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The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I've posted my Top 50 singles of the year, starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I'll be going through the list one by one starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week: 7 new entries, 0 climbers, 2 non-movers & 31 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...

7 new entries :

• 19 Sound De-Zign - Happiness
• 15 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
• 14 Feeder - Seven Days in the Sun
• 13 Ash - Burn Baby Burn
• 12 Modjo - Chillin'
• 6 Lil Bow Wow - Bow Wow
• 1 Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Dream - He Loves U Not
• 39 Lonyo - Garage Girls
• 38 DJ Luck & MC Neat - Piano Loco
• 37 Xzibit - X
• 32 Neil Finn - Wherever You Are
• 30 Vincent De Moor - Fly Away
• 25 Hi-Gate - Gonna Work it Out

0 climbers :

2 non-movers :

• 2 Shaggy feat. Rikrok
• 7 Atomic Kitten

and 31 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 17 (11) Chante Moore
• 21 (12) Britney Spears
• 24 (16) Avalanches
• 26 (18) Bee Gees
• 33 (20) Architechs
• 35 (19) Ocean Colour Scene

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

• 44 Tionne T-Boz Watkins - My Getaway
• 45 Bardot - Poison
• 50 Kosheen - Suicide
• 54 Kings Of Tomorrow feat. Julie McKnight - Finally
• 59 Tenth Planet - Ghosts
• 61 Giresse - Mon Ami
• 62 Mikey Graham - You Could Be My Everything
• 63 Yves Deruyter - Back to Earth
• 72 House Of Glass - Disco Down

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

62 Mikey Graham - You Could Be My Everything

I wonder who'll be next to be dumped from their record company...

45 Bardot - Poison

Australia's "Popstars" winner, who've been hyped to death over here but still completely fail to get anywhere.

1 Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long *1st Week at No.1*

Second solo single and it has taken her a long time to release this. It's a rather amiable tune with a verrry good video, although she has too many freckles stuck on for it.

This is the 8th single to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me
• 2. Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
• 3. Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
• 4. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again
• 5. Shaggy feat. Rikrok - It Wasn't Me
• 6. Westlife - Uptown Girl
• 7. Hear'Say - Pure and Simple
• 8. Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long

New releases :

April (date unknown) :

Sometime - Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
Automatikj - Beat Renegades (Slinky)
Travelling On - Beber & Tamara (Mob)
Bel Amour - Bel Amour (-)
Request LIne - Black Eyed Peas feat. Macy Gray (Interscope/Polydor)
Feel So Real - Kenny Blake feat. Wanda (Brickhouse)
Message For Jojo - Bernard Butler & Edwyn Collins (Setanta)
The Neanderthall - Caveman (-)
What Goes Around - Celtus (Sony Sý)
Crimson [rm] - Circulation (Circulation)
The Sun - Roland Clark pres. Digital Pimps (R&S)
The Right Time - James Douglas (1-Off)
White Boy With A Feather - Jason Downes feat. Milk (-)
Soo Good - Electric J (WEA)
Who's That Girl - Eve (Interscope)
Weapons Of Choice - Fatboy Slim (Skint)
Song For Shelter - Fatboy Slim (Skint)
I'm Satisfied - Full Intention (D-Tension)
I'll Be Waiting - Full Intention pres. ShŠna (D-Tension)
Runaway - Hardiman (Decca)
Days Go By - Hedd (Credence/Parlophone)
Good Love [rm] - Inner City feat. Paris Grey (PIAS)
E-Lover - Intravenousdamilo (-)
Can You Dig It - Journeyman DJ (Neo)
Clarkness - Dave Kane (Plastic Fantastic)
Disco Soul - Kings Of Soul (Boo)
Oooo Ahh - Kornastone (Urban Essentials)
The Key - Lexos (Incentive)
Need - Little Green Men (Forensic)
Something Magic - Logique feat. Pash (Definition)
Drop Some Drums - Love Tattoo (Hussle)
The Real Life - Raven Maize (Z Recs.)
Ocean Spray - Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra - Paul McCartney & The Blockheads (Parlophone)
Struggle For Pleasure [rm] - Minimalistix (Mostiko)
Driftin - Mojolators (Portent)
Lab Rats Let Loose On The See Saw - Monaco (-)
Secrets - Mutiny (VC/Virgin)
Grounded - My Vitriol (Infectious)
So Fresh, So Clean - Outkast (LaFace/Arista)
Into Space - Play Thing (Manifesto/Mercury)
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (RCA)
Strange World - Push (Inferno)
Touch Me - Rising Star (United)
Love & Happiness - River Ocean (Mr. Bongo)
Beats Vol. 2 - Harry Choo Choo Romero (Subliminal)
3-2-1 Fire - Santos (Incentive)
Work - The Science Of Rhythm (Start Stop)
Do You Wanna Get - Shah (Virgin)
Smokey Hill Street - DJ Sneak (Magnetic)
Keep Control - Sono (Fuel)
Rise [rm] - Soul Providers feat. Michelle Shellers (Azuli)
The Hacienda Must Be Rebuilt - Sound 5 (Intergroove)
Mousetrap - Sounds Of LIfe (Peppermint Jam)
Axel F. - Spacecam (69 Records)
Look Me Up - Spek (-)
Goodsouls - Starsailor (Chrysalis:EMI)
Dark Horizon - Subtech (Sub Tech)
Rock Da House [rm] - Tall Paul (VC/Virgin)
Ghosts - Tenth Planet (Nebula)
Potion - Ultra 5 feat. J-Cee (Groovilicious)
Get It Up ( The Feeling) - Ultra Nat‚ (AM:PM)
TCR 50 EP - v.a. (TCR)
Stay With Me - Virtuoso (Eternal/WEA)
Coming Home - K. Warren feat. Lee-O (Go.Beat/Polydor)
I Lay My Love On You - Westlife (RCA)
Absolutely / Bip Pimpin' - Charlie Wilson (Urbanstar)

