Charts - August 16

U.S. (from Billboard)

Alternative Songs

1) Cage The Elephant - In One Ear
2) Dirty Heads feat. Rome - Lay Me Down
3) Linkin Park - The Catalyst
4) Neon Trees - Animal
5) Phoenix - Lisztomania
6) Rise Against - Savior
7) Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
8) 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
9) Shinedown - The Crow And The Butterfly
10) Phoenix - 1901


Alternative Albums

1) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2) Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
3) Buckcherry - All Night Long
4) Jack Johnson - To The Sea
5) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
6) Black Keys - Brothers
7) Soundtrack - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
8) Korn - Remember Who You Are
9) Secondhand Serenade - Hear Me Now
10) Nickelback - Dark Horse


U.K. (from BBC)

Indie Songs

1) Example - Kickstarts
2) DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
3) Xx - Islands
4) Fake Blood - I Think I Like It
5) Basshunter - Saturday
6) Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
7) Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco
8) Radical Face - Welcome Home Son
9) Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
10) Vampire Weekend - White Sky


Indie Albums

1) Xx - Xx
2) Vampire Weekend - Contra
3) Skream - Outside The Box
4) Example - Won't Go Quietly
5) Jedward - Planet Jedward
6) Chicane - Giants
7) Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N'cheek
8) Katie Melua - The House
9) Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
10) Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

Top 10 Albums (for a Desert Island)

So, a few months ago I had a conversation with a close friend about something similar to this, with the 10 albums that I would take on my deserted island. These are in no particular order.

Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Pixies - Doolittle
The Beatles - The Beatles
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
The Cure - Disingtegration
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Runaways - The Runaways
Journey - Escape
NOFX - Punk in Drublic