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so the following dropped out :

2 climbers :

3 non-movers :

and 26 going down.

Big fallers include :

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

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

40 (RE-51) Martine McCutcheon - Talking in your Sleep
39 (RE-53) Robbie Williams - She's The One

16 Hepburn - Deep Deep Down

They could have had a Top 5 hit this week, but the lack of sales pushed them 'Deep Deep Down' to No.16.

5 Ian Brown - Dolphins Were Monkeys

3 Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body :O ===

1 Oasis - Go Let it Out :O === *1st Week at No.1*

This single is the 5th in a row to go straight in at No.1.

New releases :

February (date unknown) :

[tba] EP - Action Spectacular (Curveball)
Doing It For The Money - The Aloof (Screaming Target)
Movin' Too Fast - Artful Dodger feat. Romina Johnson (Locked ON/XL)
[tba] - Richard Ashcroft (Hut/Virgin)
It's Over - Astrotrax (Defected)
Funkin' Town - Beatmaniac feat. Bi$kid (Spacefunk)
Tricky Tricky - Lou Bega (RCA)
Mr. Devil - Big Time Charlie (Inferno)
That How You Got Off - Big Yoga Muffin (Echo)
Happiness - Bini & Martini (Azuli)
It's Alright - Camisra (VC/Virgin)
Home - Chakra (Earth Music/WEA)
I Don't Want Nobody Telling Me What To Do - Cherie Amour (4 Play)
Don't Give Up - Chicane (Xtravaganza)
Can't Get Used To Losing You - Colour Girl (4 Liberty)
I Feel Love - CRW (Nukleuz)
Time To Party - Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
Hip-Hop / It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop - Dead Prez (Epic)
Lettin' Ya Mind Go - Desert (Glow)
All Over My Face - Disfunctional Psychedelic Waltons (Virgin)
All U Need / My Love / It's About Time / Tell Me - Divine (Red Ant/Mushroom)
If It Moves, Dunk It - Bert Dunk (Loaded)
Africa 2000 [rm] - Echobeatz (Eternal/WEA)
Temperamental - Everything But The Girl (Virgin)
Less Stress - Evil Nine (Marine Parade)
What's Going On - Exemen feat. Wookie (-)
Take A Picture - Filter (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
The Sound Of Bamboo [rm] - Flickman (I Am/Inferno)
The Man With The Red Face - Garnier (F Comm.)
Bright Eyes - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
Time - Alex Gopher (Solid/V2)
Poodle Rockin' - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (-)
[tba] - Mike Graham (/Universal-Island)
Still - Macy Gray (Epic)
Forgive Me - Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
Meltdown 2000 - DJ Hitch Hiker pres. Lunatic Asylum (Nebula)
Won't Take It Lying Down - The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Money - Jamelia feat. Beenie Man (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Anything - Jay-Z (Epic)
Cried Me A River - Jersey Street (Junior)
Snow - JJ72 (Lakota)
Get It On ... Tonite - Montell Jordan (DefJam/Mercury)
Four Seasons EP - Sander Kleinenberg (ffrr)
Stupid Jack - Kojak (Pro-Zak Trax/Polydor)
Stay - Alison Krauss (CRS)
Feelin' Alright - Len (Work/Columbia)
Amazed - Lonestar (Grapevine/Ritz)
Body Rock - Louchie Lou & Michie One (Interscope)
Save Me - Meeker (Underwater)
Believe - Ministers De La Funk (Subliminal/Defected)
The Time Is Now - Moloko (Echo)
Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line (Global Talent)
Free Again - Nowa Nowa (Vision)
Shake Ya Body - N-Trance (All Around The World)
Why Can't We - Guy Oseary feat. Stevie J. (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Born This Way - Pour Homme (Nu Camp)
Live Forever - Queen Of Klubz (Big Onion)
White Treble, Black Bass - Sgt. Slick (Neo)
The Crunch Part III - The Somnabulist (-)
Radiant EP - The Sunburst Band (Z)
Lucky Star - Superfunk feat. Ron Carroll (Virgin)
Music - Tiefschwarz (Benztown)
Roaches - Trancesetters (Hooj Choons)
Believe - The Traveller & In Motion (5 AM)
Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams (Columbia)
Off The Wall - Winsome (Positiva)
Off The Wall (Enjoy Yourself) - Wisdome (Positiva)
Sunshine - Yomanda (1st Ave./Manifesto/Mercury)

