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  • Chart Chat Early Edition: AC/DC, Adele and More!!

    I’ve decided to play around a little with the Chart Chat concept. Instead of one comprehensive wrap-up on Sunday, I’ll shoot you Album chart news on Wednesday, singles chart news on Thursday, and the comprehensive wrap-up will now appear every other Sunday under the name Chart Chat Plus.

    *Obviously, the big news is AC/DC‘s #1 debut. Black Ice moves over 784,000 units to land at the top of the big chart. It’s the biggest debut of the year excluding Lil’ Wayne, and is the band’s first #1 album in well over a quarter century. Following last year’s Eagles release, this is the second album that’s a retail exclusive (only being sold at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club) to debut at the top. It’s probably also worth mentioning that this album isn’t available digitally.

    *Brit soul/jazz siren Adele has jumped 129-46-11 following her appearance on the “Sarah Palin” episode of “Saturday Night Live”. Nice to see the rest of America catching on. I fell in love with this album the first time I heard it at the beginning of the year.

    *AC/DC’s strong debut eclipses the “High School Musical 3” soundtrack, which would have been #1 in most of this year’s other weeks. Instead, it lands at #2 with just under 300,000 units sold.

    *These two albums should hold on to their spots next week, but new albums from John Legend, Pink and Toby Keith are all expected to scan over 100,000 units in their first week, and who knows? One of them might just score an upset.

    This Week’s Top 20 Albums:

    01-“Black Ice” AC/DC

    02-“High School Musical 3” Soundtrack

    03-“Paper Trail” T.I.

    04-“Lucky Old Sun” Kenny Chesney

    05-“Death Magnetic” Metallica

    06-“Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock

    07-“The Sound” Mary Mary

    08-“Year of the Gentleman” Ne-Yo

    09-“Jennifer Hudson” Jennifer Hudson

    10-“Tha Carter III” Lil’ Wayne

    11-“19” Adele

    12-“Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna

    13-“A Little Bit Longer” Jonas Brothers

    14-“We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” Jason Mraz

    15-“The Recession” Young Jeezy

    16-“Covers” James Taylor

    17-“Gossip in the Grain” Ray LaMontagne

    18-“Damn Right Rebel Proud” Hank Williams III

    19-“Love on the Inside” SugarLand

    20-“Fearless” Jazmine Sullivan

  • Mikey’s Ultimate Album Review- “Black Ice” by AC/DC

    Black Ice cover

    As I get older, a lot of things I used to enjoy simply don’t mean much to me anymore.  Things like baseball cards, professional wrestling, and going to the movies are just three examples that just don’t measure up like they used to.  But there is still one event that always brings me a smile to my face when it occasionally happens. That special occasion is when the new album of the band you love hits the the market.  And it’s so much more special when you hold the album in your hands because the band has made you wait eight long years for it.  Finally, on October 20th of 2008, AC/DC released their long awaited new album, Black Ice.  I’m still shaking with excitement as I write this article while listening to some new rocking tunes from the greatest hard rock band of all time.  With AC/DC, you know what you are getting.  They aren’t going to surprise you with a concept album, a political album about their thoughts on George Bush and the war, or a surprise collaboration with Bono.  The only thing you have to be concerned with is how many of the songs will include legendary melodies that will compares to classics like Highway To Hell, Whole Lotta Rosie, and Back In Black.  Even though there will be a lot of filler material, you are still going to get your dozen or so rock and roll themes.  The album was released exclusively at Wal-Mart, which means you ain’t getting it on Amazon, itunes, Best Buy, or your local indie record shop (well, unless they are willing to buy and sell at a loss!).  Although I hate giving Wal-Mart my hard-earned money, in a case like this, do I really have a choice?  I was at Wal-Mart at 8:00 this morning right before work ready to get my hands on the new album and experience that feeling which other passionate music fans know all about.    So you probably want to know what I think about the record, huh?

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  • The New Music Files 10/21/08: Featuring AC/DC, Kenny Chesney, HSM3 and More!!

    I figured it was time to change the title of the column into something a little less…you know, boring. Anyhow, here’s what you should be expecting to see on store shelves and in your trusty little iTunes browser this week:

    AC/DC: Black Ice:

    Those rascally Aussies have pretty much made the exact same album for thirty + years now, but damn if people don’t go out and buy tons of it each time. Black Ice is their first album of new material in almost a decade, and it’s receiving a little extra notice not only because they’re crisscrossing the globe in support of it, but because, much like The Eagles album from last year, this album is being released exclusively at Wal-Mart and walmart.com (actually, the album went on sale yesterday, but who’s counting). If you’re anywhere near rock radio or VH-1, I’m sure you’ve already heard the first single “Rock & Roll Train”.

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