Personal Charts: 10/16/06 - 10/22/06

[mtm4319]

Man... we've gotta get to work on the charts here. My chart is limping to the finish line this year, having fallen behind by 9 days -- and for the first time, there's real question whether it will continue into 2007 -- but it's not just me that isn't posting their charts anymore.



"The New Transmission" rocketed to #1 after the show in Baton Rouge last week, and holds there fairly easily this week. Basically there isn't anything to knock it off. "4 AM Forever" spent 5 weeks at #5 before starting to slip. "The Pick of Destiny" probably doesn't have much longer to rise (and "White and Nerdy" has already begun its descent). "Anna Molly" looks like a top 5 hit, but the next #1 will probably be from Evanescence. Whether it's "Lithium" or "The Only One" (at #29; see just below) remains to be seen.



Four straight from Mute Math in the 31-34 range as the concert in Birmingham approaches this Thursday. "Plan B" is a song I never paid attention to during the time the LP was only available at their shows, but it's coming on strong now. "Polaris" from Jimmy Eat World is just a really great fall/winter-y type song, so despite it being a year and a half old, it'll probably hang on for a while yet. "Victim" finally broke through last week to become Eighteen Visions' second top-50 hit after they opened for Lostprophets.



Friday the 20th was the Everclear concert on the USA campus, but it was opening act Big City Rock that impressed me the most. I thought enough of "Human" to buy it on iTunes instead of searching around for it on the torrents or LimeWire. Their single is "All of the Above", which came in at #83 (in their live performance, it featured fellow opening Jonny Lives! and Art Alexakis). Jay-Z comes back strongly with "Show Me What You Got", and I guess I'll re-chart "Audrey..." since it seems to be doing decently on the Christian Rock chart. "Oh! Gravity" sounds weaker than Switchfoot's singles off their last album. Maybe they should have waited a bit longer to come back.



None of the debuts here are likely to do much. "Lacrymosa" is the 11th The Open Door song in the top 100 this week; only "Your Star" and "Good Enough" haven't made it.



I stumbled across Will Hoge a couple of weeks ago while on MySpace. He has some good songs, but I didn't really listen to them that much after a couple of days. "Gallery" falls just short of 30 weeks; I now have some internal vindication of my early charting of the song after its rise to #6 on the CHR/Pop chart. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" really racked up a great chart run.

[Pipa]

Picpak's 50

For the week of October 23 - 29/06

1. Nickelback - Far Away
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
3. Jet - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
4. Aerosmith - Devil's Got a New Disguise
5. Kasabian - Empire
6. Blue October - Into The Ocean
7. The Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes
8. Ok Go - Here It Goes Again
9. Kasabian - Shoot The Runner
10. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
11. The Knife - Silent Shout
12. Beck - Nausea
13. Skillet - Rebirthing
14. Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief
15. Nickelback - Rockstar
16. The Feeling - Never Be Lonely
17. Hinder - Lips of an Angel
18. Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone
19. Deadboy and the Elephant Men - Stop, I'm Already Dead
20. Switchfoot - Oh! Gravity
21. Incubus - Anna Molly
22. Billy Talent - Red Flag
23. KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
24. K-os - Sunday Morning
25. Bowling for Soup - High School Never Ends
26. Hinder - How Long
27. Raconteurs - Intimate Secretary
28. Starewell - Those Who Matter
29. Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine
30. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
31. Jet - Bring it on Back
32. U2 and Green Day - The Saints are Coming
33. The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
34. The Killers - Bones
35. Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms)
36. Chris Cornell - You Know My Name
37. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow ((Hey Oh))
38. Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
39. Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
40. Angels and Airwaves - The War
41. Lostprophets - Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)
42. Weird Al Yankovic - White and Nerdy
43. Head Automatica - Lying Through Your Teeth
44. Rockstar Supernova - Be Yourself and Five Other Cliches
45. Stonesour - Sillyworld
46. Black Stone Cherry - Hell or High Water
New: 47. Priestess - Talk To Her
New: 48. Rob Thomas - Streetcorner Symphony
New: 49. Depeche Mode - Martyr
50. The Trews - I Can't Say

[Mega248]

mtm4319 said:

Man... we've gotta get to work on the charts here. My chart is limping to the finish line this year, having fallen behind by 9 days -- and for the first time, there's real question whether it will continue into 2007 -- but it's not just me that isn't posting their charts anymore.

