(* - 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...
13 new entries this week :
40 Big Room Girl/Darryl Pandy - Raise Your Hands
36 Studio 45 - Freak It!
31 Roger Sanchez & Twilight - I Want Your Love
20 Loop Da Loop - Hazel
19 Kleshay - Rush
16 Moffats - Crazy
14 Cevin Fisher - You've Got Me Burning Up
13 Next Of Kin - 24 Hours From You
8 UNKLE featuring the Drunk Aeroplane Passenger Ian Brown - Be There
5 Barenaked Ladies - One Week
4 DJ Sakin - Protect Your Mind
3 2 Pac - Changes
1 Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away * !!!
so the following dropped out :
40 Robbie Williams - No Regrets
39 Gay Dad - Big Fuss About Nothing
38 Greece 2000 - Three Drives
37 DJ Eric - We Are Love
36 3 Colours Red
35 Will Smith - Miami
33 Cassius - 1999
32 Blockster - You Should Be
31 Spice Girls - Goodbye
29 Placebo - Every You Every Me
27 Busta Rhymes - I Did A Freak Shit
19 Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes
16 Mansun - Six
0 climbers :
0 non-movers :
and 27 going down.
Big fallers include :
22 (10) Dru Hill
24 (15) Supercar
26 (12) Mirrorball
37 (23) Garbage
38 (13) M People
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
42 Imajin - No Doubt
56 Audioweb - Test The Theory
59 Deejay Punk-Roc Vs Onyx - Roc-In-It
63 Grifters - Flash
73 Wired - Transonic
Of this week's highlights and lowlights...
13 Next Of Kin - 24 Hours From You
The UK's answer to Hanson. They're the splitting image of them and they're
equally shite.
8 UNKLE featuring the Drunk Aeroplane Passenger Ian Brown - Be There
Watch out, watch out, there's a wanker about.
5 Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Not bad this fast tune, but the lyrics are rather incomprehensible, so it's
a good job Channel 4's "T4" provided onscreen subtitles during their
performance. Bit of a pity then, that the brainchild of Andi 'Big Jessie'
Peters still insists on retaining the onscreen logo!
3 2 Pac - Changes
Can't see any changes in this man's future as he's dead.
Another week, another No.1 and most people will have bought this on the strength
of the Peugeot car advert in which it has been featured over the past few weeks,
rather than the man's musical talents.
Although his biggest hit before now was "Are You Gonna Go My Way", it's his
first album, "Let Love Rule", which has been the best for me so far. His latest
album, "5", has been out for four weeks already, but is this the greatest hits
album we were promised? Anyone know for sure please email me direct.
This is now the sixth single in a row to go straight in at No.1, and the
11th different No.1 in a row on a weekly basis.
1. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
2. 911 - A Little Bit More
3. Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
4. Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me
Changes - 2pac (Jive)
Another World - Astral Projection (-)
Test The Theory - Audioweb (Mother)
Undersea Community - Avalanches (-)
Jugs For Sale - Howie B (Pussyfoot)
[tba] - Charlie Baltimore (Untertainment/East West)
One Week - Barenaked Ladies (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Raise Your Hands [rm] - Big Room Girl feat. Darryl Pandy (Junior Boy's Own/VC/Virgin)
It's A Party - Bounty Killer (Edel)
Mixed Blood (Mambo Rock) - Bronx Dogs (Marble Bar/Distance)
A Taste of Boogie - Carboo (-)
Alcoholic Show - Cartoons (EMI)
Kiss The Day Goodbye - Annie Christian (Equipe Ecosse/V2)
Bad Enough - CZR feat. Daryl Pandy (Sidewalk)
Electric Soul - Roy Davis Jr. (-)
My Friend (So Long) - DC Talk (Virgin)
Contrax - Decorum (-)
Leech - Eve 6 (RCA)
What It's Like - Everlast (Tommy Boy)
Last One Standing - Neil Finn (Parlophone)
(You Got Me) Burning Up - Cevin Fisher feat. Loleatta Holloway
(Subversive/Wonderboy)
Cryogenix - DJ Friction & Nu Balance (-)
Over My Head - Fungus (Chapter 22/Food/Parlophone)
Rocket Soul Music - Funky Porcini (Mo Wax)
The Picture - Gearwhore (Virgin)
