Personal Charts: 4/21/08 - 4/27/08

[a Nick O!]

NICK’S TOP 40

April 23, 2008

01. 01. Avenged Sevenfold “Afterlife” [#1(8), 25w]
02. 02. Avenged Sevenfold "Critical Acclaim" [#2(9t), 36w]
06. 03. Shiny Toy Guns "You Are the One" [#3, 14w]
03. 04. Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy” [#1(20), 31w]
07. 05. Brand New "Degausser" [#1, 9w]
04. 06. Justin Timberlake "Summer Love" [#1(15), 53w]
09. 07. Atreyu “Falling Down” [#7, 10w]
10. 08. Shiny Toy Guns “Rainy Monday” [#8(2t), 14w]
08. 09. OneRepublic "Stop and Stare" [#8(2), 13w]
05. 10. Timbaland presents OneRepublic "Apologize" [#1, 23w]
13. 11. Avenged Sevenfold “Unbound (The Wild Ride)” [#11, 25w]
14. 12. Linkin Park "Shadow of the Day" [#4(2), 27w]
11. 13. Jimmy Eat World “Always Be” [#11(5), 12w]
12. 14. Ashes Divide "The Stone" [#12, 10w]
15. 15. Good Charlotte “Dance Floor Anthem” [#2(11t), 55w]
16. 16. Jimmy Eat World "Big Casino" [#2(2), 30w]
19. 17. Avenged Sevenfold “Scream” [#13, 25w]
18. 18. Brand New “You Won’t Know” [#10, 9w]
23. 19. Avenged Sevenfold “Brompton Cocktail” [#19, 22tw]
17. 20. Atreyu “When Two Are One” [#7(2), 35w]
21. 21. Good Charlotte featuring M. Shadows & Synyster Gates "The River" [#1(8), 68w]
20. 22. Brand New “Sowing Season” [#9, 9w]
25. 23. Avenged Sevenfold “Lost” [#23, 25w]
22. 24. Brand New “Millstone” [#8, 9w]
28. 25. Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland "4 Minutes" [#25, 5w]
26. 26. Atreyu "Becoming the Bull" [#1(4), 45w]
24. 27. Avenged Sevenfold “A Little Piece of Heaven” [#21, 23w]
27. 28. Avenged Sevenfold “Gunslinger” [#25(2t), 24tw]
30. 29. Avenged Sevenfold “Dear God” [#23, 25w]
29. 30. Janet Jackson "Rock with U" [#27, 4w]
31. 31. Brand New “Jesus” [#12(2), 9w]
34. 32. Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos "Superstar" [#32, 6w]
32. 33. Against Me! “Stop!” [#32, 7w]
38. 34. Serj Tankian "Sky Is Over" [#34, 4w]
36. 35. Britney Spears "Break the Ice" [#35, 3w]
33. 36. Good Charlotte "Good Morning Revival/Misery" [#4(2), 56w]
35. 37. Good Charlotte “Victims of Love” [#11, 56w]
--- 38. Foo Fighters “Long Road to Ruin” (DEBUT) [Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace]
37. 39. Brand New “Handcuffs” [#37, 8w]
--- 40. Paramore “Crushcrushcrush” (DEBUT) [Riot!]

Falling off:
Against Me! "Thrash Unreal"
Justin Timberlake “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows”

The Contenders:
--- 41. Foo Fighters “The Pretender” [#20(3), 13w]
43. 42. Three Days Grace "Never Too Late" [#28, 6w]
41. 43. Chevelle "I Get It" [#14(2), 10w]
52. 44. Panic at the Disco "Nine in the Afternoon" (44)
39. 45. Justin Timberlake “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows” [#5, 43w]
51. 46. Flyleaf "All Around Me" [#24, 6w]
49. 47. Chevelle “The Fad” (47)
--- 48. Paramore “Misery Business” (48)
40. 49. Against Me! "Thrash Unreal" [#6(2), 24w]
42. 50. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger "Scream" [#34, 2w]
47. 51. My Chemical Romance "Famous Last Words" [#1(9t), 71w]
44. 52. Gnarls Barkley "Run" (44)
--- 53. MGMT “Time to Pretend” (53)
--- 54. Linkin Park “Given Up”
--- 55. Seether “Fake It” (55)

Nick's Notes:
1-10:
A little bit of a shake up in the Top 10, as airplay for "Almost Easy" at the expense of "Afterlife" is annoying enough for me to not want to hear "Almost Easy" for awhile. And since I bought the Shiny Toy Guns record last week, both their songs rise, with "You Are the One" even moving into the Top 3. "Degausser" doesn't rebullet, rather "Summer Love" and "Apologize" fell too much, though I did get a real copy of that record too, this past week. I really wish "Apologize" would cool off nationwide, because not only am I at risk of overexposure, I just don't want them to be remembered only for that one song.