I should have every chart up until this week posted momentarily. But yeah, there's a chance that 2006 may be it for my chart as well. The motivation just isn't as strong as it once was and quite honestly, it's been that way for months now. I hate to say it, but my interest in music charts in general has been slowly waning since sometime last year, and the merge back in August certainly didn't help things. That being said, I can't see myself losing interest in tracking radio music charts entirely anytime in the foreseeable future. I'm just no longer at the point where I could tell you where any song from the last 5 years peaked on both CHR/Pop and Alternative, from memory. But anyway, I may trim my chart (back) down to 40 positions if nothing else. I'm just worried that if I discontinue it entirely, I'll find myself regretting it a month or two later.

[halo19]

I'm sorry to say for those who normally read mine, but I don't know know about my future of posting personal charts, or I'll unfreeze mine soon, just because I feel like in the past six months it's been totally irrelevant for me (altho I managed to do one chart after that). I'll definitely be doing a year-end list, that more or less reflects my favorite songs I've heard of the year.

That being said, there's probably a few songs I wouldn't mind grading on a report card topic. Also, since I've been back home for the past few months, I haven't really listened to the radio much, mostly because I don't care for radio in San Antonio.

I may revive the charts, but I may think of reducing it to about 30 songs.

[a Nick O!]

My deal is I moved to St. Louis and started working two jobs: at a concert venue and at a record store (I get hours more regularly at a cousin store, up the street from the venue, actually.)

Between that and not having regular access to the internet until Wednesday, having to fit in stints at least once a week at either my brother's place or at the local library, it's been a struggle for me to keep up with music news, charts, and singles, let alone my personal charts. I think I fell 5 days behind when I made one chart, and it's been a struggle to get back on track to Wednesdays ever since. I probably ought to make this past week's chart ASAP, but I'm exhausted now and work all day tomorrow, so I can't even make any real headway this week, still. If I'm too tired to make it after I get home tomorrow night, which will be late, then I won't get to make it until Monday evening, most likely. Poo.

I, on the other hand, am still very much interested in making weekly charts and charting the Alternative and Pop formats, as well as acknowledging all relevant singles in most relevant genres.

[Mega248]

Eth's Top 50
October 21, 2006

2W LW TW Artist Title (peak position)[WOC]

02  01  01  BLUE OCTOBER "Into The Ocean"(#1, 2 weeks)[13]
04  03  02  EDITORS "Munich"(#2)[17]
06  05  03  COLDPLAY "The Hardest Part"(#3)[16]
07  06  04  CARBON LEAF "Learn To Fly"(#4)[12]
01  02  05  LOSTPROPHETS "Rooftops"(#1, 5 weeks)[24]
03  04  06  SNOW PATROL "Chasing Cars"(#2)[18]
05  07  07  FIVE FOR FIGHTING "The Riddle"(#3)[15]
11  09  08  CHRIS RICE "When Did You Fall"(#8)[28]
08  08  09  STONE SOUR "Through Glass"(#4)[17]
14  12  10  RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS "Tell Me Baby"(#10)[13]
15  13  11  TOM SARTORI "One More Whiskey"(#11)[10]
09  10  12  EVANESCENCE "Call Me When You're Sober"(#9)[12]
17  15  13  KILLERS "When You Were Young"(#13)[14]
10  11  14  AFI "Miss Murder"(#1, 2 weeks)[27]
12  14  15  KEANE "Is It Any Wonder?"(#1, 10 weeks)[28]
23  18  16  WEIRD AL YANKOVIC "White And Nerdy"(#16)[5]
13  16  17  RASCAL FLATTS "Me And My Gang"(#9)[21]
25  22  18  AFI "Love Like Winter"(#18)[7]
21  21  19  88 "All 'Cause of You"(#19)[11]
18  17  20  FRAY "How To Save A Life"(#2)[24]
24  23  21  JOJO "Too Little Too Late"(#21)[11]
27  25  22  GNARLS BARKLEY "Gone Daddy Gone"(#22)[8]
16  19  23  RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS "Face Down"(#7)[16]
29  27  24  ANBERLIN "Audrey, Start The Revolution!"(#24)[6]
19  20  25  RASCAL FLATTS "Life Is A Highway"(#19)[14]
20  24  26  SNOW PATROL "Hands Open"(#4)[27]
32  30  27  STACIE ORRICO "I'm Not Missing You"(#27)[8]
33  31  28  LACUNA COIL "Enjoy The Silence"(#28)[6]
31  29  29  SECONDS TO MARS "The Kill"(#29)[9]
37  33  30  OK GO "Here It Goes Again"(#30)[5]
22  26  31  RISE AGAINST "Ready To Fall"(#22)[11]
46  37  32  WEIRD AL YANKOVIC "Trapped In A Drive-Thru"(#32)[3]
49  42  33  DRESDEN DOLLS "Backstabber"(#33)[3]
26  28  34  MUSE "Knights of Cydonia"(#17)[18]
34  34  35  DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL "Don't Wait"(#34)[9]
28  32  36  HARD-FI "Hard To Beat"(#6)[23]
42  39  37  DARK NEW DAY "Follow The Sun Down" (#37)[4]
39  38  38  DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "I Will Follow You Into The Darkness"(#38)[7]
---  46  39  LOSTPROPHETS "The New Transmission"(#39)[2]
30  35  40  DANIEL POWTER "Jimmy Gets High"(#26)[9]
35  36  41  JACK'S MANNEQUIN "Dark Blue"(#14)[20]
---  48  42  MUTE MATH "Progress"(#42)[2]
36  40  43  DRESDEN DOLLS "Sing"(#8)[25]
---  49  44  LOSTPROPHETS "Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances & Messed Up Chances)"(#44)[2]
---  50  45  LOSTPROPHETS "Everybody's Screaming!!!"(#45)[2]
38  41  46  ANGELS AND AIRWAVES "The Adventure"(#21)[19]
40  43  47  GNARLS BARKLEY "Crazy"(#16)[23]
41  44  48  DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "Crooked Teeth"(#1, 3 weeks)[38]
---  ---  49  AUGUSTANA "Boston"(#49)[1]
44  45  50  NICKELBACK "Far Away"(#38)[16]

