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( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)
A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 14 new entries :
- 39 Snow Patrol – How to be Dead
- 36 Stan Bowles – The Others
- 26 Bloc Party – Helicopter
- 25 Tina – Open Arms
- 19 Graham Coxon – Freakin’ Out/All Over Me
- 16 Kings of Leon – The Bucket
- 14 Goldie Lookin Chain – You’re Mother’s Got a Penis
- 12 The Noise Next Door – Lock Up Ya Daughters
- 11 Danzel – Pump It Up
- 9 The Libertines – What Became of the Likely Lads
- 7 Dannii Minogue – You Won’t Forget About Me
- 4 Jay Sean – Stolen
- 3 Daniel Bedingfield – Nothing Hurts Like Love
- 1 Ja Rule/R Kelly/Ashanti – Wonderful
- 40 Marilyn Manson – Personal Jesus
- 39 The Cure – Taking Off
- 38 Rammstein – Amerika
- 36 DJ Casper – Oops Upside Your Head
- 35 Natasha Bedingfield – These Words
- 34 Duran Duran – Sunrise
- 33 Morrissey – Let Me Kiss You
- 31 Slipknot – Vermilion
- 30 Nelly – My Place
- 28 Ronan Keating – I Hope You Dance
- 27 Cliff Richard – Something’s Going On
- 26 Bjork – Who Is It
- 20 Travis – Walking in the Sun
- 18 Placebo – Twenty Years
- 15 (7) Depeche Mode
- 22 (2) Manic Street Preachers
- 24 (8) Darius
- 29 (14) Lil Flip
- 33 (21) The Dualers
- 37 (19) Mylo
- 40 (15) The Zutons
- 45 Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart – Old Habits Die Hard
- 52 Alex Cuba Band – If Only
- 57 Do Me Bad Things – Time For Deliverance
- 59 Jill Scott – Golden
- 65 Eastern Lane – I Said Pig on Friday
- 67 The Earlies – Morning Wonder
- 69 Supatonic – I Wish It Wasn’t True
- 73 Iceberg Slimm – Starship
- 74 Chikinki – All Eyes
- 75 Flash Brothers – Amen (Don’t Be Afraid)
so the following dropped out :
0 climbing : 0 not moving : and 26 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
Freakin’ Out
[Happiness in Magazines]
Seen on Frank Skinner’s show recently, this re-release, now out as a double A-side, is worthy of thehigher chart placing it got in March (No.37) and the charts deserve a rocking tune like this.
You Won’t Forget About Me
But you will forget about this tedious heard-it-all-before dancey rubbish
Nothing Hurts Like Love
[Second First Impression]
Other than the feeling of your insides rupturing after hearing this crappy ballad. Do shut up!
Wonderful
[Ja Rule: Rule]
Three rap/R&B artists, none of which are what the title claims.
This single starts a new run of hits going straight in at No.1:
- 1. Ja Rule/R Kelly/Ashanti – Wonderful
[The Greatest Hits]
November 1st:
- Alex Gold – Stranded In Paradise
All Eyes – She’s A Vision
Britney Spears – My Prerogative
The Calling – Anything
Candee Jay – Back For Me
Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliot – Car Wash
Chingy – Balla Baby
Death From Above – Romantic Rights
Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath
Ed Harcourt – Born In The Seventies
Elton John – All That I’m Allowed (I’m Thankful)
Ethix – Give It 2 Me
Fabolous – Breathe
George Michael – Round Here
Il Divo – Regressa Mi
Jamelia – DJ/Stop
Jesse Malin – Since You’re In Love
King Quadra – Pink Champagne
Landaus – What Ya Cryin’ For?
Lost Witness feat. Andrea Britton – Wait For You
MIA – Galang
Michael Gray – The Weekend
Mutiny feat. Lorraine Cato – Holding On
The Open – Never Enough
Portobella – Viva La Difference!
