The CHART!
Last week it was Jessie Baylin and this week Madi Diaz tops our chart after playing a packed-out in-store on the day her new album is released! Nada Surf, First Aid Kit and Craig Finn also all debut in the top 10, shaking things up a bit. Here's the chart:
 
GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 1/23 - 1/29, 2012

1. Madi Diaz - Plastic Moon 
2. The Black Keys - El Camino 
3. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow 
4. Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astrology 
5. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 
6. Jessie Baylin - Little Spark 
7. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
8. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
9. Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes
10. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming 
11. Various - Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan
12. Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again 
13. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory 
14. Skrillex - Bangarang 
15. John K. Samson - Provincial 
16. The Big Pink - Future This 
17. Wilco - The Whole Love 
18. The Black Keys - Brothers 
19. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52 
20. Chairlift - Something 
21. Lamb Of God - Resolution 
22. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire 
23. Cass McCombs - Humor Risk 
24. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints 
25. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest 
26. The Head & The Heart - The Head & The Heart
27. Various - This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark
28. Foxy Shazam - The Church Of Rock and Roll
29. Karen Dalton - 1966
30. Feist - Metals
31. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
32. Beirut - The Rip Tide
33. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
34. Adele - 21
35. Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What
36. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
37. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
38. Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
39. Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues
40. The Black Keys - Chulahoma
41. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
42. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
43. LCD Soundsystem - London Sessions
44. Graffiti6 - Colours
45. John Prine - The Singing Mailman Delivers
46. Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
47. Washed Out - Within & Without
48. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
49. The Decemberists - Long Live The King
50. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid  
 
Vinyl Top 25:
 
1. The Black Keys - El Camino
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
4. JEFF The Brotherhood - Brotherhood Of Light
5. Mazzy Star - Common Burn 7"
6. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
7. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes
9. Jessie Baylin - Little Spark
10. Guided By Voices - Chocolate Boy 7"
11. Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astrology
12. The Big Pink - Future This
13. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
14. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
15. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
16. Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
17. The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real
18. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
19. Antlers - Hospice
20. Atomic Forest - Obession
21. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
22. Yuck - Yuck
23. Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues
24. Radiohead - Kid A
25. Natural Child - 1971
 
Futures:
Dr. Dog - Be The Void
Lambchop - Mr. M
The Shins - Port Of Morrow
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Lee Fields - Faithful Man
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Dr. John - Locked Down (produced by Dan Auerbach)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
AIR - Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip To The Moon)
Craig Finn (The Hold Steady) - Clear Heart Full Eyes
Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting
Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Magnetic Fields - Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
Howlin' Rain - The Russian Wilds
Little Barrie - King Of The Waves 
Rush - Clockwork Angels
 
In-store Play:
Jessie Baylin - Little Spark  
Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astrology 
The Black Keys - El Camino 
Guided By Voices (classic line-up) - Let's Go Eat The Factory
Alex Chilton - Free Again: The 1970 Sessions   
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar  
Craig Finn - Clear Heart Full Eyes 
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures 
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Time!
The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions        
Tom Waits - Bad As Me   
The Bees [Band of Bees] - Every Step's A Yes 
Wilco - The Whole Love  
Deer Tick - Divine Providence 
Real Estate - Days  
Atlas Sound - Parallax 
The Features - The Wilderness
St Vincent - Strange Mercy   
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams   
Wild Flag - Wild Flag  
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest      
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra 


*** See Grimey's best-selling titles of 2011 here

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