(* - 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 :
40 Jean Michel Jarre feat Natacha Atlas - C'est La Vie
33 Fiona Apple - Fast as You Can
26 Starparty - I'm in Love
25 Air - Playground Love
22 Baby Bumps - I Got This Feeling
18 Jay Z - Anything :O ===
11 Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues
15 CRW - I Feel Love
10 Rebecca Wheatley - Stay with me Baby
7 Aqua - Cartoon Heroes
5 Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid :O ===
3 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants
1 All Saints - Pure Shores *
so the following dropped out :
40 (RE-51) Martine McCutcheon - Talking in your Sleep
39 (RE-53) Robbie Williams - She's The One
38 Steps - Say You'll Be Mine
37 Mint Royale feat Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter
36 Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy - Notorious
35 Armin - Communication
34 William Orbit - Adagio for Strings
33 S Club 7 - Two in a Million
30 R Kelly - Turn Back Time
29 Des Mitchell - Dance
28 Hi-Gate - Pitchin'
26 Simply Red - Your Eyes
24 Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
0 climbers :
1 non-movers :
2 Gabrielle
and 26 going down.
Big fallers include :
17 (5) Ian Brown
24 (8) Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom
30 (16) Hepburn
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
52 Kelis - Caught Out There :O ===
60 Meeker - Save Me
61 Z2 - I Want You
65 Prince - The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
66 Backstreet Boys - Being Lonely
68 Kawala - Humanistic
72 Six Chix - Only The Women Know
Of this week's highlights and lowlights...
72 Six Chix - Only The Women Know
Six women from teenage to old age, but it looks like a fashion shoot covering
different ages gone wrong and is a load of feminist tripe.
52 Kelis - Caught Out There :O === 66 Backstreet Boys - Being Lonely :O ===
Two low entries that must be imports because they're bound to do well,
despite both being shite.
18 Jay Z - Anything :O ===
Talking of shite, it was bad enough when he ripped apart an Annie tune
with "It's a Hard Knock Life". Now he repeats the nonsense with a track
from Oliver Twist. Why?
10 Rebecca Wheatley - Stay with me Baby
Cover version ballad, recently sung in an episode of Casualty as Max's
ex-junkie son Frank died of horrific burns. It was a bit cheesy though.
7 Aqua - Cartoon Heroes
More hi-energy Aqua. More crap. The promo reputedly cost œ5 million,
making the most expensive of the lot. I sincerely hope it didn't.
5 Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid :O ===
Country music meets Riverdance, with Plug-ugly screeching all the way
through it. Pass the sick bag!
3 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants
What she wants is to put a bit of weight on. She's becoming the pop industry's
answer to Ally McBeal.
1 All Saints - Pure Shores **1st Week at No.1*
After a load of rubbish, at least a decent song is at No.1 and this is a soft
ballad from the girls for the film, "The Beach", starring Leo DiTitanic.
The promo video though has a bizarre effect that does the impossible - it
makes the gorgeous Natalie Appleton look ugly.
This single is the 6th 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
[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 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)
[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 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)
8. Planet Perfecto featuring Grace - Not Over Yet 99
My single of the week at the time, this made No.16 in August last year.
It made No.6 in April 1995 in its original form, but still sounds brilliant
in this remix, mainly because it reminds me of early 80's-style music.
When are we going to hear something new from her though?
The end bit :
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37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
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Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
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