Sunday, December 14, 2008

Top 100 Vinyl LP's for 2008

Here it is folks.

Below is the Top 100 Vinyl LP titles for 2008, based on actual sales by my company, URP Music Distributors, which is the largest vinyl one-stop in the U.S. Our sales are primarily to independent brick & mortar stores and online stores. We do not sell to big-box chain stores (Best Buy, Fred Meyer, etc.)

The list is in order with the best selling title at top.

Also, interesting to note that the #2 selling LP for the year is a 15 year old release. Unfortunately, due to a recent price increase on that title, it is unlikely it will chart again next year. Quite a few titles (47 of them) on this list were released prior to 2008. I've included the year of which the current pressing was first released (not the year the original recording was first released).

1 . Q-Tip - The Renaissance [2LP] (2008)

2 . Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers [LP] (1993)

3 . Nas - Nas [2 LP] (2008)

4 . Mariah Carey - E=MC2 [2 LP] (2008)

5 . Roots - Rising Down [2 LP] (2008)

6 . Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman [2 LP] (2008)

7 . Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (Deluxe) [2 LP] (includes trifold jacket with posters + lyric sheet + CD album) (2008)

8 . Game - LAX [2 LP] (2008)

9 . N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds [2 LP] (2008)

10 . Portishead - Third [2 LP] (includes full album MP3 download card) (2008)

11 . Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III Volume I [2 LP] (red cover) (2008)

12 . Madonna - Hard Candy [3LP] [Special Edition] [Colored vinyl w/ Bonus CD] (2008)

13 . Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) [2 LP] (2008)

14 . Common - Universal Mind Control [2 LP] (2008)

15 . Common - Be [2 LP] (2005)

16 . Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple [2 LP] (Limited Edition in Gatefold Sleeve) (B-side includes tracks in reverse) (2008)

17 . T.I. - Paper Trail [2 LP] (VERY LIMITED) (2008)

18 . Metallica - Death Magnetic [2 LP] (in Stoughton jacket) (2008)

19 . G-Unit - T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) [2 LP] (2008)

20 . Lil Wayne - The Leak EP [LP] (2008)

21 . Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It [LP] (includes download insert) (2008)

22 . Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' [2 LP] (2008)

23 . Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [LP] (2007)

24 . LL Cool J - Exit 13 [2 LP] (2008)

25 . John Legend - Evolver [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl with Download Insert) (2008)

26 . SWV - The Remixes [LP] (1994)

27 . Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary) [2 LP] (Gatefold Sleeve) (2008)

28 . A Tribe Called Quest - Peoples' Instinctive Travels & The Paths Of Rhythm [2 LP] (1990)

29 . Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale [2LP] (2008)

30 . Janet Jackson - Discipline [2 LP] (2008)

31 . Mobb Deep - The Infamous [2 LP] (1995)

32 . DJ Shadow - Endtroducing [2 LP] (1996)

33 . Estelle - Shine [2 LP] (2008)

34 . A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory [2 LP] (1991)

35 . Various Artists - Verve Remixed 4 [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (2008)

36 . Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind [2LP] (2008)

37 . Colby O'Donis - Colby O [2LP] (2008)

38 . Young Jeezy - The Recession [2 LP] (2008)

39 . M.I.A. - Kala [2 LP] (2007)

40 . Black Moon - Enta Da Stage [LP] (1993)

41 . Al Green - Lay It Down [LP] (2008)

42 . Wu-Tang Clan - Legend Of The Wutang: Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits [2 LP] (2004)

43 . A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life [2 LP] (1996)

44 . A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders [LP] (1993)

45 . Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East [2 LP] (1994)

46 . Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx [2 LP] (1995)

47 . Janelle MonĂ¡e - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) [LP] (Includes CD) (2008)

48 . Beck - Modern Guilt [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in gatefold jacket) (includes mp3 download insert) (2008)

49 . Three 6 Mafia - Last 2 Walk [2 LP] (Gatefold Sleeve) (Includes Download Insert) (2008)

50 . Common - Resurrection [LP] (1994)

51 . Pete Rock - NY's Finest (Instrumentals) [2 LP] (2008)

52 . Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground [LP] (2003)

53 . Robin Thicke - Something Else [2LP] (2008)

54 . Soulja Boy Tell'em - iSouljaBoyTellem [2 LP] (2008)

55 . Jeru The Damaja - Wrath Of The Math [2 LP] (1996)

56 . Nas - Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Edition [2 LP] (2004)

57 . Various Artists - Motown Remixed Vol. 1: Hip Hop [LP] (2005)

58 . Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds [2 LP] (Gatefold Sleeve) (2006)

59 . DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike [2 LP] (1997)

60 . Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains [2 LP] (2007)

61 . Michael Jackson - Thriller [LP] [Picture Disc] (2008)

62 . A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology [2 LP] (1999)

63 . Streets - Everything Is Borrowed [LP] (2008)

64 . KRS-One - Return Of The Boom Bap [2 LP] (1993)

65 . Pussycat Dolls - PCD [LP] (2005)

66 . A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement [3 LP] (1998)

67 . Ace Hood - DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood Gutta [2LP] (2008)

68 . Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense [2 LP] (1997)

69 . Alicia Keys - As I Am [2 LP] (2007)

70 . Radiohead - In Rainbows [LP] (2008)

71 . Madlib - Shades Of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note [2 LP] (2003)

72 . Akinyele - Put It In Your Mouth EP [LP] (1996)

73 . Common - Finding Forever [2 LP] (2007)

74 . Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [2 LP] (2007)

75 . Portishead - Third [BOX Edition] [LTD ED incl. 2 LP / P-Shaped USB with full album / 12'' of Machine Gun / Nick Uff 'art cell'] (2008)

76 . AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (1984)

77 . The-Dream - Love/Hate [2 LP] (2007)

78 . Rick Ross - Trilla [2 LP] (2008)

79 . Daft Punk - Discovery [2 LP] (2001)

80 . KRS-One - KRS-One [2 LP] (1995)

81 . John Coltrane - A Love Supreme [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (1995)

82 . Beatles - Abbey Road [LP] (1995)

83 . Coldplay - Viva La Vida [LP] (includes free CD) (2008)

84 . Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (LIMITED EDITION) (2008)

85 . Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree [LP] (2008)

86 . Jay-Z - The Blueprint [2 LP] (2001)

87 . Dr. Dre - 2001 Instrumental [2 LP] (1999)

88 . Cherish - The Truth [LP] (2008)

89 . Deep Purple - Machine Head [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (1997)

90 . Erykah Badu - Baduizm [LP] (1997)

91 . Murs - Murs For President [2 LP] [Blue & White Colored Vinyl] (2008)

92 . Coldplay - Prospekt's March [EP] (2008)

93 . Led Zeppelin - Mothership [4 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl Box Set) (2008)

94 . Royksopp - Melody A.M. [2 LP] (2002)

95 . Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys [LP] (180 Gram RED-Colored Vinyl) (LIMITED EDITION) (2008)

96 . Lady GaGa - The Fame [2LP] (2008)

97 . Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value [2 LP] (2007)

98 . M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

99 . Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same [4 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl Box Set) (2008)

100 . Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (1997)

2 comments:

  1. Wow - that's great stuff! Do you have all 100 of 'em??

    And here I am, still working to put together just a coupla musical top tens!

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  2. I don't personally have all of them, but I am fairly certain I have almost every one of these titles in stock at work right now.

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