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In the last chart of 1997, I posted my Top 50 singles of theyear, picking out the Top 10 first. During 1998, I’ll be going through thelist one by one.
This week : 17 new entries, 1 climbers, 0 non-movers & 22 downers.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…
17 new entries this week :
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
20 Republica – From Rush Hour With LoveFirst single from their forthcoming album “Speed Ballads” and it’s gone in alot lower than expected. I’d have thought this, another excellent fast tunefrom Saffron and the band, would have been a Top 5 for sure.
Something else I never worked out was why they only released two singlesfrom their last album, namely “Ready To Go” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous”.
3 Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing) :O ===Oh, when will people ever learn…
2 Beautiful South – Perfect 10 * !!!On the flip side of things, in similar fashion to the unexpected performanceof Republica’s single, I didn’t expect this brilliant record to go in so high.
Always attaining the unpredictable, The Beautiful South come back with a funkytune about the size of a woman’s figure, unless they’ve got a hidden agenda…
1 (NEW) *1st Week at No.1*Second single and second instant No.1 for the new 4-girl band, and it followsthe same formula as “C’Est La Vie”. However, it’s rather dull, and when I keepseeing the two red-headed sisters in this band I think of Feargal Sharkey…
This is the twelfth single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :
Twelve No.1’s in a row, topped and tailed by B*witched, beats the record setin the chart at week ending April 13th 1996 when the Prodigy rounded off 10singles going in at No.1 in a row which began with Shaggy. Let’s see how manymore are to follow…
The previous Top 10 No.1 list looks like this :
- The Don – 187 Lockdown (East West Dance)
Alarma – 666 (Danceteria-Stress)
Jesus Says – Ash (Infectious/Mushromm)
Naxalite EP [rm] – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
Travelogue [rm] – Jon B (Formation)
Highlights – Backyard Babies (Coalition)
Wouldn’t It Be Good – Bandido (Academy Street)
Perfect 10 – The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Mercury)
Pusherman – Bill, Ben & Baggio (Freskanova)
1998 [2nd rm] – Binary Finary (Aquarius/Positiva)
The All New Adventures Of … EP – Blackenized (Response)
Deadly Zone – Bounty Killer & Mobb Deep (Blunt/TVT)
Back To The Ol=F6d School – Brain Bashers (Shock)
Rollercoaster – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
Is It Love You’re After – Tine Charles (President)
Skin – Charlotte (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Louisiana – Church (Cooking Vinyl)
Showin’ Out (Get Fresh For The Weekend) – Cinnamon (Almighty)
Urgently In Love – Billy Crawford (V2 America)
Wishing On A Star – Randy Crawford (WEA)
Water Wave – Mark van Dale with Enrico (Club Tools/Edel)
Go With The Sun – D.B.A. (Dtox)
The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) – Deep Dish with Everything But
The Girl (Deconstruction)
The Weaker Argument Defeats The Stronger – The Delgados (ChemikalUnderground)
Shake That Arse! – Divine Soul (Unda-Vybe)
Bumble Bee – Charles Dockins feat. 24 (Slip’n’Slide)
Knockin’ 2000 – Double Vision (Fire Island)
98K Gold – Mike Dread (Rephlex)
Pardon Me – Dres The Black Sheep (Ground Control)
Cyclone – Dub Pistols (Concrete)
Still The Same – El Nino (Ignition)
Heaven Sent – Esthero (Columbia)
Inside Out – Eve 6 (RCA)
Eve 25 – Eve [Pablo Gargano] (Eve/Flying)
The Way – Fastball (Hollywood/Polydor)
The Freaks Come Out [rm] – Cevin Fisher’s Big Freak (Ministry Of Sound)
Jailbreak – Fu Manchu (Mammoth)
Soothe [rm] – Furry Phreaks feat. Terra Deva (FSUK/Ministry Of Sound)
Honesty – Rosie Gaines (Pop Top)
Drums Of Thunder – Tommy Gee (R&S)
Kinetic – Golden Girls (Distinct’ive)