Nightbreed - Hellfire Club (React)
Space Invaders [rm] - Hit'n'Hide (All Around The World)
Da Samba Afrique - Nick Holder (-)
No Doubt - Imajin (Jive)
[tba] - Jewel (Atlantic)
Rush - Kleshay (Jerv/Epic)
Blood Rich - Klute (Certificate 18)
Fantastic Friend - Kolony (Track)
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
Burning Disaster - Language Lab (Kahuna Cuts)
Crazy - Lucid (Indirect/Delirious/ffrr)
Judgement Day - Method Man (Mercury)
I Want To Spend My Lifetime - Miss B feat. Maxine (-)
Crazy - The Moffats (EMI)
She's Looking For Me [ri] - The Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
Moving On - Mya (MCA)
Be My Lover [rm] - Naomi (Gut)
24 Hours From You - Next Of Kin (Universal)
The Power - No Solution feat. Cynda (Pepper/Jive)
Heart & Shoulder - Heather Nova (Big Cat/V2)
Ride The Pony - Peblab (Distinctive)
Roc-In-It - DeeJay Punk-Roc vs. Onyx (Airdog/Independiente)
Luxury Cage - Republica (Deconstruction)
Waiting For This - Ruth (ARC)
I Want Your Love - Roger Sanchez (-)
[tba] - DJ Saskia (Positiva)
Raw - Melkey Sedek (MCA)
My Only Love - Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West) 1.02
Freak It - Studio 45 (Azuli)
[tba] - Tindersticks (This Way Up)
~ Silly Ho - TLC (LaFace/Arista)
Madness - Uptown Connection (-)
Don't Jump In Front Of My Train - Whistler (Wiiija)
Transonic - Wired (Future Groove)
February 15th :
Why Don't You Stay - 101 feat. Marvellous D (VC/Virgin)
Liquid EP - 2nd Gen (Novamute)
Ain't No Sunshine - 4 The Cause (RCA) 1.02
Because Of You - 98=B0 (Motown)
[tba] - Angel Moon (V2)
Back Together - Baby Bird (Echo)
Action & Drama - Bis (Wiiija)
Babylon - Black Dog Feat. Ofra Haza (-)
Kingsize - The Boo Radleys (Creation)
Big Ten - Bows (Too Pure)
Drop That Beat / Afterlife - Scott Brown (-)
Strong Enough - Cher (WEA)
Runaway [ri] - Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
She's Only Cool - Cotton Mather (-)
Anything But Down - Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
[tba] - Cuba (4AD)
Doctor Green Thumb - Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
I Am The Sun - Dark Star (EMI)
El Paraiso - Dee-Tah (ffrr)
Slippin' - DMX (Def Jam/Mercury)
As Good As It Gets - Gene (Costermonger/Polydor)
What's So Different - Ginuwine (Epic)
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls (Edel UK)
Imitation Leather Jacket - H2 SO4 (-)
Sci Clone - Kirsty Hawkshaw (Coalition)
Ex-Factor - Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Written In The Stars - Elton & Leann Rimes (Rocket/Mercury) 8.02
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantelle Krevusiak (Epic)
Open Up [ri] - Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
Release The Pressure [ri] - Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
Song Of Life [ri] - Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
Faith - Limp Bizkit (Universal)
Just For The Sex Of It - Livin' Joy (Undiscovered/Universal/MCA)
Hazel - Loop Da Loop (Manifesto) 8.02
[tba] - Lulu (Dome)
[tba] - Maarja (Universal)
I Know Electric Boys - The Madcap Courtship Three (London)
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / No Matter What - Meat Loaf
(Virgin)
Lullaby - Shawn Mullins (Columbia)
I Will Survive - Nas (Columbia)
I Want You Back [rm] - 'N Sync (Arista)
Schadenfreude (Go Jerry) - Pmff (Wildlife)
* Extended Play EP: Crash! / You Want It Back / 360=B0 / Props Vote Of
Gratitude - Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
All I Ask / Premonition - Rae & Christian feat. Veba (Grand Central) 22.02
Everyday Girl - DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Attack Me - Rico (Chrysalis)
Success - Rubbadubb (1st Ave./East West)
Know How - Serum (Things To Come)
[tba] - Duncan Sheik (Atlantic)
High Energy - Slip'n'Shift (Positiva)
Inch - Mark E. Smith [Inch] (Regal/Parlophone) 1.02
See Line Woman - Songstress (Locked On/XL)
Laid Back - Space Raiders (Skint/Parlophone) 1.02
... Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (Jive)
[tba] - DJ Spooky (Universal)
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (MCA)
[tba] - Stony Sleep (Big Cat/V2)
Turn Me On - Danny Tenaglia feat. Celeda (Twisted UK)
Here We Come - Timbaland (Virgin)
To The Boy - Tiny Too (Fierce Panda)
Nobody Else - Tyrese (Arista)
February 22nd :
It's The Things You Do - 5 (RCA)
Experiment 4 [rm] - A & E Dept. (-)
Pink [ri] - Aerosmith (Columbia)
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Boyzone (Polydor)
To Lose, La Trek - Campag Velocet (PIAS/V2)
Erase/Rewind - The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor)
Touch Of Love - Cleopatra (WEA)
~ Let Us Replay - Coldcut (Ninja Tune)
Killin' Time [rm] - Tina Cousins (Ebul/Jive)
Rule The Roost - Dawn Of The Replicants (East West)
Betcha Can't Wait - E-17 (Telstar)
Pleasure - Elcka (Island)
Walk This Land - E-Z Rollers (Moving Shadow)
Out Of The Burn - F For Freddie (ffrr)
A Rosary For Rhythm - Flytronix (Moving Shadow)
Denise - Fountains Of Wayne (Tag/Atlantic/East West)
This Party Sucks - Fused (Epic-Columbia)
Sweetest Taboo - Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama (FutureFlex/WEA)
Comatose - Lisa Hall (WEA)
It's Not Right, But It's OK - Whitney Houston (Arista) 15.02
Asian Vibes - Joi (Realworld-Virgin)
Will You Wait For Me - Kavana (Virgin)
When A Woman Is Fed Up - R. Kelly (Jive)
747 - Kent (RCA Victor)
Mystical Machine Gun - Kula Shaker (Columbia)
Nothing Really Matters - Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Matrimony - Maxwell (Columbia)
As - George Michael feat. Mary J. Blige (Epic)
Loverboy - The Mighty Wah! (Columbia)
Space Lord [ri] - Monster Magnet (A&M/Polydor)
[tba] - Van Morrison (Virgin)
You Better - Mount Rushmore (MCA)
You've Got The Music In You -/ You Get What You Give - The New Radicals (MCA)
Matter Of Time - Nine Yards (Virgin)
Secrets - Mike Oldfield (WEA)
Stolen Car - Beth Orton (Heavenly)
Secret Love - Kelly Price (Island)
This Feeling [ri] - Puressence (Island)
Stripped - Rammstein (London)
Bambaata 2012 - Shy FX (Ebony/SOUR)
Walkin' On The Sun [rm] - Smash Mouth (Interscope/Universal)
Rocking Chair - Somatic (Universal)
Funk N Drive - Sonic Avengers (ffrr/London)
Better Best Forgotten - Steps (Jive)
Just Looking - Stereophonics (V2)
Out The Blue - System F (Tsunami/ffrr)
You Wanna Know - Thunder (Eagle)
Writing To Reach You - Travis (Independiente)
[tba] - UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin)
[tba] - Ultrasound (Nude)
Blanket - Urban Species (Talkin Loud)
We Like To Party - Vengaboys (Positiva)
[tba] - Way Out West (Deconstruction)
March 1st :
Tomorrow Never Comes -/ Mo' Pop - Dot Allison (Heavenly)
Burn - Tina Arena (Columbia)
Aphrodite - Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
[tba] - The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Mercury)
Playing With Knives '99 - Bizarre Inc. (Vinyl Solution-Classics)
Gotta Have Hope [rm] - Blackout (Multiply)
Tender - Blur (Food/Parlophone)
Hot Spot - Foxy Brown (Def Jam/Mercury) 1.02
Sweet Lies - Ellie Campbell (Ebul/Jive)
I Still Believe - Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Without Love - Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
Which Way - Countermine (-)
[tba] - Cranberries (Island)
Plastic Coated Man - Cyclefly (Universal)
Parasite - Dom & Roland (-)
Maracana Madness [rm] - E-Klektik (Wall Of Sound)
Lean On Me - Kirk Franklin feat. Bono, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly,
Crystal Lewis & The Family (Universal) 1.02
Lovesong - Furslide (Meanwhile/Virgin)
Stay In Bed - Grand Mal (Slash/London)
Ladyshave - Gus Gus (4AD) 22.02
Re-Wired - Jeep Grrlz (El Chocolate/Island)
Say You Love Me - Johnson (1st Ave./Higher Ground/Columbia)
You Stole The Sun From My Heart -/ Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
Push Yer Hands Up [rm] - Kurtis Mantronik (Oxygen Music Works)
How Crazy Are You - Meja (Columbia)