Patrizio Buanne – Il Mondo
Phixx – Strange Love
Prodigy – Hotride [NCQ]
The Rasmus – First Day Of My Life
Richard Beavis – Hold Down The Shadows
Silver Sun – Bubblegum
The Strokes – The End Has No End
Tyler James – Why Do I Do
The Unstrung – Contrary Mary
Usher – Confessions Part II/My Boo
Vanessa Carlton – White Houses
Westlife – Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
Wet Wet Wet – All I Want
XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia – Give Me Your Love
November 8th:
- Bloc Party – Helicopter
Blue – Curtain Falls
The Dears – Lost The Plot
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan – Silence 2004
Delta Goodrem – Out Of The Blue
Dizzee Rascal – Dream
Dragonheart – Video Killed The Radio Star
Eminem – Just Lose It
Eyeopener – Hungry Eyes
Finn Brothers – Nothing Wrong With You
Groove Coverage – Poison
Gwen Stefani – What Are You Waiting For
Har Mar Superstar – Body Request
Hiding Place – Cruel Kindness
Jamie Cullum – Everlasting Love
Kelli Ali – Hot Lips
Lethal B – Forward
Mark Lanegan – Hit The City
Soulwax – E-Talking
Steriogram – Walkie Talkie Man
Stonebridge feat. Ultra Nate – Freak On
Tears For Fears – Closest Thing To Heaven
Thunder – I Love You More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll
Twista feat. R Kelly – So Sexy
U2 – Vertigo
Urban Cookie Collective – The Key, The Secret 2004
V – You Stood Up
The Wedding Present – Interstate 5
November 15th:
- 2Play feat. Thomas Jules and Jucxi D – Careless Whisper
The 411 – Teardrops
Anastacia – Welcome To My Truth
Avril Lavigne – Nobody’s Home
Doves – Black And White Town
Embrace – Ashes
Franz Ferdinand – This Fire [Download only]
Girls Aloud – I’ll Stand By You
I Dream feat. Calvin & Frankie – Dreaming
Intenso Project featuring Lisa Scott-Lee – Get It On
JoJo feat. Bow Wow – Baby It’s You
McFly – Room On The 3rd Floor
Lemar – If There’s Any Justice
Mercury Rev – In A Funny Way
The Music – Bleed From Within
Nas feat. Olu Dara – Bridging The Gap
Onyx feat. Gemma J – Every Little Time
Paul Weller – Thinking Of You
The Thrills – Not For All The Love In The World
Twilight Singers – Too Tough To Die
The White Stripes – Jolene Live Under Blackpool Lights
November 22nd:
- Ashanti – Only You
The Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Mess With My Heart
Brian McFadden – Irish Son
The Corrs – Long Night
Darren Hayes – Darkness
Delays – Lost In A Melody
Geri Halliwell – Ride It
Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Keane – This Is The Last Time
Kristian Leontiou – Some Say
Lostprophets – Tonight
OutKast – Prototype/Ghettomusick
Raghav – Angel Eyes
Status Quo – Thinking Of You
Sugababes – Overload 2004
The Thrills – Not For All The Love In The World
Tim Bowness – Sleepwalker
November 29th:
- Ash – Renegade Calvacade
Babyshambles – Killamangiro
Fat Joe – Things Of That Nature
Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
Razorlight – Rip It Up
REM – Aftermath
The Streets – Could Well Be In
December 6th:
- Art Brut – Modern Art
Beastie Boys – Open Letter To NYC
Fever – Bridge And Tunnel
Kylie Minogue – I Believe In You
Robbie Williams – Misunderstood
- This week there are new entries for :
- 6 Def Leppard – The Best of
- 7 Cliff Richard – Something’s Goin’ On
- 8 Placebo – Once More With Feeling: Singles
- 10 Russell Watson – Amore Musica
- 11 The Beautiful South – Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs
- 20 Queen – Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
- 21 Michael Ball – The Essential
- 23 Depeche Mode – Remixes 81-04
- 34 Leonard Cohen – Dear Heather
- 36 Darius – Live Twice
- 61 R Kelly & Jay-Z – Unfinished Business
- 68 Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster – Royal Society
Greatest Hits
- The top 10 goes like this :
- 1 Robbie Williams – Greatest Hits
- 2 Ronan Keating – 10 Years of Hits
- 3 Rod Stewart – Stardust: Great American Songbook 3
- 4 Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane
- 5 Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
- 6 Def Leppard – The Best of
- 7 Cliff Richard – Something’s Goin’ On
- 8 Placebo – Once More With Feeling: Singles
- 9 Green Day – American Idiot
- 10 Russell Watson – Amore Musica
Lifeblood
November 1st:
- 213 – Hard Way
ABC – Lexicon of love Deluxe (2discs)
A Perfect Circle – eMOTIVe
Ballboy – Royal Theater
Bee Gees – Number ones
Blue Orchids – A darker bloom (collection)
Busted – Live: A Ticket For Everyone
Cliff Richard – Somethin’s goin’ on
Daniel Bedingfield – Second First Impression
