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Top Albums 8/20/2019

WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the past week.  Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019!

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Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 ANDRE LASCOUTX Fairweather Friend Self-Released
2 DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS Dragons Thirty Tigers
3 ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND Brighter Days [Advance Tracks] Provogue
4 MAVIS STAPLES We Get By Anti-
5 BIRD AND THE BEE, THE Interpreting The Masters Volume 2 A Tribute To Van Halen No Expectations/Release Me
6 PURPLE MOUNTAINS Purple Mountains Drag City
7 BLUE HIGHWAY Somewhere Far Away Rounder
8 BROS. LANDRETH, THE 87 Birthday Cake Media
9 SOUTH AUSTIN MOONLIGHTERS Travel Light Station House
10 SUZIE BROWN Under The Surface Freshie
11 WILLIE NELSON Ride Me Back Home Legacy
12 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Western Stars Columbia
13 COMMONHEART, THE Pressure Jullian
14 DAVID HUCKFELT Stranger Angels Tone Tree
15 DAVID WAX MUSEUM Line Of Light Nine Mile
16 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND SELF MADE MEN + DANA Tall, Dark, And Handsome Hot Shot
17 ECHO IN THE CANYON Echo In The Canyon feat. Jakob Dylan [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] BMG
18 FELICE BROTHERS Undress Yep Roc
19 FRUIT BATS Gold Past Life Merge
20 GENA BRITT Chronicle: Friends And Music Pincastle
21 KEB MO Oklahoma Concord
22 MICHAEL CLEVELAND Tall Fiddler [Advance Tracks] Compass
23 PENNY AND SPARROW Finch Thirty Tigers
24 PETE MULLER Dissolve Kindred Soul
25 PONY BRADSHAW Sudden Opera Rounder
26 RISING APPALACHIA Leylines Self-Released
27 SHERYL CROW Threads [Advance Tracks] Valory/Big Machine
28 TYLER CHILDERS Country Squire Hickman Hollar
29 WYO Changes Cabin
30 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Father Of The Bride Spring Snow/Columbia

 

Top “Adds” 

Artist Record Label
1 ALPHA CAT Thatched Roof Glass House Aquamarine
2 TRAE SHEEHAN Arizona Self-Released
3 TUCKER BROTHERS Two Parts Shine O
4 SHAWN PURCELL Symmetricity Armored
5 YVETTE NORWOOD TIGER Love Is Sweet Serenity
6 GISTO Self Made Historical
7 DAN BERN Regent Street Self-Released
8 LESLIE STEVENS Sinner Self-Released
9 SERATONES Power New West
10 SMOMID Pyramidi Scheme Self-Released

 

Top Ten World Albums

Artist Record Label
1 HANZ ARAKI At Our Next Meeting Little Sea
2 KOKOKO! Fongola Transgressive/PIAS
3 SESSA Grandeza Boiled
4 SANTANA Africa Speaks Concord
5 STEEL PULSE Mass Manipulation Rootfire Cooperative/Wiseman Doctrine
6 MAKING MOVIES Ameri’kana 3/2
7 KATCHAFIRE Legacy Zojak
8 ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia Decca
9 ALTIN GUN Gece ATO
10 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Mettavolution ATO

 

Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 LIZZO Cuz I Love You Nice Life/Atlantic
2 BOCA 45 Forty Five Mass Appeal
3 FLYING LOTUS Flamagra Warp
4 INJURY RESERVE Injury Reserve Loma Vista/Concord
5 DENZEL CURRY Zuu Loma Vista/Concord
6 BLOOD ORANGE Angel’s Pulse Domino
7 KATE TEMPEST The Book Of Traps And Lessons American/Republic
8 HAVIAH MIGHTY 13th Floor Self-Released
9 LITTLE SIMZ GREY Area AGE 101/AWAL
10 DJ SHADOW “Rocket Fuel” feat. De La Soul [Single] Mass Appeal

 

Top Ten Jazz Albums

Artist Record Label
1 WOODY SHAW Basel 1980 Elemental
2 IKEBE SHAKEDOWN Kings Left Behind Colemine
3 JIMMY COBB This I Dig Of You Smoke Sessions
4 ANTONIO ADOLFO Samba Jazz Alley AAM
5 PJ PERRY FEATURING BILL MAYS This Quiet Room Cellar
6 BOB SHEPPARD The Fine Line Challenge
7 ERIC APPLEGATE AND TIMECHILD Woodstock Artist Alliance
8 JELENA JOVOVIC Heartbeat Self-Released
9 LUCY YEGHIAZARYAN Blue Heaven Cellar
10 HIROE SEKINE Hiroe’s Spirit Sekai

 

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 HAELOS Any Random Kindness Infectious/BMG
2 MEXICO CITY BLONDES Blush Burger
3 SCOTT GILMORE Two Roomed Motel Crammed
4 TUXEDO Tuxedo III Funk On Sight
5 TYCHO Weather Mom+Pop/Ninja Tune
6 QUANTIC Atlantic Oscillations Tru Thoughts
7 HOT CHIP A Bath Full Of Ecstasy Domino
8 FLYING LOTUS Flamagra Warp
9 BLOOD ORANGE Angel’s Pulse Domino
10 KOKOKO! Fongola Transgressive/PIAS

 

Jazz “Adds” 

Artist Record Label
1 MONTY ALEXANDER Wareika Hill MACD
2 SARA GAZAREK Thirsty Ghost MRI
3 YVETTE NORWOOD TIGER Love Is Sweet Serenity
4 SHAWN PURCELL Symmetricity Armored

 

August 20, 2019 By Denis Howard

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