Brent Amaker and the Rodeo “Please Stand By”
The Beatles “1962-1966 (Red Album)” (remastered)
The Beatles “1967-1970 (Blue Album)” (remastered)
Bombastic Meatbats featuring Chad Smith “More Meat”
Mel Brown “Love, Lost and Found”
Paula Cole “Ithaca”
Bob Dylan “The Whitmark Demos: 1962-1964”
Bob Dylan “The Original Mono Recordings”
Kerry Ellis “Anthems”
Brooke Fraser “Flags”
Girl in a Coma “Adventures in Coverland”
Glee Cast “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Beth Hart “My California”
The Indigo Girls “Holly Happy Days”
Elton John and Leon Russell “The Union”
Kings of Leon “Come Around Sundown”
Shelby Lynne “Merry Christmas”
Dave Koz “Hello Tomorrow”
Nellie McKay “Home Sweet Mobile Home”
Mt. Desolation “Mt. Desolation”
Hannah Montana “Hannah Montana Forever” Soundtrack
Olivia Newton-John “Christmas Collection”
Steven Page “Page One”
Liz Phair “Funstyle”
Paul Potts “Cinema Paradiso”
Cliff Richard “Bold as Brass”
Shakira “Sale El Sol”
Rod Stewart “Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook, Volume 5”
Sugarland “The Incredible Machine”
Third Day “Move”
Conway Twitty “Lonely Blue Boy 1957-1959”
Unruly Child “Worlds Collide”
Various Artists “Score: A Hockey Musical” Soundtrack
Carl Wilson “Youngblood” (remastered)

All That Remains “For We Are Many”
Angra “Aqua”
Antony and the Johnsons “Swanlights”
Asia “Live on Air”
Badly Drawn Boy “Its What I’m Thinking (Part One: Photographing Snowflakes)”
The Band Perry “The Band Perry”
Emilie-Claire Barlow “The Beat Goes On”
Belle and Sebastian “Write About Love”
Big Time Rush “B.T.R.”
Blondie “At the BBC”
Callers “Life of Love”
Nels Cline “Dirty Baby”
Sheryl Crow “Home for Christmas”
The Crown “Doomsday King”
Crystal Fighters “Star of Love”
Dimmu Borgir “Abrahadabra”
Faith Evans – “Something About Faith”
Kellylee Evans “Nina”
Far East Movement “Free Wired”
Fistful of Mercy “As I Call You Down”
Grave Digger “The Clans Will Rise Again”
The Green Children “Encounter”
Hail of Bullets “On Divine Winds”
Halcyon Way “Building the Towers”
Hill County Revue “Zebra Ranch”
Ron Hynes “Stealing Genius”
Intronaut “Valley of Smoke”
Kaskade “dance.love”
Lady Antebellum “A Merry Little Christmas”
Lil Wayne “I Am Not a Human Being”
Less Than Jake “TV” (EP)
Madball “Empire”
Katharine McPhee “Christmas is the Time To Say I Love You”
Meat Beat Manifesto “Answers Come in Dreams”
Brian Melo “The Truth”
The Moondoggies “Tidelands”
Shawn Mullins “Light You Up”
Daniel O’Donnell “Oh Holy Night”
Old 97’s “The Grand Theatre, Volume One”
The Orb featuring David Gilmour “Metallic Spheres”
Pigeon John “Dragon Slayer”
Joshua Radin “The Rock and the Tide”
Railroad Earth “Railroad Earth”
The Rembrandts “The Rembrandts”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “The Social Network” Soundtrack
Darius Rucker – “Charleston, SC 1966”
The Salteens “Grey Eyes”
The Secret Sisters “The Secret Sisters”
The Brian Setzer Orchestra “Christmas Comes Alive!”
Sister Hazel “Heartland Highway”
Sufjan Stevens “The Age of Adz”
Yann Tiersen “Dust Lane”
Trapt “No Apologies”
Unsun “Clinic For Dolls”
Valencia “Dancing With a Ghost”
Various Artists “Now That’s What I Call Club Hits 2”
Various Artists “Now That’s What I Call Christmas 4”
Suzanne Vega “Close-Up: Volume 2, People Places”
Steve Wariner “Guitar Christmas”
The Wiggles “Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles”
Dar Williams “Many Great Companions”
Robbie Williams “In Out of Consciousness – Greatest Hits 1990-2010”
Wilson Phillips “Christmas in Harmony”

Neil Young made a lot of noise on the album charts this week, but it wasn’t enough to snag the top spot.