April 2nd :

The Sermon - 100 Over Club (Trick Pony)
Infinite Rhythm [rm] - Afro Mystic (Om)
Balck Sun - Jamie Anderson (NRLK Sound Division)
Burn Baby Burn - Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
Poison - Bardot (East West)
Too Little, Too Late - Barenaked Ladies (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Raise The Alarm - Big Dog (Jive)
Sanctuary - Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent (Redhouse)
What Took You So Long? - Emma Bunton (Virgin)
Who's The Better Man? - Robbie Craig & Gerideau (Public Demand/ffrr)
Pra Manha [rm] - Da Lata (Palm Pictures)
Needle Damage (That Zipper Track) [rm] - DJ Dan (Duty Free)
Crispy Duck - Patrick Dawes (Tummy Touch)
You Are My High [rm] - Demon vs. Heartbreaker (Source)
Back To Earth - Yves Deruyter (Bonzai UK)
Little Scare - Benjamin Diamond (Diamond Trax/Epic)
Thru 2 You - Echomen (Airtight)
Maria's The Name (No Fun) - El Vez (Houston Party)
Under Construction - Essa (Paper)
Seven Days In The Sun - Feeder (Echo)
It's Alright - Filur feat. Miss Nellie Ettison (Mega/Edel)
Amazing - Flightcrank (Copasetik)
Rhode Tunes - Flytronix (Moving Shadow)
To Die For - Luke Galliana (Jive)
Mon Ami - Giresse (Inferno)
Lonely In Paris - Gloss (Nude)
Let's Go - DJ Gonzalo vs. F1 (BMD/Trade)
You Could Be My Everything - Mikey Graham (Public)
The Bella EP - Hanna (Track Mode)
Scream If You Want To Go Faster - The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
Disco Down - House Of Glass (Azuli)
Drop Your Load - Imaginary Visions (Barely Breaking Even)
[tba] - Natalie Imbruglia (RCA)
In The Name Of Love - Hannah Jones (Eastside)
Finally - Kings Of Tomorrow (Distance)
Better On The Floor - The Kitchen (Damaged Goods)
My Love - Kluster feat. Ron Carroll (Scorpio)
The Streets - Kool G Rap (Rawkus)
(Slip & Slide) Suicide - Kosheen feat. Sian Evans (Moksha)
Bow Wow (That's My Name) - Lil' Bow Wow (So So Def/Columbia)
Roll ON - The Living End (Warner Bros.)
Da Shock / Politics - Malarchi (Gemtoy)
Loving You - Marc et Claude (Positiva)
Hey DJ - Malcolm McLaren (Check Your Head)
Chillin' - Modjo (Sound Of Barclay/Polydor)
Peronal Saviour - Mo Solid Gold (Chrysalis:EMI)
Lethal Vol. 1 - Peshay vs. Special Forces (Photek)
Oochie Wally - QB Finest feat. Nas & The Brave Hearts (Columbia)
Do You Feel What You Feel [rm] - Raw Essence (Z Recs.)
Pounds For Dollars - The Runaways (Ultimate Dilemma)
Lovely Flight [rm] - Didier Sinclair (Eukahouse/Eukatech)
Talk Like Sex Part 2 - Smut Peddlers & Kool G Rap (Rawkus)
Happiness [rm] - Sound De-zign (NuLife/Arista)
[tba] - Spiritualized (Arista)
Zensong 9 - Strawberry Smell (Rainbow Quartz)
Overload - Sushi (Klone)
Fire [ri] - James Taylor & The New Mastersounds (Blow It Hard)
Tough Chicken / Chalkpit [ri] - James Taylor Quartet (Ubiquity)
Rotation - Transa (Hook)
Glasgow Underground Allstars - v.a. (Glasgow Underground)
Ladomat 100.2 - v.a. (Ladomat)
Ladomat 100.3 - v.a. (Ladomat)
My Getaway - Tionne `T-Boz' Watkins (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Longtime Female Friend EP - Treva Whateva (Skint Under 5's)
Spanish Harlem - The Youngsters (F Comm.)

