Album Sweep: November 22, 2014 - Part Two...


Part two of this week's "album sweep" is up, sampling the record making their debut on Billboard magazine's official Top 200 Albums sales chart this week. You can check out part one by clicking here, and as before I've included highlighted links to buy any of the new sets when possible, as well as some of the artists' other major work. Support the talent!

Synthpop group PVRIS debut at #88 with their first release White Noise...


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Jesus Culture member Kim Walker-Smith comes in at #95 with When Christmas Comes...


Another holiday set, the television show tie-in Christmas With Nashville, enters at #105. It features performances from members of the cast of the musical drama Nashville...


The Rolling Stones arrive at #120 with the archival release From The Vault: Hampton Coliseum (Live In 1981). The set was originally offered exclusively through Google music in 2012, but now sees a wide release. This tour also produced the #5 album Still Life in 1982...


Ohio folk band Over The Rhine land at #124 with the winter/Christmas themed Blood Oranges In The Snow. In 2011 they went to #63 with The Long Surrender...


The Nashville Tribute Band ascends to #138 with Redeemer: A Nashville Tribute To Jesus Christ...


Rap trio the LOX are back at #148 with the EP The Trinity: 2nd Sermon. The first The Trinity set went to #141 last year...


Seattle-based Christian alt-rock band The Classic Crime move in at #153 with their acoustic album What Was Done: Volume 1: A Decade Revisited. In 2010 they made it to #105 with Vagabonds...


Folk-rock singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco swims in at #155 with her eighteenth album Allergic To Water. In 1998 she had her highest-charting album with Little Plastic Castle...


Perennial Christmas faves Mannheim Steamroller are in at #157 with 30/40. It's mostly a compilation of prior work. Their Christmas In The Aire album from 1995 has sold over four million records and peaked at #3...


Country newcomers Maddie & Tae see their self-titled EP come in at #164. It includes the top-10 country hit "Girl In A Country Song"...


Trinidadian-American rapper Theophilus London enters at #167 with his second full-length effort Vibes. Kanye West executive-produced the set...


Phoenix-based death metal band Cavalera Conspiracy land at #178 with their third release Pandemonium. Their debut, Inflickted, climbed to #72 in 2008...


The final debut of the week at #200 is alt-rock band Deerhoof with La Isla Bonita, their twelfth album. In 2008 their went to #150 with Offend Maggie...


That's all for the second half of the bunch...out of these fourteen the four to check out first are the PVRIS, Over The Rhine, Ani DiFranco, and Theophilus London records...


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