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Considering all the hype surrounding Jane's Addiction's reunion and the hysteria of their initial live gigs, 26-year-old Jane's fanatic Jerry Weddle couldn't understand it: Their album Kettle Whistle didn't even make the top 20 in its debut
To a Jane's die-hard like him, it just didn't make sense, he said. "I like Mase and all," he said of the act that finished 21 spots ahead of Jane's to take the #1 position for a second week in a row, "but what has happened to people's tastes? This is the rock 'n' roll story of the year, and Jane's gets beat out by some studio produced country drek?" In fact, the top of the Billboard album charts last week was dominated by country and rap acts, not to mention the lively Brit-pop of Chumbawamba and the gooey-bubblegum tunes of the Spice Girls. But when it came to the top 10, the L.A. alt-rockers were nowhere to be found, coming in at #21. The biggest buzz in rock over the past few months has no doubt been Jane's 'relapse,' featuring new bassist Flea replacing Eric Avery. Still, all the buzz and the addition of a Red Hot Chili Pepper apparently weren't strong enough to push the influential rockers' latest, Kettle Whistle, onto Billboard's top 20 even. Instead, this collection of alternate versions of Jane's classic and a few new songs, moved 55,000 copies during the week ending Nov. 9. In contrast, SoundScan reports that Puff Daddy protege Mase's Harlem World sold 175,000 copies to reign supreme. Coming in a close second, however, was country crooner Shania Twain, who sold 172,000 copies of her sophomore album, Come On Over. Meanwhile, new school rapper Jay-Z, who has previously appeared on tracks with Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim, saw his major label debut In My Lifetime debut at #3, while fans of old school pioneer Rakim watched The 18th Letter/ The Book Of Life climb to #4. Among the acts propelling forward last week was Chumbawamba, whose dance-punk project Tubthumper moved up a couple slots and landed at #6. On the opposite end of the political spectrum but from the same corner of the world, the mega-selling Spice Girls' new Spiceworld debuted at #8. Also seeing upward movement this week was Matchbox 20's You or Someone Like You, which climbed from #15 to #11, while Third Eye Blind's self-titled debut leapt eight spots landing at #60. Among the former chart-toppers likely singing the blues this week were Bobby Brown, whose Forever debuted at #62, while Soundgarden's The A Sides made its first appearance at #64. Also, the three-CD Tibetan Freedom Concert collection, an audio document chronicling the 1996 and 1997 benefit concerts and featuring performances from such chart-toppers as the Beastie Boys, U2 and R.E.M., moved just 7,300 copies to settle in at #181. Last week's surprise #3, the Dave Matthews Band's Live At Red Rocks, meanwhile, fell to #20 on SoundScan reported sales of 103,000. Two other live albums released last week also took a huge tumble, with Phish's Slip, Stitch and Pass falling from #17 to #49 and the Grateful Dead's Live At The Fillmore East plummeting from #77 to #166. Also suffering big drops were the all-star rap act the Firm, featuring Nas Escobar, Foxy Brown and AZ's. Their LP, The Album, fell 12 places to #17, while Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope dropped eight spots, landing at #19. Alternative metal act the Deftones saw their Around TheFur fall from #29 to #69 and Brit-pop act the Verve's Urban Hymns tumbled 10 spots to #91. The rest of the top 10: LeAnn Rimes (#5), Mariah Carey (#7), Fleetwood Mac (#9), and Aqua (#10). [Wed., Nov. 12, 1997, 6 p.m. PDT]
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