February 7th :

Playground Love - Air (Source/Virgin)
Imagine - Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA)
Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple (Columbia)
Dolphins Were Monkeys - Ian Brown (Polydor)
Spiral Scratch - The Buzzcocks (Mute)
Vito Satan - Campag Velocet (PIAS/V2)
Revelations - Hefner (Top Dog)
Humanistic - Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
Uneasy - Laika (Too Pure)
Voices - Ann Lee (Systematic/London)
Poliece & Thieves - Luciano (Palm Pictures)
Let's Not Play The Game - Maxwell (Columbia)
Walk / Don't Walk - My Life Story (It)
Go Let It Out! - Oasis (Big Brother)
Your Eyes - Simply Red (East West)
I'm In Love - Starparty (Incentive)
Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) - Shania Twain (Mercury)
Nearly Made It - Younger Younger 28's (Equipe Ecosse/V2)

February 14th :

Like A Rose - A1 (Byrne Blood/Columbia)
Pure Shores - All Saints (London)
Cartoon Heroes - Aqua (Universal)
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys (Jive)
Let The Freak - Big Ron (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] - Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Blackout - Darling (Disco Violante)
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - Eels (DreamWorks)
Come In Hard - Hardknox (Jive)
I Wanna Thank You - The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Jumble Rumble Band feat. Paul da Vinci (Jammin)
I Love You - Martina McBride (RCA)
Another Mellow Winter - Mellow (Atmospheriques/East West)
You Are Not Alone - Savage Garden (Columbia)
Stand Inside Your Love - The Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)

February 21st :

[tba] - Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
[tba] - The Bluetones (Superior Quality/Mercury)
[tba] - Broadcast (Warp)
[tba] - Cher (WEA)
It's OK - Delirious? (Furious?)
Emotions - Icons (Hydrogen Dukebox)
Sunburn - Muse (Taste/Mushroom)
Eyes On You - Santessa (Disco Violante)
[tba] - Southern Fly (London)
Yeah! - The Wannadies (Indolent)

February 28th :

Say My Name - Destiny's Child (Columbia)
Feeling So Good - Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
Feakin' It - Will Smith (Columbia)

March (date unknown) :

Mixed Bizness - Beck (Geffen/Polydor)
[tba] - Elastica (Deceptive)
[tba] - Sally-Anne Marsh (Jive)
Life Story - Angie Stone (Arista)
[tba] EP - Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)

March 6th :

The F-Word [rm] - Baby Bird (Echo)
She's All I Ever Had - Ricky Martin (Columbia)
Natural Blues - Moby (Mute)

March 13th :

You Are Not Alone - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] - Steps (Ebul/Jive)

March 20th :

Don't Say You Love Me - M2M (Atlantic/East West)

April (date unknown) :

Souvenir - 3D feat. Liam Howlett (-)
One More Time - Death In Vegas feat. Bobby Gillespie (Concrete/Deconstruction/Arista)
[tba] - Alex Love (Poptones)

May (date unknown) :

[tba] - Goldfrapp (Mute)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

The top 5 goes like this :

New releases :

February (date unknown) :

