Last.fm Charts 2010: Week 6

[Alxlyns]

Hi, and welcome to the 6th thread of the 2010 edition of the Last.fm Weekly Charts series. Right now the group unique chart hasn't been updated yet, but everything else is working. I'll add the unique artists to this post when they become available.

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Weekly Top Artists

1. The Beatles (9)
2. R.E.M. (8)
2. Radiohead (8)
4. The Rolling Stones (7)
4. David Bowie (7)
6. Built to Spill (6)
6. Pink Floyd (6)
8. Neil Young (5)
8. Spoon (5)
8. Led Zeppelin (5)
8. Johnny Cash (5)
8. Tom Waits (5)
8. Vampire Weekend (5)

Weekly Unique Artists

Ann-Margret cnet.com Cougar Lucero Ozomatli Robert Randolph & The Family Band Rodrigo y Gabriela Soul Coughing The Oranges Band Vandaveer

Don't know why they're only giving us 10 unique artists again now... I liked it when they were doing 50!

[Zeeba Neighba]

Unique Artists: 61
Total Tracks: 493
Total Plays: 504

1 Georg Philipp Telemann 53
2 The Velvet Underground 37
3 Bix Beiderbecke 29
4 Benny Goodman 27
5 Dusty Springfield 25
6 Antonio Vivaldi 21
6 Miles Davis 21
8 Jerry Butler 16
9 Tom Waits 15
9 Dexy's Midnight Runners 15
11 Richard Thompson 14
11 Elvis Costello 14

[Alxlyns]

Unique Artists: 174
Total Tracks: 514
Total Plays: 682

1. Louis Couperin (59)
Picked up a bunch of new classical stuff this week, mostly Renaissance and Baroque periods. First is a disc of Harpsichord Suites by Louis Couperin on Naxos, played by Laurence Cummings. Really beautiful sound, played on a period-style instrument.
2. Alexander Scriabin (47)
Then there's this disc of piano music by Scriabin on Harmonia Mundi, played by Robert Taub. The disc includes Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 6 & 9 and a couple sets of Preludes. Very cool stuff. The first piano sonata is very clearly written in a late Romantic style, but after that things get a lot more interesting.
3. Matthias Weckmann (39)
Another Naxos CD here. Organ Works Volume 2 by a composer I knew nothing about, but decided to pick up on a whim. It's from the Baroque period. I don't find as interesting as Bach's organ music, and the sound of the instrument it's recorded on didn't really strike me like some organs do, but it's pretty nice.
4. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (22)
From the Naxos recording of Missa Papae Marcelli, which was discussed a bit in the Renaissance music thread. Sung by the Oxford Camerata, also including the far less popular Missa Aeterna Christi munera. It's my second disc of Palestrina's music, and while I prefer the my other one, by the Westminster Cathedral Choir, this one is very good as well. On an only slightly related note, yesterday I went to see The Rose Ensemble (a local vocal group that mostly does early music) and Voces8 (a young British group that does all kinds of music, including pop and jazz) perform a concert of Italian Renaissance music, including parts of the Missa Papae Marcelli, and it was great!
5. John Cage (20)
5. David Del Tredici (20)
7. Antonio Vivaldi (19)
8. Georg Philipp Telemann (17)
9. Bogdan Raczynski (16)
10. Johannes Ockeghem (15)
One more Naxos CD here — the Oxford Camerata (the same group from the Palestrina disc mentioned above) doing a program of Ockeghem's Missa L'homme armé and a few motets, a couple of chant pieces, and a Josquin motet.
10. The Gentle People (15)

[Zeeba Neighba]

Oh alright - if everyone else is doing this Formatting thing:

Unique Artists: 61
Total Tracks: 493
Total Plays: 504

1. Georg Philipp Telemann (53)
2. The Velvet Underground (37)
3. Bix Beiderbecke (29)
4. Benny Goodman (27)
5. Dusty Springfield (25)
6. Antonio Vivaldi (21)
6. Miles Davis (21)
8. Jerry Butler (16)
9. Tom Waits (15)
9. Dexy's Midnight Runners (15)
11. Richard Thompson (14)
11. Elvis Costello (14)

[JazzyRandy]

Unique Artists: 51
Total Tracks: 291
Total Plays: 341

1. Joshua Redman (33)
2. San Francisco Jazz Collective (27)
3. Jackie McLean (18)
4. John Ellis (15)
5. Duke Ellington (14)
5. David Binney (14)
7. Mary J Blige (13)
8. James Carter (12)
8. George Benson (12)
8. Ozomatli (12)
8. Cannonball Adderley (12)
12. Charlie Hunter (11)
12. Maktub (11)
14. Freddie Hubbard (10)
14. New Jazz Composers Octet (10)
14. Brother Ali (10)

[michaelben]

Picked up an Ann-Margret ablum on Ojai Sam's recommendation. It was worth it for the song "Thirteen Men." Petty Booka is a ukulele-playing girl duet from Japan. CRAZY. The Barry Sisters and Bessie Smith are in my top 10 overall artist list (currently #1 and #7 respectively) as well as my top listens this week.