Doo Wop (That Thing) / Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You –
Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Please – Chris Isaak (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Friendly Pressure – Jhelisa (Dorado)
Poontang – Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
Bitter Moon – Mark King (Eagle)
Bomb Da Loop – Kings Of Rhythm (D:Disco/Arista)
True Stories / Cold War – DJ Krust (Talkin Loud)
No Mermaid – Sin=E9ad Lohan (Grapevine)
See You Dying – Lukan (Depth)
Blame It On The Boogie – Chris MacKenzie (Academy Street)
Alright With Me – Shernette May (Virgin)
You Should Be Mine [rm] – Brian McKnight (Motown)
Adia – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista)
Buffalo Gals Stampede – Malcolm McLaren vs. Rakim & Roger Sanchez(Virgin)
Love Satisfaction – Men 2 B (President)
You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul ’98 – Modern Talking (RCA)
Beachball [2nd rm] – Nalin & Kane (ffrr)
Superthug / Banned From TV – Noreaga (Penalty/Tommy Boy)
Tonto’s Release – Rasmus (Bolshi)
Forever Together – Raven Maize (Heat)
Searching For A Soul – Conner Reeves (Wildstar) * Free The Regular Fries EP [chart-ineligible –> LP charts] –
Regular Fries (JBO/V2)
From Rush Hour With Love – Republica (Deconstruction)
Psychout – Slacker (Jukebox In The Sky)
Sundance ’98 – Sundance (React)
Step By Step – Taffy (President)
Pressure On – Roger Taylor (Parlophone)
Josephine – Terrorvision (Total Vegas/EMI) * A Bag Of Blue Sparks – Two Lonesome Swordsman (Warp)
No Tengo Dinero [rm] – Los Umbrellos (Virgin)
Collapse Of Moden Culture Sampler – Urban Tribe (Mo Wax)
Starsky & Hutch – The Theme – v.a. [Andy G’s Magic Disco Machine
feat. Starsky & Hutch & Huggy Bear] (Virgin)
If I Give You A Smile – Whistler (Wiiija)
No Worries – Wilt (Discordant)
- Move Your Body – 2 Eivissa (Control/Edel)
Stand By Me – 4 The Cause (RCA)
Hooked On Your Love – 99th Floor Elevators (Elevator/Goldrush)
She’s With stars – AC Acoustics (YoYo)
Cruel Summer – Ace Of Base (Mega/Metronome/London)
On A Day Like Today – Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
(Afternoon) Soaps – Arab Strap (Chemikal Underground)
Windsor Park – Arnold (Creation)
Hozanna – Astrid (Nude)
What Can I Do – Atlanta (Klone)
Ayla [rm] – Ayla (Additive)
All The Money’s Gone – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
Urbanisation In Country – Ashley Beedle (Disorient)
Joints & Jam – Black Eyed Peas (Interscope-Universal)
Push Eject – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
Way Over Yonder In a Minor Key – Billy Bragg & Wilco (Elektra/East West)
Top Of The World – Brandy feat. Mase (Atlantic)
How Come – Canibus feat. Youssou N’Dour (Interscope)
Breathe Underwater [rr] – Carrie (Island)
Strong In Love – Chicane feat. Mason (Xtravaganza/Edel)
Club 4 Life ’98 – Chris & James (Stress)
The Other Way – Annie Christian (Equipe Ecosse/V2)
Dance Girl Dance – Cinerama (Cooking Vinyl)
Dream Universe – C.M. (Hooj Choons)
That Boy – Lloyd Cole (Fontana/Mercury)
Tequila Sunrise – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Anothger Day Goes By – Dakota Moon (Elektra)
Try My Love [rm] – Shauna Davis (Global Cuts/R&S)
The Real Thing ’98 – Tony Di Bart (Cleveland City)
Zora Sourit – C=E9line Dion (Epic)
Stamp Your Feet – Da Techno Bohemian pres. DJ Disco (East West Dance)
Talking With Myself ’98 – Electribe 101 (Manifesto/Mercury)
Oye – Gloria Estefan (Millennium/Epic)
Hooch – Everything (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Kariba – Faze Action feat. Zeke Manyika (Nuphonic)
Cha Cha Cha / We Got You Open – Flipmode Squad (Elektra/East West)
Perfect Love – House Of Prince (Twisted UK)
You – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Cheated (To All The Girls I Love) / What’s Clef Got To Do With It –
Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Tell Me What You Like – Jessica (Jive)
Return Of The Elements EP – Krafty Kuts (FSUK/Ministry Of Sound)