[tba] - Birth (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] - Coldplay (Parlophone)
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley - Alec Empire (El Turco Loco)
[tba] - Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
[tba] - Mike Graham (Universal-Island)
Chinese Democracy - Guns'n'Roses (Geffen/Polydor)
[tba] - Jamelia (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Methods Of Mayhem - Tommy Lee (-)
[tba] - Nirvana (Geffen/Polydor)
[tba] - Orange Can (Regal/Parlophone)
Think Tank - Rollins Band (DreamWorks)
Greatest Hits - Salt'n'Pepa (ffrr/London)
[tba] - Sasha (WEA Germany)
[tba] - Space (Gut)
Honest OST - v.a. (-)
And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Yo La Tengo (Matador)
Soap - Younger Younger 28's (V2)

February 7th :

Yeah Baby - Big Pun (Epic)
Livid - Blondie (RCA)
After Glow - Crowded House (Capitol/Parlophone)
Duke Elegant - Dr. John (Parlophone)
The Future - Remixed - Incognito (Talkin Loud/Mercury)
If I left The Zoo - Jars Of Clay (Jive)
Liebling - Andreas Johnson (WEA)
Carpet Tunner Syndrome - Kid Koala (Ninja Tune)
Nixon - Lambchop (City Slang)
Eho Needs Pictures - Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
2 Step - The Best Of Underground Garage - v.a. (Azuli)
Comfort Zone - v.a. (R.02)
It's A Shifty Disco Thing Vol. 2 - v.a. (Shifty Disco)
Transatlantic Audio - v.a. (Dynamite Joint)
The Very Best Of ... - Andy Williams (Columbia)

February 14th :

Virgin Suicides OST - Air (Source/Virgin)
Boxed Set - Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
Whiteout - Boss Hog (City Slang/EfA)
The Secret Life Of The Love Song - Nick Cave (King Mob)
Telling Stories - Tracy Chapman (Elektra/East West)
Bloodflowers - The Cure (Polydor)
Voodoo - D'Angelo (Cooltempo/EMI)
Europop - Eiffel 65 (Logic/Arista)
Latter Days - The Best Of ... Vol. 2 - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic/East West)
Imagine [ri] - John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
Soulsation - Lovestation (Fresh)
[tba] - Patti Smith (Arista)
Naked Self - The The (Polydor)
In Person - Bobby Trafalgar (Repap/Paper)
Notre Dame De Paris OST - v.a. (Columbia)
The Beach OST - v.a. (London)
BBC Sessions - The Who (Polydor)

February 21st :

When The Pawn - Fiona Apple (Columbia)
Resurrection - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless/Epic)
Deconstruction - Meredith Brooks (Deconstruction)
Daisies For The Galaxy - Eels (DreamWorks)
Hardknox - Hardknox (Jive)
Skill - Kawala (Jive)
G - Gerald Levert (WEA East West)
Mathis On Broadway - Johnny Mathis (Legacy/Columbia)
I'm Not One Of Us - Psycore (V2)
2 Against Nature - Steely Dan (Giant/RCA)
Essential Mix - Francois K - v.a. (ffrr)
Renaissance: The Mix Collection - v.a. (Ministry Of Sound-Renaissance/Passion)

February 28th :

Aquarius - Aqua (Universal)
[tba] - Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Initiation - Darling (Diso Violante)
Kaleidoscope - Kelis (Virgin)
Good Looking Blues - Laika (Too Pure)
Joko - Youssou N'Dour (Columbia)
The Death Of ... - Quickspace (Kitty Kitty Corp.)
Machina: The Machines Of God - Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)
Black Diamond - Angie Stone (Arista)
Freak Magnet - Violent Femmes (Cooking Vinyl)

March (date unknown) :

Joya Magica - 60 Ft Dolls (Huge & Jolly)
[tba] - Ash (Infectious)
Belle Isle Tech - DJ Assault (Mo Wax)
[tba] - Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
[tba] - The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M)
What Colour Is Love [ri] - Terry Callier (Verve/Talkin Loud/Mercury)
[tba] - Dubstar (Food/EMI)
[tba] - Elastica (Deceptive)
The Best Of ... - The House Of Love (Arista)
100 Broken Windows - Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
[tba] - Jurassic 5 (Pan/Polydor)
[tba] - The Orb (Island/Universal-Island)
Met.A.Mor.Phic - Guy Oseary (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
[tba] - Finlay Quaye (Epic)
[tba] - Red Venom (All Around The World)
[tba] - Ryad (Riverhorse)
[tba] - Super Furry Animals (Creation)
[tba] - Underworld (Junior Boy's Own/V2)