DROPPERS:

43  47  ---  SHAWN MULLINS "Beautiful Wreck"(#19)[21]

[crash46]

The top 46 for the week of 10-22-06

TW LW Wk Artist - Title (peak)
46 -- 01 Army Of Anyone - Goodbye (46)
45 46 02 Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You) (45)
44 -- 02 Jojo - Too Little Too Late (44)
43 -- 01 Flyleaf - Fully Alive (43)
42 -- 05 The Fray - How To Save A Life (42)
41 44 02 Sparta - Taking Back Control (41)
40 34 25 The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) (7, 2w)
39 45 02 Taking Back Sunday - Liar (It Takes One To Know One) (39)
38 36 12 Panic! At The Disco - There's A Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet (36, 2w)
37 42 02 Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko (37)
36 28 15 Lostprophets - 4:AM Forever (22)
35 39 05 The Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes (35)
34 37 04 Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man (34)
33 22 22 She Wants Revenge - These Things (10, 2w)
32 29 15 Bleeding Through - Line In The Sand (18)
31 25 37 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill (5 weeks at #1)
30 30 08 Atreyu - Her Portrait In Black (30, 2w)
29 33 05 OK Go - Here It Goes Again (29)
28 35 03 Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine (28)
27 26 08 Disturbed - Land Of Confusion (26)
26 24 10 Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me" (23)
25 31 03 Killers - When You Were Young (25)
24 32 07 Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day (24)
23 20 14 Muse - Invincible (13)
22 18 26 Tool - Vicarious (3, 11w)
21 27 03 Incubus - Anna Molly (21)
20 17 26 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (4, 4w)
19 19 14 Muse - Map Of The Problematique (19, 2w)
18 15 22 Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) (8, 2w)
17 23 04 Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall (17)
16 21 06 Deftones - Hole In The Earth (16)
15 16 11 Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure (13)
14 09 18 Stone Sour - Through Glass (4, 3w)
13 14 08 Say Anything - Alive With The Glory (13)
12 12 21 Wolfmother - Woman (7)
11 13 10 Peeping Tom (featuring Rahzel & Dan The Automator) - Mojo (11)
10 10 21 Rise Against - Ready To Fall (4, 3w)
09 11 09 Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober (9)
08 08 18 Placebo - Infra-red (5)
07 06 28 AFI - Miss Murder (11 weeks at #1)
06 07 12 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (6)
05 05 07 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade (5, 2w)
04 02 20 Muse - Knights of Cydonia (8 weeks at #1)
03 01 13 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby (1 week at #1)
02 04 10 Tool - The Pot (2)
01 03 09 AFI - Love Like Winter (1 week at #1)
d r o p p e r s :
-- 43 22 People In Planes - If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode) (29)
-- 41 29 Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies (5, 2w)
-- 40 16 Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse (14)
-- 38 16 Keane - Is It Any Wonder (13)

[a Nick O!]

