Album Sweep: September 13, 2014 - Part Two...

It's time for the second half of this week's "album sweep", sampling the records making their debut on Billboard magazine's official Top 200 Albums sales chart. You can check out the first half by clicking here, and as before I've included highlighted links to buy any of the sets when available as well as some of the artists' other major work.

Lo-hi rock singer/songwriter Ty Segall scores his first hit on the "big" chart with his seventh studio album Manipulator....

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Amy Lee, the former lead singer of the goth-rock band Evanescence, returns at #47 with War Story: Aftermath - Music From and Inspired By the Film with cellist and composer Dave Eggars. It's the soundtrack to a movie featuring Catherine Keener and Ben Kingsley...

As Ed Sheeran's former #1 album x drops out of the top-10 this week, an EP based around his current single "Don't" enters the chart at #54. Besides a Rick Ross mix of the hit, the four-song set includes a live cut and two unreleased tracks...

Alternative rock pioneer J Mascis, from the band Dinosaur Jr. is back at #68 with his second official solo album Tied To A Star. It's his first to make the top half of the chart. (You can check out the Funny or Die-sponsored official video by clicking here)...

New Jersey modern rocker Frank Iero, formerly of the band My Chemical Romance, released his first album under the moniker Frnkiero & The Cellabration, and Stomachaches comes in at #91...

Metalcore act Famous Last Words place at #96 with Council Of The Dead, their second full-length effort and best showing as yet...

Christian pop powerhouses Newsboys finally make the top 200 at #124 with their 2012  Live In Concert: God's Not Dead. It's the companion concert album to their set which went to #45 and this week is at #107...

Jeff LaBar, who was the guitarist of the Philly glam metal band Cinderella, debuts at #130 with his One For The Road EP...

"Country rap" "artist" Lenny Cooper gets his second chart hit and best showing with The Grind at #142...


L.A.-based producer DJ Mustard sees his first official full-length album, 10 Summers, come in at #143. His first big break was producing rapper Tyga's top-10 pop hit "Rack City"...

Veteran British house music duo Baesment Jaxx are back after five years with Junto at #168. It's their fourth album to make the American chart; in 2001 Rooty went to #149...

Another act in the dance music field, Dutch trance trio Dash Berlin, enter at #181 with We Are: Part 1.

Indie-dance/rock band the Griswolds, from Sydney Australia, make their way in at #197 with Be Impressive....

The final new entry of the week at #198 is a live album from the late Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden. The set was originally released in 2002. His classic Live At San Quentin topped the albums chart in 1969, the year the MSG record was recorded....

That's it for the second half of the "new" bunch...out of these 14 the three I would go for first are the Griswolds, Basement Jaxx, and J. Mascis albums....