DJ Tiesto – Parade of the Athletes
Frank Zappa – Best of
Gigi D’Alessio – Non c’è vita da buttare (I)
Harold Budd – Avalon Sutra
John Lennon – Acoustic
Kings Of Leon – A-ha Shake Heartbreak
Live – Awake: the best of (limited edition with bonus dvd)
Manic Street Preachers – Life Blood
Michael Buble’ – Michael Buble Bonus Christmas Disc*****
Paul Simon – TBA
Philip Glass – Music of undertow
Rammstein – Reise Reise
Robert Downey Jr. – The futurist
Rolling Stones – Live Licks (2discs)
Scissor Sisters – Remixed
Sigur Ros – Von
Snow Patrol – The Trip (2discs)
The Verve – This Is Music: The Singles 92-98
The Fall – Interim
Tina Turner – All the best (2discs)
Tippi – Tippi
Travis – Singles (Limited edition with bonus dvd)
OST – The Polar Express
November 8th:
- 13th Elevators – Going Up-The very best of
Alex Cuba Band – Homo de trabaco
Andrea Bocelli – Andrea
Anthrax – Best of Anthrax (TBC)
Berlin – Greatest hits
Britney Spears – Greatest Hits: My prerogative
Bryn Terfel – Silent noon
Chingy – Powerballin’
Elton John – Peachtree Road
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard – Deluxe Edition
Delta Goodrem – Mistaken Identity
Fabolous – Real Talk
Handsome Boy Modeling School (Dan the Automator and Prince Paul) – White People
Hanson – Underneath Acoustic EP
Ja Rule – R.U.L.E.
Jamie Cullum – Twenty Something Special Edition
Jarabe de Palo – 1M2
Jimmy Somerville – Home again
Kelly Clarkson – TBA
Maxwell – TBA
Omarion – O
Paolo Conte – Elegia
Paradise Lost – TBA
Screaming Trees – Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996
Seal – Best 1991-2004 (Limited edition with bonus cd)
Sepultura – Live
Shania Twain – Greatest Hits (includes 3 new tracks)
Tony Bennett – The Art of Romance
V – TBA
Westlife – Allow Us To Be Frank
Wet Wet Wet – The Greatest hits (2discs)
OST – Bridget Jones 2: Edge Of Reason
OST – Halo2
VA – Inspired-World’s greatest cover versions (Oasis, Badly Drawn Boy, 4Hero, Norah Jones…)
November 15th:
- Andrew Lloyd Webber – The woman in white (2discs)
Ashanti – Third Coming
Beatles – Capitol albums (4discs)
Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
Blue – Best of (Limited edition with bonus cd)
Bon Jovi – 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong
Clay Aiken – Christmas album
Cure – Three Imaginary Boys (reissue with bonus cd)
Destiny’s Child – Destiny Fulfilled
Donny Osmond – What I Meant To Say
Eminem – Encore
Fat Joe – Things of That Nature
Kenny G – TBA
Lauryn Hill – Khulami Phase (TBC)
Libertines – The libertines Special Edition (with bonus dvd)
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz – Crunk Juice
Live – Awake: the best of
Ludacris – Red light district
Mandy Moore – The best of Mandy
Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Neil Young – Greatest hits (limited edition with bonus dvd)
Nightwish – Wish I Had An Angel (Limited edition with bonus dvd)
Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (2discs)
Pearlfishers – Sunflower at Christmas
Queens Of The Stone Age – TBA
Sergio Cammariere – Sul Sentiero (I)
Siouxsie & Banshees – Down Side Up Box Set
Snoop Dogg – R&G: (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece
Sugababes – Three (reissue with bonus tracks)
The Offspring – Best of offspring
VA – Now 59 (TBC)
November 22nd:
- 411 – Between the sheets
Allure – TBA
Anthrax – Best of Anthrax (TBC) (US)
Creed – Greatest Hits
Evanescence – Anywhere but home (with bonus dvd)
Fat Joe – Things of that nature
Gwen Stefani – LAMB Love Angel Music Baby
Iron Maiden – Iron live
Jennifer Lopez – TBA
Jessica Simpson – Re-Joyce: The Christmas Album
John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer – A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
Kylie Minogue – Ultimate Kylie
Mariah Carey – TBA (TBC)
Natalie Imbruglia – TBA (TBC)
Nine inch Nails – The Downward Spiral-Deluxe Edition (with bonus cd)
Nirvana – With the lights out (4discs)
Ozzy Osbourne – Bible of ozz
Ray Charles – Genuius loves company (with bonus dvd)
Roberto Kunstler – Kunstler (I)
Sarah McLachlan – Afterglow Live (with bonus dvd)
Shawn Colvin – TBA
The Strokes – Live
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Unicorns – Who Will Cut Your Hair When We’re Gone
V – TBA
November 29th:
- Brian Mcfadden – Irish son
Bruce Dickinson – TBA
Cure – Three imaginady boys Deluxe (remastered with bonus cd)
Dirty Vegas – One
Dynasty – Greatest Hits
Genesis – Platinum Collection
Girls Aloud – What Will The Neighbours Say?
Midnight Star – Best of
Mudvayne – TBA
P.Diddy – PD5
OST – Alexander
December 6th:
- Aretha Franklin – TBA
Ashanti – Concrete Rose
Diana DeGarmo – TBA
Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible (10th Anniversary Edition With Bonus Dvd)
December 13th:
- TBA
December 20th:
- TBA
December 27th:
- Judas Priest – TBA
January 10th 2005:
- LeAnn Rimes – This Woman
Soul Asylum – Live at Grand Forks Air Base
January 24th:
- Angel City – Love me right
Angelo Branduardi – TBA (I)
Jessi Alexander – Honeysuckle Sweet
Joe Cocker – Heart and Soul (cover album: U2, Nina Simone, R.E.M. and so on) (US)
Joi – Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb
Marlene Kuntz – TBA (I)
Planet Funk – TBA
The Wallflowers – TBA
Weezer – TBA
VA – Street Movement ( Mariah Carey, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg and Jayo Felony…)
January 31st:
- Garbage – Hands on a Hard Body (TBC)
Ian Astbury – Warriors Of The Mystic Plains
February 7th:
- 3 Doors Down – TBA
Crowbar – Life’s Blood For the Downtrodden
Krayzie Bone – Gemini (Good vs. Evil) (with bonus DVD)
Jovanotti – Buon Sangue
Open Hand – You and Me
Richard Ashcroft – TBA
February 14th:
- Toni Braxton – TBA
February 21st:
- Ian Brown – Solarized (with Lovebug) (US)
February 28th:
- Vanessa Williams – TBA
March 7th:
- Aimee Mann – King of the Jailhouse
Miles Davis – Seven Steps Cpte Columbia Recordings 1963 1964
De Dre – Detox
Moby – TBA
March 28th:
- Shakira – TBA (double cd set: one in English, one in Spanish) (TBC)
May 26th:
- Oasis – TBA (confirmed by Noel)
2004:
- 50 Cent – TBA (March 2005)
A – TBA (Autumn)
A-ha – TBA (mid 2005)
Aaliyah – Duets (early 2005)
Aaliyah – TBA (Includes a bonus dvd) (late 2005)
Ace of Base – TBA (Summer 2005)
Anastacia – Anastacia (US)
Antonello Venditti – Campus live (November) (I)
Aretha Franklin – Duets
Arrested Development – Among the Trees (Autumn)
Ashanti – TBA (late 2004)
Babyface – A love story
Backstreet Boys – TBA
Bananarama – TBA
Beck – TBA (February 2005)
Bjork – Singles BoxSet (October)
Bjork – TBA (late 2005)
Blanche – If We Can’t Trust the Doctors …
Bloodhound Gang – Heavy Flow
Blur – TBA (late 2005)
Brenda Russell – Between the Sun and the Moon (August)
Brian McFadden – TBA
Bruce Springsteen – TBA (November 2004)
Bryan Adams – Stripped
Cesare Cremonini – TBA (November) (I)
Chemical Brothers – TBA
Cher – TBA
Chicane – Easy to assemble
Chingy – Power ballin’ (October)
Coldplay – TBA (March 2005)
Craig David – TBA
Chris de Burgh – The Road to Freedom (Summer)
Daft Punk – TBA
Damien Rice – Closer OST
Deftones – TBA (November)
Depeche Mode – Remixes
Doves – TBA (February 2005)
Dolores O’Riordan – TBA (2005)
Eve – TBA (December)
Feeder – Picture of perfect youth (available only on their website)
Fergie aka Stacy Ferguson (Black Eyed Peas) – TBA (Summer/early Autumn 2005)
Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
Fischerspooner – TBA
Foo Fighters – TBA (2 discs: one acoustic, one heavy)
Foxy Brown – Ill Na Na II: The Fever
Franz Ferdinand – TBA (early 2005)
Fugazi – TBA
