [Self Release]

17 TALLY HALL == Good & Evil >> [Self Release]

18 CLOUD CONTROL == Bliss Release >> [Ivy League]

19 TEI, TOWA == Sunny >> [Nipponophone]

20 RED HOT COMPILATION == Red Hot & Rio 2 >> [Red Hot]

21 MY MORNING JACKET == Circuital >> [Ato]

22 LYKKE LI == Wounded Rhymes >> [Atlantic]

23 BOMBINO == Agadez >> [Cumbancha Discovery]

24 LONDON, THEOPHILUS == Timez Are Weird These Days >> [Warner Bros.]

25 AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE == Voodoo Of The Godsent >> [On-u Sound]

26 WILCO == Whole Love – Sampler >> [Dbpm]

27 DEPECHE MODE == Remixes 2 – 81-11 >> [Reprise]

28 SHABAZZ PALACES == Black Up >> [Sub Pop]

29 CULTS == Cults >> [Itno/columbia]

30 DJ SHADOW == I Gotta Rokk Ep >> [Advance]

31 MARTYN, JOHN – TRIBUTE == Johnny Boy Would Love This >> [Liason Music]

32 AVI, ZEE == Ghostbird >> [Brushfire]

33 FRUIT BATS == Tripper >> [Sub Pop]

34 TEJADA, JOHN == Paraboles >> [Kompakt]

35 SARINANA, XIMENA == Ximena Sarinana >> [Warner Bros.]

36 THUNDERCAT == Golden Age Of Apocalypse >> [Brainfeeder]

37 SHLOHMO == Bad Vibes >> [Friends Of Friends]

38 MERZ == No Compass Will Find Home >> [Self Release]

39 WHITE DENIM == D >> [Downtown]

40 HOLLY, BUDDY – TRIBUTE == Rave On Buddy Holly >> [Fantasy]

41 TOKIMONSTA == Creature Dreams Ep >> [Brainfeeder]

42 DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPPI == Rome >> [Capitol]

43 FINK == Perfect Darkness >> [Ninja Tune]

44 ATROPOLIS == Atropolis >> [Dutty Artz]

45 PURO INSTINCT == Headbangers In Ecstasy >> [Mexican Summer]

46 DECEMBERISTS == King Is Dead >> [Capitol]

47 DEADSTOCK 33S & STOPMAKINGME == Gravity Ep >> [Tigersushi]

48 BANDANA SPLITS == Mister Sam Presents >> [Boy Scout]

49 OLIVER PEOPLES COMPILATION == Oliver Peoples 8 >> [Quango]

50 WAR ON DRUGS == Slave Ambient >> [Secretly Canadian]