KCRW's Top 50 Airplay Chart
and Specialty Charts
for the week of OF 12/9/08 .  

1 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Alpinisms
   label: [Ghostly Intl]

2 KUTI, FEMI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Day By Day
   label: [Mercer Street]

3 LITTLE JOY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Little Joy
   label: [Rough Trade]

4 KEANE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Perfect Symmetry
   label: [Interscope]

5 LITTLE DRAGON (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Little Dragon - Remixes
   label: [Self Release]

6 NOVALIMA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Coba Coba
   label: [Cumbancha]

7 COMMAGERE, JULIETTE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Queens Die Proudly
   label: [Aeronaut]

8 TRAVIS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ode To J Smith
   label: [Fontana/red Telephone Box]

9 JAZZANOVA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Of All The Things
   label: [Verve]

10 FRIENDLY FIRES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Friendly Fires
   label: [Xl]

11 FARINA, MARK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mushroom Jazz 6
   label: [Om]

12 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ost - Music By Ar Rahman
   label: [Interscope]

13 SEA & CAKE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Car Alarm
   label: [Thrill Jockey]

14 HOLMES, DAVID (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Holy Pictures
   label: [Universal]

15 BYRNE & ENO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Everything That Happens Will Happen
   label: [Self Release]

16 MOLINA, JUANA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Un Dia
   label: [Domino]

17 THIEVERY CORPORATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Radio Retaliation
   label: [Esl]

18 ADELE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: 19
   label: [Xl/columbia]

19 M83 (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Saturdays Equal Youth
   label: [Mute]

20 CADILLAC RECORDS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ost - Music By Mos Def, Raphael Saadiq
   label: [Sony]

21 WELCOME WAGON (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Welcome To Welcome Wagon
   label: [Asthmatic Kitty]

22 BELLE & SEBASTIAN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Bbc Sessions
   label: [Matador]

23 BIRD & THE BEE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
   label: [Blue Note]

24 BIRD, ANDREW (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Noble Beast
   label: [Fat Possum]

25 SMITHS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Sound Of The Smiths
   label: [Sire/rhino]

26 MENAHAN STREET BAND (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Make The Road By Walking
   label: [Dunham/daptone]

27 OF MONTREAL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Skeletal Lamping
   label: [Polyvinyl]

28 LEWIS, JENNY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Acid Tongue
   label: [Warner Bros]

29 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Way I See It
   label: [Columbia]

30 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Verve Remixed 4
   label: [Verve]

31 MURS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Murs For President
   label: [Warner Bros]

32 GREYBOY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Fifteen Years Of West Coast Cool
   label: [Ubiquity]

33 URBAN OUTFITTERS COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Give Listen Help 2008
   label: [Urban Outfitters]

34 LAY LOW (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Farewell Good Night's Sleep
   label: [Cod]

35 YUILL, JAMES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Turning Down Water For Air
   label: [Happy Biscuit Club]

36 COMMON (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Universal Mind Control
   label: [Geffen]

37 EMPIRE OF THE SUN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Walking On A Dream
   label: [Emi]

38 HOURS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: See The Light
   label: [Is Good Music]

39 WEST, KANYE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: 808's & Heartbreak
   label: [Roc-a-fella]

40 KILLERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Day & Age
   label: [Island Def Jam]

41 PORTUONDO, OMARA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gracias
   label: [Montuno]

42 HOPKINS, JON (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Second Sense
   label: [Promo]

43 TRENTEMOLLER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Live In Concert - Roskilde Festival 2007
   label: [Poker Flat]

44 SNOW PATROL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hundred Million Suns
   label: [Geffen]

45 HADEN & JACKSON (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ten Years
   label: [Dashgo]

46 CROOKED FINGERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Forfeit - Fortune
   label: [Constant Artists Incorporated]

47 DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: In Ear Park
   label: [4ad]

48 HOT CHIP (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes
   label: [Astralwerks]

49 TV ON THE RADIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Dear Science
   label: [Interscope]

50 J BOOGIE'S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Soul Vibrations
   label: [Om Hip Hop]

SPECIALTY CHARTS - OF 12/9/08

WORLD

1 KUTI, FEMI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Day By Day
   label: [Mercer Street]

2 NOVALIMA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Coba Coba
   label: [Cumbancha]

3 MOLINA, JUANA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Un Dia
   label: [Domino]

4 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Death Of The Revolution
   label: [Tru Thoughts]

5 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Calypsoul 70
   label: [Strut]

6 ROUGH GUIDE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Vietnam
   label: [Rough Guide]

7 YANEZ, GONZALO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gonzalo Yanez
   label: [Nacional]

8 SENOR COCONUT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Around The World
   label: [Nacional]

9 EL GUINCHO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Alegranza
   label: [Xl]

10 NASCIMENTO & JOBIM TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Novas Bossas
   label: [Blue Note]

RPM

1 KUTI, FEMI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Day By Day
   label: [Mercer Street]

2 NOVALIMA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Coba Coba
   label: [Cumbancha]

3 JAZZANOVA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Of All The Things
   label: [Verve]

4 FRIENDLY FIRES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Friendly Fires
   label: [Xl]

5 FARINA, MARK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mushroom Jazz 6
   label: [Om]

6 THIEVERY CORPORATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Radio Retaliation
   label: [Esl]

7 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Verve Remixed 4
   label: [Verve]

8 TRENTEMOLLER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Live In Concert - Roskilde Festival 2007
   label: [Poker Flat]

9 HOT CHIP (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes
   label: [Astralwerks]

10 J BOOGIE'S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Soul Vibrations
   label: [Om Hip Hop]

Jazz

1 LEVIATHAN BROTHERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Short Stories
   label: [Red Rockets Glare]

2 HANCOCK, HERBIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Then & Now - The Definitive
   label: [Verve]

3 NASCIMENTO & JOBIM TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Novas Bossas
   label: [Blue Note]

4 PEREZ & OGERMAN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Across The Crystal Sea
   label: [Decca]

5 FEATHER, LORRAINE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Language
   label: [Jazzed Media]

6 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gently Disturbed
   label: [Raz Daz]

7 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Miles From India
   label: [Times Square]

8 LLOYD, CHARLES QUARTET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Rabo De Nube
   label: [Ecm]

9 KALINA & SELF (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Odd Couple
   label: [Based Hound]

10 MOVER, BOB (BUY THIS CD)
   title: It Amazes Me
   label: [Zoho]

* Charts are determined by weekly airplay from KCRW's music programmers.