10. JAMES TAYLOR October Road (Columbia)

9. INTERPOL Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)

8. AVRIL LAVIGNE Let Go (Arista)

7. MUDHONEY Since We’ve Become Translucent (Sub Pop)

6. BETH ORTON Daybreaker (Astralwerks)

5. NORAH JONES Come Away With Me (Blue Note)

4. FLAMING LIPS Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)

3. NEKO CASE Blacklisted (Bloodshot)

2. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The Rising (Columbia)

1. SLEATER-KINNEY One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)

Stores reporting: Easy Street CDs and Tapes, 20 Mercer, 691-3279 and 4559 California S.W., 938-3279; Sonic Boom, 3414 Fremont N., 547-BOOM and 2209 Market, 297-BOOM; Silver Platters, 9560 First N.E., 524-3472, 14603 N.E. 20th, 643-3472, and 16935 Southcenter Pkwy., 575-3472.