I Belong To You – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
Coldness – Kreidler (Kiff SM/PIAS)
Stay – Mark Lanegan (Beggars Banquet)
Even When I’m Sleeping – Leonardo’s Bride (Mushroom)
Bozo’s – The Levellers (China)
Question Of Faith – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)
Cellular – LSG (Superstition)
Duende Dubs #1 EP: Que Tal America? [rm] / Duende [rm] /
Jisco Dazz [rm] – A Man Called Adam (Other)
Honey – David McAlmont (Hut/Virgin)
Two Way Street – Missjones (Motown/Polydor)
Hollywood Landmines – The Paradise Motel (Infectious/Mushromm)
‘Bout To Get On It – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
You Don’t Care About Us / 20th Century Boy – Placebo (ElevatorMusic/Hut)
Love & Pride – Red Rhythm (President)
Big Train – Resident Filters (Lacerba)
Summer’s Over – Rialto (China)
Jump ’98 – R.I.P. feat. Top Cat (Satellite)
A Year From Monday – Scarfo (Deceptive)
Nervous Breakdown – The Shrink (Neo/VC)
Send In The Clouds – Silver Jews (Domino)
Tears Never Dry – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Funky Bus (EP) – Starchildren 2021 (Wedding Reception)
Music Is The Answer (Dancin’ & Prancin’) [rm] – Danny Tenaglia feat.
Celeda (Twisted UK)
Viva – Tin Star (V2)
Need Good Love – Tuff Jam (Locked On/XL)
Come Back Darling – UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin)
The Right Time – Ultra (East West)
Stay With Me [rm] – Ultra High (Eternal/WEA)
Come On The Hoops – Unfinished Business (Big Cat/V2)
Kiss The Pain – Universal (London)
On Heat EP – Mixed By Stretch & Verne: Funkatarium [Jump] / Don’t
Be Afraid [Moonman] / El Diablo [Fuego] – v.a. (Heat)
Sexy Eyes – Whigfield (ZYX)
Everybody Was Right – Zuno Men (CoOp)
- Woof Woof – 69 Boyz (Atlantic)
More Than A Woman / Nothing Stops The Rain – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
Even When I’m Sleeping – Adamski’s Thing (Mushroom)
If I Was A River – Tina Arena (Columbia)
Keep In Touch – The Audience (eLLeFFe/Mercury)
Take It [ri] – Ballroom (Mother)
Girlfriend – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Hunter – Bj=F6rk (One Little Indian)
Superfyl & Bindi – Black Star Liner (WEA)
Disco Cop – Blue Adonis (Serious)
Free Huey – The Boo Radleys (Creation)
Off Da Floor – Bounce (Higher State)
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet – Bus Stop feat. Randy Bachman (All AroundThe World)
Kill The Brave – Caffeine (Fluffy Freako)
Waulkroots – Capercaillie (Eureka)
My Favourite Game – The Cardigans (Malm=F6/Trampolene/Polydor)
Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (Mojo/Universal)
The Impossible World – Combustible Edison (Bungalow)
2nd Floor – The Creatures (Sioux)
Sweetheart – Jermaine Dupri feat. Mariah Carey (SoSoDef/Columbia)
No Fool No More – En Vogue (East West)
Gangster Trippin’ – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
Sinner – Neil Finn (Parlophone)
Here We Go – Funkmaster Flex (Loud/RCA)
Big Night Out – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
Special – Garbage (Mushroom)
Weather 2 – Michael Gordon (Arthrob/Coalition)
The Sweetness Lies Within – Hefner (Too Pure)
Smoke – Natalie Imbruglia (RCA)
That’s Why I Lie – Ray J. (Atlantic)
Concrete Schoolyard – Jurassic 5 (Pan)
Better The Devil You Konw – Kia (Almighty)
Show Me Love – Krush Groove (TdV)
You’re My World – Jane McDonald (Focus)
Blue Angels – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
The First Night – Monica (Arista)
Work Mi Body [rm] – Monkey Mafia feat. Patra (Heavenly)
Start Again – The Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
A Soft Place To Fall – Alison Moorer (MCA)
The Reality – Anthony Moriah (East West)
Be My Lover [rm] – Naomi (Gut)
Everything U Need – NYC Live & Direct (Slip’n’Slide)
Man In The Rain – Mike Oldfield (WEA)
The Way It’s Going Down – Shaquille O’Neal feat. Peter Gunz(A&M/Polydor)
Stuck Between A Rock & A White Face – One Minute Silence (Big Cat/V2)
No Matter What – Paradox feat. Tony Carneige (Branded)
Delicious – Pure Sugar (Geffen)
