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This week: 6 new entries, 0 re-entering, 2 chart, 5 climbing, 1 not moving & 26 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...

6 new and 0 re-entering and 2 chart entries :

• 37 30 Seconds To Mars - From Yesterday
• 36 Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson/Nicole Scherzinger - Scream
• 32 (48 CH) Michael Jackson feat. will.i.am - The Girl Is Mine 2008
• 27 (60 CH) Biffy Clyro - Who's Got A Match
• 18 Goldfrapp - A&E
• 14 Morrissey - That's How People Grow Up
• 12 The Feeling - I Thought It Was Over
• 10 Wet Wet Wet - Weightless

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Robyn With Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
• 39 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
• 38 Rihanna - Umbrella
• 37 Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me
• 36 The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
• 35 Sugababes - About You Now
• 34 Urbnri Young - Free And Simple
• 33 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life

5 climbing :

• 2 (3) Nickelback - Rockstar
• 4 (5) Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
• 5 (10) David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
• 11 (24) Mark Brown feat. Sarah Cracknell - The Journey Continues
• 20 (22) Kylie Minogue - Wow

1 not moving :

• 1 Basshunter - Now You're Gone

and 26 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 19 (13) Jay Sean - Ride It
• 23 (15) Kanye West - Homecoming
• 38 (17) Elliot Minor - Still Figuring Out
• 39 (32) Adele - Hometown Glory

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 42 Yael Naim - New Soul
• 63 Chris Brown - With You
• 64 Blood Red Shoes - You Bring Me Down
• 66 Jack Johnson - If I Had Eyes
• 68 Flo Rider feat. T-Pain - Low
• 71 Iwasacubscout - Pink Squares

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

Scouting For Girls: She's So Lovely [Scouting For Girls] 34 (30) Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Love this song, and the hottie in the video is a model called Louise Glover (google for her images, but not from work!). See the video here.

Cascada: What Hurts The Most [Perfect Day] 28 (26) Cascada - What Hurts The Most The dance remix of this track really works well, given that the original was by Celebrity Big Brother racist scum Jo O'Meara from S Club 7 as her dreadful attempt to restart her solo career. Well worth a listen! Click here to see the video

Girls Aloud: Call The Shots [Tangled Up] 29 (23) Girls Aloud - Call The Shots Very mediocre track that doesn't know whether it should actually get going or not. In the end, it doesn't. Click here to see the video

Basshunter: Now You're Gone 1 (1) Basshunter - Now You're Gone *5th Week at No.1* Total crap. Click here to see the video

New releases :

Rihanna: Don’t Stop The Music [Good Girl Gone Bad]

February 11th:

Alan Connor – Dance Away
Alphabeat – Fascination
Andy Scott-Lee – Unforgettable
Armand Van Helden – Je T’Aime
Asa – Fire On The Mountain
Black Francis – The Seus
Chromeo – Needy Girl
Cicada – Same Old Scene
Colin MacIntyre – tba
The Coral – Put The Sun Back
Correcto – Do It Better (7”)
Dropkick Murphys - The State Of Massachusetts (EP)
Estelle – American Boy
Feeling - I Thought It Was Over
Glasvegas – Its My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (7”)
Goldfrapp – A & E
iLiKETRAiNS - We Go Hunting (7”)
Marina Topley-Bird – Carnies
Osunlade – My Reflection
Paramore – Misery Business
Pete & The Pirates – Mr Understanding
Proclaimers – New Religion
Remi Nicole – Lights Out
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Simple Plan – When I’m Gone
Tori White - Who If Its Not You
XX Teens - How To Reduce Chances Of Being A Terror Victim (7")
Yves La Rock - Zookey

February 18th:

Amy MacDonald – Run
Benjamin Wetherill – The Derby Ram (7”)
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Craig David – 6 Of 1 Thing
Cut Off Your Hands – Oh Girl (7”)
Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny
Foals – Cassius
H Two O feat Platnum - What's It Gonna Be
Hatcham Social – So So Happy Making / Berlin
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy
Kid Harpoon - The Second (EP)
Laura Critchley – Sometimes I
Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee (7”)
Mark Ronson – Just
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
Operator Please – Get What You Want
Out Of Office – Break of Dawn 2008
Plain White T’s - Our Time Now
Reverend And The Makers - Bandits
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
Windmill – Tokyo Moon

