Here’s a snapshot of local album sales, courtesy of Tunes in Hoboken:
1. Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
2. Beastie Boys, To the 5 Boroughs
3. Velvet Revolver, Contraband
4. Franz Ferdinand, self-titled
5. Jadakiss, Kiss of Death
6. Killers, Hot Fuss
7. Cure, self-titled (deluxe edition)
8. Bebel Gilberto, self-titled
9. Modest Mouse, Good News for People who Love Bad News
10. Nick Drake, Made to Love Magic
11. Phish, Undermind
12. Pixies, Wave of Mutilation: Best of the Pixies
13. Usher, Confessions
14. P.J. Harvey, Uh Huh Her
15. The Cure, self-titled
16. Marah, 20,000 Streets Under the Sky
17. Diana Krall, Girl in ihe Other Room
18. Dave Alvin, Ashgrove
19. My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
20. Muse, Absolution
21. Rush, Feedback
22. Avril Lavigne, Under my Skin
23. Morrissey, You Are the Quarry
24. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
25. Jesse Malin, The Heat
26. Chris Stamey, Travels in the South
27. 311, Greatest Hits 1993-2003
28. Bobby Bare, From the End of your Leash
29. Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
30. !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Louden Up Now
31. Modest Mouse, Moon & Antarctica
32. Tiger Army, III: Ghost Tigers Rise
33. Jay-Z, Black Album
34. Maroon 5, Songs About Jane
35. Cowboy Junkies, One Soul Now
36. Rachael Yamagata, Happenstance
37. Chris Robinson, Magnificent Distance
38. A.C. Newman, Slow Wonder
39. Lloyd Banks, Hunger for More
40. Reverend Horton Heat, Revival