Street Symphony - Monica (Arista)
I Love You [rm] - Debelah Morgan (Polydor)
Joining You - Alanis Morisette (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Step To Me - Grant Nelson (-)
Style - Orbital (ffrr)
You Blow Me Away - Paper Dolls (MCA-Universal)
It's Over / Pages Of Life - Rimes (Universal)
Speeding Up The Beats - Mr. Roy (East West)
Would I Lie - Ray Ruffin (Universal)
Looking For Sparks - Seafruit (Electric Canyon/Telstar)
Anthem For The Year 2000 - Silverchair (Murmur/Columbia)
Vikram The Vampire - Talvin Singh (Island)
Charlie Big Potato - Skunk Anansie (One Little Indian)
Love On Love - Candi Staton (React)
[tba] - The Supernaturals (Food/Parlophone)
I Surrender - David Sylvian (Virgin)
Supersport - Tipper (Higher Ground/Columbia)
March 8th :
~ Inside Out - Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
[tba] - Afro Celt Sound System (Realworld-Virgin)
Honey To The Bee - Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Blame It On The Weatherman - B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
Never There - Cake (Fontana)
Like We Used To Say - Common (-)
You Gotta Be - Des'ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
[tba] - Deus (Island)
Rust - Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Heavy High - Liz Horsman (-)
Power / Fish Dances - Irresistible Force (Ninja Tune)
My Love - Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
Made It Back - Beverley Knight feat. Redman (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Walk My Way - Mathew Marsden (Viper/Columbia)
Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista) 8.02
Do You Feel Me - Men Of Vizion (MJJ/Epic)
[tba] - Alex Reece (Fourth&Broadway)
At My Most Beautiful - R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
I Wish I Could Fly - Roxette (EMI)
Hit The Ground Running - Smog (Domino)
Talk About The Blues - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute)
Step Out - The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
Year Of The Apocalypse - Jimi Tenor (Warp)
No Scrubs - TLC (LaFace/Arista)
Bitterscene - Velocette (Wiiija)
Juice - Whale (Hut/Virgin)
March 15th :
Never Gonna Give You Up '99 - Rick Astley (-)
[tba] - Gary Barlow (RCA)
If You Really Want To Know - Marc Dorsey (Jive)
Korean Bodega - Fun Lovin' Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
Flowerz - Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Big Love - Peter Heller (Junior Boys Own)
If You Believe - Sasha (-)
[tba] - Todd Terry (VC/Virgin)
Push Upstairs - Underworld (Junior Boy's Own/V2)
Strong - Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
March 22nd :
Windowlicker - The Aphex Twin (Warp)
Keep A Lid On It - Crash Test Dummies (RCA)
Day In, Day Ou - Feeder (Echo)
I Got Something To Say - Reef (Sony S=B2)
The Living Dream [rm] - Sundance (React)
March 29th :
Vivid - Electronic (Parlophone)
Once In A Lifetime - Texas (Mercury)
April 19th :
No Place For That - Sara Evans (RCA)
April 26th :
[tba] - The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor)
Other forthcoming releases
FEBRUARY :
Love Me - 112 feat. Mase (Bad Boy/Arista)
~ The Only Rhyme That Bites [rm] - 808 State (ZTT)
So Strange - Alberta (RCA)
[tba] - Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
He's All I Want - Angel-Eno pres. Angelmoon (V2)
Keep On - Aquarius (Spirit)
I Want To Spend My Life Loving You - Tina Arena & Marc Anthony
(Columbia)
9PM (Till I Come) [rm] - A.T.B. (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
[tba] - Atlantis (London)
Red Alert [rm] / Yo-Yo - Basement Jaxx (XL)
Hold It Down / Uncut , Pure - Big Daddy Kane (Blak Jam)
Growing Up Memories / Don't Test - Blak Twang (Black Jam)
Secret Wish [rm] - Boccaccio Life (Neo)
I Like It - Brick Nation feat. Craig Travis (Velocity)
Jump - Bus Stop (All Around The World)
Honolulu - Cable (Infectious/Mushromm) 25.01
Get On Up - Capriccio (-)
Only You - Casino [Ca$ino] (Pow!)