Ann-Margret Bessie Smith Betty Hutton Dean Martin Frances Faye Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys Petty Booka Pinkspots und der Hutklub Ruth Wallis Tennessee Ernie Ford The Barry Sisters

[mattafett]

Unique Artists: 28
Total Tracks: 115
Total Plays: 118

1. Kittie (15)
2. Powerman 5000 (13)
3. Elton John (12)
4. Mastodon (11)
4. The Black Crowes (11)
6. Led Zeppelin (8)
6. Meshuggah (8)
8. Little Big Town (6)
9. Megadeth (5)
9. Black Sabbath (5)

[captwhiffle]

Unique Artists: 26
Total Tracks: 74
Total Plays: 78

1. Billy Bragg (11)
2. David Byrne / Brian Eno (10)
3. Weezer (9)
4. Björk (8)
4. Silversun Pickups (8)
6. Tim Buckley (7)
7. Revolting Cocks (3)
7. Jacqueline Du Pré, Janet Baker; John Barbirolli: London Symphony Orchestra (3)
9. jj (2)
10. Small Black (1)
10. David Byrne & Brian Eno (1)
10. The Magnetic Fields (1)
10. Past Lives (1)
10. Tunng (1)
10. Lali Puna (1)
10. David Byrne & Fatboy Slim (Feat. Santigold) (1)
10. The Very Best (Feat Ezra Koenig) (1)
10. of Montreal (1)
10. Frog Eyes (1)
10. TL (1)
10. Hauschka (1)
10. Meat Puppets (1)
10. MF DOOM (1)
10. Serena-Maneesh (1)
10. Los Campesinos (1)
10. I Blame Coco (1)

Wait a minute - those are last week's artists. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Never mind. I got it. It looks like I need to visit my weekly charts on last.fm before using the formatting engine. I'm sure someone explained that somewhere.

[EvilGnome6]

Unique Artists: 66
Total Tracks: 577
Total Plays: 1709

1. The Who (84)
2. Styx (63)
3. Tool (60)
3. Iona (60)
5. Pescado Rabioso (50)
5. Steve Howe (50)
5. The Church (50)
8. Johnny Cash (48)
8. Small Faces (48)
10. Coheed and Cambria (45)
10. Contraction (45)

[gentes]

Unique Artists: 131
Total Tracks: 637
Total Plays: 670

1. Hüsker Dü (24)
1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre (24)
3. The Magnetic Fields (22)
4. Pavement (20)
5. Los Campesinos! (19)
6. Motörhead (16)
7. Chisel (15)
7. Guided by Voices (15)
9. Smashing Pumpkins (14)
9. Johnny Cash (14)
9. The Cars (14)

[Ojai Sam]

Unique Artists: 280
Total Tracks: 812
Total Plays: 829

1. Buddy Holly (36)
2. June Carter (32)
3. Les Compagnons de la Chanson (27)
4. Waylon Jennings (26)
4. Bob Dylan (26)
6. Wynn Stewart (24)
7. Lalo Schifrin (23)
7. Ella Fitzgerald (23)
9. Alma Cogan (22)
10. Rosanne Cash (20)

This formatting tool is pretty clever. Plus it will save me from making a trip to the opthalmologist this year. "Yeah, doc. The last line I can read is "Alma Cogan".

[Zeeba Neighba]

Unique Artists: 280
Total Tracks: 812
Total Plays: 829

7. Lalo Schifrin (23)

This formatting tool is pretty clever. Plus it will save me from making a trip to the opthalmologist this year. "Yeah, doc. The last line I can read is "Alma Cogan".

Lalo Schifrin 23 times - how many times CAN you listen to the Mission:Impossible theme?

Kidding. Aside from good ole Lalo, I listened to many similar artists this week.

[Ojai Sam]

Unique Artists: 280
Total Tracks: 812
Total Plays: 829

7. Lalo Schifrin (23)

This formatting tool is pretty clever. Plus it will save me from making a trip to the opthalmologist this year. "Yeah, doc. The last line I can read is "Alma Cogan".

Lalo Schifrin 23 times - how many times CAN you listen to the Mission:Impossible theme?

Kidding. Aside from good ole Lalo, I listened to many similar artists this week.

I offer just two words, my friend: "Dirty Harry". I just ran across these soundtracks and they are rapidly rising near the top of my soundtrack pantheon, where rests comfortably John Barry's James Bond collection.