April 9th :

[tba] - 5 (RCA)
Stanley (Here I Am) - Airheadz feat. Caroline Batselier (AM:PM)
Dudoes / Monkey - Akwaaba (Disfunction)
Mansion On The Hill - Alabama 3 (Elemental)
Before You Love Me - Alsou (Mercury)
Container No. 2 - Animated (Deviant)
I Can't Wait / Spectre - Aquasky (Moving Shadow)
How U Like Bass? - Norman Bass (Substance)
Raise The Alarm - Big Dog (Jive)
Whole Again - Natalie Browne (Almighty)
No Buses EP - The Bush Tree & Me (Epic)
Bym EP - Bym (Echo)
Groovebird - Clan DJ Team (Dos Or Die)
Pra Manha [rm] - Da Lata (Palm Pictures)
Crispy Duck - Patrick Dawes (Tummy Touch)
Phoney Phranchise - Del The Funky Homosapian (Hiero Imperium)
40 Boys In 40 Nights - Donnas (Epitaph)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Farrah (Ark 21)
Out Of Reach - Gabrielle (Go.Beat/Polydor)
Same Picture / No Chance Given - Goldrush (Truck)
Hey Ren‚e - James Grant (Vertical)
The Way You Love Me / Kiss This - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
Musica - Hydrogen Rockers feat. Mayte (Plastica)
All For You - Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Flesh [rm] - Jan Johnston (Perfecto)
PPE - J-Zone (Rawkus)
Toxic Girl - Kings Of Convenience (Source)
Crawling - Linkin Park (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
My land - Trevor Loveys (Front Room)
What It Feels Like For A Girl - Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Song For Zoe - Mara (Choo Choo)
Loving You - Marc et Claude (Positiva)
Long To Belong -- Sampler 1 - Meat Katie (Kingsize)
I Can't Wait - Mirwais (Naive/Epic)
Alright Now - New Master Sands (Barely Breaking Even)
Keep On - Outsidaz (Ruff Life)
The Dark Ages - Andrea Parker (Quatermass)
Split Personality - Pink (LaFace/Arista)
Oochie Wally - QB Finest feat. Nas & The Brave Hearts (Columbia)
Do You Feel What You Feel [rm] - Raw Essence (Z Recs.)
Monkey Girl - Regency Buck (B-Unique/DreamWorks/POlydor)
Heavy Soul - Rhythm Masters (Black & Blue/Neo)
Nothing Lesser - Pete Rock & UN (Barely Breaking Even)
Strormtroopa VIP / The Beach - Rufige Cru (Metalheadz)
So Long - SK (Quench)
4 From The Falls EP: Cut - Snowblind (Heavenly/EMI)
Show Me (You Love Me) [rm] - Soda Club (Concept)
Hopeless (EP) / Undecided - Starecase (Hope)
Run For Cover - Sugababes (London)
Smile [rm] - Dennis Taylor (Dome)
Only For A While - Toploader (Sony Sý)
Morphy - Trouble & Bass (Too Pure)
Lost Vagueness - Utah Saints (Echo)
TCR 50 - v.a. (Thursday Club)
Music For Dancefloors Sampler - v.a. (Strut)
Obstinat Kartell EP - Martin Venetjoki (Konsequent)
Girl On A Goped [rm] - Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve/XL)
We Are Jonah - The Waterboys (RCA)
Let Love Be Your Energy - Robbie Williams (Chrysalis:EMI)