February 25th:

Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
Asobi Seksu – Goodbye
B52s – Pump
Band Of Horses – No-One’s Going To Love You (7”)
The Cribs – I’m A Realist / bast*rds Of Young
Duffy – Mercy
Future Of The Left – Manchasm (7”)
Futureheads - Beginning Of The Twist
Gallows - Just Because You Sleep Next To Me Doesn't Mean You're Safe (7”)
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – The Young And Lovestruck
Grand National - Animal Sounds (7”)
The Hives – We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S) (10”)
Jacob Golden – Out Come The Wolves
Jaymay – Gray Or Blue
Katie Melua - If The Lights Go Out
Kylie Minogue – Wow
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Menomena - Rotten Hell
MGMT – Trying To Pretend
Moby – Alice
Natalia – Pretty Like Me
Nina Nastacia - What She Doesn't Know / Your Red Nose (7”)
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better
Sonic Hearts – To Be Someone
Sonny J – Enfant Terrible
Team Waterpolo – Letting Go (7”) [Limited]
Tiny Masters Of Today – Hologram World
Vincent Vincent & The Villains – Pretty Girl
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage
Young Knives – Up All Night

March 3rd:

Bob Sinclar – Together
Cazals – Life Is Boring
The Cloud Room – Blackout
Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off (7”)
Go:Audio – Woodchuck (EP)
Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome
Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
Jack Savoretti – One Man Band
The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful
MIA – Paper Planes
Nickelback – Photograph
Shocking Pinks – Emily
T-Pain – Church
We Are Scientists – After Hours

March 10th:

Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Mystery Jets – Young Love
Pendulum – Propane
Teenagers – Love No
Utah Saints vs Van She - Something Good 2008

March 17th:

James Blunt – Carry You Home

TBA:

50 Cent - I Got Money
Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Amerie – Crush
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Annie – 2 Of Hearts
Athlete – The Outsiders
Backstreet Boys - Helpless When She Smiles
Blood Red Shoes - Say Something Say Anything [7th Apr]
Boyzone – tba [Mar]
Cascada – What Do You Want From Me
Che’Nelle - I Fell In Love With The DJ
Chris Brown – With You [24th Mar]
Congress – 40 Miles ‘07
The Count & Sinden – Beeper [Mar]
Dan Deacon – Wham City
Darren Hayes – Casey
David Guetta feat Tara Mc Donald - Delirious
DJ Jeroenski – Back Once Again
DJ Sammy feat Nyah - Everybody Hurts
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars [Feb]
Doug Walker – The Mystery [Jan]
Dykeenies – tba [Jan]
The Enemy - This Song
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Freemasons – You’re Not Alone Now
Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French
Helen Boulding – Way To Go [Apr]
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
hellogoodbye – Oh It Is Love
Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers
Howard Murphy – Friend Like You [Feb]
Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
Janet Jackson – Feedback [Feb]
Jennifer Lopez – Brave
Justice - Phantom
Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Waste Your Time
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down [24th Mar]
Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
Kooks – tba [Mar]
Koopa - Why?
Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting
The Little Ones – Morning Tide [31st Mar]
LMC vs Marvin – Grapevine
Long Blondes – Guilt [24th Mar]
Los Campesinos! - Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks [14th Apr]
Luke Dzierzek – Echo
M&C feat Rebecca Rudd – Magic Touch
Manian feat Aila – Turn The Tide
Mario - Crying Out For Me
Maroon 5 - Goodnight Goodnight
Milburn – The Genius And The Tramp
Neils Children - What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nono feat Huski - Three More Days
Palladium – White Lady
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private - Crucify My Heart
Richard Fleeshman – Hold Me Close [Feb]
Ricki-Lee – tba
Same Difference – tba
Sander Van Doorn – Riff
The Script – We Cry [14th Apr]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Everytime
Shaggy feat Rik Rok – Bonafide Girl
Shanie – Don’t Give Me Your Life ‘08
Siobhan Donaghy – Medevac
Sons & Daughters – Chains [21st Apr]
Strange Days feat Steve Harley – Smile [Jan]
Sugababes – Denial [Mar]
Taio Cruz – tba
Timbaland feat Keri Hilson – Scream
Toyah – Sensational
Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol – Club Wedding
Ultrabeat – I Wanna Touch You [Jan]
Unkle – Restless
Vengaboys – Partylife
Westlife – Us Against The World
Will I Am – One More Chance
Yoav – Club Thing

