I don’t know how newsworthy this is, but I figured I’d write since I have to wait until Invasion is over before I can watch tonight’s TiVo’d episode of Lost. I was sort of happy to see the Red Hod Chili Peppers have the No. 1 album at the moment, since a lot of what tops the charts these days is utter crap, and this album most definitely is not. This would be the first time they’ve hit No. 1, according to Nielsen/SoundScan.

The Chili Peppers’ two-disc set, Stadium Arcadium,” opened with sales of 442,500 copies, a record for the Los Angeles-based quartet.

Its previous best was 282,000 for its last studio release, By The Way,” which opened at No. 2 in 2002. The band’s biggest commercial success was the 1999 album Californication,” with sales of 5.3 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The article goes on to say that Californication is their top-selling album, but the RIAA disagrees. They say it’s Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

If you haven’t picked up Stadium Arcadium, and you have any interest in the Chili Peppers, I highly recommend you give it a spin. I’ve got a review in the works, but an album with 28 full-length songs takes a while to take in fully, and free time is scarce these days.