Geri Halliwell – TBA
Gianni Morandi – TBA (November) (I)
Giorgia – TBA (mid 2005) (I)
Girls Aloud – Special something (September/October)
Gorillaz – TBA
Guns’n’Roses – Chinese Democracy (November 2004/2005)
Hanson – Underneath
Hot Hot Heat – TBA (early 2005)
I Nomadi – TBA (October) (I)
India.Arie – TBA
Jacki-O – TBA (Summer)
Jane Monheit – Taking a Chance on Love (includes a duet with Michael Buble’)
Jerry Hall – TBA (December release)
John Frusciante – TBA (November)
Juanes – Mi sangre
Jay Z – Greatest Hits (October)
Kelly Osbourne – TBA (November)
Le Vibrazioni – Le Vibrazioni II (Febrauary) (I)
Limp Bizkit – Best Of (early 2005)
Lola Ponce – Fearless
Madonna – American Life Club Mixes (late Autumn)
Madonna – TBA (mid 2005)
Manic Street Preachers – Everything must go (re-release with bonus Leaving The 20th Century dvd)
Mariah Carey – TBA (late Autumn)
Mariah Carey – Vision of love-Legacy edition (2 discs)
Mary J Blige – Greatest Hits
Maxwell – Black Summer’s Night
Mel C – TBA (Mid 2005)
Mina – TBA (October) (I)
‘N Sync – TBA (Rumored)
Neneh Cherry – TBA
New Order – TBA (2005)
Noel Hogan (Cranberries) – TBA (December 2004/early 2005)
Oasis – TBA (November)
Ornella Vanoni & Gino Paoli – TBA (September) (I)
Pacifica (Fred Durst side project) – TBA
Paolo Conte – TBA
Paula Abdul – TBA (mid 2005)
Pet Shop Boys & Torsten Rasch – Battleship Potemkin (music inspired by) (late Winter 2005)
Pet Shop Boys – TBA (late Summer 2005)
Pete Yorn – Live form New Jersey (2cd)
Planet Funk – TBA (September)
Pras – Cold fire
Q-Tip – Open
Radiohead – TBA (mid 2005)
Randy Newman – TBA (January 2005)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – TBA (November)
Rob Thomas – TBA (February 2005)
Robin Beck – Wonderland (D)
Rolling Stones – TBA (2005)
Santana – TBA (early 2005)
Scott Stapp (Creed) – TBA
Sean Paul – TBA (November)
Sergio Cammariere – TBA (October)(I)
Shaggy – TBA (2005)
Sharissa – I got love
Sheryl Crow – TBA
Sigur Ros – TBA (February 2005)
Simona Bencini (Dirotta su Cuba) – TBA (I)
Sophie Ellis Bextor – TBA (Summer 2005)
Spice Girls – Greatest Hits (November 2005?)
Spyro Gyra – Serious Fun
Staid – TBA (November)
Subsonica – TBA (mid 2005) (I)
Sugababes – TBA
t.A.T.u – TBA
Taylor Dayne – TBA (mid 2005)
The Strokes – TBA (August 2005)
The Matrix – TBA
Take That – Everything changes (Re-issue)
Take That – Nobody else (Re-issue)
Therapy? – TBA
Tracy Chapman – TBA (October)
Trisha Yearwood – TBA (November)
Vanessa Mae – TBA (September)
Victoria Beckham – TBA (mid 2005)
Weezer – TBA (December)
Westlife – TBA (Autumn)
Wet Wet Wet – The best of Wets
Whitney Houston – TBA (Spring 2005)
Will Smith – TBA (November)
Wu Tang Clan – TBA
Zach de la Rocha – TBA
OST – The Aviator
OST – Birth
OST – Catwoman
OST – Harry Potter and the goblet of fire (November 2005)
OST – I, Robot
OST – Open range
OST – Shall we dance?
OST – Spiderman3 (June 2006)
OST – Star Wars Episode Three (16.5.2005)
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2004.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.