[tba] - The Chemical Brothers (JBO/V2)
[tba] - Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
What U Do / Hold On - Colours feat. Stephen Emmanuel & Eska (Ice Cream/Inferno)
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me '99 / I Just Wanna Be Loved [rm] - Culture Club (Virgin)
King Tito's Gloves - Deadly Avenger (Illicit)
Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri From Paris (Yellow)
[tba] - Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
Everyone's A Winner - Electrotheque (Fresh)
All Night Long - Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Love My Brother, Love My Sister - The Family feat. Alexander Hope
(Cleveland City)
The New Style Avengers - Freestylers feat. MC Det & Skibidy (Times Two)
You Got Me - Christian Fry (Mushroom)
[tba] - Funk Force (Ministry Of Sound)
Mighty Healthy - Ghostface Killah (Sony)
Egyptian Magician - Armand van Helden (Eukahouse)
Style wars - Hijack (Aspect)
Somebody Scream - Horny United (Logic/Arista)
Dinner With Gershwin - Lenny Johnson (The Records)
Improvise - Jurassic 5 (Pan)
[tba] - Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
Somebody Loves You - Nik Kershaw (-)
Expand The Room - The Light (Hooj Choons)
All Around The World - Lisa (-)
Liberta - Love Child (Neo)
All In My Mind - Lovestation (Fresh)
Walk Like A Jamaican [rm] - Marga (Skinni Man)
Dog Day - Maxim Overdrive (XL)
Ultimate Love - Nerese Maye (Sledge)
[tba] - Metisse (Dioula/Telstar)
Children [rm] - Robert Miles (Deconstruction/RCA)
Get On Up - Million Dollar Disco (Million Dollar Disco)
Kenny's Dead - Mister P. (Virgin)
I'm Lonely - Hollis P. Monroe (XL)
Ghetto Cowboy - Mo' Thugs (Relativity/Epic)
Party Song [Party All Night] - My Town (Universal)
[tba] - Jos=E9 Nunez feat. Octahvia (Ministry Of Sound)
[tba] - One Lady Owner (Creation)
Criminals / Take Heed - Outcast (Kingsize)
Act Like You Know - Phat'n'Phunky feat. Kenny Thomas (Riversal/MCA)
Turn Around - Phatts & Small (Boo)
Super Harmony - Pills (Foundation/Mercury)
1999 [rm] - Prince (NPG)
World '99 - Pulp Victim (Neo)
Vita Mia - Cliff Richard feat. Vincenzo La Scola (EMI)
Setting Sun - River (Instinctive)
Break Me, Shake Me - Savage Garden (Columbia)
Dream - Serious Danger (Fresh)
Jump, Jive & Wail - Brian Setzer (Universal)
G-Fonk - Skee Wiff (FSUK)
Friday (Part Two) [rm] - Skinny (Cheeky)
Mirrorcheck - Southwest 6 (Neo)
Can't Stop - Sparky Lightbourne (Skint)
~ Music Sounds Better With You - Remixes [imp] - Stardust (Roul=E9)
Music Sounds Better With You [I CDan't Go For that (No Can Do)] -
Stardust vs. Hall & Oates (-)
Just Doin' What We Love - Carole Sylvan (Champion)
Impossible - Symposium (Infectious/Mushroom)
[tba] - Tam (Roadrunner)
Come Down - Pauline Taylor (Cheeky)
Darkness - Satoshi Tomiie feat. Robert Owens & Cevin Fisher
(INCredible/Sony)
Stomp - Trickster (Phuzz!)
Strong - Turbo Funk (Phuzz!)
MARCH :
Aquila (EP) [rm] - Anjali (Wiiija)
[tba] - Aya (Universal)
Remote Control - Beastie Boys (Grand Royal/Capitol)
Just Say - Blood (Oyster)
Sure Thing - Brassy (Wiiija)
[tba] EP - Brothers In Sound (Regal/Parlophone)
[tba] - Cay (East West)
[tba] - Chicane feat. M=E1ire Brennan (Xtravaganza)
Button Down Disco - Clinton (Wiiija)
Angel - Deep Venus (24 Stroke)
Buddy X - Dreem Teem vs. Neneh Cherry (4 Liberty/Deconstruction)
Club Lonely - Sam Ellis (Paral.lel/ZTT)
[tba] - Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
Joy - Gay Dad (London)
At The River - Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
[tba] - Geri Halliwell (EMI)
Love Of A Lifetime - The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Relax - Robbie Rivera pres. Invasion (Stoney Boy Music)
