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Jason Maloney reviews

Dave Edmunds: Chronicles Topping the UK Charts for the last of its four weeks at #1 was the seminal Are 'Friends' Electric by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army. Having failed to make much impact with its predecessor Down In The Park, Numan suddenly emerged as a major commercial force, albeit for little more than one year. This debut chart-topper was swiftly followed by another, the eternally-reissued Cars, before 1979 was out, while both Replicas and The Pleasure Principle hit the top spot on the album listings in the aftermath of 'Friends' success. The song would also form the distinctive basis of another UK #1 some 23 years later, when the Sugababes' Freak Like Me went all the way. The single at #2, Silly Games by Janet Kay, would be resurrected in 1990 by Beats International vocalist Lindy Layton with rather less success, Layton's remake only reaching #18. Eddie Cochran's early rock'n'roll classic C'Mon Everybody now charted at #3 for a past-their-best Sex Pistols, while the Elvis Costello-penned Girls Talk was shooting up 17 places to a high of #4 for a resurgent Dave Edmunds. It was the Welsh rocker's biggest hit for more than 5 years. Completing the top 5, Chic's Good Times climbed 7 places to #5.

The Very Best of Supertramp Vol.1 Outside the Top 10, Supertramp's Breakfast In America continued a memorable 1979 for the band. The Logical Song had made #7 earlier in the year, the Breakfast In America album became a Top 3 smash (eventually charting for an impressive 53 weeks), and now its title song rose #26#-#12 on its way to #9. The latest hits by Eddy Grant, Thin Lizzy and The Village People were all in decline after peaking the prevous week. Grant's Living On The Frontline fell from #11 to #18, Do Anything You Want To dropped 2 places to #16 for Thin Lizzy, while Go West also slipped a couple of notches from its high of #15. Public Image Limited, the new venture for ertswhile Sex Pistol frontman Johnny Rotten a.k.a John Lydon, were up 12 to #20 with Death Disco, one place below the biggest mover of the week; Can't Stand Losing You by The Police, up from #38 to #19. The single had originally made #42 the year before, but its return came in the wake of the trio's Top 40 breakthrough with the #12 hit Roxanne.

Rickie Lee Jones The rundown of 21st July 1979 was as good an example as any from the era that coming to a standstill, or even dropping down a position or three, didn't necessarily signal the end of a single's progression up the chart. Donna Summer's Bad Girls - stuck at #22 - rose 8 places to #14 the following week, and The Knack's US #1 My Sharona - holding at its entry position of #24 - thereafter made a sensational 18-place leap into the Top 10. Unfortunately, #6 would be as high as My Sharona managed, and the band failed to score another UK Top 40 hit. For the underrated Rickie Lee Jones' Chuck E's In Love, the temporary setback of dropping from #30 to #31 on its 3rd week failed to wreck the single's longterm chances; it eventually reached #18, and remains the kooky American singer-songwriter's only UK hit.

The Very Best Of Judie Tzuke Conversely, the debut position for David Bowie's DJ of #29 proved to be the record's best showing. Less than 12 months later, Bowie got his chart fortunes very much back on track with the massive #1 Ashes To Ashes. Joining DJ as newcomers on the Top 40 this week 25 years ago were future Number Ones by Cliff Richard (We Don't Talk Anymore at #35) and The Boomtown Rats (I Don't Like Mondays at #15); the latter was the week's highest entry and shot to the very top just 7 days later. In at #23 was ABBA's double-A side Voulez-Vous/Angel Eyes, one of five singles by the Swedes during 1979 which reached the Top 5 but failed to add to their list of UK chart-toppers. Other notable singles on the Top 40 included Playground Twist by Siouxsie & The Banshees, peaking at a modest #28, Kid - the second minor hit for soon-to-be-superstars The Pretenders - new at #38, and finally the gorgeous Stay With Me Till Dawn by Judie Tzuke arrived on the chart at #33.