April 16th :

Geto Heaven - Common feat. Macy Gray (MCA/Universal-Island)
Give Me A Reason - The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
In Blue - The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
Everytime You Sleep - Deacon Blue (Papillon)
Survivor - Destiny's Child (Columbia)
The Watcher - Dr. Dre (Aftermath/Interscope/Polydor)
Blue Straggler - Elecktrelane (Let's Rock)
Get Ur Freak On - Missy 'Misdemenour' Elliott (Gold Mind/Elektra/East West)
Straight Up (No Bends) - Brian Harvey (Blacklist/Edel)
Algeria - JJ72 (Lakota)
Lovin' Each Day - Ronan Keating (Polydor)
All THe Wrong Reasons - The Magnets (Liberty/EMI)
Love Is Not A Game - J. Majik feat. Kathy Brown (Defected)
Re-Return Of The Original Artform Vol. 3 - Major Force (Mo Wax)
Discretion Grove - Stephen Malkmus (Domino)
He Is The One - Teish O'Day (Liberty/EMI)
Funny Break (One's Enough) - Orbital (ffrr)
Befire You Leave - Pepe Deluxe (Catskills)
Very Best Friend - Proud Mary (Sour Mash)
Das Glockenspiel [rm] - Schiller (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
Clutch - She  Seger (RCA)
Snoop Dogg (What'S My Name Part II) / Back Up Ho - Snoop Dogg (Priority/Virgin)
Muzikizum - X-Press 2 (Skint)

April 23rd :

Dream On - Depeche Mode (Mute)
[tba] - Garbage (Mushroom)
I Wanna Know - Joe (Jive)
Bawitaba - Kid Rock (Atlantic/East West)
Between Angels & Insects - Papa Roach (DreamWorks/Polydor)
Rock Show - Run-DMC (Arista)
Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7 (Polydor)
Karma Hotel - Spooks (Artemis/Epic)

April 30th :

Nobody - B.O.N. (Epic)
[tba] - Bon Jovi (Mercury)
I'm Back - Eminem (Aftermath/Interscope)
It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell (EMI)
Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Play - Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
As Cold As Ice [rm] - M.O.P. (Loud)
Just Friends (Sunny) - Musiq (DEf Jam/Mercury)
Imitation Of Life - R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Back Up (To Me) - Wookie (Soul II Soul/PIAS)

May (date unknown) :

It's Over Now - 112 (Bad Boy/Arista)
Another Way - Gigi d' Agostino (RCA)
Spitting In The Wind - Badly Drawn Boy (Twisted Nerve/XL)
Romeo / Where's Your Head - Basement Jaxx (XL)
The Door - Cicuit Boy feat. Alan T. (Black & Blue)
Over You - Warren Clarke (Defected)
Voodoo - Chuck Coogan (Soul Phusion)
Play To Win - Cosmos (Blue/AM:PM)
Never Enough - Boris Dlugosch with Roisin Murphy (Peppermint Jam)
Sublime - Drax & Scott Mac (Spot On)
Soulshaka - Jan Driver (Infusion)
Nerver Look Back - Dumonde (Manifesto/Mercury)
[tba] - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (-)
[tba] - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
We Come One - Faithless (Cheeky)
Terror - Fused (INCtraxx/Columbia)
Electric Avenue 2001 - Eddie Grant (-)
Outskirts - Ron Houder (Global Cuts)
I Feel Stereo - I Feel Stereo (white)
Wasteland - Kamaya Painters (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
It Wasn't Me - Lady Saw feat. Marcia (-)
Dirty Shame / Everybody C'mon / Who's She Lovin' Now? - Liberty City, Fla. (Jive)
Blackout - Lil Louis vs. Hydrogen Rockers (white)
Koyanisqatsi - M s Y M s (Club Tools/Edel)
Take It Easy [rm]} / Shake Me - Mint Royale (Faith & Hope)
Get It, Got It, Good - Mr. G (Defected)
Harmonizer - Jos‚ Nunez (Sondos)
[tba] - DJ Resonance feat. The Burrells (Strictly Rhythm)
Say It - Maria Rubia (Neo)
Angel - Shaggy (Universal-Island)
Stars / Get On Up - Sharp Disco Sessions (Sharp)
Drink To Get Drunk - S.i.A. (Long Lost Brother)
Lifetimes - Slam feat. Tyrone (Soma)
Exclusive - System (-)
Massive Power EP - Steve Thomas (Tripoli Trax)
Walk On - U2 (Island/Universal-Island)
The Searcher / The Walk - Tim Wright (Novamute)
Mind Made Up [rm] - Xtra Large (Vision)

