I'm back from a brief hiatus just to say that I read in this morning's USA Today that the #1 album in America is none other than We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank by the one and only Modest Mouse. All the apologies from all my friends who were making fun of me back in 2000/01 when I was raving about this band that they "cleverly" called "Mighty Mouse" can come any time now, preferably in the comments. Congratulations to Isaac and the band. You definitely earned it.
Hey, remember when Modest Mouse was just that little angry band on college radio? Well, now they're that big angry band perched atop the Billboard 200.
This past week, Isaac Brock's outfit moved a not-so-modest
129,000 units of its fifth full-length proper, We Were Dead Before the Ship
Even Sank, according to Billboard.com-- enough to best Joss Stone and some
"American Idol" pan-flasher for the chart crown. This debut trumps that of 2004
LP Good News for People Who Love Bad News as well, which opened at 19 with
paltry sales of 68,000.
Modest Mouse's no. 1 of course dashes James Murphy's hopes of copping the top
spot. LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver narrowly missed the Top 40 in its first
week, landing at a respectable 46. That's still cause to crack open the bubbly,
as it marks LCD's first Billboard 200 appearance.
The much-discussed decline in album sales-- and, perhaps, a slight de-homogenization of listeners' tastes-- has worked wonders for indie-label-signed and indie-sounding bands hoping for chart placement: both the Shins (Sub Pop) and Arcade Fire (Merge) scored impressive number two first-week debuts. Your next mission, indie-ites? Help the next Wolf Eyes LP go platinum.
I didn't realize you liked "Top 40" music.
(Don't comment if you can't cross the sarchasm)
Posted by: LegFuJohnson | March 29, 2007 at 08:53 AM
F Bucknell.
Posted by: Bill | March 29, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Here I Come To Save the Day!
Nickelodeon is currently working on a CGI Mighty Mouse feature film, Barry E. Jackson providing conceptual art, and screenwriting by Maurice Chauvet and Christopher Vail. The film will be released in 2007. A CGI TV series will follow the film. A Mighty Mouse history book is in the works and will be released to tie-in with the movie.
Posted by: Mighty Mouse | March 29, 2007 at 01:16 PM
you failed to mention that Elliott Yamin (yes he is a jew) is the # 3 album
Posted by: Switsky | March 30, 2007 at 10:02 AM