MetalSucks

Kid Rock maintained strong sales this week, despite dropping one slot to #2. Jimmy Eat World and Santana (albeit a Greatest Hits) had Top 10 debuts, while the first two parts of Thrice’s ambitious Alchemy Index suite had a solid debut as well. In other notables, Finger Eleven managed to move up the chart again after it finally seemed to be losing steam, and Hinder jumped 64 spots to #102, giving us ojita.

Chart positions and sales numbers after the jump.

#2: Kid Rock – Rock N’ Roll Jesus
This Week: 77,004
Cume: 249,816

Kid Rock is going to sell units. No surprise here. The stupidity of middle America continues to astound me.

#5: Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
This Week: 62,267 (debut)

I actually really liked this band’s Bleed American album. Haven’t paid much attention since, though.

#8: Santana – Ultimate Santana
This Week: 56,475 (debut)

Santana’s kinda metal, right?

#18: Nickelback – All the Right Reasons
This Week: 32,846
Cume: 6,096,430

#22: Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
This Week: 29,669
Cume: 293,918

This record is doing well. Sure, it’s dropped a few spots each week, but the fact that it’s still #22 after 4 weeks is impressive after watching acts like Atreyu sink faster than a lead anchor after decent debuts.

#24: Thrice – The Alchemy Index, Vol. I & II
This Week: 27,811 (debut)

A good debut. Probably the biggest that Vagrant has had all year this side of Dashboard Confessional.

#35: Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight
This Week: 20,219
Cume: 1,800,465

#37: Alter Bridge – Blackbird
This Week: 18,641
Cume: 65,660

#61: Eddie Vedder – Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild
This Week: 12,884
Cume: 95,337

Yup, that’s right, Eddie Fuckin’ Vedder wrote a soundtrack. And it’s doing well. I’m stumped too.

#2: Puddle of Mudd – Famous
This Week: 12,726
Cume: 44,002

Famous for what, sucking Fred Durst’s cock to get a record deal?

#68: Metalocalypse: Dethklok – Dethalbum
This Week: 11936
Cume: 70231

#82: Finger Eleven – Them Vs. You Vs. Me
This Week: 9,677
Cume: 248,292

Jumped up AGAIN, this time 13 spots! This record has got to be the biggest surprise of the year. The Buckcherry of ‘07 for sure.

#94: Three Days Grace – One-X
This Week: 8,226
Cume: 931,396

Top 200…

• 102: Hinder – Extreme Behavior (Cume: 2,572,023 — with a bullet — rose 64 spots)
• 113: Flyleaf – Flyleaf (Cume: 757,421)
• 119: Korn – Untitled (Cume: 294,266)
• 122: White Stripes – Icky Thump (Cume: 622,127)
• 130: Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor (Cume: 106,948)
• 134: Hellyeah – Hellyeah (Cume: 209,156)
• 145: Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times (Cume: 62,782)
• 148: Down – Down III: Over the Under (Cume: 52,013)
• 151: Buckcherry – 15 (Cume: 857,782)
• 174: Breaking Benjamin – Phobia (Cume: 764,606)
• 190: Nightwish – Dark Passion Play (Cume: 20,320)
• 197: Sixx:A.M. – The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (Cume: 46,149)

-VN