May 7th :

Still On Your Side - BB Mak (Telstar)
Days Go By - Dirty Vegas (-)
Stay - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
Put It On Me - Ja Rule (Def Soul/Def Jam/Mercury)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent - Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury)
What About Now - Lonestar (Grapevine/BNA/RCA)
Ride With Me - Nelly (Fo' Real/MCA/Universal-Island)
I Can't Go To Sleep - Wu-Tang Clan (Loud/Epic)

May 14th :

Still On Your Side - BB Mak (Telstar)
Stay - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
Ride With Me - Nelly (Fo' Real/MCA/Universal-Island)
I Can't Go To Sleep - Wu-Tang Clan (Loud/Epic)

May 14th :

Radio Number One - Air (Source/Virgin)
Don't Talk - Jon B (Epic)
Thank You - Dido (Cheeky/Arista)
Free - Mya (University/Interscope/Polydor)
Rock The Funky Beats - Public Domain (Slinky/Xtravaganza)
Deep Down & Dirty - Stereo MC's (Island/Universal-Island)

May 21st :

TBA

May 28th :

TBA

June (date unknown) :

Another Day In Paradise - Brandy feat. Ray J (Atlantic/East West)
Happy People - Static Revenger (City Of Angels/Rulin')

September (date unknown) :

[tba] - New Order (-)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 6 Bee Gees - This is Where I Came In
• 7 LeAnn Rimes - I Need You
• 12 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live in New York City
• 15 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
• 16 Damage - Since You've Been Gone

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Hear'Say - Popstars
• 2 Eva Cassidy - Songbird
• 3 Gorillaz - Gorillaz
• 4 Dido - No Angel
• 5 Billy Joel - Ultimate Collection

New releases :

April 2001 :

Rarities II - Big Country (Big Country)
[tba] - Cast (Polydor)
Chemical Four - The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
[tba] - Echo & The Bunnymen (-)
[tba] - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Road Music [ri] - Grand Drive (RCA)
True Love & High Adventure [ri] - Grand Drive (RCA)
We Want Our Money Back - James (Fontana/Mercury)
Let Me Have It - Crispian Mills (-)
If The Truth Be Told - Shed Seven (Polydor)
Love Songs - Dionne Warwick (Rhino)
(I Think) I Love The 70s - Andy Williams (Columbia)

April 2nd :

