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so the following dropped out :

0 climbers :

1 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...

37 (42 RE) Spice Girls - Goodbye

You say Goodbye, and they say hello again. Why are they back in the charts with the same single? Good question, although it may be down to them taking part in the current NSPCC TV advertising campaign against child abuse which shows how people are more likely to look away rather than face the truth.

9 Andy Williams - Music To Watch The Girls Go By *

It only made No.33 in May 1967, but this time the classic, catchy tune gets a Top 10 placing from a re-release thanks to an advert for Fiat Punto cars. I've got one of these, but I don't get that many girls ogling it. Then again, there's so many Puntos on the road that they're probably done ogling for the day.

4 Robbie Williams - Strong :O ===

Replace "Strong" with "Weak and bland", which is just how this slow, turgid effort treads out. Very dull indeed.

1 B*witched - Blame It On The Weatherman * *1st Week at No.1*

Four singles and four instant No.1's. B*witched are the first group ever to go straight in at No.1, which should be congratulated... if it wasn't the result of obvious marketing strategies which are causing it.

This is the 9th single to go straight in at No.1.

New releases :

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 :

Cassius TBC Catatonia Dead From The Waste Down Cranberries TBC Deetah El Paradiso Des'ree You Gotta Be Electronic Vivid Heller, Pete Big Love Lynden David Hall Medicine 4 My Pain Marsden, Mathew Walk My Way Texas Once in a Lifetime

April 5th :

Glamma Kid Taboo Groove Armada If Everybody Looked McCutcheon, Martine Perfect Moment Puressence This Feeling Rhymes, Busta Whats It Gonna Be Sasha TBC UB40 TBC

April 12th :

Fatboy Slim Right Here, Right Now Happy Mondays TBC Nail, Jimmy Blue Beyond The Grey Star Power X Ray OK (Remixes) Suede Electricity

April 19th :

Cast Beat Mamma Sara Evans No Place For That Mike & The Mechanics TBC Mishka Give You All The Love Salt N Pepa Push It '99 Terry, Todd TBC

April 26th :

Cardigans TBC Gay Dad Joy Meja How Crazy Are You Victoria Fall

Other forthcoming releases

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)

JULY :

[tba] - Whitney Houston (Arista)

AUGUST :

[tba] - Johnson Brothers (WEA)

SEPTEMBER :

~ [tba] - Oasis (Creation)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

The top 5 goes like this :

New releases :

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 :

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)

March 29th :

[tba] - Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
Twisted Tenderness - Electronic (Parlophone)

April 5th :

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

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)

Dominator's Top 50 of 1998

13. Bernard Butler - Stay

The ex-Suede star goes solo and makes a superb debut single, which made No.12 in January last year, and is a rather atmospheric ballad that grabs the senses by the balls and drags you in. If only it could have made the Top 10.

It was followed by "Not Alone" (No.27, Mar 98) and "A Change Of Heart" (No.45, June 98).

The end bit :

Well, that's it for now. If you want to be added to the Widescreen Video and Laserdisc lists, just mail me at Charts Request to tell me.

Bye for now,

Dominator

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