Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
The self-titled debut from the Toronto based outfit Alvvays replaces Jack White as the #1 album on the College Radio Album Chart. A total of seven albums are new to the countdown this week, three of which debut in the Top 200 in the Top 20, those include the latest from The Wytches, Shabazz Palaces, and Bear In Heaven (pictured). The four other new album include efforts from Freeman, Slow Club, Field Mouse, and the biggest mover of the week, “Voyager” from Jenny Lewis, up 170 spots to debut at #9. When was the last time you dusted off Robyn Hitchcock’s 1989 masterpiece “Queen Elvis” ???
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of August 5, 2014:
1. ALVVAYS Alvvays
2. JACK WHITE Lazaretto
3. HOW TO DRESS WELL What Is This Heart?
4. WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent
5. MORRISSEY World Peace Is None Of Your Business
6. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
7. THE ANTLERS Familiars
8. BRAID No Coast
9. JENNY LEWIS Voyager
10. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW Sea When Absent
11. ACID Liminal
12. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
13. WHITE LUNG Deep Fantasy
14. LULUC Passerby
15. THE BLACK KEYS Turn Blue
16. SHABAZZ PALACES Lese Majesty
17. FIELD MOUSE Hold Still Life
18. SLOW CLUB Complete Surrender
19. THE WYTCHES Annabel Dream Reader
20. FREEMAN Freeman
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
3. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Only Run
4. HOORAY FOR EARTH Racy
5. THE ORWELLS Disgraceland
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. ROBYN HITCHCOCK Queen Elvis
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