Sonic Youth top seller at Twist and Shout again

Sonic Youth's new album, The Eternal, grabbed the top slot for the second week in a row while George Harrison's new greatest hits collection, Let It Roll, came in second for the week ending June 21. Steve Earle's Townes, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown and Mos Def's Ecstatic rounded out...

By Jon Solomon

June 22, 2009

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Sonic Youth's new album, The Eternal, grabbed the top slot for the second week in a row while George Harrison's new greatest hits collection, Let It Roll, came in second for the week ending June 21. Steve Earle's Townes, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown and Mos Def's Ecstatic rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

Twist & Shout
Top Sellers 06.21.09

1.   Sonic Youth - The Eternal
2.   George Harrison - Let It Roll
3.   Steve Earle - Townes
4.   Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
5.   Mos Def - Ecstatic
6.   Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
7.   Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
8.   Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club
9.   Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
10. Elvis Costello - Secret Profane and Sugarcane

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