‘Cassadaga’ debuts at No. 4
“CASSADAGA,” the new album from Bright Eyes, is the bestselling new title on the nation’s album charts, debuting at No. 4 with 58,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks music retail sales.
Bright Eyes is the shifting collective led by Conor Oberst, the 27-year-old Nebraska songwriter who is the latest in a long line of folk-leaning artists who have been saddled with the label of the “next Bob Dylan.” This album features M. Ward and Gillian Welch as guests contributors and, in the view of Times reviewer Richard Cromelin, adds to the acclaim of Oberst’s already considerable career.
Cromelin called the album a “journey of purification ... in the shadow of holy war and under the scowl of a poisoned sky.”
Bright Eyes performs May 6 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown L.A.
Also debuting this week: The self-titled first album from Hell- Yeah, the metal super-group that features members from Mudvayne, Pantera and Nothingface, hits the chart at No. 9 with sales of 45,000 copies. The five-man band has a hit with the defiant song “You Wouldn’t Know” and this summer it will join headliners Korn on the Family Values Tour.
The No. 1 album this week is “Now 24,” the latest edition of the extremely popular anthology of radio hits. This one includes tracks by Justin Timberlake, Fergie, Chris Brown, Lily Allen and Bow Wow. It sold 89,000 copies. That’s a low total for a No. 1 album and it adds another sluggish week to the 2007 ledger of the recording industry.
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