The Duluth, MN duo of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, who have recorded as Low since 1993, holds down #1 on the NACC 200 for a third straight week with their 13th LP, HEY WHAT (Sub Pop). The album, although decreasing in points this week, holds the biggest lead they’ve had so far over the other albums challenging them for #1. But the lead still isn’t huge and next week Jose Gonzalez (4-2) and Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine (7-4) will challenge Low for the top spot.
Two albums reach the NACC 200’s Top 10 this week. Alexandra Levy, who records as Ada Lea, rises 16-9 with her sophomore LP, one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden (Saddle Creek). The Montreal songwriter tied Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine two weeks ago for most-added honors. This week she lands her first NACC Top 10 album.
The other album reaching the Top 10 of the NACC 200 comes from Los Angeles quartet Illuminati Hotties and makes by far the biggest climb of the week into the top tier, soaring 125-8. The band’s third album, Let Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hollywood), ties for the second biggest climb on the NACC 200 this week and is only the sixth album this year to climb from outside the top half of the NACC 200 into the Top 10.
Scoring the highest debut of the week is Austin, TX duo Hovvdy (pronounced ‘howdy’). Formed in 2014 by Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, the band’s fourth LP, True Love (Grand Jury), soars onto the NACC 200 at #11. Their lofty debut ties them with Mannequin Pussy for the third-highest debut of 2021 on the NACC 200.
Chicago songwriter Lilly West, who records as Lala Lala, returns with her second album to score NACC’s most-added album of the week. Her sophomore LP, The Lamb, was the week’s most added the week it went for adds in September of 2018. Her third album, I Want The Door To Open (Hardly Art), collects 67 Top 10 Adds this week and debuts at #102 on the NACC 200.
Courtney Barnett returns to #1 on the NACC Singles Chart for a second time with a preview track from her upcoming LP, Things Take Time, Take Time (due November 12). “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” follows her August chart-topper “Rae Street” jumping 14-1 and is the biggest climber on the NACC 200 this week, up 164-25. The Lighthouse & The Whaler lands the most-added single of the week with “Stay With Me.” It was the only single to make the overall NACC 200 Adds Chart this week. The song comes from their soon-to-be-released fourth LP, Talk, due October 22.
This week’s Top 5 overall NACC Adds, the genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There are new chart-toppers this week at NACC NEXT, Folk (a rare chart-topping single), R&B/Soul, Jazz, and Blues, and a return to #1 at NACC Canadian and Chill.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) LALA LALA I Want The Door To Open [Hardly Art] // 67
2) BOY SCOUTS Wayfinder [Anti-] // 59
3) MATT MALTESE Good Morning It’s Now Tomorrow [Nettwerk] // 45
4) DESTROY BOYS Open Mouth, Open Heart [Hopeless] // 37
5) PORCHES All Day Gentle Hold ! [Domino] // 35
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) HOVVDY True Love [Grand Jury] // 11
2) GUSTAF Audio Drag For Ego Snobs [Royal Mountain] // 28
3) POND 9 [Spinning Top] // 32
4) TIRZAH Colourgrade [Domino] // 33
5) MAGDALENA BAY Mercurial World [Luminelle] // 39
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) COURTNEY BARNETT “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” (Single) [Mom+Pop] // 139
2*) ILLUMINATI HOTTIES Let Me Do One More [Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless] // 117
2*) DUCKS LTD Modern Fiction [Carpark] // 117
4) ANDY SHAUF Wilds [Anti-] // 100
5) ALICIA WALTER I Am Alicia [Sooper] // 86
*denotes a tie
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: JOSE GONZALEZ Local Valley [Mute]
NACC NEXT: TURNSTILE Glow On [Roadrunner]
BLUES: TOMMY CASTRO Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town [Alligator]
CANADIAN: SUUNS The Witness [Secret City/Joyful Noise]
CHILL: BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever [Darkroom/Interscope]
ELECTRONIC: PARK HYE JIN Before I Die [Ninja Tune]
FOLK: ROBERT PLANT & ALSION KRAUSS “Can’t Let Go” (Single) [Rounder/Concord]
HEAVY: IRON MAIDEN Senjutsu [BMG]
HIP HOP: LITTLE SIMZ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [AGE 101]
JAZZ: JOEY DEFRANESCO More Music [Mack Avenue]
LATIN: BOMBA ESTEREO Deja [Sony Latin]
R&B/SOUL: ALLERGIES, THE Promised Land [Jalapeno]
WORLD: BOMBA ESTEREO Deja [Sony Latin]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: AUDIOBOOKS Astro Tough [Heavenly/PIAS]
FOLK (tie): Four Artists Tied For #1
HEAVY: TRIVIUM In The Court Of The Dragon [Roadrunner]
HIP HOP: ATMOSPHERE WORD? [Rhymesayers]
JAZZ: KURT ELLING Superblue [Edition]
WORLD: IREESH LAL Journey Through The Chakras [Self-Relased]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: COURTNEY BARNETT “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” [Mom+Pop]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: LIGHTHOUSE AND THE WHALER, THE “Stay With Me” [Self-Released]