Young’s “Le Noise” debuted at No. 2, just behind Roch Voisine’s No. 1 “Americana,” according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The movement up top forced Johnny Reid’s “Place Called Love” down from No. 1 to No. 3 and Eminem’s “Recovery” from No. 2 to No. 4.

Phil Collins’ brand new disc “Going Back” made its first appearance at No. 5, Santana’s “Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time” slipped three notches to No. 6, and Eric Clapton’s “Clapton” had a ho-hum debut at No. 7.

The rest of the top 10 includes Linkin Park’s “Thousand Suns” at No. 8, the “NOW 16″ collection at No. 9, and Kenny Chesney’s “Hemingway’s Whiskey” at No. 10.

A-Ha “25”
Abandon All Ships “Geeving”
Ace of Base “The Golden Ratio”
David Archuleta “The Other Side of Down”
The Avett Brothers “Live, Volume 3”
Bring Me the Horizon “There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep It a Secret”
David Clayton-Thomas “Soul Ballads”
Sharon Corr “Dream of You”
The Creepshow “They All Fall Down”
Finger Eleven “Life Turns Electric”
Donovan Frankenreiter “Glow”
Guster “Easy Wonderful”
Fran Healy “Wreckorder”
Jars of Clay “The Shelter”
Jeremih “All About You”
Toby Keith “Bullets in the Gun”
Ash Koley “Inventions”
Adam Lambert “For Your Entertainment” (Tour Edition)
John Lennon “Power to the People: The Hits”
John Lennon Gimme Some Truth: A Life in Music
John Lennon “Double Fantasy + Double Fantasy (Stripped)”
John Lennon “Imagine” (remastered)
John Lennon “Milk and Honey” (remastered)
John Lennon “Mind Games” (remastered)
John Lennon “Plastic Ono Band” (remastered)
John Lennon “Rock N Roll” (remastered)
John Lennon “Some Time in New York City” (remastered)
John Lennon “Wall and Bridges” (remastered)
Lunch at Allen’s “More Lunch at Allen’s”
Raul Malo “Sinners and Saints”
Bruno Mars “Doo-Wops Hooligans”
Lynn Miles “Fall For Beauty”
One Eskimo “One Eskimo”
Ozzy Osbourne “Scream” (Deluxe Edition)
Emily Osment “Fight or Flight”
Joe Satriani “Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards”
The Script “Science and Faith”
Soundgarden “Telephantasm”
Tricky “Mixed Race”
KT Tunstall “Tiger Suit”
Various Artists “Sonny With a Chance” Soundtrack
Various Artists “WOW Hits 2011”
Waka Flocka Flame “Flockaveli”

1. “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M.
2. “Tears in Heaven,” Eric Clapton
3. “Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen
4. “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor
5. “With or Without You,” U2
6. “The Drugs Don’t Work,” The Verve
7. “Candle in the Wind,” Elton John
8. “Streets of Philadelphia,” Bruce Springsteen
9. “Unchained Melody,” Todd Duncan
10. “Angels,” Robbie Williams

If you can, avoid making a mixtape featuring only these songs or you’ll be balling for hours. Just like watching “The Notebook.” That’s something you should do alone if you don’t want anybody to see you cry. But like the top position on the list says. “Everybody Hurts.” Sometimes you just gotta get it all out. “I Did My Best” haha. Dane Cook fans will get that one.

Bad Religion “The Dissent of Man”
Bedouin Soundclash “Light the Horizon”
David Bowie “Station to Station” (Special Edition)
Kenny Chesney “Hemingway’s Whiskey”
Eric Clapton “Clapton”
Phil Collins “Going Back”
Doobie Brothers “World Gone Crazy”
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby “Lonely Avenue”
Gin Blossoms “No Chocolate Cake”
Good Lovelies “Good Lovelies”
Emm Gryner “Gem and I”
Halford “Made of Metal”
Hillsong “A Beautiful Exchange: Live”
Houston “Houston”
Ice Cube “I Am the West”
Jimmy Eat World “Invented”
Donell Jones “Lyrics”
Killing Joke “Absolute Dissent”
James LaBrie “Static Impulse”
Los Lonely Boys “Keep on Giving: Acoustic Live!”
Montgomery Gentry “Hits and More: Life Beside a Gravel Road”
O.M.D. “History of Modern”
Mark Ronson The Business Intl “Record Collection”
Seal “6: Commitment”
Kenny Wayne Shepherd “Live! in Chicago”
Soundgarden “Telephantasm”
Michael W. Smith “Wonder”
David Sylvian “Sleepwalkers”
Various Artists “DC-75: The Music of DC Comics 75th Anniversary Collection”
Volbeat “Beyond Hell, Above Heaven”
Ronnie Wood “I Feel Like Playing”
Neil Young “Le Noise”

Some “heavyweights” on the list of releases for today. Lots for you to enjoy if you get the urge to go pick up something new.