11-20:
Rather than try to familiarize myself with unknown albums this past week, I just wanted comfort music in the car, so Avenged found their way back in again. This past week I also reserved a block of time to watch every video (and play songs w/o videos) on the Alternative Top 50, since there isn't a decent enough show I can listen to once a week and hear all the current songs. So couple with AT40, "Shadow of the Day" moves back up.

Everything else:
My video watching and AT40 listening explains movement for everything that's left with the exception of "Run," for some reason.

Frankly, even with my new, easier format, putting up my personal charts is starting to feel like an obligatory chore. I was late on putting up last week's and wasn't even interested enough in writing about this one to finish the commentary with any specificity. Thanks for reading and we'll see how this pans out...

And nobody remembers "Misery Business" scraping my contender list for a couple weeks at the end of January, but yes, this chart indicates that I've started to come around on Paramore. So much so that I went out of my way to download Riot! last week. (Not that I've listened to it yet.) I always hate, though, how by charting something late, it gives the illusion that I wasn't aware of a song/band previously.

[Pipa]

April 21 - 27/08

tw lw Artist - Title
01 01 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time
02 03 The Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution
03 02 Atreyu - Falling Down
04 05 Metro Station - Shake It
05 04 OneRepublic - Stop and Stare
06 09 Starewell - Broke And Out Of Money
07 06 Bloc Party - Flux
08 13 Def Leppard feat. Tim McGraw - Nine Lives
09 12 Gob - Underground
10 10 Armor For Sleep - Hold The Door
11 08 Paramore - Fences
12 07 Gnarls Barkley - Run
13 17 Sum 41 - With Me
14 15 Silversun Pickups - Little Lover's So Polite
15 19 Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
16 22 Phantom Planet - Do The Panic
17 11 Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost
18 23 We Are Scientists - After Hours
19 25 The Last Goodnight - Stay Beautiful
20 21 Black Tide - Shockwave
21 28 The Mars Volta - Goliath
22 14 Good Charlotte - Victims of Love
23 35 The Fratellis - Mistress Mabel
24 16 Hedley - For The Nights I Can't Remember
25 36 MGMT - Electric Feel
26 20 Colbie Caillat - Realize
27 26 The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be
28 18 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
29 30 Disturbed - Inside The Fire
30 31 Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
31 37 Flobots - Handlebars
32 38 Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife
33 39 The Trews - Paranoid Freak
34 32 Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
35 33 Foo Fighters - Let It Die
36 40 Finger Eleven - Talking To The Walls
37 34 The Black Keys - Strange Times
38 00 Weezer - Pork and Beans
39 00 Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles
40 00 Foxboro Hot Tubs - The Pedestrian

Droppers
00 24 Apocalyptica feat. Corey Taylor - I'm Not Jesus
00 27 The Feeling - I Thought It Was Over
00 29 DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames

[Mega248]