March 6th :

Bugged - Baby Bird (Echo)
Sports, Drugs Entertainment - Cam'ron (Untertainment/Epic)
Skull & Bones - Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Weather Underground - Geneva (Nude)
[tba] - Kid Rock (Lava/Atlantic/East West)
Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl (V2)
Crown Royal - Run DMC (Profile/Arista)
Box Set - Dusty Springfield (Mercury\PolyGram TV)
Are You Receiving Me? - Subcircus (Echo)
Yeah! - The Wannadies (Indolent/RCA)

March 13th :

The Wall - Live - Pink Floyd (EMI)
The Platinum Album! - Vengaboys (Positiva)

March 20th :

Power Of The Dollar - 50 Cent (Columbia)
Community Music - Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr/London)
Dawson's Creek 2 OST - v.a. (Columbia)

April (date unknown) :

I Need The MC - All Saints (London)
[tba] - Sgt. Rock (Wiiija)
Helioscentric - Paul Weller (Independiente)
[tba] - Pete Wylie (-)

April 10th :

Place De Gaulle - Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)

May (date unknown) :

[tba] - Airlock (One Little Indian)
[tba] - Richard Ashcroft (-)
[tba] - The Delgados (Chemikal Underground)
[tba] - Gay Dad (London)
[tba] - Junior Cartier (NuCamp/Wall Of Sound)
[tba] - Pulp (Island/Universal-Island)
The Sound Of Water - Saint Etienne (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
[tba] - Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)
[tba] - Utah Saints (Echo)
[tba] - Wilt (Mushroom)

June (date unknown) :

[tba] - Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
[tba] - Ronan Keating (-)
[tba] - Radiohead (Parlophone)
[tba] - Spice Girls (Virgin)

July (date unknown) :

[tba] - The Prodigy (XL)
[tba] - U2 (Island)

August (date unknown) :

[tba] - N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

Dominator's Top 50 of 1999

7. Pet Shop Boys - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More

It was followed by New York City Boy (No.14, Oct 99) and another long title, You Only Love Me When You're Drunk (No.8, Jan 2000).

I went to see the Pet Shop Boys on Dec 10th last year at the M.E.N. (Manchester Evening News) Arena, formerly known as the Nynex Arena, which was excellent and featured seven songs from their latest album, Nightlife, which has a very ambient feel and I recommend it wholeheartedly, including For Your Own Good, which opened the gig, plus I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More, Happiness is an Option, Vampires, New York City Boy, Footsteps and an acoustic version of their last single, You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk.

I last saw the Pet Shop Boys on their 1989 tour at the Birmingham NEC which was more of a theatrical experience and featured several short films created exclusively by the late director Derek Jarman. The new backdrops which appeared behind every song, had some that were more specific than others but each played their part and the only time we saw an actual promo video was when selected clips of What Have I Done To Deserve This ? were played as Neil sang the duet with the late Dusty Springfield.

Other tunes played throughout the two-hour concert included West End Girls, Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money), It's a Sin, Young Offender, Being Boring, Only The Wind, Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is), It's Alright and a rousing finale of Go West.

The only thing that played a partial downer on the gig was that within four songs, a number of people including the rows around us walked out and never returned - quite odd considering they'd paid at least £25 per ticket (and mine were closer to £30 each after you add the booking fee and P&P). However, this wasn't such a bad thing as it meant we could move about more and do our best to avoid the tall people in front obscuring the stage, plus it got rid of one particularly annoying bottle blonde bimbo who just wouldn't shut up!

And yes, they did wear THOSE wigs, but for the first half only.

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator

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