64 (49) Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts

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This week: 2 new entries, 2 chart, 1 re-entering, 8 climbing, 6 not moving & 21 downers. new entry re-entry climber faller non moverCHART 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…

2 new and 2 re-entering and 1 chart entries :
• 37 (42 RE) Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me
• 34 Bullet For My Valentine Scream Aim Fire
• 28 (47 CH) Mary J Blige – Just Fine
• 22 (56 CH) David Jordan – Sun Goes Down
• 11 Jay Sean – Ride It

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Bloc Party – Flux
• 38 Timbaland feat. Doe/Keri Hilson – The Way I Are
• 30 Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
• 24 Madness – NW5
• 20 The Courteeners – What Took You So Long

8 climbing :

• 3 (6) Nickelback – Rockstar
• 4 (5) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
• 7 (31) Kelly Rowland – Work
• 15 (21) Alicia Keys – No One
• 16 (17) Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
• 26 (27) Kylie Minogue – Wow
• 31 (33) Amy Macdonald – This Is The Life
• 33 (37) Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

6 not moving :

• 1 Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theos – Now You’re Gone
• 2 Adele – Chasing Pavements
• 8 Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead
• 10 Robyn – Be Mine
• 25 Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely
• 39 Robyn With Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat

and 21 going down. Big fallers include:

• 18 (13) The Wombats – Moving To New York

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 44 Michael Jackson feat. will.i.am The Girl Is Mine
• 49 One Night Only – Just For Tonight
• 72 Jennifer Lopez – Hold It, Don’t Drop It

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts
[X]

64 (49) Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts

Her comeback single with a Marilyn Monroe look and… well, it’s okay butfar from outstanding.

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Sugababes: About You Now
[Changes]

29 (26) Sugababes – About You Now

Not a bad track, but they’ve done better. Still, at least it stopped Shayne Wardgetting to No.1.

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Scouting For Girls:
She’s So Lovely
[Scouting For Girls]

25 (25) Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely

Love this song, and the hottie in the video is a model called Louise Glover (google for her images, butnot from work!).

See the video here.

Cascada:
What Hurts The Most
[Perfect Day]

23 (22) Cascada – What Hurts The Most

The dance remix of this track really works well, given that the original wasby Celebrity Big Brother racist scum Jo O’Meara from S Club 7 as her dreadfulattempt to restart her solo career.

Well worth a listen!

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Girls Aloud: Call The Shots
[Tangled Up]

20 (16) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots

Very mediocre track that doesn’t know whether it should actually get goingor not. In the end, it doesn’t.

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Basshunter:
Now You’re Gone

1 (1) Basshunter – Now You’re Gone *3rd Week at No.1*

Total crap.

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Hot Chip:
Ready For The Floor
[Made in the Dark]

January 28th:

Atomic Kitten – Anyone Who Had A Heart
Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
Bob Mould – The Silence Between Us (7”)
Cajun Dance Party – The Race (7”)
Cassie – Is It You
Cobra Dukes – Airtight (12”)
Dominatorz – Do You Love Me?
The Duke Spirit – The Step And The Walk
Elliot Minor – Still Figuring Out
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
Kelly Rowland – Work
Laura Marling – Ghosts
The Mae Shi – Run To Your Grave (7”) [Limited]
Mary J Blige – Just Fine
Matchbox Twenty – These Hard Times
Michael Jackson feat Will.I.Am – The Girl Is Mine 2008
New Sins – It Doesn’t Work Like That
One Night Only – Just For Tonight
Operahouse – Born A Boy (7”) [Limited]
Primary 1 – Hold Me Down (12”)
Rascal Flatts – What Hurts The Most
Richard Hawley – Valentine
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Please Read The Letter
School Of Language – Rockist (7”)
Thom Yorke – Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix) (12”)
Those Dancing Days – Hitten
Tin Man – Tonight
Urbnri – Young Free & Simple
Van Tramp – Help Me Make It
Wallis Bird – Counting To Sleep

February 4th:

30 Seconds To Mars – From Yesterday
Attic Lights – Never Get Sick Of The Sea
Badly Drawn Boy – Time Of Tides
Biffy Clyro – Who’s Got A Match
Blood Red Shoes – You Bring Me Down
Boy Kill Boy – Promises
Carbon/Silicon – Why Do Men Fight? [Limited]
David Jordan – Sun Goes Down
Fischerspooner – The Best Revenge (12”)
Heist – Don’t Hold Back
Helen Boulding – Copenhagen
Iwasacubscout – Pink Squares / Echoes (3×7”)
Jody Watley – I Want Your Love
Kanye West feat Chris Martin – Homecoming
Los Campesinos! – Death To Los Campesinos!
Man From Michael – Heart Of Glue (7”)[Limited]
Mark Brown feat Sarah Cracknell – The Journey Continues
Morrissey – That’s How People Grow Up
Natasha England – Iko Iko
The Opiates – Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
Ruarri Joseph – Won’t Work
Rubies – I Feel Electric
Shaun Anthony – Come On Over
Tabby Callaghan – King Of The Town
Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill (The Bug Remix) (12”)
Todd Terry – Get Down
Wet Wet Wet – Weightless
White Light Parade – Wait For The Weekend
Willis – Get In The Ring

February 11th:

Alan Connor – Dance Away
Alphabeat – Fascination
Andy Scott-Lee – Unforgettable
Armand Van Helden – Je T’Aime
Asa – Fire On The Mountain
Black Francis – The Seus
Chromeo – Needy Girl
Cicada – Same Old Scene
Colin MacIntyre – tba
The Coral – Put The Sun Back
Correcto – Do It Better (7”)
Dropkick Murphys – The State Of Massachusetts (EP)
Estelle – American Boy
Feeling – I Thought It Was Over
Glasvegas – Its My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (7”)
Goldfrapp – A & E
iLiKETRAiNS – We Go Hunting (7”)
Marina Topley-Bird – Carnies
Osunlade – My Reflection
Paramore – Misery Business
Pete & The Pirates – Mr Understanding
Proclaimers – New Religion
Remi Nicole – Lights Out
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Simple Plan – When I’m Gone
Tori White – Who If Its Not You
XX Teens – How To Reduce Chances Of Being A Terror Victim (7″)
Yves La Rock – Zookey

February 18th:

Amy MacDonald – Run
Benjamin Wetherill – The Derby Ram (7”)
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Craig David – 6 Of 1 Thing
Cut Off Your Hands – Oh Girl (7”)
Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny
Foals – Cassius
H Two O feat Platnum – What’s It Gonna Be
Hatcham Social – So So Happy Making / Berlin
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy
Kid Harpoon – The Second (EP)
Laura Critchley – Sometimes I
Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee (7”)
Mark Ronson – Just
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
Operator Please – Get What You Want
Out Of Office – Break of Dawn 2008
Plain White T’s – Our Time Now
Reverend And The Makers – Bandits
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
Windmill – Tokyo Moon

February 25th:

Alicia Keys – Like You’ll Never See Me Again
Asobi Seksu – Goodbye
B52s – Pump
Band Of Horses – No-One’s Going To Love You (7”)
The Cribs – I’m A Realist / bast*rds Of Young
Duffy – Mercy
Future Of The Left – Manchasm (7”)
Futureheads – Beginning Of The Twist
Gallows – Just Because You Sleep Next To Me Doesn’t Mean You’re Safe (7”)
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – The Young And Lovestruck
Grand National – Animal Sounds (7”)
The Hives – We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S) (10”)
Jacob Golden – Out Come The Wolves
Jaymay – Gray Or Blue
Katie Melua – If The Lights Go Out
Kylie Minogue – Wow
Late Of The Pier – The Bears Are Coming
Menomena – Rotten Hell
MGMT – Trying To Pretend
Moby – Alice
Natalia – Pretty Like Me
Nina Nastacia – What She Doesn’t Know / Your Red Nose (7”)
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better
Sonic Hearts – To Be Someone
Sonny J – Enfant Terrible
Team Waterpolo – Letting Go (7”) [Limited]
Tiny Masters Of Today – Hologram World
Vincent Vincent & The Villains – Pretty Girl
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage
Young Knives – Up All Night

March 3rd:

Bob Sinclar – Together
Cazals – Life Is Boring
The Cloud Room – Blackout
Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off (7”)
Go:Audio – Woodchuck (EP)
Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome
Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
Jack Savoretti – One Man Band
The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful
MIA – Paper Planes
Nickelback – Photograph
Shocking Pinks – Emily
T-Pain – Church
We Are Scientists – After Hours

March 10th:

Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Mystery Jets – Young Love
Pendulum – Propane
Teenagers – Love No
Utah Saints vs Van She – Something Good 2008

March 17th:

James Blunt – Carry You Home

TBA:

50 Cent – I Got Money
Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Amerie – Crush
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Annie – 2 Of Hearts
Athlete – The Outsiders
Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles
Blood Red Shoes – Say Something Say Anything [7th Apr]
Boyzone – tba [Mar]
Cascada – What Do You Want From Me
Che’Nelle – I Fell In Love With The DJ
Chris Brown – With You [24th Mar]
Congress – 40 Miles ‘07
The Count & Sinden – Beeper [Mar]
Dan Deacon – Wham City
Darren Hayes – Casey
David Guetta feat Tara Mc Donald – Delirious
DJ Jeroenski – Back Once Again
DJ Sammy feat Nyah – Everybody Hurts
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – We Are Rockstars [Feb]
Doug Walker – The Mystery [Jan]
Dykeenies – tba [Jan]
The Enemy – This Song
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Freemasons – You’re Not Alone Now
Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French
Helen Boulding – Way To Go [Apr]
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
hellogoodbye – Oh It Is Love
Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers
Howard Murphy – Friend Like You [Feb]
Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
Janet Jackson – Feedback [Feb]
Jennifer Lopez – Brave
Justice – Phantom
Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Waste Your Time
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down [24th Mar]
Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
Kooks – tba [Mar]
Koopa – Why?
Lenny Kravitz – I’ll Be Waiting
The Little Ones – Morning Tide [31st Mar]
LMC vs Marvin – Grapevine
Long Blondes – Guilt [24th Mar]
Los Campesinos! – Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks [14th Apr]
Luke Dzierzek – Echo
M&C feat Rebecca Rudd – Magic Touch
Manian feat Aila – Turn The Tide
Mario – Crying Out For Me
Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
Milburn – The Genius And The Tramp
Neils Children – What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
Palladium – White Lady
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private – Crucify My Heart
Richard Fleeshman – Hold Me Close [Feb]
Ricki-Lee – tba
Same Difference – tba
Sander Van Doorn – Riff
The Script – We Cry [14th Apr]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Everytime
Shaggy feat Rik Rok – Bonafide Girl
Shanie – Don’t Give Me Your Life ‘08
Siobhan Donaghy – Medevac
Sons & Daughters – Chains [21st Apr]
Strange Days feat Steve Harley – Smile [Jan]
Sugababes – Denial [Mar]
Taio Cruz – tba
Timbaland feat Keri Hilson – Scream
Toyah – Sensational
Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol – Club Wedding
Ultrabeat – I Wanna Touch You [Jan]
Unkle – Restless
Vengaboys – Partylife
Westlife – Us Against The World
Will I Am – One More Chance
Yoav – Club Thing

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Eels: Meet The Eels:
Essential 1996-2006

This week there are new entries for :
• 7 Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
• 11 Garth Brooks – Ultimate Hits
• 26 Eels – Meet The Eels
• 32 Cat Power – Jukebox
• 44 Celine Dion – All The Way: A Decade Of Song & Video
• 45 Lightspeed Champion – Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
• 62 Stephen Sondheim – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet
• 69 Eels – Useless Trinkets: B-Sides & Soundtracks
• 72 Black Mountain – In The Future

Scouting For Girls:
Scouting For Girls

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 Scouting For Girls – Scouting For Girls
• 2 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
• 3 Amy McDonald – This is the Life
• 4 Newton Faulkner – Hand Built By Robots
• 5 The Hoosiers – The Trick To Life
• 6 Take That – Beautiful World
• 7 Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
• 8 Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
• 9 Mika – Life in Cartoon Motion
• 10 Nickelback – All The Right Reasons

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N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
[20th Anniversary Edition]

January 28th:

Adele – 19
Alexander O’Neal – Alex Loves…
Avantasia – The Scarecrow
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
Cardigans – Best Of
Clark – Turning Dragon
Dynamics – Version Excursions
Ginger – Market Harbour
Harrisons – No Fighting In The War Room
Joe Jackson – Rain
John Power – Stormbreaker
Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life: Her Greatest Hits
kd Lang – Watershed
Kenny Rogers – A Love Song Collection
Kimmie Rhodes – Walls Fall Down
The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath
Matt Costa – Unfamiliar Faces
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton [20th Anniversary Edition]
Sons & Daughters – This Gift
System 7 – Phoenix
These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Wendy James – Racine 2
You Me At Six – Champion

February 4th:

American Music Club – The Golden Age
Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant
Cass McCombs – Dropping The Writ
Colin MacIntyre – The Water
Dead Meadow – Old Growth
The Duke Spirit – Neptune
Helen Love – It’s My Club and I’ll Play What I Want To
Horrorpops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
Jack Johnson – Sleeping Through The Static
Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
Lenny Kravitz – It’s Time For A Love Revolution
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds – Iscariot The Ladder
Mary J Blige – Growing Pains
Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart
Mexicolas – X
Morcheeba – Dive Deep
One Night Only – Started A Fire
Rascal Flatts – Rascal Flatts
Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings Of
Robots in Disguise – We’re In The Music Biz
School Of Language – Sea From Shore
Shelby Lynne – Just A Little Lovin’
Sheryl Crow – Detours
Songbirds – Wake Up Call
Liverpool – The Number Ones Album

February 11th:

Biomechanical – Cannibalised
Bob Mould – District Line
Boy Kill Boy – Stars & The Sea
Cassie – Cassie
Craig Chalmers – Dream On
Daniel Wylie & Cosmic Rough Riders – The Very Best Of
Envelopes – Here Comes The Wind
f*** Buttons – Street Horrssing
Helen Boulding – New Red Dress
Homespun – Short Stories From East Yorkshire
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster…
The Mae Shi – KLLYH
Michael Jackson – Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition]
Morrissey – Greatest Hits
Ruarri Joseph – Tales Of Grit And Grime
Sebastien Tellier – Sexual Sportswear
Brit Awards 2008

February 18th:

Allison Moorer – Mockingbird
Asa – Asa
The Autumn Defense – The Autumn Defense
The Cloud Room – The Cloud Room
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Eve – Here I Am
The Feeling – Join With Me
Figurines – When The Deer Wore Blue
Hayseed Dixie – No Covers
Iwasacubscout – I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope
Jonathan Ansell – Tenor At The Movies
Kyte – Kyte
Magnet – The Simple Life
Malcolm Middleton – Sleight Of Heart
Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
Nada Surf – Lucky
The Orb – The Dream
Pete & The Pirates – Little Death
Simple Plan – Simple Plan
Willie Nelson – Moment Of Forever

February 25th:

Biffy Clyro – Singles 2001-2005
The Boggs – Forts
Busta Rhymes – Back On My BS
Correcto – Correcto
Erykah Badu – The Kahba
Estelle – Shine
Girl Talk – Night Ripper
Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
Janet Jackson – Discipline
Nelly – Brass Knuckles
OneRepublic – Dreaming Out Loud
State Radio – Year Of The Crow
Tegan & Sara – The Con

March 3rd:

Autechre – Quaristice
B52s – Funplex
Billy Bragg – Mr Love & Justice
Black Crowes – Warpaint
Black Francis – Svn Fngrs
Cadence Weapon – Afterparty Babies
Courteeners – tba
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
Duffy – Rockferry
Gallows – Live At The 100 Club
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Searching For The Hows And Whys
Grand National – A Drink & A Quick Decision
Gutter Twins – Saturnalia
Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl – Two
Kelis – Good Stuff: Best Of
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive
Richie Hawtin – Choice
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

March 10th:

Adam Green – Sixes & Sevens
Bauhaus – Go Away White
Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned
Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
Kills – Midnight Boom
Mike Oldfield – Music Of The Spheres
Moby – Last Night
Neon Neon – Stainless Style
Presidents Of The United States of America – These Are The Good Times People
Rubies – Explode From The Centre
Soft Cell – Heat : The Remixes
Vincent Vincent And The Villains – Gospel Bombs
The Vines – Best Of
The Young Knives – Super Abundance
Now 69

March 17th:

Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings
The Grid – Doppelganger
The Jesus & Mary Chain – The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD)
Marina Topley-Bird – The Blue God Club
Merz – Moi Et Mon Camion
My Chemical Romance – Live
Palladium – The Way Its Not
Sonny J – Disastro
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Greatest Hits
The Sword – God’s Of The Earth
Teenagers – Reality Check
We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery
Yoav – Charmed & Strange

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.

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