Album Sweep: February 7, 2015 - Part Two...

Part two of this week's "album sweep" is up, sampling the records making their debut on Billboard magazines (now sadly truncated) Top Album Sales chart. You can check out part one by clicking here, and as before I've included links to buy any of the new sets when possible.

Christian 'worship' outfit the Vertical Church Band ascends to #21 with Church Songs. It's the first to make the big chart for the Chicago-based group...

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London-based trance act Above & Beyond score their highest rank to date with their fourth studio album We Are All We Need which enters at #22...

Americana singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham arrives at #29 with his fifth album Fear and Saturday Night. It's his third in the top-40; in 2010 he made it to #19 with Junky Star...

Dutch electro-house DJ/producer Hardwell dances in at #50 with United We Are, his first studio album...

Jason Nelson comes in at #57 with Jesus Revealed. It's his most successful set to date...

English electronic hardcore rock band Enter Shikari nab their highest peak by a notch at #66 with their fourth release The Mindsweep...

The Starbucks coffeehouse exclusive Opus Collection from Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen enters at #69. In 2012 he topped out at #3 in America with Old Ideas...

Another alternative marketer exclusive, the Crackel Barrel restaurant/souvenir store chain, sees trad-country king Ralph Stanley land at #92 with Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man Of Constant Sorrow. With collaborations with Robert Plant, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Del McCoury, and more, it's also available on Amazon MP3..(there's no audio clip available)...

Los Angeles alt-rock musician (Garrett) Borns lands his Candy EP as the final debut at #100...

That's all for the second half of the new crop.. Out of these nine the three to look out for first are the Above and Beyond, Ryan Bingham, and Borns sets...