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The following is a list of Jason's Jukeboxes online for week ending:

Vol.40: The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40 (20/12/2004)
Vol.39: November 12th 1977 (12/11/2004)
Vol.38: October 29th 1984 (29/10/2004)
Vol.37: October 15th 1987 (15/10/2004)
Vol.36: October 6th 1973 (08/10/2004)
Vol.35: September 30th 1995 (30/09/2004)
Vol.34: September 22nd 1979 (24/09/2004)
Vol.33: September 13th 1986 (16/09/2004)
Vol.32: September 9th 1989 (09/09/2004)
Vol.31: September 4th 1982 (02/09/2004)
Vol.30: August 26th 1978 (26/08/2004)
Vol.29: August 21st 1976 (19/08/2004)
Vol.28: August 13th 1983 (12/08/2004)
Vol.27: August 3rd 1985 (06/08/2004)
Vol.26: July 25th 1981 (29/07/2004)
Vol.25: July 21st 1979 (22/07/2004)
Vol.24: July 4th 1992 (08/07/2004)
Vol.23: June 24th 1965 (01/07/2004)
Vol.22: June 16th 1984 (17/06/2004)
Vol.21: June 11th 1977 (10/06/2004)
Vol.20: June 8th 1967 (03/06/2004)
Vol.19: May 29th 1971 (27/05/2004)
Vol.18: May 18th 1991 (20/05/2004)
Vol.17: May 14th 1969 (13/05/2004)
Vol.16: May 8th 1982 (06/05/2004)
Vol.15: May 3rd 1980 (29/04/2004)
Vol.14: April 19th 1986 (20/04/2004)
Vol.13: April 14th 1990 (13/04/2004)
Vol.12: April 8th 1989 (08/04/2004)
Vol.11: April 2nd 1983 (06/04/2004)
Vol.10: March 24th 1979 (23/03/2004)
Vol.9: March 19th 1988 (16/03/2004)
Vol.8: March 9th 1985 (09/03/2004)
Vol.7: March 3rd 1973 (02/03/2004)
Vol.6: February 28th 1987 (24/02/2004)
Vol.5: February 20th 1993 (17/02/2004)
Vol.4: February 11th 1978 (10/02/2004)
Vol.3: February 3rd 1966 (03/02/2004)
Vol.2: January 31st 1981 (27/01/2004)
Vol.1: January 21st 1984 (20/01/2004)

And in chronological order:

June 24th 1965: Vol.23 (01/07/2004)
February 3rd 1966: Vol.3 (03/02/2004)
June 8th 1967: Vol.20 (03/06/2004)
May 14th 1969: Vol.17 (13/05/2004)
May 29th 1971: Vol.19 (27/05/2004)
March 3rd 1973: Vol.7 (02/03/2004)
August 21st 1976: Vol.29 (19/08/2004)
June 11th 1977: Vol.21 (10/06/2004)
November 12th 1977: Vol.39 (12/11/2004)
February 11th 1978: Vol.4 (10/02/2004)
August 26th 1978: Vol.30 (26/08/2004)
March 24th 1979: Vol.10 (23/03/2004)
July 21st 1979: Vol.25 (22/07/2004)
September 22nd 1979: Vol.34 (24/09/2004)
May 3rd 1980: Vol.15 (29/04/2004)
January 31st 1981: Vol.2 (27/01/2004)
July 25th 1981: Vol.26 (29/07/2004)
May 8th 1982: Vol.16 (06/05/2004)
September 4th 1982: Vol.31 (02/09/2004)
April 2nd 1983: Vol.11 (06/04/2004)
August 13th 1983: Vol.28 (12/08/2004)
January 21st 1984: Vol.1 (20/01/2004)
June 16th 1984: Vol.22 (17/06/2004)
October 29th 1984: Vol.38 (29/10/2004)
March 9th 1985: Vol.8 (09/03/2004)
August 3rd 1985: Vol.27 (06/08/2004)
April 19th 1986: Vol.14 (20/04/2004)
September 13th 1986: Vol.33 (16/09/2004)
February 28th 1987: Vol.6 (24/02/2004)
October 15th 1987: Vol.37 (15/10/2004)
March 19th 1988: Vol.9 (16/03/2004)
April 8th 1989: Vol.12 (08/04/2004)
September 9th 1989: Vol.32 (09/09/2004)
April 14th 1990: Vol.13 (13/04/2004)
May 18th 1991: Vol.18 (20/05/2004)
July 4th 1992: Vol.24 (08/07/2004)
February 20th 1993: Vol.5 (17/02/2004)
September 30th 1995: Vol.35 (30/09/2004)
The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40: Vol.40 (20/12/2004)

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