[tba] - Jamelia (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
I Believe - Jamestown feat. Jocelyn Brown (Playola/Edel)
[tba] - Mike Koglin (Multiply)
[tba] - Koot (WEA)
[tba] - Laptop (Island)
Afrika Shox - Leftfield feat. Afrika Bambaataa (Hard Hands/Columbia)
[tba] - Lobster (MCA)
[tba] - Marvin & Tamara (Epic)
[tba] - Mero (RCA)
The Jag - Micronauts (Science/Virgin)
[tba] - Monk & Canatella (Multiply)
Mambo '99 - Mucho Mambo (Ministry Of Sound)
Positivism - NT (Response/Epic)
~ [tba] - N-Trance (All Around The World)
Cut Chemist Suite - Ozomatli (Almo Sounds)
[tba] - Plone (Warp)
[tba] EP - DJ Pulse (FutureFlex/WEA)
Peace & Mind - Qattara (Steel Fish)
[tba] - Queeny Dreena (Blanco Y Negro/WEA)
[tba] - Karen Ramirez (Manifesto/Mercury)
[tba] - Raylex (Universal)
Desert Music - Steve Reich (Arthrob/Coalition)
You Got Me - Roots feat. Erykah Badu (Universal)
Nomansland - DJ Sakin & Friends (Additive)
Sweet Like Chocolate [rm] - Shanks & Bigfoot (Chocolate Boy)
[tba] - Super Collider (Loaded)
[tba] - Taxi Driver (Estereo)
Sun Is Shining - Technique (Creation)
[tba] - Touch & Go (V2)
Skylines Over Rooftops - Two Banks Of Four (Sirkus)
APRIL :
I Know My Love - The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
[tba] - Tina Cousins (Ebul/Jive)
[tba] - Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] - Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
Mad Dog - Elastica (Deceptive)
My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston (Arista)
Viva La Radio - Lolly (Polydor)
Shut Your Mouth - Made In London (RCA)
[tba] - Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
[tba] - Jez Metcalf (Ebul/Jive)
[tba] - Ocean Colour Scene feat. P.P. Arnold (MCA)
[tba] - Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] - Suede (Nude)
[tba] - Super Furry Animals (Creation)
[tba] - Supergrass (Parlophone)
[tba] - Teenage Rampage (19 Recs.)
[tba] - Westside (RCA)
We're Going Out - Younger Younger 28s (V2)
MAY :
The F-Word - Baby Bird (Echo)
Dove L'Amore - Cher (WEA)
[tba] - Collette (RCA)
Oh Jim - Gay Dad (London)
[tba] - Gintare (Parlophone)
[tba] - Johnson Brothers (WEA)
[tba] - Merz (Lotus/Epic)
Out Of Your Tree - Papa Mantra (Telstar)
[tba] - Adam Rickit (Polydor)
JUNE :
[tba] - Archive (Independiente)
[tba] - BB Mak (Telstar)
Big Boys Don't Cry - Lolly (Polydor)
Revolt - 3 Colours Red (Creation)
Two Pages - Reinterpretations - 4hero (Talkin Loud)
King Kong Groover - Babylon Zoo (EMI)
No Exit - Blondie (RCA)
Game On - Chaser (Soma)
Uneasy Listening - Umpteen Years Of Chumbawamba - Chumbawamba (EMI)
Supernatural - DC Talk (Virgin)
The Eagle Has Landed - Desert Eagle Discs (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
In The Cold Light Of Morning - Dream City Film Club (Beggars Banquet)
The Last True Family Man - Freddie Fresh (Eye-Q)
[tba] - Quincy Jones (Warner Bros.-Qwest)
[tba] - DJ Krush (Columbia)
Cheap Pearls & Whiskey Dreams - Love & Money (Fontana/Mercury)
John Mellencamp - John Mellencamp (Columbia)
Ghetto Fabulous - Mystical (Jive)
Knock Knock - Smog (Domino)
Jack Frost OST - v.a. (Mercury)
Patch Adams OST - v.a. (Universal)
Techno: The Defining Moments - v.a. (Beechwood)
Wu Chronicles - Wu-Tang Clan (Wu-Tang/PIAS)
Thugged Out - Yuk Mouth (Virgin)
February 15th :
Best Of ... - Joe Cocker (Capitol)
The Elememnt Of Surprise - E-40 (Jive)
Jessica - Jessica (Jive)
[tba] - Men Of Vizion (Epic)
All Systems Gone - Presence (Pagan) 8.02
The EPs - Robert Wyatt (Hannibal)
February 22nd :
Je t'Aime Je t'Aime - Bang Bang (East West)
Stunt - Barenaked Ladies (Warner Bros.)
