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[This week's digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week's chart]

The initial bit :

In the last chart of 1999, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, picking out the Top 10 first. During 2000, I'll be going through the list one by one starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 10 new entries, 0 climbers, 0 non-movers & 30 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non mover

CHART TIME !

(* - my current favourites)
(!!! - Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) - Repeat., ie. a re-release)

A brief analysis on the current chart situation...

10 new entries :

  • 35 Metallica - I Disappear * !!!
  • 34 Richie Dan - Call it Fate
  • 31 Spoiled & Zigo - More & More
  • 23 Josh Wink & Lil Louis - How's Your Evening So Far?
  • 19 Reef - Set the Record Straight
  • 13 MJ Cole - Sincere
  • 10 Wookie feat. Lain - Battle
  • 8 Mansun - I Can Only Disappoint U *
  • 3 Storm - Time to Burn
  • 1 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ :O ===

so the following dropped out :

  • 40 Girl Thing - Last One Standing
  • 39 Placebo - Taste in Men
  • 38 Macy Gray - Why Didn't You Call Me
  • 37 Lonestar - Amazed
  • 36 Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis - Got Your Money
  • 34 Morcheeba - Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
  • 33 Vengaboys - Uncle John
  • 30 Oasis - Sunday Morning Call
  • 29 NSYNC - I'll Never Stop
  • 28 Different Gear Vs The Police - When the World is Running Down

0 climbers :

0 non-movers :

and 30 going down.

Big fallers include :

  • 12 (6) Santana feat. The Product G&B
  • 30 (15) Scooch
  • 32 (14) Point Break
  • 37 (21) Moloko

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

  • 44 Black Rob - Whoa
  • 61 John Oo Fleming - Free
  • 64 Morel - True
  • 71 Elevator Suite - Back Around
  • 73 Origin - Wide Eyed Angel

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

35 Metallica - I Disappear * !!!

Shouting loud and proud, this comes from the soundtrack of M:I-2, even though it only features over the closing credits.

23 Josh Wink & Lil Louis - How's Your Evening So Far?

Developing RSI probably.

8 Mansun - I Can Only Disappoint U *

Another good rocking tune from the band which has been played on MTV2 a number of times and kicks the arse of most things released this week.

1 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ :O === *1st Week at No.1*

Much-trumpeted because of its video in which he strips off his clothes and then his skin (that part only shown after 9pm), and much-hyped because of his supposed relationship with Geri Halliwell, the song itself actually stinks to high heaven and sounds more and more like he wants to be the new George Michael.

This single is the 26th in a row to go straight in at No.1.

  • 1. Westlife - I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun
  • 2. Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against the Classes
  • 3. Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy
  • 4. Gabrielle - Rise
  • 5. Oasis - Go Let it Out
  • 6. All Saints - Pure Shores
  • 7. Madonna - American Pie
  • 8. Chicane featuring Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up
  • 9. Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up
  • 10. Melanie C - Never Be The Same Again
  • 11. Westlife - Fool Again
  • 12. Craig David - Fill Me In
  • 13. Fragma - Toca's Miracle
  • 14. Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)
  • 15. Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again :O ===
  • 16. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby
  • 17. Billie Piper - Day & Night
  • 18. Sonique - It Feels So Good
  • 19. Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me
  • 20. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around
  • 21. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
  • 22. The Corrs - Breathless
  • 23. Ronan Keating - Life is a Rollercoaster
  • 24. Five & Queen - We Will Rock You
  • 25. Craig David - 7 Days
  • 26. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ

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    New releases :

    July 24th :

      The Ballad Of Chasey Lain - Bloodhound Gang (Republic/Geffen)
      Seven Days - Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
      Change (House Of Flies) - Deftones (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      Do Me Right - Doublestar (Inner Life/WEA)
      Backaround - Elevator Suite (Infectious)
      Glory Girl - Amanda Ghost (Warner Bros.)
      [tba] - Elton John (Rocket/Mercury)
      Pure Pleasure Seeker - Moloko (Echo)
      Rome Wasn't Built In A Day - Morcheeba (East West)
      You - Point Break (Eternal/WEA)
      For Sure - Scooch (Accolade/Parlophone)
      What's A Girl To Do - Sister 2 Sister (Mushroom)

    July 31st :

      The Child - Alex Gopher (Solid/V2)
      I Can Only Disappoint You - Mansun (Parlophone)
      I've Got A Feeling - Monaco (Papillon)
      Set The Record Straight - Reef (Sony Sý)
      Stop - Jon Secada (Epic)
      (I Don't Wanna) Rock, DJ - Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)

    August (date unknown) :

      Everybody - 2000 BC (Nebula)
      Hudson Street - Agnelli & Nelson (Xtravaganza)
      U Gotta Be - Alex Party (Undiscovered)
      Drop & Hope - Armadillo (Vinyl Addiction)
      Bad Habit - ATFC (Defected)
      Who Is It Tonight - Ana Bettz (J&V)
      What You Do - vs. Michelle Narine (Stonebridge)
      Untold - Black Water (430 West)
      Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) / Crybaby - Mariah Carey (Columbia)
      Cuban Cutz - Castrotrax (Champion)
      Home [rm] - Chakra (Earth Music/WEA)
      Joyrider - Colour Girl (4 Liberty)
      Eichelruck - Da Hool (Additive/Positiva)
      Wonderful Life - TJ Davis (Y2K)
      Coohyx Coo - En-core (VC/Virgin)
      When He's Gone - Fable (Conception)
      Pump The Boogie - Fondue (Blue Plate)
      Miracles - Yann Fontaine (Slip'n'Slide)
      Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Full Intention (D-Tension)
      Do You Wanna Have Sex? - Girl Thing (Cowell/RCA)
      I Can Hear Voices - Hi-Gate (Incentive)
      Just A Matter Of Time / Until You Come Back To ME - Hil Street Soul (Dome)
      Bridge Over Troubled Water - Hannah Jones (Eastside)
      Autoir De Toi - Lake Soul (Sekkence/Edel)
      Walk Away - Hakan Lidbo (Loaded)
      French Kiss (So How's Your Evebning So Far?) - Lil Louis vs. Wink (ffrr)
      Calling My Name - Eddie Lock vs. The Priest (Plastic Surgery)
      Music - Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      I Turn To You - Melanie C. (Virgin)
      True - Morel (Hooj Choons)
      That Feelin' - Mushtaq (Mercury)
      Wide Eyed Angel - Origin (Hooj Choons)
      Techno Harmony - Mario Pi— (Nukleuz/Media)
      Addicted - Polaris (Future Groove)
      Are You Ready To Party? - The Shrink (Neo)
      Sister Bliss - Sister Bliss (-)
      Spit It Out - Slipknot (Roadrunner)
      Dancin' Therapy - DJ Sneak (Classic)
      Why / Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Jimmy Somerville (Almighty)
      More & More [rm] - Spoiled & Zigo (Manifesto)
      Time To Burn - Storm (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
      [tba] - Tailgunner (No Label)
      Out Of Your Mind - True Steppers (NuLife/Arista)
      Freak In You - Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy (Positiva)
      Your Life - Charles Webster (Peacefrog)
      AC/DC - X-Press 2 (- Junior Boy's Own)
      On The Level - Yomanda (1st Ave./Manifesto/Mercury)

    August 7th :

      School's Out - Daphne & Celeste (Perfect Noise/MCA/Universal-Island)
      Self Same Thing - Dubstar (Food/Parlophone)
      Happen To You - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
      Oxygen - JJ72 (Lakota)

    August 14th :

      Feel Good - Madasun (V2)
      Shut Your Mouth [rm] - Made In London (RCA)
      You Cut Her Hair - Tom McRae (Arista)
      Sky - Sonique (Serious/Universal-Island)

    August 28th :

      Joy - Mary Mary (Columbia)
      Overload - Sugarbabes (-)

    September (date unknown) :

      [tba] - All Saints (London)
      Do The Right Thing - Big Dog feat. Geno Washington (-)
      [tba] - PJ Harvey (Island)
      EP - Ooberman (Independiente)
      [tba] - Shed Seven (Artful)
      [tba] - Sweet Female Attitude (Milkk/WEA)

    September 4th :

      Quality Control - Jurassic 5 (Pan/Polydor)

    September 11th :

      I Believe - Stephen Gately (A&M/Polydor)

    October (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Cast (Polydor)
      [tba] - Depeche Mode (Mute)
      [tba] - Radiohead (Parlophone)
      [tba] - Spice Girls (Virgin)

    November (date unknown) :

      [tab] - Air (Source/Virgin)
      [tba] - The Prodigy (XL)

    February 2001 (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Ace of Base
      [tba] - Terrorvision (Total Vegas/Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)

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    Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

    • 1 Ronan Keating - Ronan
    • 12 Louise - Elbow Beach
    • 35 Shadows - 50 Golden Greats
    • 55 David Gray - Lost Songs 95-98

    The top 5 goes like this :

    • 1 Ronan Keating - Ronan
    • 2 The Corrs - In Blue
    • 3 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
    • 4 Coldplay - Parachutes
    • 5 David Gray - White Ladder

    New releases :

    July 24th :

      The Perfect Storm OST - James Horner (Sony Classical)
      Eclectic (Two Sides Of The Book) - Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness - Syleena Johnson (Jive)
      Hagnesta Hill - Kent (RCA)
      Can I Have My Money Back? -- The Best Of ... - Gerry Rafferty (Essential!/Castle Comm.)
      High - Southern Fly (London)
      The Kent Years - Ike & Tina Turner (Kent)

    July 31st :

