1. Arabia Mountain, Black Lips
2. A Treasure, Neil Young
3. 21, Adele
4. Revelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band
5. The Golden Age of Knowhere, Funeral Party
6. More Like This, The Cars
7. Showroom Of Compassion, Cake
8. Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie
9. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
10. Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, Beastie Boys
11. Ukulele Songs, Eddie Vedder
12. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
13. Man In Motion, Warren Haynes
14. Circuital, My Morning Jacket
15. Hell: The Sequel, Bad Meets Evil
16. Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys
17. Loverboy, Brett Dennen
18. So Beautiful Or So What, Paul Simon
19. Torches, Foster the People
20. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING JUNE 12)
1. Loverboy, Brett Dennen
2. Circuital, My Morning Jacket
3. Arabia Mountain, Black Lips
4. Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie
5. Revelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band
6. Ukulele Songs, Eddie Vedder
7. 21, Adele
8. Born This Way, Lady Gaga
9. Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys
10. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
11. Torches, Foster the People
12. Give Till It’s Gone, Ben Harper
13. The Book of Mormon, Original Cast Recording
14. Speed of Darkness, Flogging Molly
15. Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, Beastie Boys
16. It’s a Corporate World, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
17. David Comes to Life, Fucked Up
18. Illud Divinum Insanus, Morbid Angel
19. Gloss Drop, Battles
20. God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne
RECORD EXCHANGE TOP 20 SELLERS (WEEK ENDING JUNE 5)
1. Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie
2. Circuital, My Morning Jacket
3. Ukulele Songs, Eddie Vedder
4. Speed of Darkness, Flogging Molly
5. Follow Me Down, Sarah Jarosz
6. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
7. 21, Adele
8. Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, Beastie Boys
9. Loverboy, Brett Dennen
10. Torches, Foster the People
11. Born This Way, Lady Gaga
12. Give Till It’s Gone, Ben Harper
13. The Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart
14. I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, Steve Earle
15. Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons
16. Mission Bell, Amos Lee
17. All Eternals Deck, The Mountain Goats
18. So Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon
19. Brothers, The Black Keys
20. Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: LADY GAGA’S ‘BORN THIS WAY’ (2 FORMATS!)
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Life is a highway, and Lady Gaga wants to ride it on a unicorn with Jesus strapped to her back all night long. Born This Way is a literal road record — the 25-year-old singer recorded it during her travels promoting 2008 debut The Fame, and follow-up EP The Fame Monster — but it also charts Gaga’s speedy trip from a chick with a disco shtick to our most absurd pop star for our absurd times. Gaga couldn’t have changed course faster if she’d hopped in Marty McFly’s DeLorean, which is essentially what she does on this gloriously weird album. She borrows the grandiose flavor of 1980s radio rock, adds Catholicism, gay pride, and mythical creatures, then stirs it all with a comically gigantic high heel. — Spin
GRAMMY CDs AT RECORD EXCHANGE!
Did you watch the Grammy Awards Sunday night? The Record Exchange did, and we were so inspired that we arrived at work today in a giant egg.
We also were inspired to compile this quick list of Grammy-winning CDs — many of which are on sale — because invariably on the Monday after the Grammys, we field a lot of questions about the winning artists. And it’s Valentine’s Day, so maybe you need some gift ideas.
If you have any specific questions about certain artists and/or albums, email them HERE.
Lady Antebellum Need You Now
Arcade Fire The Suburbs
Ray LaMontagne God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
The Black Keys Brothers
Cee Lo Green The Lady Killer
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster
Train Save Me San Francisco
Various Artists Crazy Heart Soundtrack
John Legend and the Roots Wake Up!
Eminem Recovery
Jay-Z The Blueprint 3
Neil Young Le Noise
Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project
Jeff Beck Emotion and Commotion
Rihanna Loud
Michael Buble Crazy Love
Paul McCartney Good Evening New York City
Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures
Iron Maiden The Final Frontier
Muse The Resistance
Fantasia Back to Me
Bruno Mars Doo-Wops and Hooligans
Usher Raymond V Raymond
Sade Soldier of Love
Miranda Lambert Revolution
Keith Urban Get Closer
Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give
Patty Griffin Downtown Church
Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone
Buddy Guy Living Proof
Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig
Lewis Black Stark Raving Black
John Mayer Battle Studies
Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society