Get Higher - Blackstreet (Interscope)
An Introduction To ... - Black Uhuru (Island)
Wide Screen & Digital - Blu Peter (React)
An Introduction To ... - John Cale (Island)
Tears Of Stone - The Chieftains & v.a. (RCA)
Twilight - Annie Christian (Equipe Ecosse/V2)
An Introduction To ... - Julian Cope (Island)
[tba] - Death In Vegas (Concrete)
Star - Funky Green Dogs (Twisted)
Balloon Mood - Anja Garbarek (RCA)
Something In The Water - Gene (Costermonger/Polydor)
2 Future 4 U EP [rm] - Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Chapter 1: A New Beginning - The Moffats (Chrysalis)
I Am - The Autobiography Vol. 1 - NAS (Columbia)
Gedida - Natacha Atlas (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
The International Playboy & Playgirl Album - Pizzicato Five (Matador)
The Sebadoh - Sebadoh (Domino)
The Hot Rock - Sleater-Kinney (Matador)
Organism - Jimi Tenor (Warp)
Fan Mail - TLC (LaFace/Arista)
March 1st :
[tba] - Aerosmith (Columbia)
Superstrings - After Eden (Jive)
A Body Of Work - Paul Anka (Epic)
Killing Time - Tina Cousins (Jive)
Promises - The Cranberries (Island)
Twenty Twenty Sound - Dark Star (EMI)
Imajin - Imajin (Jive)
Everybody's Somebody - Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
Mind & Body - Model 500 (R&S)
Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair (Parlophone)
Plastic Box - P.I.L. (Virgin)
Radiator - Radiator (Chrysalis)
Sanctuary Medicine - Rico (Chrysalis)
Budakhan Mindphone - Squarepusher (Warp)
(Switched On - Vol. 4) - Stereolab (Too Pure)
Things That I Discover - Tiny Too (Fierce Panda)
Beaucoup Fish - Underworld (Junior Boy's Own/V2)
Plunket McClean - v.a. (Virgin\EMI)
Residents - 2 Years Of Paul Oakenfold At Cream - v.a. (Virgin\EMI)
Warp Back To Earth - v.a. (Bungalow)
One Hot July - Tony Jo White (Mercury)
March 8th :
CM / FM - Cornelius (Matador)
. Wrong Town, Wrong Planet, Two Hours Late - Dawn Of The Replicants (East West) 1.03
[tba] - Joi (VC/Virgin)
Instinct - Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin)
Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts - Kula Shaker (Columbia)
Back On Top - Van Morrison (Virgin)
Central Reservation - Beth Orton (Heavenly)
Dark Dancer - Les Rhythmes Digitales (Wall Of Sound)
Exorcise The Demons - Source Direkt (Virgin)
[tba] - DJ Spooky (Universal)
Performance & Cocktails - Stereophonics (V2)
March 15th :
13 - Blur (Food/Parlophone)
Adventure - Furslide (Virgin)
100% Ginuwine - Ginuwine (Epic)
Aida - Elton John (Rocket/Mercury)
Best Of ... - Kool & The Gang (Mercury)
[tba] - Roxette (EMI)
Dead Bees On A Cake - David Sylvian (Virgin)
The Best Choral Album In The World ... Ever! - v.a. (Virgin\EMI)
March 22nd :
March 22nd :
Social Dancing - Bis (Wiiija) 22.02
Give Yourself A Hand - Crash Test Dummies (RCA)
[tba] - Beverley Craven (Epic)
[tba] - King Crimson (Virgin)
Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie (Mercury)
What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? - Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Middle Of Nowhere - Orbital (ffrr)
April 19th :
[tba] - Gary Barlow (RCA)
[tba] - Texas (Mercury)
April 26th :
Us & Them - Godflesh (Earache)
May 3rd :
[tba] H - Suede (Nude)
May 10th :
Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah (Epic)
Other forthcoming releases
FEBRUARY :
[tba] - B.T. (Renaissance)
Anima Animus - The Creatures (Sioux)
Death By Cuba - Cuba (4AD)
The New - The Fall (Artful)
Archive Crash - Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Class Reunion 1999 - Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] - Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
Maledictions - Grand Mal (Slash/London)
[tba] - INOJ (SoSoDef/Columbia)
Picnic With The Greys - Mad Doctor X (Freskanova)
Demons - Maxim Overdrive (XL)
[tba] - Moby (Mute)
Where Do We Go From Here - Nine Yards (Virgin)
Expeditions - Northern Exposure (INCredible/Sony)
[tba] - Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
[tba] - Purity (Tommy Boy)
[tba] - Rage Against The Machine (Epic)
Learning Curve - DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Anomie & Bonhomie - Scritti Politti (Virgin)
The Program - Serious Danger (Fresh)
Hits - Spice 1 (Jive)
The Best Club Anthems In The World ... Ever! IV - v.a. (Virgin)
The Dirtchamber Sessions Vol. 1 - v.a. (XL)
[tba] - Waste (Jealous)
MARCH :
Premiers Symptomes - Air (Virgin)
Out Of Alda - Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
[tba] - Badly Drawn Boy (XL)
[tba] - The Blockster (Ministry Of Sound)
[tba] - Andrea Bocelli (Universal)
[tba] - Cay (East West)