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Hot Chip: Made In The Dark This week there are new entries for : 1 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 4 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 6 Mary J Blige - Growing Pains 27 Dionne Warwick - The Love Collection 42 Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time For A Love Revolution 47 Kenny Rogers - Love Songs 49 Alexander O'Neal - Alex Loves... 52 Luciano Pavarotti - Love Songs 59 Morcheeba - Dive Deep 63 The Duke - Spirit Neptune 64 Rascal Flatts - Rascal Flatts 73 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies

Jack Johnson: Sleep Through The Static The top 10 goes like this : 1 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 2 Adele - 19 3 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 4 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 5 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 6 Mary J Blige - Growing Pains 7 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 8 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 9 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 10 Billy Fury - His Wondrous Story

New releases :

Brit Awards 2008 February 11th: Biomechanical - Cannibalised Bob Mould – District Line Boy Kill Boy – Stars & The Sea Cassie – Cassie Craig Chalmers - Dream On Daniel Wylie & Cosmic Rough Riders - The Very Best Of Envelopes – Here Comes The Wind f*** Buttons - Street Horrssing Helen Boulding – New Red Dress Homespun - Short Stories From East Yorkshire Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... The Mae Shi – KLLYH Michael Jackson - Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition] Morrissey – Greatest Hits Ruarri Joseph – Tales Of Grit And Grime Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear Brit Awards 2008 February 18th: Allison Moorer – Mockingbird Asa - Asa The Autumn Defense - The Autumn Defense The Cloud Room – The Cloud Room Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles Eve – Here I Am The Feeling – Join With Me Figurines - When The Deer Wore Blue Hayseed Dixie - No Covers Iwasacubscout - I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope Jonathan Ansell - Tenor At The Movies Kyte – Kyte Magnet – The Simple Life Malcolm Middleton - Sleight Of Heart Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride Nada Surf - Lucky The Orb – The Dream Pete & The Pirates – Little Death Simple Plan – Simple Plan Willie Nelson – Moment Of Forever February 25th: Biffy Clyro - Singles 2001-2005 The Boggs – Forts Busta Rhymes – Back On My BS Correcto – Correcto Erykah Badu – The Kahba Estelle – Shine Girl Talk – Night Ripper Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Janet Jackson - Discipline Nelly – Brass Knuckles OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud State Radio - Year Of The Crow Tegan & Sara - The Con March 3rd: Autechre – Quaristice B52s – Funplex Billy Bragg – Mr Love & Justice Black Crowes – Warpaint Black Francis – Svn Fngrs Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies Courteeners – tba Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into Duffy – Rockferry Gallows - Live At The 100 Club Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Searching For The Hows And Whys Grand National – A Drink & A Quick Decision Gutter Twins – Saturnalia Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl – Two Kelis - Good Stuff: Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! Operator Please - Yes Yes Vindictive Richie Hawtin – Choice Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash March 10th: Adam Green – Sixes & Sevens Bauhaus – Go Away White Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair Kills – Midnight Boom Mike Oldfield - Music Of The Spheres Moby – Last Night Neon Neon – Stainless Style Presidents Of The United States of America – These Are The Good Times People Rubies – Explode From The Centre Soft Cell - Heat : The Remixes Vincent Vincent And The Villains – Gospel Bombs The Vines – Best Of The Young Knives – Super Abundance Now 69 March 17th: Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward Counting Crows - Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings The Grid – Doppelganger The Jesus & Mary Chain - The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD) Marina Topley-Bird – The Blue God Club Merz - Moi Et Mon Camion My Chemical Romance – Live Palladium – The Way Its Not Sonny J – Disastro Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Greatest Hits The Sword - God's Of The Earth Teenagers – Reality Check We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery Yoav - Charmed & Strange Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008. [Up to the top of this page] DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier. PC games reviewed by the editor are on: Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP