NME's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade.

Intrigued by the impact X Factor has on the charts at the moment, we wondered if the NME's much publicised "Top 50 Albums Of The Decade" would also have an influence, so studied the charts from last week, to the midweeks today.

Out of the 50 albums we looked at, we could only get information on 4 of them. The rest aren't in the top 200 at the moment (you need to sell just over 500 copies to make the top 200). There's always next week.

Anyway, the four are:

Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
NME 4 - Last Week 171 - This Week 164 - That's up 15.4%

Elbow "Asleep At The Back"
NME 30 - Last Week 200+ - This Week 180 - That's up 50.8%

Muse "Absolution"
NME 49 - Last Week 155 - This Week 170 - That's up 6.7%

Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"
NME 27 - Last Week 165 - This Week 177 - That's down 0.4%

Woo. Is the NME really responsible for this charge on the album charts? Not really. It's probably down to HMV, the Uk's only high street music retailer, who've got an "Up To 80% Off" their "Autumn Specials". All the above albums can be purchased on CD, and you'll get £1.04 change from a £20 note.

Did you know The NME now has a readership of just under 41k? If no one is buying the magazine, and no one is buying the records they recommend, why did the media go overboard when the NME's published this list?

And who has a copy of The Shins record? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Meh.