Gibson have put together their list of the Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time with Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” taking the top prize. Here is their run down for the top 3 entries:

3. “All Along the Watchtower,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Although written by Bob Dylan, “All Along the Watchtower’s” ownership was transferred to Jimi Hendrix as soon as the guitar god’s version was released in 1968. An “overwhelmed” Dylan was all too happy to comply, saying, “He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there.” While some of those things might be the vigorous opening and Hendrix’s wild vocal delivery, Dylan also had to be talking about the guitarist’s mind-blowing middle passage. The minute-long solo takes one unbelievable turn after another, drawing on blues, rock and soul, and merging Hendrix’s ridiculous technical ability with his knack for melody and smart use of woozy effects. It’s one, big psychedelic rocketship that blasts you somewhere else – the Vietnam War, your high school parking lot, a lazer light show, outer space, anywhere. You can get lost in that solo and, quite happily, not find your way back out for days. It’s no wonder Dylan started playing the song Hendrix’s way. – Bryan Wawzenek

2. “Eruption,” Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen): You’ve heard of the Big Four? With apologies to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, I’m referring to the original Big Four: “Mona Lisa” (Leonardo da Vinci), “David” (Michelangelo), “The Thinker” (Auguste Rodin) and, of course, “Eruption” (Eddie Van Halen). The first time I heard “Eruption,” I remember asking my friend to play it again for me because I wasn’t sure what I had just heard. “Oh, it’s a guitar, and it’s being played by one guy!” he assured me. It was too difficult for these young ears to comprehend that the symphonic cacophony I had just heard came from one man, one guitar and no overdubs. “Eruption” was an epiphany to me as a fledgling guitarist, as well as to millions of music fans everywhere. Nearly 30 years (and a zillion guitar solos) later, I’ve yet to hear its equal. – Sean Patrick Dooley

1. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page): Haters have railed against this song for years because of its ubiquitous presence on FM playlists, but the power of Page’s presence in this Renaissance-ballad-turned-hard-rock-Valhalla is undeniable. From the tender acoustic fingerpicking of the song’s intro to the power chord barrage at the end, “Stairway” is the ultimate showpiece for one of rock’s ultimate guitarists. After allowing the spotlight to shine on John Paul Jones’ multi-track maypole-dance recorders, Robert Plant’s illustrative lyrics and vocal flourishes and John Bonham’s thunderous entrance to the parade, Page finally commands it for himself with the solo to end all solos. Bathed in reverb, as though they were crashing down from the heavens themselves, Page’s notes bend and blur in a rising movement that blows into the final verse with a goosebump-raising speed flurry. If you ask me, what makes for a good solo is its ability to propel the song forward; not to distract from the song for the sake of technical showboating, but to actually contribute to the musical ideas put forth in the composition – and to enhance them. Page’s solo on “Stairway” does just that. It takes the folkie intro piece and provides a Bifröstian bridge to the thunderous end verse. Hammer of the Gods, indeed. – Michael Wright

This is how the full list turned out:

1. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
2. “Eruption,” Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
3. “All Along the Watchtower,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. “Hotel California,” Eagles (Don Felder, Joe Walsh)
5. “Comfortably Numb,” Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
6. “Free Bird,” Lynyrd Skynyrd (Gary Rossington, Allen Collins)
7. “Layla,” Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman)
8. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” The Beatles (Eric Clapton)
9. “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry
10. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen (Brian May)
11. “Crazy Train,” Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads)
12. “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers,” Jeff Beck
13. “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
14. “Hot for Teacher,” Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
15. “Since I’ve Been Loving You,” Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
16. “November Rain,” Guns N’ Roses (Slash)
17. “Mr Crowley,” Ozzy Osbourne (Randy Rhoads)
18. “Whole Lotta Rosie,” AC/DC (Angus Young)
19. “Like a Hurricane,” Neil Young and Crazy Horse
20. “Sultans of Swing,” Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
21. “Texas Flood,” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
22. “One,” Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
23. “Cortez the Killer,” Neil Young and Crazy Horse
24. “Rock Around the Clock,” Bill Haley and His Comets (Danny Cedrone)
25. “Sweet Jane” (live), Lou Reed (Steve Hunter, Dick Wagner)
26. “Purple Rain,” Prince and the Revolution (Prince)
27. “Heartbreaker,” Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
28. “Jessica,” Allman Brothers Band (Dickey Betts)
29. “Machine Gun,” Jimi Hendrix
30. “Crossroads,” Cream (Eric Clapton)
31. “Time,” Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
32. “Are You Experienced,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience
33. “Race with the Devil,” Gene Vincent (Cliff Gallup)
34. “Don’t Believe a Word,” Thin Lizzy (Brian Robertson)
35. “Purple Haze,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience
36. “Besame Mucho,” Wes Montgomery
37. “Sympathy for the Devil,” The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards)
38. “Blue Sky,” Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman, Dickey Betts)
39. “My Sharona,” The Knack (Berton Averre)
40. “Marquee Moon,” Television (Tom Verlaine)
41. “Hitch a Ride,” Boston (Tom Scholz)
42. “The End,” The Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon)
43. “Whole Lotta Love,” Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
44. “Train Kept A Rollin’” (live), Aerosmith (Joe Perry)
45. “Highway Star,” Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
46. “Dirt,” The Stooges (Ron Asheton)
47. “Off the Handle,” Rory Gallagher
48. “The Great Curve,” Talking Heads (Adrian Belew)
49. “The Messiah Will Come Again,” Roy Buchanan
50. “Beat It,” Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)

LP’s fourth studio disc, “A Thousand Suns,” shot to No. 1 with 23,000 copies in sales, according to Neilsen SoundScan data.

It’s the second straight top debut for the California rockers, although their last disc, “Minutes to Midnight,” had over 50,000 in sales back in May of 2007.

They also snagged the No. 1 spot south of the border, selling a healthy 241,000 copies of “Thousand Suns”.

Johnny Reid’s “Place Called Love” and Eminem’s “Recovery” were both forced down one notch to No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, while Roch Voisine’s “Americana” checked in at No. 4.

Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” moved down one to No. 5, the “NOW 16″ collection slipped three to No. 6, and Robert Plant’s covers album “Band of Joy” landed at No. 7.

Wrapping up the top 10 was Disturbed’s “Asylum” at No. 8, Brandon Flowers’ first solo effort “Flamingo” at No. 9, and Leonard Cohen’s “Songs From the Road” at No. 10

Antony and the Johnsons “Thank You For Your Love”
Matt Costa “Mobile Chateau”
Lloyd Cole “Broken Record”
Black Country Communion “Black Country Communion”
Chris Cummings “Give Me Tonight”
Billy Currington “Enjoy Yourself”
Selena Gomez and The Scene “A Year Without Rain”
The Hundred in the Hands “The Hundred in the Hands”
Jamey Johnson “The Guitar Song”
John Legend and The Roots “Wake Up!”
Manic Street Preachers: “Postcards From a Young Man”
Maroon 5 “Hands All Over”
Johnny Mathis “ Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville”
Michael Franti Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine”
Jane Monheit “Home”
My Darkest Days “My Darkest Days”
Olivia Newton-John “Grace and Gratitude Renewed”
Santana “Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time”
The Script “Science and Faith”
Shontelle “No Gravity”
Steel Magnolia “Steel Magnolia”
Serj Tankian “Imperfect Harmonies”
Thievery Corporation “It Takes a Thief: The Very Best of Thievery Corporation”
Rhonda Vincent “Taken”
Zac Brown Band “You Get What You Give”

Something for everyone on this list. I’ll be grabbin’ the Santana record and Maroon 5. I’d like to see if the Michael Franti record is any good too. I’ll let you know.

Til next time, Brennan.

Johnny Reid still had a place atop the Canadian album charts this week.

His new effort, “A Place Called Love,” remained at No. 1 this week. Just a friendly reminder he is performing in Yorkton on October 28th.

Back to the Top Sellers, Eminem’s “Recovery” did just that in its 12th week, climbing two spots to No. 2, while the top debut went to the 16th edition of “NOW” at No. 3.

Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” dropped one spot to No. 4, Disturbed’s “Asylum” sank three to No. 5, and Stone Sour’s “Audio Secrecy” checked in at No. 6.

Rounding out the top 10 was Andre Gagnon’s “Les Chemins Ombrages” at No. 7, Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” at No. 8, Lynda Lemay’s “Blessee” at No. 9, and Disney’s “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” at No. 10.