Over the past five years and the course of her three LPs, Sophie Allison, who records as Soccer Mommy, has numerically become the most successful artist on the NACC 200. She’s the only artist ever to place a single inside the Top 10 of the NACC 200. She’s now had three chart-topping albums and their combined weeks on top (13) are the most any artist has spent at #1. She achieves that feat by fending off challenges from Metric (2-2) and Maggie Rogers (5-3) and spending a fifth week at #1 with Sometimes, Forever (Loma Vista/Concord). It’s the most time any of her albums have spent in the pole position.
Three new albums soar into the NACC Top 10 this week and we’ll be featuring them all here. The first is the biggest climb into the top tier. It comes from last week’s most-added artist: Kiwi Jr. The Toronto quartet’s third LP, Chopper (Sub Pop), soars from 139-9 on the NACC 200 this week. It’s one of the Top 5 biggest climbs into the Top 10 this year.
Also enjoying a big jump into the Top 10 this week is Durham, NC duo Sylvan Esso. Formed in 2013 by now husband and wife Amelia Meath and Nick Sunburn, Sylvan Esso has released four LPs, including the latest, No Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord). The album races ahead 65-10 this week, as they seek their second NACC 200 #1 in a row.
The final album reaching the NACC Top 10 this week is the highest reaching of the three. Brooklyn botanical arrangement enthusiasts Florist were featured here two weeks ago as the NACC 200’s biggest climber. This week the band’s fourth studio album, Florist (Double Double Whammy), jumps from outside the Top 10 straight into the Top 5, up 12-5.
Honorable mention this week goes to Brisbane’s Waax, who makes the highest debut on the NACC 200 at #49, and Canadian five-piece Alvvays, whose new single is the biggest climber on the chart, zipping 184-38.
Longtime lo-fo favorites The Mountain Goats are back with their 21st LP. The Claremont, CA quartet was formed in 1991 and has been consistently releasing albums ever since, never spending more than three years away. Bleed Out is the band’s eighth for Merge Records and collects more Top 10 Adds (67) this week than anyone else. The album is also one of the Top 5 highest debuts on the NACC 200 this week at #95.
New York City trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs becomes the third band this year to score two NACC Singles #1s. They recently topped the chart with “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World.” Now a second single from their upcoming Cool It Down LP, “Burning” hops ahead 6-1. The album is set for release on September 30. The most-added single this week is the second single from Dayglow‘s upcoming third LP, People In Motion, due October 7. “Deep End” follows “Then It All Goes Away,” which was also a most-added single in June.
The current NACC 200 Top 20, the Top 5 overall NACC Adds, the genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There are new #1s at NACC Non-Comm, NACC Canadian, R&B/Soul, Heavy, and Hip Hop.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE Bleed Out [Merge] // 67
2) HOT CHIP Freakout/Release [Domino] // 54
3) CASS MCCOMBS Heartmind [Anti-] // 43
4) THICK Happy Now [Epitaph] // 36
5) BERRIES, THE High Flying Man [Run For Cover] // 32
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) WAAX At Least I’m Free [Self-Released] // 49
2) SILVERSUN PICKUPS Physical Thrills [New Machine] // 53
3) RAT TALLY In My Car [6131] // 59
4) TONY MOLINA In The Fade [Run For Cover] // 69
5) MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE Bleed Out [Merge] // 95
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) ALVVAYS “Easy On Your Own?” (Single) [Polyvinyl] // 146
2) KIWI JR Chopper [Sub Pop] // 130
3) MARCUS MUMFORD “Grace” (Single) [Capitol] // 113
4) YEAH YEAH YEAHS “Burning” (Single) [Secretly Canadian] // 74
5) SESSA Estrela Acesa [Mexican Summer] // 64
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes [BMG]
NACC NEXT: METRIC Formentera [Thirty Tigers]
BLUES: SHEMEKIA COPELAND Done Come Too Far [Alligator]
CANADIAN: MARCI Marci [Arbutus]
CHILL: ROYKSOPP Profound Mysteries [Dog Triumph/PIAS]
ELECTRONIC: ODESZA The Last Goodbye [Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune]
FOLK: PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO Tell ‘Em You Were Gold [Smithsonian Folkways]
HEAVY: ARCH ENEMY Deceivers [Century Media]
HIP HOP: DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes [BMG]
JAZZ: CHARLES LLOYD Trios: Chapel With Bill Frisell & Thomas Mogan [Blue Note]
LATIN: ADRIAN QUESADA Boleros Psicodélicos [ATO]
R&B/SOUL: STEVE LACY Gemini Rights [RCA]
WORLD: HOLLIE COOK Happy Hour [Merge]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: HOT CHIP Freakout/Release [Domino]
FOLK (tie): KIM WARE AND THE GOOD GRACES Ready [Potluck Foundation/Fort Lowell]
TRENT AGECOUTAY A Place To Call Home [Thicker Than Blood]
HEAVY: MACHINE HEAD Of Kingdom And Crown [Nuclear Blast]
HIP HOP: LICE “Catfish” (Single) [Rhymesayers]
JAZZ: AL FOSTER Reflections [Smoke Sessions]
WORLD: IMARHAN “The Distance” feat. Gruff Rhys b/w “Taladat” (Single) [City Slang]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: YEAH YEAH YEAHS “Burning” [Secretly Canadian]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: DAYGLOW “Dead End” [Very Nice/AWAL]