      Ready To Receive - The Animalhouse (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
      Ghost Stories - Amanda Ghost (Warner Bros.)
      El Dorado [The Road To Eldorado] - Elton John (Rocket/Mercury-DreamWorks)
      Ronan - Ronan Keating (Polydor)
      Elbow Beach - Louise (1st Ave./EMI)
      Swings & Roundabouts - Shanks & Bigfoot (Pepper/Jive)

    August (date unknown) :

      I Need The MC - All Saints (London)
      The Stranger - Babyface (Epic)
      [tba] - Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
      [tba] - Richard Blackwood (East West)
      [tba] - Flightcrank (Copasetik)
      [tba] - Mikey Graham (Public)
      [tba] - N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

    August 7th :

      [tba] - Terry Callier (Verve/Talkin Loud)
      Sincere - MJ Cole (Talkin Loud)
      An Artificial Intelligence - De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
      You, My Baby & I [ri] - Alex Gopher (V2)
      Chocolate Starfish & The Hot Dog Flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit (Interscope)
      [tba] - Monaco (Papillon)
      Apocodelic - Point Break (Eternal/East West)
      Four Sure - Scooch (Accolade/EMI)

    August 14th :

      Born To Do It - Craig David (Wildtar/Telstar)
      Duets - Aretha Franklin (Arista)
      Little Kix - Mansun (Parlophone)
      Prodigy - Mobb Deep (Epic)

    August 21st :

      Sports, Drugs & Entertainment - Cam'ron (Untertainment/Epic)
      Make It Better - Dubstar (Food/EMI)
      A Perfect Storm - Made In London (RCA)
      Getaway - Reef (Sony Sý)
      The Early Years - Roxy Music (Virgin)

    September (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Nicki French (RCA)
      [tba] - R. Kelly (Jive)
      [tba] - Leilani (ZTT)
      [tba] - Madasun (V2)
      Holy Wood (In The Shgadow Of The Valley Of Death) - Marilyn Manson (Interscope)
      [tba] - Maxim Reality (XL)
      Light Years - Kylie Minogue (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] - Placebo (Elevator/Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] - Pulp (Island/Universal-Island)
      [tba] - Finlay Quaye (Epic)
      [tba] - Rae & Christian (Grand Central)
      Healing Is Difficult - S.i.A. (Long Lost Brother)
      [tba] - Roni Size/Reprazent (Talkin Loud)
      Text Messaging Is Destroying The Pub Quiz As We Know It - Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      Tailgunner - Tailgunner (No Label)
      Delicious - Thunderbugs (1st Ave./Epic)
      [tba] - U2 (Island)
      [tba] - Utah Saints (Echo)

    September 4th :

      Everything Is Everything - Underworld (Junior Boy's Own/V2)

    October (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Backstreet Boys (Jive)
      [tba] - The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Polydor)
      [tba] - Bj”rk (One Little Indian)
      [tba] - Blur (Food/Parlophone)
      [tba] - Mariah Carey (Columbia)
      Midian - Cradle Of Filth (Music For Nations)
      Happy Ending - Dogstar (Ultimatum)
      [tba] - Enya (WEA)
      [tba] - Erasure (Mute)
      [tba] - Girl Thing (RCA)
      [tba] - Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] - PJ Harvey (Island)
      [tba] - Natalie Imbruglia (RCA)
      [tba] - Ricky Martin (Columbia)
      [tba] - Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
      [tba] - Melanie B. (Virgin)
      [tba] - Freddie Mercury (Parlophone)
      [tba] - Sade (Epic)
      [tba] - Will Smith (Columbia)
      [tba] - Spice Girls (Virgin)
      [tba] - Spiritualized (Deconstruction)
      [tba] - Steps (Ebul/Jive)
      [tba] - Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
      [tba] - TLC (LaFace/Arista)
      [tba] - Tool (Jive)
      [tba] - Westlife (RCA)

    November (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Charlotte Church (Sony Classical)
      [tba] - Depeche Mode (Mute)
      [tba] - New Order (London)
      [tba] - Radiohead (Parlophone)
      The Best Of ... - Texas (Mercury)
      [tba] - Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)

    January 2001 (date unknown) :

      [tba] - Cast (Polydor)

    February 2001 :

      Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy (XL)
      [tba] - Stereophonics (V2)
      [tba] - Terrorvision (Total Vegas/Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)

    March 2001 :

      [tba] - Ace of Base
      [tba] - Oasis (Big Brother)

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    Dominator's Top 50 of 1999

    32. Madonna - Nothing Really Matters

    Coming at the tail-end of hits for her Ray of Light album, this excellent steady dance number made No.7 in March last year and was following in June by Beautiful Stranger (No.2), the single released from the Mike Myers film, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, the title for which was reduced to "Austin Powers 2" to avoid causing offence. If that's the case, what on earth did they do for the dance drama "Shag" in 1987 ? :)

    The end bit :

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    Bye for now,

    Dominator

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