Nathaniel Rateliff and Deftones top sellers at local record stores

In Memory of Loss, Nathaniel Rateliff's outstanding Rounder Records debut, topped the charts at Twist & Shout (where he also did an in-store performance last week) and Wax Trax, while rounding out the top ten at Albums on the Hill for the week ending May 8. Forgiveness Rock Record, meanwhile,...

By Jon Solomon

May 10, 2010

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In Memory of Loss, Nathaniel Rateliff's outstanding Rounder Records debut, topped the charts at Twist & Shout (where he also did an in-store performance last week) and Wax Trax, while rounding out the top ten at Albums on the Hill for the week ending May 8. Forgiveness Rock Record, meanwhile, by Broken Social Scene, claimed the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while Diamond Eyes, the eagerly anticipated new album from the Deftones and follow-up to 2006's Saturday Night Wrist, checked in at number one at Indepdendent and rounded out the top five at Albums and Twist. See the full breakdown after the jump.

Top Sellers 5-8-2010

Albums on the Hill

1. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 2. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 3. Deftones - Diamond Eyes 4. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away 5. Minus the Bear - Omni 6. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle 7. MGMT- Congratulations 8. Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory of Loss 9. Jeff Brinkman -To the Bones 10. Xavier Rudd & Izintaba - Koonyum Sun

Independent Records

1. Deftones - Diamond Eyes 2. Godsmack - Oracle 3. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The World's Enemy 4. E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' Day: Day Shift/Night Shift 5. 8 Ball & MJG - Ten Toes Down 6. Cypress Hill - Rise Up 7. Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes 8. Usher - Raymond v. Raymond 9. Trina - Amazin' 10. B.o.B - B.o.B Presents the Adventures of Bobby Ray Twist & Shout

1. Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory of Loss 2. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 3. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness 4. Deftones - Diamond Eyes 5. New Pornographers - Together 6. Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever 7. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away 8. Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep 9. Minus the Bear - Omni 10. Flobots - Survival Story

Wax Trax

1. Nathaniel Rateliff - In Memory of Loss 2. Mono - Holy Ground: NYC Live 3. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 4. Jonsi - Go 5. MGMT- Congratulations 6. The Flaming Lips - Dark Side of The Moon 7. Apples in Stereo - Travelers In Space and Time 8. Various Artists - Local Anesthetic 9. Mi Ami - Steal Your Face 10. Minus the Bear - Omni

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