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The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I've posted my Top 50 singles of the year, starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I'll be going through the list one by one starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week: 10 new entries, 0 climbers, 4 non-movers & 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...

10 new entries :

• 30 Sugababes - Soul Sound
• 26 David Gray - Sail Away
• 24 Kaci - Tu Amor
• 21 They Might Be Giants - Boss of Me
• 19 Ricky Martin - Loaded
• 16 Oxide and Neutrino - Devil's Nightmare
• 12 Mariah Carey - Loverboy
• 11 Da Hool - Meet Her at the Love Parade 2001
• 6 Sisqo - Dance For Me
• 3 U2 - Elevation

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men
• 39 Stereophonics - Have a Nice Day
• 38 Weezer - Hash Pipe
• 37 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• 36 Limp Bizkit - My Way
• 35 Faithless - We Come 1
• 34 BACKSTREET BOYS - More Than That
• 33 Backyard Dog - Baddest Ruffest
• 30 Dane Bowers - Another Lover
• 27 Goodfellas - Soul Heaven

0 climbers :

4 non-movers :

• 1 Robbie
• 2 D12
• 4 Wyclef Jean
• 5 Ian Van Dahl

and 26 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 17 (9) Nsync
• 32 (16) Texas
• 34 (14) Super Furry Animals
• 37 (20) Aaliyah
• 40 (21) Ash

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

• 43 Alisha's Attic - Pretender Got My Heart
• 45 Cast - Desert Drought
• 51 Lucy Pearl - Without You
• 57 Jan Johnston - Silent Words
• 63 Badmarsh and Shri - Signs
• 65 Niti Sawnhey - Sunset
• 66 Vanessa Mae - White Bird
• 71 Seafood - Cloaking
• 74 Robert Miles and Nina Miranda - Paths

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

21 They Might Be Giants - Boss of Me

The theme tune from "Malcolm in the Middle", but it's one of the few tracks of theirs that I don't really like.

Alternatively they could have released "Twisting", used to advertise Pizza Hut's "twisted crust" pizza, but the song's actually about a man being hanged, hence the line "twisting, slowly twisting in the wind".

12 Mariah Carey - Loverboy

And it sounds like Cameo's "Candy" because she wants it to be "the female version of Candy".

3 U2 - Elevation

Their third single from the current album and also taken from the soundtrack of the "Tomb Raider" film, but it's a rather too-poppy song lacking in conviction.

2 D12 & Eminem - Purple Pills :O ===

Yes, it's "pills", not "Purple Hills" as the song has been doctored to for TV and radio broadcast making it even more pointless to listen to.

1 Robbie Williams - Eternity / The Road to Mandalay *2nd Week at No.1*

The Road to Mandalay is the only track I liked from his current album, but it's far from No.1 material.

I'm just looking forward to later this year when he claims he's going to "kill off Robbie", ie. ditch his fake persona and go back to being normal.

This is the 6th single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It
• 2. Shaggy feat. Rayvon - Angel
• 3. Moulin Rouge - Lady Marmalade
• 4. Hear'Say - The Way To Your Love
• 5. Roger Sanchez - Another Chance
• 6. Robbie Williams - Eternity / The Road to Mandalay

New releases :

July (date unknown) :