Eth's Top 50
April 26, 2008

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

02 01 01 MGMT "Time to Pretend"(#1, 1 week)[15]
01 02 02 STARS "Take Me to the Riot"(#1, 2 weeks)[17]
04 03 03 GNARLS BARKLEY "Run"(#3)[10]
09 06 04 HOT CHIP "Ready for the Floor"(#4)[11]
10 07 05 ASHES DIVIDE "The Stone"(#5)[9]
12 08 06 LUPE FIASCO f/ MATTHEW SANTOS "Superstar"(#6)[12]
05 05 07 JIMMY EAT WORLD "Always Be"(#5)[18]
03 04 08 SHINY TOY GUNS "Rainy Monday"(#1, 7 weeks)[21]
17 13 09 CUT COPY "Lights and Music"(#9)[6]
13 11 10 VAMPIRE WEEKEND "A-Punk"(#10)[14]
06 09 11 KANYE WEST f/ DWELE "Flashing Lights"(#2)[20]
07 10 12 ONEREPUBLIC "Stop & Stare"(#5)[22]
20 18 13 PANIC AT THE DISCO "Nine in the Afternoon"(#13)[10]
08 12 14 ROGUE WAVE "Lake Michigan"(#9)[16]
27 20 15 R.E.M. "Supernatural Superserious"(#15)[8]
16 15 16 EDITORS "Smoke Outside the Hospital Doors"(#15)[12]
11 14 17 SPOON "Don't You Evah"(#6)[19]
25 22 18 BAND OF HORSES "No One's Gonna Love You"(#18)[7]
18 16 19 SNOOP DOGG "Sensual Seduction"(#16)[11]
29 25 20 ESTELLE f/ KANYE WEST "American Boy"(#20)[6]
23 21 21 BLAQK AUDIO "Cities of Night"(#21)[9]
14 17 22 BAND OF HORSES "Is There A Ghost"(#3)[25]
24 23 23 BRITNEY SPEARS "Break the Ice"(#23)[9]
15 19 24 CSS "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex"(#12)[16]
31 28 25 FERGIE "Finally"(#25)[7]
33 29 26 MADONNA f/ JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "4 Minutes"(#26)[6]
22 24 27 WHITE STRIPES "Conquest"(#22)[11]
35 31 28 FLEET FOXES "English House"(#28)[5]
40 34 29 DODOS "Red and Purple"(#29)[4]
19 26 30 SARA BAREILLES "Love Song"(#11)[17]
37 33 31 JORDIN SPARKS f/ CHRIS BROWN "No Air"(#31)[5]
46 38 32 FLOBOTS "Handlebars"(#32)[3]
21 27 33 JACK JOHNSON "If I Had Eyes"(#14)[20]
38 36 34 SALLY SHAPIRO "I'll Be By Your Side"(#1, 4 weeks)[34]
26 30 35 EDITORS "An End Has A Start"(#1, 2 weeks)[33]
49 43 36 M.I.A. "Paper Planes"(#36)[3]
28 32 37 FOO FIGHTERS "Long Road to Ruin"(#3)[23]
44 41 38 FERRAS "Hollywood's Not America"(#38)[4]
30 35 39 DAVID GUETTA "Love is Gone"(#17)[15]
--- 47 40 RADIOHEAD "House of Cards"(#40)[2]
32 37 41 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE "Strapped For Cash"(#3)[25]
--- 48 42 KANYE WEST f/ CHRIS MARTIN "Homecoming"(#42)[2]
34 39 43 SEAN KINGSTON "Take You There"(#28)[15]
--- 49 44 COLBIE CALLAIT "Realize"(#44)[2]
36 40 45 BRAVERY "Believe"(#9)[31]
39 42 46 FEIST "My Moon My Man"(#16)[22]
--- --- 47 KOOKS "Always Where I Need to be"(#47)[1]
43 43 48 RIHANNA "Don't Stop the Music"(#43)[11]
--- --- 49 LEONA LEWIS "Bleeding Love"(#49)[1]
--- --- 50 WEEZER "Pork and Beans"(#50)[1]


DROPPERS:

41 44 --- CASCADA "What Hurts the Most"(#31)[12]
42 46 --- MATT WHITE "Best Days"(#12)[23]
45 50 --- HARD-FI "Suburban Knights"(#1, 6 weeks)[36]

[sparta]

21/27

TW / LW
01 01 Flobots "Handlebars" (4 weeks)
02 02 Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Possess Your Heart"
03 05 Linkin Park "Given Up"
04 06 Avenged Sevenfold "Afterlife"
05 04 OneRepublic "Stop and Stare"
06 07 Yael Naim "New Soul"
07 08 Lupe Fiasco "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
08 09 KanYe West ft. Chris Martin "Homecoming"
09 10 Natasha Bedingfield "Pocketful Of Sunshine"
10 03 Panic At The Disco "Nine In The Afternoon"
11 12 Ryan Cabrera "Say"
12 14 Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love"
13 DB Nine Inch Nails "Discipline"
14 DB Weezer "Pork and Beans"
15 DB Jimmy Eat World "Let it Happen"