[tba] - Clinton (Wiiija)
One Advice, Space - Deus (Independiente)
Whitey Ford Sings The Blues - Everlast (Tommy Boy)
Utopia Parkway - Fountains Of Wayne (Atlantic/East West)
[tba] - Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
Lovestation - Lovestation (Fresh)
Come On Die Young - Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
Recycle - New Order (London)
[tba] - Regular Fries (JBO/V2)
[tba] - Somatic (Universal)
[tba] - Sparky Lightbourne (Skint)
[tba] - Straw (WEA)
[tba] - Tam (Roadrunner)
Everything Picture - Ultrasound (Nude)
On The Floor At The Boutique - Mixed By Fatboy Slim - v.a. (Skint)
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats - v.a. (Tommy Boy)
[tba] - Whistler (Wiiija)
APRIL :
[tba] - Backstreet Boys (Jive)
[tba] - Cast (Polydor)
[tba] - The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet)
[tba] - Hanson (Mercury)
[tba] - James (Fontana/Mercury)
[tba] - Jamiroquai (Sony S=B2)
[tba] - Laptop (Island)
Bleach [ri] - Nirvana (Sub Pop)
[tba] - Plone (Warp)
- Bring The Noise 2000 - Public Enemy (Def Jam/Mercury)
Reef On A Fresh Tip - Reef (Sony S=B2)
Rhinocerose - Rhinocerose (V2)
[tba] - Soul Assassins (Columbia)
[tba] - Sound 5 (Gut)
[tba] - Sting (A&M/Mercury)
[tba] - Super Collider (Loaded)
[tba] - Travis (Independiente)
[tba] - Neil Young (WEA)
MAY :
[tba] - Archive (Independiente)
[tba] - Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
[tba] - The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy's Own/V2)
[tba] - Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] - Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
[tba] - Elastica (Deceptive)
[tba] - Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
Leisurenoise - Gay Dad (London)
[tba] - Merz (Lotus/Epic)
To The Surface - NT (Response/Epic)
[tba] - Ocean Colour Scene (MCA)
[tba] - Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] - Seafruit (Electric Canyon/Telstar)
By 7:30 - Vonda Shepard (Epic)
[tba] - Miriam Stockley (Virgin)
[tba] - Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Lexicon Of Melody - T-Spoon (Control/Edel)
JUNE :
[tba] - Baby Bird (Echo)
[tba] - The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
God's Big Spaceship - Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] - Hepburn (Columbia)
[tba] - Lolly (Polydor)
[tba] - Monaco (Polydor)
[tba] - Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
[tba] - Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
Cocked - Supergrass (Parlophone)
[tba] - Paul Weller (Island)
JULY :
[tba] - Aqua (Universal)
[tba] - No Doubt (Interscope)
AUGUST :
[tba] - Johnson Brothers (WEA)
[tba] - Tom Jones (Gut)
SEPTEMBER :
[tba] - Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] - Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] - Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] - Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
OCTOBER :
[tba] - Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury)
[tba] - Oasis (Creation)
[tba] - Radiohead (Parlophone)
[tba] - U2 (Island)
One of my favourite bands came to an end in 1996 when Crowded House called
it a day, with the members going their separate ways almost. Tim and Neil
Finn carried on as Finn with an album and two singles in the UK, "Suffer Never"
and "Angel's Heap".
"Recurring Dream" was the compilation album which was released in June 96,
with limited edition copies containing an extra CD of live material. There were
two new songs on it were released as singles. "Instinct" was the first, and it
made No.12 in that month. The second was the slower, "Not The Girl You Think
You Are" which made No.20 the following August, and their last single was a
re-release of their first hit "Don't Dream It's Over" with a new video,
making only No.25 that time round.
"She Will Have Her Way" (No.26, June 98) is Neil Finn's first solo single since
the break up and is a slow, but excellent tune and deserves a much higher
placing than this but it won't get it. The only thing that does surprise me is
that it got a Top 40 placing at all since UK radio stations tend to ignore
anything remotely along the lines of Crowded House save for "Weather With You"
which is the only thing they ever play.
The followup, "Sinner", only managed No.39 in October last year and dropped out
after one week. Both singles are taken from "Try Whistling This".
The end bit :
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As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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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