LW TW artist "title" [peak(weeks at peak) weeks on chart, t=total]
01 01 Avenged Sevenfold "Seize the Day" [1(8) 51w]
02 02 AFI "Love Like Winter" [2(3) 19w]
03 03 The Killers "When You Were Young" [3(4) 8w]
05 04 Tool "The Pot" [4(1) 9w]
06 05 Muse "Knights of Cydonia" [5(1) 11w]
12 06 My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" [6(1) 4w]
04 07 AFI "Miss Murder" [1(8t) 27w]
07 08 Eighteen Visions "Tonightless" [1(2) 24w]
09 09 Justin Timberlake f/ Timbaland "SexyBack" [9(2) 8w]
08 10 30 Seconds to Mars "The Kill" [1(1) 35w]
11 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Tell Me Baby" [7(2) 20tw]
10 12 AFI "Summer Shudder" [5(2t) 19w]
14 13 Muse "Map of the Problematique" [13(2t) 6w]
13 14 HIM "Killing Loneliness" [5(1) 18w]
17 15 Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. "My Love" [15(1) 5w]
15 16 Avenged Sevenfold "Beast and the Harlot" [1(12t) 78w]
16 17 AFI "Endlessly, She Said" [16(1) 14tw]
18 18 Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country" [1(33) 70w]
21 19 Evanescence "Call Me When You're Sober" [19(1) 7w]
20 20 Avenged Sevenfold "Trashed and Scattered" [10(1) 52w]
19 21 AFI "Kill Caustic" [15(1) 19w]
22 22 Atreyu "Ex's and Oh's" [3(3) 32w]
23 23 AFI "Prelude 12/21" [14(1) 19w]
26 24 Avenged Sevenfold "Burn It Down" [3(6) 67w]
ROCKET
32 25 Eighteen Visions "Truth or Consequence" [25(1) 12tw]
24 26 Tool "Vicarious" [2(4) 27w]
27 27 Avenged Sevenfold "M.I.A." [8(3t) 50w]
25 28 Avenged Sevenfold "Blinded in Chains" [12(3t) 56w]
28 29 Atreyu "Shameful" [7(2) 31w]
29 30 AFI "The Missing Frame" [17(3t) 19w]
30 31 Avenged Sevenfold "The Wicked End" [2(6t) 67w]
31 32 Avenged Sevenfold "Strength of the World" [3(7t) 67w]
-- 33 The Dresden Dolls "Delilah" (DEBUT)
59 34 The Dresden Dolls "Sex Changes" [34(1) 2tw]
34 35 AFI "Affliction" [27(3) 16tw]
36 36 Avenged Sevenfold "Betrayed" [11(1) 61w]
ANCHOR
33 37 AFI "The Interview" [29(1) 17tw]
40 38 Avenged Sevenfold "Sidewinder" [18(2) 51w]
41 39 Atreyu "The Theft" (RE-ENTRY) [34(2) 9tw]
38 40 Eighteen Visions "Coma" [36(2) 7tw]

Falling off:
37 46 AFI "The Killing Lights" [37(1) 2w]
35 48 Deftones "Hole in the Earth" [33(1) 5w]
39 51 The Fray "How to Save a Life" [35(1) 6w]

The Contenders:
-- 41 The Dresden Dolls "Coin-Operated Boy"
-- 42 The Dresden Dolls "Backstabber" (42)
54 43 Atreyu "My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back)" [30(2) 8w]
43 44 Eighteen Visions "The Sweetest Memory" [40(1) 1w]
42 45 Lostprophets "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" [22(1) 13tw]
57 47 Atreyu "Our Sick Story (Thus Far)" [29(1) 9w]
-- 49 Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone"
-- 50 The Dresden Dolls "Girl Anachronism"
44 52 Lostprophets "Can't Stop, Gotta Date with Hate" [28(2) 10w]
46 53 Tool "Wings for Marie (Pt I)/10,000 Days (Wings Pt II)" [18(1) 17w]
45 54 Lostprophets "Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)" [28(2) 9w]
47 55 AFI "37mm" [36(1) 2w]
50 56 Lostprophets "4:AM Forever" (50)
49 57 Lostprophets "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)" [35(1) 5tw]
51 58 Lostprophets "Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl" (48)
52 59 AFI "Kiss and Control" (43)
56 60 Lostprophets "A Town Called Hypocrisy" (52)