The Week's New Releases (Nov02,'10)

If you're following me on Twitter you probably already know what albums I'm getting this week without hesitation. Those would be N*E*R*D's Nothing because who doesn't like those funky beats and Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas II You because, based on the snippets I heard, that voice is soaring like it's 1994 when she recorded the original Merry Christmas. Other interesting stuff would be Weezer's collection of rarities, a new album by Good Charlotte and a re-release of Train's Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) ... whatever that means.

Merry Christmas II You by Mariah Carey
Nothing by N*E*R*D
Cardiology by Good Charlotte
Death To False Metal by Weezer
Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) by Weezer
Armando by Pitbull
Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) by Train
Soulsville by Huey Lewis & The News
Vintage Vinos by Keith Richards

Katy Perry Ties for Most Weeks at #1 in 2010

It's week number six at the top for Katy Perry and her Teenage Dream. That puts her in quite a relevant category as she has now tied Two Door Cinema Club's Undercover Martyn for most weeks at #1 for the year 2010. We'll have to wait till next week to see if she can surpass this feat and become the year's biggest hit. You may also want to know that this is Katy Perry's biggest hit ever in my chart as her previous releases went barely noticed.

There's lots of competition though now that Kings Of Leon have finally taken off, landing at #4 this week with Radioactive, which coincidentally is also this week's greatest gainer. B.o.B also enters the top 10 with his Rivers Cuomo collaboration, Magic (#8) after only two weeks on the chart. That's his third top 10 hit after Nothin' On You and former #1, Airplanes. Also new to the top 10 is Flo Rida who, with the help of David Guetta, lands at #9 with Club Can't Handle Me.

Weezer to Release a Real Compilation Album

More artists should take note. If you really want to release a compilation album, one full of unreleased material is the way to go. I don't even care if some of the songs included are twenty years old but a disc with rarities or 'B-Sides' is a real collectors' dream and a "new" album to the rest of the mortals. Weezer is about to do just that with Death To False Metal, a ten-track set of unreleased material spanning from over the band's past two decades in music.

Frontman Rivers Cuomo (yes, the same guy featured in B.o.B's hit song Magic), says the collection features "great songs, great recordings, but for some reason they didn’t make the final cut for a record". And have you checked the cover art? Pitchfork seems to hate it, but I think it's a total winner! I really do.

Weezer: "Troublemaker" video

Weezer: "Pork And Beans" video