Once a month we look back on the stuff we wrote that got the most attention. We don’t do any special weighting for items that appeared later in the month, or anything fancy like that. These are simply the things that received the most views last month, according to our stats. If an item ranked last month, its position is in parenthesis.

1. (2) Elliott Smith’s Girlfriend Cut Off (2007)

2. (3) Remastered Beatles Box Sets Available for Pre-Order (July 2009)

3. Billy Ray Cyrus is a Pimp (August 2009)

4. (1) Runaways Movie Planned: Neon Angels (2007)

5. (10) Stone Roses Discuss Remastering Their Debut (June 2009)

See positions 6 through 20 after the jump…

6. Beastie Boys Adam Yauch Cancer Update (August 2009)

7. Streams: Modest Mouse, Brendan Benson, more (August 4)

8. Lonely at Lollapalooza 2009 (August 2009)

9. Then Play On (August 2009)

10. (17) The 100 Greatest Drug Songs Ever (2008)

11. 22 Year Old Cop Unaware She Has Bob Dylan in Custody (August 2009)

12. Dungen and Woods Live In Iowa City (August 2009)

13. Beatles: Remastering vs. Remixing (August 2009)

14. Freebird: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (2004)

15. The Stone Roses 20 Years Later: What the World Was Waiting For (June 2009)

16. 7 Worlds Collide Album Details (July 2009)

17. Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis (August 2009)

18. John Hughes Changed My Life (August 2009)

19. (9) The Last Picture Show: Final Photos of Famous People (2008)

20. New Scarlett Johansson video: Relator (with Pete Yorn) (August 2009)

Previous charts: Oct 2008, Nov 2008, Dec 2008, Jan 2009, Feb 2009, March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009.