Night Stalker - Altitude (Bonzai UK)
Everybody's Feelin' - Funk Train Angel (Audio Deluxe)
Signs - Badmarsh & Shri (Outcaste)
God's Child EP - BBT (-)
The Mighty Ming - Brothers Love Dubs (Decode)
Are You Satisfied - Victor Calderone feat. Deborah Cooper (Tommy Boy)
Sonic Blue - Cequenza (Spot On)
Africa - The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
Circulation Ltd. 7 - Circulation (Circulation)
The Guitar Track - Colours (Skyline)
Future Sound Of Retro 2001 - Lee Coombs (Finger Lickin')
Like A Feather - Nikki Costa (-)
Baby's Arms - Robert Cray (-)
Superstring [rm] - Cygnus X (Xtravaganza)
Strung Out - Kam Denny (Stickman)
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode (Mute)
Cat's In The Cradle - Jason Downs feat. Milk (Pepper/Jive)
Sweet Music [rm] - EDP feat. Ashley Slater (BN1/Scorpio)
One Minute Man - Missy 'Misdemenour' Elliott feat. Ludacris (Gold Mind/Elektra/East West)
Guilty - First Choice (Dtension)
Questions Must Be Asked - David Forbes (Serious)
This Girl Is Taking Bets (EP) - Thea Gilmore (-)
The Fury - Indigenous Tribe feat. Eminem (-)
Someone To CAll My Lover - Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Girls Play Too - Frances James & DJ Face (AM:PM/Polydor)
Be.Angeled - Jam & Spoon feat. Rea (Epic)
Why Can't You Free Some Time - Ghandi Khna (-)
Austin's Groove - Kid Creme (Subliminal)
Joyenergizer - Joy Kitikonti (Nukleuz/Media)
Ain't Gonna - Brent Lawrence feat. Maureen Parker (Black & Blue)
Things Ain't Right - DJ Lucy & Aydenne (Pure)
Sun - Sluslik Luna (-)
Please Stay [rm] - Mekon (Wall Of Sound)
Dial Revenge - Mogwai & Super Furry Animals (Platipus)
You Belong To Me - Michael Moog (Strictly Rhythm/ffrr)
Animal Cannabus - Mull Historical Society (Tugboat)
Crystal - New Order (London/WEA)
Into The Light - Off-Cast Project (Reign)
Heaven Is A Halfpipe - OPM (Atlantic/East West)
Eskimo - Rennie Pilgrem & Blim (Thursday Club)
Undeground Sound - Pitch Black (Rhythm Syndicate)
Cowboy Dreams - Prefab Sprout (Kitchenware/Columbia)
Sweeter Than Wine [rm] - Dionne Rakeem (Pure Silk/Virgin)
Underground - Rhythm Masters (Black & Blue/Neo)
Maymorning - Runrig (Ridge)
Losing Control - Saeed & Palash (Anodyne)
We Love You - Scumfog (Groovilicious UK)
Lean On Me - SFTG & Collein (-)
Trust In Me - Shanks & Bigfoot (Clinical)
Irresistible - Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
21 Sconds - So Solid Crew (Idependiente)
Da Antidote - Stanton Warriors (Mob)
[tba] - Tanya Stephens (WEA)
Ill Concepts - Street Preacherz (Bio)
Has It Come To This - The Streets (Locked On/XL)
Precious Heart - Tall Paul vs. InXS (VC/Virgin)
Karma - Tarantella (Whoop!)
An American Poem - Those Guys feat. Baraka (Basement Boys)
Butterflies - Transgenic Tools (Inferno)
Flowers In The Window / Side - Travis (Independiente)
Ignition Housejam - Trendroid (Twilo)
Elevation - U2 (Island/Universal-Island)
Sharp Tools Volume Five - v.a. (Sharp)
Take It Back - Vortex (Craven)
21st Century Love [rm] - Weekend Players (Multiply)
White Bird - White Bird (-)
Evil Acid - Wink (Ovum/Sony Sü)

July 16th :

Alisha's Attic - Pretender's Got My Heart
Black Crowes - Soul Singing
Mariah Carey - Loverboy
Cast - Desert Drought
Cosmic Gate - Firewire
Nikka Costa - Like A Feather
Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade 2001
David Gray - Sail Away
Kaci - Tu Amor
K-Gee - Stay True
King Adora - Friday Night Explodes
Lucy Pearl - Without You
Lucy Street - Girl Next Door
Shelby Lynne - Killin' Kind
Ricky Martin - Loaded
Dionne Rakeem - Sweeter Than Wine
Raven Maize - The Real Life
Sugababes - Soul Sound
Dennis Taylor - Bad As You Wanna Be
They Might Be Giants - Boss Of Me
Train - Drops Of Water
U2 - Elevation

July 23rd :

Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame
Bent - Always
Catatonia - Stone By Stone
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
DJ Luck & MC Neat - All About You
Genius Cru - Course Bruv
Groove Armada - Superstylin'
O-Town - All Or Nothing
Oxide & Neutrino - The Devil's Nightmare
REM - All The Way To Reno
Snoop Dogg - Lay Low
Aaron Soul - TBA
Timbaland & Magoo - Drop
Tweenies - Lollipop

July 30th :

Turin Brakes - Mind Over Money
Geri Halliwell - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover
Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny
Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy
Masterstepz & Celetia - Sorry (You Lied To Me)
Peppercorn - Hyperventilating
Snake River Conspiracy - How Long Is Now?

