The Bull Moose Top Tens for 2008

Bull Moose Music has released its 2008 top-ten lists of products sold. Of some interest are these facts: (UPDATED)

--Metallica's Death Magnetic outsold anything else,

--Ray LaMontagne is no longer considered a local artist (by Bull Moose - we're still proud of him and claim him as our own! - by which definition he outsold every local artist all local artists except Dead Season, with a h/t to Sam for the eagle eye).

--Dead Season, after weeks at the pinnacle of the weekly top ten, owned the top two spots in local-CD sales, beating out Rustic Overtones. And they were fifth in overall sales, beating Disturbed, Lil Wayne, Radiohead, and TI!

--Bob Marley (the comedian) is somehow considered a local musician.

Also, the CDs people bought used the most were also the ones sold back to Bull Moose the most - the lists are nearly identical. (Question: were more sold than bought, or t'other way round?)

The whole mess of lists follows.

2008 MUSIC SALES

Top 10 New CDs Sold:

1. Death Magnetic Metallica

2. Rock N Roll Jesus Kid Rock

3. Viva la Vida Coldplay

4. Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson

5. When Everything's Lost Dead Season

6. Indestructible Disturbed

7. Tha Carter III Lil Wayne

8. In Rainbows Radiohead

9. Gossip in the Grain Ray LaMontagne

10. Paper Trail T.I.

Top 10 Local CDs Sold:

1. When Everything's Lost... Dead Season

2. Rise Dead Season

3. Long Division Rustic Overtones

4. Light at the End Rustic Overtones

5. Destroy the Plastique Man As Fast As

6. To Heal The Cambiata

7. Maine-iac on the Loose Bob Marley

8. Big Mouth Bob Bob Marley

9. Greetings from Area Code 207, Vol. 7 Various Artists

10. Goin' Up the Faya Bob Marley

Top 10 Used CDs Sold:

1. Pieces of You Jewel

2. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette

3. Cracked Rear View Mirror Hootie & The Blowfish

4. Dookie Green Day

5. Nevermind Nirvana

6. Greatest Hits Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

7. Ten Pearl Jam

8. Supernatural Santana

9. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park

10. Core Stone Temple Pilots

Top 10 CDs Sold Back to Bull Moose:

 1. Pieces of You Jewel

 2. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette

 3. Cracked Rear View Mirror Hootie & The Blowfish

 4. Dookie Green Day

 5. Nevermind Nirvana

 6. Ten Pearl Jam

 7. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park

 8. Crash Dave Matthews Band

 9. Supernatural Santana

 10. Greatest Hits Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Top 10 LPs Sold:

1. In Rainbows Radiohead

2. Either/Or Elliott Smith

3. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

4. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan

5. Tonight's the Night Neil Young

6. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel

7. Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins

8. Juno Soundtrack Soundtrack

9. OK Computer Radiohead

10. Conquest White Stripes

Artists Who Released the Most Vinyl LPs:

1. Metallica

2. Radiohead

3. Opeth

4. Smog

5. Captain Beefheart

6. Drive-By Truckers

7. My Morning Jacket

8. Ornette Coleman

9. Atmosphere

10. Coldplay

Most Prolific Dead Artists (or Bands That Broke Up):

 1. J.S. Bach

 2. Miles Davis

 3. Johnny Cash

 4. John Coltrane

 5. tie Emerson Lake & Palmer

 5. tie The Kinks

 7. Marillion

 8. Elvis Presley

 9. tie The Replacements

 9. tie Arthur Lyman

2008 MOVIE SALES

Top 10 Movies & TV Shows Sold (DVD and Blu-ray sales combined):

1. Dark Knight

2. Iron Man

3. Weeds

4. Jeff Dunham - Spark of Insanity

5. Jeff Dunham - Very Special Christmas Special

6. No Country For Old Men

7. Across The Universe

8. Wall-E

9. Flight of the Conchords

10. Arguing With Myself

Top 10 Movies Sold on Blu-ray:

1. Dark Knight

2. Iron Man (2008)

3. Incredible Hulk (2008)

4. Batman Begins

5. I Am Legend

6. Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

7. Hancock

8. No Country for Old Men

9. Tropic Thunder

10. Hellboy II - The Golden Army

Top Used DVDs Sold:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

2. Superbad

3. Transformers (2007)

4. Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest

5. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

6. Click

7. American Gangster (2007)

8. Family Guy

9. Reservoir Dogs

10. Jackass Number Two

Top 10 DVDs Sold Back to Bull Moose:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

2. Transformers (2007)

3. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

4. Superbad

5. American Gangster (2007)

6. Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest

7. Spider-Man 3

8. 30 Days of Night

9. Cloverfield

10. Click

Top 10 Blu-ray Sales:

1. Planet Earth

2. I Am Legend

3. 300

4. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

5. Superbad

6. Live Free or Die Hard

7. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

9. Prestige

10. Spider-Man 3

Top 10 Blu-ray Discs Sold Back to Bull Moose:

1. Planet Earth

2. I Am Legend

3. Spider-Man 3

4. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

5. Superbad

6. 300

7. Live Free or Die Hard

8. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

9. Invincible

10. Hitman

2008 VIDEO GAME SALES

Top 10 Video Games Sold:

1. Grand Theft Auto IV PS3, Xbox 360

2. Madden NFL 09 DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox360

3. Call Of Duty: World At War DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360

4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii

5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, WII, Xbox360

6. Fallout 3 PS3, Xbox 360

7. Gears of War 2 Xbox 360

8. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel Wii

9. Fable II Xbox 360

10. Wii Fit with Balance Board Wii

Top 10 Used Video Games Sold:

1. Assassin's Creed PS3, Xbox 360

2. Grand Theft Auto IV PS3, Xbox 360

3. Madden NFL 08 DS, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox360

4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2

5. Halo 3 Xbox 360

6. Call of Duty 4 DS, PS3, Xbox 360

7. Call of Duty 3 Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360

8. Resident Evil 4 Gamecube, PS2, Wii

9. Gears of War Xbox 360

10. Madden NFL 07 Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360