The Best-Selling Records on Discogs This Week: November 1, 2024

#1

Chromakopia

Tyler, The Creator

2024

When Tyler speaks, we listen. That seems to be the mantra with each passing Tyler, The Creator record. Chromakopia is no exception. The auteur first teased the record in mid-October and followed up with a several singles.

Among the singles, Tyler centered on vinyl. On October 22, the artist posted the video “CHROMAKOPIA VINYL” on YouTube. The video depicts Tyler dancing to snippets of the songs “Like Him,’ “Rah Tah Tah,” and “Take Your Mask Off” after dropping the needle. The description of the video calls out a test pressing version, limited to 100,000 numbered copies, of the record as well. The vinyl version also features an exclusive Playboi Carti verse on “Thought I Was Dead.

#2

The 1974 Live Recordings: The Missing Songs From Before the Flood

Bob Dylan & The Band

2024

As part of the Third Man Vault 15th Anniversary, the vinyl subscription service has released this compilation of Bob Dylan & The Band tracks from their 1974 stadium tour. This release features three LPs and one 7″, totaling 26 tracks.

Third Man has also included a 1970s-style souvenir tour book. The book is 20 pages long and features photos taken during the tour, era-appropriate graphics, and archival material.

#3

Moon Music

Coldplay

2024

At the beginning of the month, Coldplay released their tenth studio album, Moon Music. The record is a thematic follow-up to their previous release, Music of the Spheres. Around the same time as Moon Music‘s release, frontman Chris Martin told fans that the band would only record 12 albums before hanging things up.

Two of the limited-edition Moon Music pressings are made out of recycled bottles. The “EcoRecords” come in yellow, green, pink, and red variants and weigh 140 grams. According to the band, nine recycled plastic bottles make up each record. However, it’s the zoetrope version that fans gravitated (pun intended) to most, though.

#4

Virtual Dreams II (Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999)

Various

2024

The second installment in archival label Music From Memory‘s “Virtual Dreams” series narrows in on Japan’s first forays into club culture following their 1980s ambient boom. While breakbeat and acid spread across Europe and the U.S., Japan took a subtler approach, leaning deeper into chill-out room culture than pure frenetic excitement.

Curated by Eiji Taniguchi and the late Jamie Tiller, Virtual Dreams II is a thoughtfully crafted compilation. It features revered artists like Dub Squad and Yukihiro Fukutomi, and it marks the first time several of the tracks have made their way from CD to vinyl.

#5

Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Aphex Twin

2024

Most of Aphex Twin’s SAW II is a soundtrack to the space between wakefulness and sleep. Unsettling and dreamy, each of the record’s 20-plus tracks are distinct vignettes that fit the cold, rusty vibe of the album cover. 

Originally, SAW II was recognized as important — it sold more than 60,000 copies outside the US in its first year alone — and its accolades have only grown over time. For this 30th anniversary reissue, Warp Records pulled out all the stops: fold-outs, stickers, and high-quality packaging. It’s the perfect pickup for any hardcore Aphex Twin fan.