The Psychedlic Sounds Of ... - The 13th Floor Elevators (Get Back)
Easter Everywhere - The 13th Floor Elevators (Get Back)
Until The End Of Time - 2pac (Amaru/Interscope/Polydor)
4th Element - 4th Element (Tommy Boy)
On The Surface - Abraham (JBO)
Rare Batch - Louis Armstrong (Pulse)
Acker, Kenny & Chris - Barber, Bilk & Ball (Pulse)
You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It OST - Becker & Fagan (See For Miles)
This Is Where I Came In - The Bee Gees (Polydor)
Endangered Species - Big Pun (Loud/Epic)
[tba] - The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M/Mercury)
Out Of The Shadows - Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent (Redhouse)
Puritanical Euphoric Misantropia - Dimmu Borgir (Nuclear Blast)
Boy Hits Car - Boy Hits Car (Epic)
Put The Funk Back In - The Brand New Heavies (Snapper)
Tune In With ... - The Bristols (Damaged Goods)
Enviro - Bronx Dogs (Marble Bar)
Timebomb - Buckcherry (DreamWorks/Polydor-Geffen)
Cantamus Aurora - Cantamus (Warner Classics)
The Ying & The Yang - Cappadonna (Epic)
No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Mute)
Clarence Park - Chris Clark (Warp)
Since You've Been Gone - Damage (Cooltempo/EMI)
Nothing Can Hold Us Back - East West Connection (Chilli Funk)
In The Nude - Eat Static (Mesmobeat)
Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards - Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards (Epitaph)
Gift - Shelley Gaines (Tommy Boy)
The Life - Ginuwine (Epic)
The Gospel Collection - Al Green (Spectrum)
Wicked Grin - John Hammond (Virgin)
The Best Years Of Our Lives - Steve Harley (BGO)
When No One Is Watching - Jori Hulkkonen (F Comm.)
The Singles 1977--1979 - The Jam (Polydor)
Arrival - Journey (Columbia)
Nubreed 4 - Sander Kleinenberg (Nubreed)
The Platinum Collection - Frankie Laine (Start)
Liberty City - Liberty City (Jive)
Present ... - DJ Luck & MC Neat (Universal TV)
Essential - Lynard Skynard (Spectrum)
Missing You ... Mi Yeewnii - Baba Maal (Palm Pictures)
Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann (V2)
Wembley Military Tattoo - Massed Military Band (Pulse)
Best Of ... - Roger Miller (Pulse)
Dub Showcase - Mission Control (Poptones)
10 Great Songs & An OK Voice - Jimmy Nail (Papillion)
The Chancer - Nash (Go.Beat/Polydor)
Be Ready - New Divine Destiny (Tommy Boy)
Spiritual Machine - Our Lady Peace (Epic)
Loyalty - Desmond Pringle (Tommy Boy)
Mista Don't Play - Project Pat (Loud/Epic)
Time Waits For No Man - Rasco (Stones Throw)
Passage Of Time - Joshua Redman (Warner Bros.)
Best Of ... - John Renbourn (Pulse)
I Need You - LeAnn Rimes (Curb/The Hit Label/London)
Amazing Grace - Royal Scots Dragoon Guard (Pulse)
The Beamer - Spacer (Pussyfoot)
Soul Food - Spiritual Pieces (Tommy Boy)
Live In NYC - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Baby Plays Around - Curtis Stigers (Concord Jazz)
Supreme Beings Of Leisure - Supreme Beings Of Leisure (Palm Pictures)
Re Members Only - Sylk 130 (Six Degrees)
Check It Out - James Taylor Quartet (Snapper)
Face To Face - Wayman Tisdale (East West)
Monkeygrinder - Rob Tongnoni (Megaworld)
Anthology - Bonnie Tyler (Castle)
Musipal - Wagon Christ (Ninja Tune)
Unholy Terror - W.A.S.P. (Castle)
The Collection - Kim Wilde (Spectrum)

April 9th :

Until The End Of Time - 2pac (Amaru/Interscope/Polydor)
The Magic Of ... - Billie Anthony (EMI Gold)
Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1 - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (Ninja Tune)
Bardot - Bardot (East West)
Friends / 20/20 - The Beach Boys (Capitol/EMI Catalogue)
Party / Stack O'Tracks - The Beach Boys (Capitol/EMI Catalogue)
Concert / Beach Boys `69 (Live In London) - The Beach Boys (Capitol/EMI Catalogue)
Smiley Smile / Wild Honey - The Beach Boys (Capitol/EMI Catalogue)
Spirit Of The Century - The Blind Boys Of Alabama (Real World)
Act Of Free Choice - David Bridie (Chrysalis:EMI)
Looking Down The Road - Brother Nature (Symphony Ray)
The Magic Of ... - Vikki Carr (EMI Gold)
Lido - Clearlake (Dusty Co.)
The Magic Of ... - Bobby Darin (EMI Gold)
REvelling / Reckoning - Ani diFranco (Koch Int.)
Eastovershoe - Sandy Dillon (One Little Indian)
Toxu - Wasis Diop (Wrasse)
Downer - Downer (Roadrunner)
Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson Lake & Palmer (Castle)
Sao Vicente Di Longo - Cesaria Ôvora (BMG)
One Nil - Neil Finn (Parlophone)
Smiling Assassin - John Hermann (Epitaph)
Draw - Matthew Jay (Food/EMI)
Totally Salsa -- The Essential Latin Dance Album - The Latin Cuban Band Connection (EMI Gold)
Roll On - The Living End (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
The Magic Of ... - Al Martino (EMI Gold)
Fly Casual - Mover (Superior Quality)
The Chancer - Nash (Go.Beat/Polydor)
Mechanical Wonder - Ocean Colour Scene (Island/Universal-Island)
Live At The Apollo, New York City - Robert Palmer (Eagle)
Odyssey #5 - Powderfinger (Polydor)
Room Service - Roxette (EMI)
Reconstructed - Todd Rundgren (Anagram)
Crown Royal - Run DMC (Profile/Arista)
La Colecci¢n Cubana - Compay Segundo (Nascente)
Afrodigital - The Shrine (Ocho)
J.E.E.P. (Just Enough Education To Perform) - Stereophonics (V2)
The Magic Of ... - Mel Torm‚ (EMI Gold)

