2007: the year "indie" takes over America?
Peak Billboard album chart performance for some notable 2007 releases (granted, many of these are on major labels, and what really counts is total albums sold, not weekly ranking, but still...):
Arcade Fire, Neon Bible: #2!!!
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Some Loud Thunder: #47
The Shins, Wincing the Night Away: #2
Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank: #1
LCD Soundsystem, Sounds of Silver: #46
Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha: #76
The National, Boxer: #68
The Polyphonic Spree, The Fragile Army: #113
Feist, The Reminder: #16
Interpol, Our Love to Admire: #5
Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga: #10
White Stripes, Icky Thump: #2
The fact that Neon Bible debuted at number 2 gives me hope for America. To think that the band was essentially unheard of just a few years ago, and that Funeral gained its fame through word of mouth (and fantastic internet hype)...simply incredible to think that the band has ascended so high, so quickly. I have no doubt that they will be as big as Radiohead someday soon, and I'm therefore equally sad to have missed them on their treks through Boston in the past. To think, just a few years ago they were playing the Middle East, and in just a few years I'm sure it will be difficult to hear them in anything other than a large arena show.
Spoon's impressive showing surprised me a bit, and it's a shame that Feist didn't place higher (but The Reminder is still in the top 200 after 16 weeks, so at least it's got staying power). I'd bet that of the upcoming releases, the new Iron & Wine September release does phenomenally well, regardless of how it actually sounds.
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