Album Sweep: November 17, 2012 - Part Two...

Hey gang, it's time for the second part of this week's "album sweep" where I sample the new records making their way on to the weekly Top 200 Albums sales chart in Billboard magazine. You can check out the first part by clicking here, and I've also included links to all the albums available on Amazon's mp3 store.

Debuting at #79 with Silverthorn is power-metal band Kamelot, with their third concept album....

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The QVC-exclusive bundle pack containing American Idol winner Scotty McCreery's debut and Christmas albums, Clear As Day/Christmas With Scotty McCreery, comes in at #93...

The British dark-metal group Cradle Of Filth slink in at #96 with their tenth studio album, The Manticore and Other Horrors.  They took Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder to #48 four years ago..

Seminal alt-hardrock group Thrice are at #104 with Anthology, which isn't a greatest hits set but a double live album....

The soundtrack to last week's top movie, Wreck-It Ralph, enters at #106. It has songs by Kool & The Gang, Owl City, and Buckner & Garcia, as well as the score from Henry Jackman...

Children's music singer Laurie Berkner debuts at #125 with A Laurie Berkner Christmas....

Dark-electronica group Blood On the Dance Floor jump in at #140 with their EP The Anthem Of The Outcast...

Since this is the weird inter-holiday time, there are both Halloween and Christmas sets on this week's chart. Halloween FX Productions' Halloween Haunted House: 250 Tracks Of Terrifying Horror & Spooky Scary Sounds creeps in at #151. (it's just a generic special effects CD)...

..While British mezzo-soprano singer Katherine Jenkins' This Is Christmas comes in at #156.

 Legendary rockers the Who are at #161 with their Starbucks-exclusive Opus Collection. It has 15 of their greatest classic hits from the 60s and 70s...

Gospel singer Renee Spearman sets down at #175 with her fourth album, Whoa to WOW! featuring D.J. Rogers...

The various artists set A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy To The World, the eighth album of the holiday series that benefit the Special Olympics, comes in at #177. It features performances from Train, Christina Aguilera, Rascal Flatts, Dave Matthews and more...

 Another Christmas set, Holidays Rule, sleighs in at #178. This is a more alt-rock collection, with fun, Rufus Wainwright, Paul McCartney, and the Civil Wars among others...

The final entry on this weeks' top-200 chart is by The Voice finalist Chris Mann, with his first post-TV album, Roads...

That does it for the second half of the "sweep". Out of these 14 the three I would recommend most are the Holidays Rule, Chris Mann, and Blood On the Dance Floor sets.

I'll be back later with this weeks "robbed hit". Cheers!