April 16th :

Since I Left You - Avalanches (XL)
A Girl Like Me - Emma Bunton (Virgin)
Songs From An American Movie -- Vol. 2: Good Tome For ... - Everclear (Capitol/Parlophone)
Acoustic Soul - India.Arie (Motown/Universal-Island)
Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness - Syleena Johnson (Jive)
Beware Of The Dog - Lil' Bow Wow (SoSoDef/Columbia)
The Carnivorous Lnar Activities Of ... - Lupine Howl (Beggars Banquet)
The Up Close & Personal Project - Angie Martinez (Elektra/East West)
112--Part III - One Twelve (Bad Boy/Arista)
Papa M Sings - Papa M (Rock Action)
[tba] - Spiritualized (Deconstruction/Arista)

April 23rd :

Free All Angels - Ash (Infectious)
Echo Park - Feeder (Echo)
All For You - Janet Jackson (Virgin)
10 Great Songs & An OK Voice - Jimmy Nail (Papillon)
Simple Things - Zero 7 (Ultimate Dilemma)

April 30th :

Confield - Autechre (Warp)
Number One - B.O.N. (Epic)
[tba] - Foxy Brown (Def Jam/Mercury)
Survivor - Destiny's Child (Columbia)
Drawn From Life - Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (Virgin)
Rock Action - Mogwai (Southpaw)
The Altogether - Orbital (ffrr)
Malpractise - Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)

May 2001 :

[tba] - The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
Homesick - Deacon Blue (Papillon)
[tba] - Muse (Taste Media/Mushroom)
[tba] - Primal Scream (Creation)
Reveal - R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Afterglow - Travis (Independiente)
[tba] - Underworld (Junior Boy's Own/V2)
All Ten Fingers - Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve/XL)

May 7th :

Look Into The Eyeball - David Byrne (Virgin)
Devil's Night - D-12 (Interscope/Polydor)
Aijuswannasing - Musiq Soulchild (Mercury)
Wingspan - Wings (Parlophone)

May 14th :

Lions - The Black Crowes (V2)
Live - Bon Jovi (Mercury)
Exciter - Depeche Mode (Mute)
Miss E ... So Addictive - Missy 'Misdemenour' Elliot (Elektra/East West)
Scream If You Want To Go Faster - Geri Halliwell (EMI)
[tba] - Lisa Stansfield (Arista)

May 21st :

Vespertine - Bj”rk (One Little Indian)

May 28th :

Deep Down & Dirty - Stereo MC's (-)

June 2001 :

Don't Stand Me Down [ri] - Dexy's Midnight Runners (-)
[tba] - Gay Dad (-)
Chinese Democracy - Guns'n'Roses (Geffen/Polydor)

June 4th :

Amnesiac - Radiohead (Parlophone)

June 4th :

[tba] - Blink 182 (MCA/Universal-Island)

July 2001 :

[tba] - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (-)
Wonderland - Kelis (Virgin)
The Exorcist III - Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)

September 2001 :

[tba] - Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
[tba] - New Order (London)

October 2001 :

[tba] - Portishead (Go.Beat/Polydor)

Dominator's Top 50 of 2000

15. Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion

The other two releases were Another Pearl (No.41, June 2000) and Once Around the Block (No.27, Nov 2000)

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator

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