August (date unknown) :

Boiler - Limp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal-Island)
The Nobodies - Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope/Polydor)
Cambodia - Pulsedriver (-)
Cinderella - Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Shout (C'mon) [rm] - Sagitaire (NuLife/Arista)
Dream Of You - Schiller & Heppner (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
Miss California - Dante Thomas feat. Pras Michel (-)

August 6th :

3LW - Playa's Gon' Play
Aerosmith - Fly Away From Here
Anastacia - Made For Loving You
Bjork - Hidden Place
Honeyz - I Don't Know
M.O.P. feat. Busta Rhymes - Ante Up
Shade Sheist featuring Nate Dogg & Kurupt - Where I Wanna Be

August 13th :

A Camp - I Can Buy You
Foxy Brown - Oh Yeah
Emma Bunton - Take My Breath Away
Coo Coo Cal - My Projects
Five - Let's Dance
Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light
Jamiroquai - Little L
Little Trees - Help! I'm A Fish
Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between
Mint Royale - Show Me
Rebekah Ryan - You Think You Got The Right
Stereo MCs - We Belong In This World Together

August 20th :

Daddy DJ - Daddy DJ
Kings Of Tomorrow - Finally
Ludacris - Ho
Mandy Moore - In My Pocket
Muse - Bliss
Nash - Just A Little Sign
Santos - I'm Not Homesick

August 27th :

Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
Louise - Stuck In The Middle With You

September (date unknown) :

Love Is The Key - The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Mojo - Secret Knowledge (One Little Indian)
They Don't Know - So Solid Crew feat. Ms. Dynamite (Idependiente)

September 3rd :

Aurora - Dreaming
Victoria Beckham - Innocent Girl
Fatboy Slim - Song For Shelter
Garbage - Androginy
Michael Jackson - Rock My World
Roxette - Milk And Toast And Honey
Shelby Lynne - Killin' Kind

September 10th :

Samantha Mumba - Baby Come On Over (This Is Our Night)
Steps - Chain Reaction

September 17th :

Shaznay Lewis - No Hooks
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Forthcoming releases :

A*Teens - Halfway Around The World
BBMak - Ghost Of You And Me
Dream - This Is Me
Green Day - Waiting
Debelah Morgan - I Remember
LeAnn Rimes - But I Do Love You
Steps - Chain Reaction
Stereophonics - Step On My Old Size Nines

November (date unknown) :

Judas - The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 12 Wyclef Jean - The Eclectic
• 13 Beta Band - Hot Shots II
• 25 Aaliyah - Aaliyah
• 64 Jason Downs - White Boy with a Feather
• 68 Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Global A Go Go

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Destiny's Child - Survivor
• 2 Usher - 8701
• 3 D12 - Devil's Night
• 4 Travis - The Invisible Band
• 5 Dido - No Angel

New releases :

July 2001 :

Beetroot - Cast (Polydor)
[tba] - The Corrs (Atlantic/East West)
[tba] - Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
[tba] - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (-)
[tba] - Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
[tba] - Ronan Keating (Polydor)
The Exorcist III - Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
Sintoxicated - Tanya Stephens (WEA)

July 16th :

[tba] - 4hero (Talkin Loud)
Aaliyah - Aaliyah (Atlantic/East West)
Folk - Howie B. (Polydor)
Hot Shots Part II - The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
Irresistible - Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
Further Reminders - Two Lone Swordsmen (Warp)

July 23rd :

Secrets - The Human League (Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)
Olivia - Olivia (J/RCA)
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals (Epic)
[tba] - Saul Williams (Columbia)

July 30th :

Paper, Scissors, Stone - Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)

August 2001 :

3 Feet High & Rising [rem. ri w/add. tr.]] - De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
[tba] - Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Beautiful Garbage - Garbage (Mushroom)
[tba] - So Solid Crew (Independiente)
Is This It - The Strokes (Rough Trade)

August 6th :

Iowa - Slipknot (Roadrunner)

August 27th :

Get Ready - New Order (Warner Bros.)

September 2001 :

Wonderland - The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Wonderland - Kelis (Virgin)
[tba] - Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
[tba] - William Orbit (WEA)

October 2001 :

[tba] - Portishead (Go.Beat/Polydor)

November 2001 :

[tba] - Oasis (Big Brother)

Dominator's Top 50 of 2000

30. Idlewild - Roseability

It was preceeded by "Actually It's Darkness" (No.23, April 2000) and "These Wooden Ideas" (No.32, June 2000)

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.

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