Album Sweep: September 1, 2012 - Part Two...

Hey folks, time to roll out the second half of this week's "album sweep" where I sample the new records debuting on this week's Top 200 Albums chart in Billboard magazine. You can check out part one here.

Encino Valley boys the Faceless rock in the form of "technical death metal", which combines the intricate structures of progressive rock with the brain-shattering severity of deathcore metal. THeir third studio set Autotheism debuts at #50 this week...

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The late, great Etta James gets her second best chart ranking surprisingly now at #54 with Enduring Soul, a collection that features 16 greats including four of her pop top-40 hits as well as the classic "At Last"...

Veteran guitarist Steve Vai started out under the wing of the late Frank Zappa, and now his first studio album in seven years, The Story Of Light, comes in at #78...

Fellow Californians Incubus topped the albums chart back in 2006 with Light Grenades, and their new concert set Live HQ enters the chart at #100. In it are nine of their 14 top-10 Modern Rock hits...

Southern Gospel act the Booth Brothers elevate to #122 with A Tribute To The Songs Of Bill & Gloria Gaither...

The 2005 hits collection All Over The World: The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra makes the Top 200 albums list for the first time because of a sale online, and it's in at #128, and it's so worth having. It includes 20 of their classic songs, six of which made the top-10 on the US pop chart...

Christian post-grunge rockers The Classic Crime have their third charting album at #130 with the Kickstarter-funded Phoenix...

Wrestler Chris Jericho's metal band Fozzy get on the chart for the first time with Sin And Bones at #143...

The closing ceremonies of the London Olympics were again massacred by the idiots at NBC, but the show's soundtrack including tracks from Madness, Kate Bush, the Pet Shop Boys, and the Spice Girls enter the US chart at #148...

The Starbucks exclusive Opus Collection Rockaway Beach features some of the best of the punk-rock legends, including "I Wanna Be Sedated", "Blitzkreig Bop", and "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"

Lastly at #193 is Youngblood Hawke, with their self-titled EP, the band includes members of the American alt-rock band Iglu & Hartly..

That wraps it up for this half, and I would recommend the Olympics collection, Youngblood Hawke, and Incubus CDs, as well as the ELO and Etta James hits collections.

Check back later on for this week's "Robbed Hit". Thanks!