Rapper J. Cole, 26, bows in the No. 1 slot with "Cole World: the Sideline Story," selling 218,000 copies.

This leads a boat load of debuts in the top 10. Rock trio Blink-182 returns to the Billboard 200 with its first studio album in nearly eight years as "Neighborhoods" bows at No. 2 with 151,000. Not bad for a rock band that has been 8 years since there last album. Bands, especially rock bands don't do well with long time bewteen albums. Aslo not bad for a band whom mnay throught was justa fad.

Other deubts include: Wilco's new "The Whole Love" takes a bow at No. 5 with 82,000, Switchfoot, as its eighth studio album, "Vice Verses," bows at No. 8 with 45,000, Rock super group Chickenfoot debuts at No. 9 with "Chickenfoot III" (42,000), and the rock band Mastodon scores its first top 10 album as "The Hunter" bows at No. 10 with 39,000.

Some classic albums have a had a big boost this week because of reissuing them. Pink Floyd's reissue of "Dark Side of the Moon" re-enters at No. 12 with 26,000 sold (up 3,607%). The act re-released 14 of its albums last week and a box set collecting all of the newly refurbished titles. "Dark Side" got the glossiest redux treatment, as it was available in expanded versions dubbed "Experience" and "Immersion." Each came equipped with bonus live tracks and assorted outtakes with the lavish "Immersion" edition carrying a list price of $130.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" bounds 146-13 with 25,000 (up 647%). The jump is owed to the 1991 album's 20th anniversary reissue packages that dropped last week. One of them, a "super deluxe" 70-track version, charts separately and debuts at No. 131 with 4,000.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 2) totaled 5.57 million units, up 5% compared to the sum last week (5.28 million) and up 5% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.31 million). Year to date album sales stand at 228.50 million, up 3% compared to the same total at this point last year (221.07 million). It is the 19th week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.