Album Sweep: October 18, 2014 - Part Two...

Part two of this week's "album sweep" is up, sampling the records making their way on to the official Top 200 Albums sales chart in Billboard magazine. As before, I've included highlighted links to buy any of the new stuff, as well as some of the artists' other big work, and you can check out part one by clicking here...

Rapper SPM (for "South Park Mexican") arrives at #61 with his eleventh album Son Of Norma. He currently is in jail for sexual assualt on a minor, so sorry, I'm not gonna promote that kind of shit. Bye, Felicia.

Just in time for Halloween season, British doom metal band Electric Wizard comes in at #64 with their eighth full-length album Time To Die. It's their first to make the big chart..

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Progressive rock "supergroup" Flying Colors, including members of Alpha Rev, Dream Theater, and the Dixie Dregs, put their second project Second Nature on the chart at #74. Their first self-titled set went to #81 in 2012...

It's just turning Columbus Day, and we got a Christmas album making the chart as Christian pop singer Michael W. Smith drops in at #80 with Michael W. Smith and Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas. It's his fourth holiday album; in 2007 his It's A Wonderful Christmas topped out at #59. This new one features a bunch of collaborations with country artists like Lady Antebellum and Carrie Underwood, and a cameo from Bono...

Another "supergroup", Trigger Hippy, features singer Joan Osborne, country guitarist Tom Bukovac, and members of the Black Crowes, shoots in at #85 with their self-titled debut...

Canadian rock and pop star Bryan Adams returns at #89 with his eleventh studio effort Tracks Of My Years. This set went to #1 in Canada; he topped the American chart in 1985 with his classic Reckless...

Post-hardcore band Finch have reformed and fly in at #103 with their third album Back To Oblivion. Their last, Say Hello To Sunshine, climbed to #24 in 2005...

The 3 Winans Brothers (Bebe, Carvin, and Marvin) ascend to #104 with Foreign Land.

The soundtrack to the most talked about movie of the week (and biggest), Gone Girl, sees itself come in at #111. It features music from Nine Inch Nails' Trent Rezner and Atticus Ross...

Trad-pop singer/songwriter Kat Edmonson enters at #116 with her third effort The Big Picture. It's her highest rank to date...

Colorado Springs-based Christian worship collective the Desperation Band climb in at #154 with Banner: Live From Desperation Conference. It's their third set to make the chart and highest yet...

Norwegian composer Thomas Bergersen's second non-soundtrack album Sun lands at #157. He's mostly known for his movie score work under the moniker Two Steps From Hell...

90s hair-metal hitmakers Mr. Big return at #158 with ...The Stories We Could Tell. Back in 1991 their Lean Into It went to #15...

Traditional country troubadour Marty Stuart is back at #162 with Saturday Night/Sunday Morning with his "Fabulous Superlatives". Back in 1992 his This One's Gonna Hurt You made it to #77...

Jazz trumpeter and label mogul Herb Alpert moves in at #172 with In The Mood. In the 60s he topped the albums chart five times, the latest with The Beat Of The Brass in 1968...

The final new entry on the chart at #197 is the first appearance on the Top 200 for country-rock icon David Allan Coe's 1985 compilation 17 Greatest Hits. Back in 2006 his Rebel Meets Rebel with metal band Pantera went to #38...

That's it for the second half of the new bunch...out of these the five I'd go for first are the Kat Edmonson, Bryan Adams, David Allan Coe, Michael W. Smith, and Trigger Hippy albums...