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Top Albums 8/5/2025

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 week ending on Sunday, August 3rd.  Our weekly airplay chart is posted below.  Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 12th.

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July 28th through August 3rd, 2025

Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

ALICE COOPER

The Revenge Of Alice Cooper

earMUSIC

2

WATCHHOUSE

Rituals

Tiptoe Tiger

3

I’M WITH HER

Wild And Clear And Blue

Rounder/Concord

4

OJIAJI

Love & Company

Hopestreet

5

JIM PATTON AND SHERRY BROKUS

Two True Loves

Berkalin

6

PATTY GRIFFIN

Crown of Roses

PGM

7

STEREOLAB

Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Warp/Duophonic

8

CHATHAM RABBITS

Be Real With Me

Self-Released

9

CODY JINKS

“The Others” [Single]

Late August

10

GALACTIC AND IRMA THOMAS

Audience With The Queen

Tchoup-zilla

11

JUDY KASS

New Skin

Self-Released

12

KODY NORRIS SHOW, THE

Highfalutin Hillbilly

Rebel

13

MOONSHROOM

Take A Trip

Spirit Fruit

14

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS

Still Shakin’

New West

15

PETER CAMPBELL

Burden Of Hope

Self-Released

16

PONYFOLK

The Woods Have Shown Us

Hestehus

17

SUKI WATERHOUSE

Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin

Sub Pop

18

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS

The Price Of Admission

Thirty Tigers

19

WET LEG

moisturizer

Domino

20

IMAGINARIES, THE

Fever

Self-Released

21

ALEXIS CUNNINGHAM

How I Became A Butterfly [EP]

Fire Sign

22

JESSE DAYTON, IAN MOORE, JOHNNY MOELLER

“Maggie Went Back To Mineola” [Single]

Hardcharger

23

LARRY MCCRAY

Heartbreak City

KTBA

24

TUCKER WOODS

Sunshine Blues

Pleasantville

25

ALEX G

Headlights

RCA

26

AFTERNOON BIKE RIDE

“Abigail” [Single]

Friends of Friends

27

RICK SPARKS

“Sea Wind” [Single]

Self-Released

28

POWER TAKE OFF

“Revolution” (Radio Mix) [Single]

Stryker/Virgin

29

SLAINTE, BABY

“Sure Took A Long Time” b/w “Situation Satisfy Me” [Single]

Self-Released

30

ALISON JOY WILLIAMS

How You Look At Things

Self-Released

Top “Adds” 

Artist

Record

Label

1

TODD ADELMAN

Western Soul

VFib

2

REVERE RIVERS

I Was Born Of Water

Regional

3

RUEL THOMAS

“Malibu” b/w “Don’t Tell Me” [Single]

Self-Released

4

CARLA GOVER

Kentucky Queen

Redbird

5

FAR CASPIAN

Autofiction

Tiny Library

6

COSMOS RAY

The More We Live

Self-Released

7

5 HIGHS, THE

“Another Letdown” b/w “Lurker” [Single]

Self-Released

8

TIM HORT

Famine

Self-Released

Top Ten World Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

JOAQUIN NUNEZ AND HABANA SAFARI

Ruta De La Clave

Lulaworld

2

HERMANOS GUTIERREZ

“Elegantly Wasted” feat. Leon Bridges [Single]

Easy Eye Sound/Concord

3

ADRIAN QUESADA

Boleros Psicodélicos II

ATO

4

GROSSE ILE

Homerique

Companie Du Nord

5

JUANA MOLINA

Exhalo [EP]

Little Butterfly

6

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, JULIE FOWLIS, KARINE POLWART

Looking For The Thread

Thirty Tigers

7

MIGHTY ROOTSMEN, THE

The Mighty Rootsmen

Bulletproof

8

RICK SPARKS

“Sea Wind” [Single]

Self-Released

9

MASHA CAMPAGNE

Alegre Menina

Impetus

10

MASAKO

Dreaming Northern

Self-Released

Top Ten Jazz Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT

“Oh Snap” [Single]

Nonesuch

2

MIKE FREEMAN ZONAVIBE

Circles In A Yellow Room

VOF

3

NICHOLAS PAYTON

Notes From The Zen Gangster

Paytone

4

PINO PALLADINO

“Taka” [Single]

New Deal/Impulse

5

RICK SPARKS

“Sea Wind” [Single]

Self-Released

6

TIM JAGO

Time Shift

Bespoke

7

MASAKO

Dreaming Northern

Self-Released

8

BEN CLIFTON

Overlook

BCM

9

TERRY LEE NICHOLS

Love Is…

Self-Released

10

DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE

Tappin’ Thru Life

DIVA Jazz

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

STEREOLAB

Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Warp/Duophonic

2

AFTERNOON BIKE RIDE

“Abigail” [Single]

Friends of Friends

3

DJ KOZE

Music Can Hear Us

Pampa

4

CERRONE AND CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS

Catching Feelings [EP]

Because

5

BAMBII

Infinity Club II [EP]

Because

6

BARRY CAN’T SWIM

Loner

Ninja Tune

7

CURE, THE

Mixes Of A Lost World

Fiction/Capitol

8

L’ECLAIR

CLOUD DRIFTER

Innovative Leisure

9

SUNKING

I DON’T LIKE MY TELEPHONE

Anti-

10

ERIC HILTON

Midnight Ragas

Montserrat House

Jazz “Adds”  

Artist

Record

Label

1

BOB SCHLESINGER

Falling From Earth

Self-Released

2

BONNIE J JENSEN

Rise

Metropolitan Groove Merchants

3

STEVE ALLEE BIG BAND

Full Circle

Jazzville

4

KEVIN BRUNKHORST

After The Fire

Calligram

5

LAUREN HENDERSON

Sonidos

Brontosaurus

6

MARKUS JOACHIM RUTZ

Many Moons

Third Coast Sounds

World “Adds”  

Artist

Record

Label

1

COSMOS RAY

The More We Live

Self-Released

Electronic “Add”

Artist

Record

Label

1

COSMOS RAY

The More We Live

Self-Released

Hip Hop “Add” 

Artist

Record

Label

1

COSMOS RAY

The More We Live

Self-Released

August 5, 2025 By Denis Howard

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