LOCAL TOP 5

1. Dustin Morris - Balance
2. Mom - Little Brite
3. The Polyphonic Spree - Live from Austin, TX
4. The Crash That Took Me - Orchestrated Kaleidoscope
5. Flat People - Flat People

(again, I'm pretty amazed that Mom seems to have appeared on this list more than any other band this year.)

OVERALL TOP 20

1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Dustin Morris - Balance
4. Joy Division - Closer (2CD Collector's Edition)
5. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
6. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
7. Octopus Project - Hello, Avalanche
8. Mom - Little Brite
9. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
10. Castanets - In the Veins
11. Soundtrack - I'm Not There
12. Ween - La Cucaracha
13. The Polyphonic Spree - Live from Austin, TX
14. The Crash That Took Me - Orchestrated Kaleidoscope
15. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
16. Thrills - Teenager
17. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Follow the Lights
18. Great Northern - Trading Twilight for Daylight19. Robbers On High Street - Grand Animals20. Phosphorescent - Pride

"Good" job getting the word out ... I'm just pointing out the troof.

what releases would you expect to see if you thought the opposite?

"it sells itself on listening posts and by word of mouth"

why so defensive about free listening posts and constant word of mouth?

I'm pretty amazed that you keep publishing Good Records sales charts. Their sales must be very poor if those are the records that are selling. Top 20? Just how many records are they selling anyway?

"I sound like those songs up there to your right. My band sounds like Jeff Buckley and The Flaming Lips playing along with Michael Jackson's Off The Wall."

... oh boy... this is bad

Dustin Morris:

http://www.myspace.com/dustinmorrisshow

good records and cd world are no longer competitors!
they are now assholes together at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ah, CJ ...I didn't mean that to come off as an attack. I'm just saying its not a surprise that you would promote in your store a band you are passionate enough about to put personal money into. Nothing wrong with that. Good music is good music. Sorry if I offended.

hahaha. you're right, this is pretty ridiculous. gotta fill up the hours in the day somehow

NOW I know who the douchebags are who comment on this site!!! Its the assholes from Good Records and CD World! It all makes so much sense to me now

wisdom spoken from on the mountain up high-----cd world.

TCTTM have 2 tools in the band? news to me...leads me to believe that someone has never fucking met any of them. but what do i know?

I am at the mall watching the ice skaters! They are beautiful! Oh look - is that CP? Yes it is!! He is skating naked!! Oh CHRIST!!! Oh NO!!

actually, the spree stuff sells better in england and other cities around the u.s., particularly new york and l.a., though we do sell lots here at the store.
people order from our site from those places.
the image of tim actually "crapping out" his songs is a pretty funny image though.
thanks for that one. he'll like it.
alright everyone, see you at the rink.

Pffft... C.J. pay them no mind, it's a good record and Mom is a good band. I've told a zillion people to buy it myself. It is more important to focus on ice skating at the mall right now!

C.J. "word of mouth" and "listening posts" ? hmmm. That must be how everything that the Polyphonic Spree craps out stays at #1 there too! Wow! Now I get it! Thanks, C.J.!

Settle down, CJ.

i am truly a bastard.
i don't know who my daddy is.
but, i'm still looking for him.

by the way little hater (10:19),
i'm only at the store m-f 10-6.
those are our slowest times.
i may have told the first 50 peeps (that occurred in the first 3 weeks it was out) about the mom cd, but the rest i had nothing to do with. it sells itself on listening posts and by word of mouth.
you should be happy for them and the people that own/like it and go to their shows.
the vast majority of people that buy it have no idea that i'm involved with this band.
so...your statement holds no weight.
bring me your record sometime.
i'd like to hear it.
C.J.

you are so right.
it's not amazing.
cj is a bastard.

I know at least 2 of the people in the crash that took me are fucking tools.

Mom's a good band...but its not that amazing when the guy behind the counter paid to have the record put out.

HOW THE FUCK DOES OCTOPUS PROJECT SELL MORE THAN WEEN? FUCK THAT.

Who/what is Dustin Morris? And what does he/they sound like?

The crash that took me album is good, but I'm sure the pedigree of the group will cause prejudice.

It is better than most stuff they play on modern rock radio, and it will most likely get radio play.

I know most indie folks don't give a shit about radio play, but then complain that the masses listen to horrible music. If you sit back and don't try to change what people hear, you are part of the problem IMHO.

It's easily one of the best local releases of the year. Top notch songwriting and musicianship. Eddie from BTD is by far one of the best drummers in town as well.

like i said before...kill me now.

4:30... more like members of [daryl]

So... it sounds like Silversun Pickups?

sounds like bad smashing pumpkins

kill me now

the drummer from black tie dynasty is is in the crash that took me.

I'm curious too, but... I guess I'm afraid to listen because I've heard rumors that some of the members in TCTM are somehow indirectly related to Black Tie Dynasty :(

am i considered a hipster for not liking m.i.a.?

Anyone heard The Crash That Took Me album? Sue me I'm curious.