KCRW’s Top 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 8/22/2011
(note: this week’s chart reflects our recently-completed membership drive – thanks to all those who donated!!!)
1 LITTLE DRAGON == Ritual Union >> [Peacefrog]
2 PORTUGAL THE MAN == In The Mountain In The Cloud >> [Atlantic]
3 METRONOMY == English Riviera >> [Big Beat/because]
4 FRIENDLY FIRES == Pala >> [Xl]
5 HORRORS == Skying >> [Xl]
6 FOOL’S GOLD == Leave No Trace >> [Iamsound]
7 SBTRKT == Sbtrkt >> [Young Turks]
8 WHITE DENIM == D >> [Downtown]
9 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Stone Rollin >> [Columbia]
10 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Culture Of Fear >> [Esl]
11 DALE EARNHARDT JR JR == It’s A Corporate World >> [Warner Bros.]
12 MOTOPONY == Motopony >> [Tiny Ogre]
13 HOLLY, BUDDY – TRIBUTE == Rave On Buddy Holly >> [Fantasy]
14 MY MORNING JACKET == Circuital >> [Ato]
15 FOSTER THE PEOPLE == Torches >> [Startime]
17 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE == Codes & Keys >> [Atlantic]
18 ASA == Beautiful Imperfection >> [Naive]
19 SARINANA, XIMENA == Ximena Sarinana >> [Warner Bros.]
20 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA == Unknown Mortal Orchestra >> [Fat Possum]
21 DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPPI == Rome >> [Capitol]
22 GIVERS == In Light >> [Glassnote]
23 BEASTIE BOYS == Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2 >> [Capitol]
24 BELLE BRIGADE == Belle Brigade >> [Warner Bros.]
25 TORO Y MOI == Freaking Out Ep – Sampler >> [Carpark]
26 FANIA COMPILATION == Hammock House – Africa Caribe >> [Fania]
27 RED HOT COMPILATION == Red Hot & Rio 2 >> [Red Hot]
28 ARCTIC MONKEYS == Suck It & See >> [Domino]
29 LYKKE LI == Wounded Rhymes >> [Atlantic]
30 MARIACHI EL BRONX == Mariachi El Bronx >> [Ato]
31 UNDERWORLD == Diamond Jigsaw – Remixes >> [Om]
32 NICKODEMUS == Turntables On The Hudson – Vol 8 >> [Wonderwheel]
33 BJORK == Biophilia – Sampler >> [One Little Indian]
34 GOMEZ == Whatever’s On Your Mind >> [Ato]
35 SEBASTIAN == Total >> [Big Beat]
36 AFRICA HITECH == 93 Million Miles >> [Warp]
37 TOKIMONSTA == Creature Dreams Ep >> [Brainfeeder]
38 STRUT COMPILATION == Nigeria 70 – Sweet Times >> [Strut Records]
39 JONES, BOOKER T == Road From Memphis >> [Anti]
40 TUNE-YARDS == Whokill >> [4ad]
41 TV ON THE RADIO == Nine Types Of Light >> [Interscope]
42 KILLS == Blood Pressures >> [Domino]
43 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR == Blue Songs >> [Moshi Moshi]
44 OLIVER PEOPLES COMPILATION == Oliver Peoples 8 >> [Quango]
45 STEPKIDS == Stepkids >> [Stones Throw]
46 WU LYF == Go Tell Fire To The Mountain >> [Self Release]
47 MOOMBAHTON COMPILATION == Blow Your Head – Vol 2 >> [Mad Decent]
48 KUTI, SEUN ANIKULAPO & EGYPT 80 == From Africa With Fury – Rise >> [Knitting Factory]
49 GARDENS & VILLA == Gardens & Villa >> [Secretly Canadian]
50 RAC == Remixes Vol 2 >> [Promo]