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Top Albums 8/3/2021

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 10th, 2021.

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July 26th, 2021 through August 1st, 2021

Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 FLATLANDERS, THE Treasure Of Love Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers
2 JIM LAUDERDALE Hope Yep Roc
3 CHRIS DANIELS, HAZEL MILLER AND DANA MARSH What We Did Moon Voyage
4 ELECTRIC BONFIRE Greetings From The Rubbah Room Self-Released
5 DEB RYDER Memphis Moonlight Merlin Vizztone
6 JESSE BROCK Streamliner Sound Biscuit
7 ROGER CHAPMAN Life In The Pond Ruf
8 WALLFLOWERS Exit Wounds New West
9 ANTHEA FEAVER Play It Back [EP] Self-Released
10 CARTER NEWELL Passing It Down Self-Released
11 DINOSAUR JR Sweep It Into Space Jagjaguwar
12 FRUIT BATS The Pet Parade Merge
13 GOLDENOAK Room To Grow Self-Released
14 HALLEY DEVESTERN BAND, THE Money Ain’t Time Self-Released
15 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER Quietly Blowing It Merge
16 JAMES MCMURTRY The Horses And The Hounds New West
17 JILL HALEY The Canyons And Mesas Of Bandelier Self-Released
18 LOS LOBOS Native Sons New West
19 MIKE ZITO Resurrection Gulf Coast
20 MUSERS Turn It On Self-Released
21 OLIVER WOOD Always Smilin’ Honey Jar
22 STEVE DAWSON At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree Pravda
23 TIM O’BRIEN He Walked On Howdy Skies
24 TODD SNIDER First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder Aimless/Thirty Tigers
25 TONY JOE WHITE Smoke From The Chimney Swamp/Easy Eye Sound/Concord
26 WAR ON DRUGS, THE “Living Proof” [Single] Atlantic
27 JESSE MALIN “State Of The Art” [Single] Wicked Cool
28 LISA BOUCELLE AND THE BLEU Jump In BFD
29 DANIELIA COTTON “Good Day” [Single] Cottontown
30 MOBY Reprise DG

 

Top “Adds”  

 

  Artist Record Label
1 TORRES Thirstier Merge
2 BRIAN JACKSON, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE Brian Jackson JID008 Jazz Is Dead
3 LUMP Animal Partisan/Chrysalis
4 COLIN HAY I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself Compass
5 ELIJAH OCEAN Born Blue Self-Released
6 KATE TAYLOR Why Wait! Red House/Compass
7 LISA MANN Old Girl [EP] JayRay
8 RORIE KELLY Shadow Work Self-Released
9 WILDROOTS, THE WildRoots Sessions, Volume 1 Self-Released
10 DANGER BIRD Danger Bird [EP] Self-Released

 

Top Ten World Albums

 

  Artist Record Label
1 SARAH AROESTE Monastir Self-Released
2 ALEX MARTIN Folk Songs, Jazz Journeys Pajarito Verde
3 ALBOROSIE For The Culture VP/Greensleeves
4 MAX HIGHSTEIN Tiptoes Desert Heart
5 ANGELIQUE KIDJO Mother Nature Verve
6 MDOU MOCTAR Afrique Victime Matador/Beggars Group
7 BALKAN TAKSIM Disko Telegraf Buda Musique
8 OKUTE Okuté Chulo
9 JUPITER AND OKWESS Na Kozonga Everloving
10 KASAI ALLSTARS Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound Crammed

Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 ET BOYS “Sober” [Single] Wake Up!
2 EVIDENCE Unlearning Vol. 1 Rhymesayers
3 GREENTEA PENG Man Made EMI
4 CADENCE WEAPON Parallel World eOne
5 WESLEY JOSEPH Ultramarine EEVILTWINN/Transgressive
6 IAMTHELIVING AND TEON GIBBS JNGL [EP] Tiny Kingdom
7 DANI AND LIZZY The Opening 604
8 SHA MONEY XL Chain On The Bike, Vol. 2 TeamWork
9 TYLER THE CREATOR CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Columbia
10 SA-ROC The Sharecropper’s Daughter (Deluxe Edition) Rhymesayers

 

Top Ten Jazz Albums

  Artist Record Label
1 CHRIS DANIELS, HAZEL MILLER AND DANA MARSH What We Did Moon Voyage
2 ROY HARGROVE AND MULGREW MILLER In Harmony Resonance
3 ARTURO O’FARRILL Virtual Birdland ZOHO
4 BRIAN JACKSON, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE Brian Jackson JID008 Jazz Is Dead
5 DAVE MULLEN ENSEMBLE, THE Solace Mullsoul
6 JAMES FRANCIES Purest Form Blue Note
7 JOHN CHIN Anything Mose! Jinsy
8 MILES DAVIS Merci Miles! Live At Vienne Rhino/Warner
9 ANTONIO ADOLFO Jobim Forever Self-Released
10 TROY ROBERTS AND TIM JAGO Best Buddies Toy Robot

 

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 MOBY Reprise DG
2 ET BOYS “Sober” [Single] Wake Up!
3 HIATUS KAIYOTE Mood Valiant Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune
4 MOONSHINE SMS For Location, Vol. 4 Forseen
5 SAN HOLO bb u ok? bitbird/Counter
6 AVALANCHES, THE Since I Left You (20th Anniversary Deluxe) Astralwerks
7 ALESSANDRO CORTINI SCURO CHIARO Mute
8 DANIEL AVERY Together In Static Mute
9 IAIN HOWIE Patterns 0110/Symphonic
10 RED HOT + FREE VARIOUS ARTISTS Red Hot

 

Hip Hop “Add” 

  Artist Record Label
1 DREW LINES “Rise” [Single] Stryker

 

Top Ten World “Add” 

  Artist Record Label
1 JULIAN GERSTIN Music For The Exploration Of Elusive Phenomena Zabap

 

Jazz “Adds”  

  Artist Record Label
1 JULIAN GERSTIN Music For The Exploration Of Elusive Phenomena Zabap
2 BILLY TEST TRIO Coming Down Roses ATM
3 BRIAN JACKSON, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE Brian Jackson JID008 Jazz Is Dead
4 JONATHAN BAUER Sings And Plays Slammin Media
5 2B3 Jimi Self-Released

August 3, 2021 By Denis Howard

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