Album Sweep: October 13, 2012 - Part Two...

Hey gang, it's time for the second half of this week's "album sweep" of the latest records making their way on to the Top 200 albums chart in Billboard magazine.You can check out part one by clicking here, and like before I added links to buy any of the albums available on Amazon mp3.

At #105 is the Christian folk duo All Sons & Daughters, with their third EP The Longing...

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Neo-soul songstress Angie Stone had two top-20 albums in the 2000s, and now her sixth studio set comes in at #109, titled Rich Girl...

Singer/songwriter Tyler Ward is a YouTube sensation, and I'm happy to be one of his just under a million subscribers, and his first EP of original material, Hello, Love, Heartbreak, enters at #113, though oddly, there isn't a promo video for any of the songs yet...

Northern Irish married duo Keith & Kristyn Getty arrive at #121 with Hymns For The Christian Life...

New Yorkers the Dum Dum Girls see their EP End Of Daze enter the chart at #126...

The first solo album from Iron Maiden bassist/songwrtier Steve Harris, British Lion, comes on at #138. He's written the majority of the Maiden's songs throughout the years...

At #140 is the iTunes exclusive by the hot boyband of the moment One Direction with iTunes Festival: London 2012, which has six songs from the boys including their two big hits live...

Legendary crooner Andy Williams passed away September 25th, and one of his numerous compilations, 16 Most Requested Songs: Encore, comes on the chart at #152. His Days Of Wine & Roses & other TV Requests album topped the album chart way back in 1963. It has five of his top-10 pop hits, including his last, 1971's "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)"...

Scottish indie-rock band Frightened Rabbits hop in at #163 with their EP State Hospital...

Rapper Murs made some noise earlier this year with the down-low track "Animal Style", and now he's back at #164 with fellow rapper Fashawn with This Generation...

Veteran L.A. metalheads Dokken have been charting for 30 years now, and their album Back For The Attack made the top-20 back in 1987. Their latest album Broken Bones, their 11th studio set, debuts at #173...

Punk group Handguns enter at #180 with their first album, Angst...

Not that many "tribute" albums make the chart, so its notable that the Deep Purple homage Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machinehead which focuses on just one album, the group's 1972 effort that has their classic "Smoke On The Water" (which is here twice) covered by the likes of Santana, Iron Maiden, and Metallica...

Rapper Propaganda arrives at #184 with his first, Excellent...

Trinidadian singer Heather Headley has one both a Tony for her role in Aida on Broadway, and a Grammy for her gospel effort Audience Of One in 2010. Her latest album, Only One In The World, pops in at #187...

The final album coming in at #196 is another gospel effort, this time from the Shekinah Glory Ministry, with Surrender...

Well that wraps up the second half....out of these set the three I'd pick first would be the Heather Headley, Frightened Rabbit, and Angie Stone sets...What do you think?

Stay tuned, later tonight I'll bring you the "robbed hit" of the week. Cheers!