Paper – Queen Latifah (Motown/Polydor)
Good To Be Alive – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
(Hey You) What’s That Sound? – Les Rhythmes Digitales (Wall Of Sound)
Closing Time – Semisonic (MCA)
Ridin’ High – Tracy Shaw (Recognition)
Lady (You Bring Me Up) – Simply Smooth (Big Bang)
Jumpin’ & Pumpin’ – The Son (Duty Free)
Sick Of Goodbyes – Sparklehorse (Parlophone)
Magical Colours – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute)
Faster Than You – Superior (Durban Poison/Virgin)
Wrong Treats – Swervedriver (Sonic Wave)
- True To Your Heart – 98=B0 feat. Stevie Wonder (Motown)
Guess I Was A Fool – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
Come & Go – Astral (Curveball)
Get Out Of Here (EP) – Audioweb (Mother)
I Just Wanna Be Loved – Culture Club (Virgin)
Hush The Warmth – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (Fontana/Mercury)
Sexy Cinderella [ri] – Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
Truly – Hinda Hicks (Island)
Rising Sign – Hurricane #1 (Creation)
I’m A Message – Idlewild (Food/)
Every Bit Of Lovin’ – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
The Dope Show – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope)
She’s Gone – Matthew Marsden feat. Destiny’s Child (Viper/Columbia)
Inertian Creeps – Massive Attack (Virgin)
All ‘Bout The Money – Meja (Columbia)
Power Cut – Moke (Dorado)
Testify – M People (M People/BMG)
Pride – Rachid (Universal)
Daysleeper – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Can’t Keep This Feeling In – Cliff Richard (EMI)
O.K. – Talvin Singh (Island)
Sheffield Song – The Supernaturals (Food/Parlophone)
Rabbits In The Headlights – UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke (Mo Wax)
- Believe – Cher (WEA)
What’s Your Sign? – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
Get In The Car – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Love Like This – Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
I’d Rather Be A Doll – Fungus (Chapter 22/Food)
She Gave Me Love – The Getaway People (-)
Bodyguard – Ghost (Jetstar)
AM 1.80 – Grandaddy (Big Cat/V2)
Say You Love Me – Johnson (1st Ave./Higher Ground/Columbia)
Outside – George Michael (Aegean/Virgin)
[tba] – Bette Midler (Atlantic/East West)
Thank You – Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Just Imagine – Salt’n’Pepa (ffrr)
Motherman / Internal Call – Stroke (XL)
Sweetest Thing – U2 (Island)
- [tba] – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Sista Sista – Beverley Knight (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Negative – Mansun (Parlophone)
If You Buy This Record – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
- Illusions – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Fashion ’98 – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
[tba] – R. Kelly feat. Keith Murray (Jive)
[tba] – Simply Red (East West)
- So Young – The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
Best Friend’s Girl – Electrasy (MCA)
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / No Matter What – Meat Loaf(Virgin)
Tears Of Pearls – Savage Garden (Columbia)
The Bartender & The Thief – Stereophonics (V2)
- Until The Time Is Through – 5 (RCA)
War Of Nerves – All Saints (London)
Touch Of Love – Cleopatra (WEA)
The Everlasting – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
- No Regrets / Phoenix From The Flames – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
- Butterfly Kisses – Cliff Richard (EMI)
- The Devil’s Trill – Vanessa-Mae (EMI)
- Granada – Placido Domingo (WEA)
- Lies – 2 Shay (MCA/Universal)
Super Trouper – Abba 2000 (Clubscene)
Intravenous Venus – Adamski (ZTT)
Everybody Sometimes – Ahmen-Rah (Talkin Loud)
All I Need – Air (Source/Virgin)
Feelin’ You [rm] – Ali (Wild Card/Polydor)
Daydreaming – Tatyana Ali (MJJ/Epic)
Black Kiss – Marc Almond (Echo)
House Music – Eddy Amadour (Pukka)
Madagasca – Art Of Trance (Platipus)
The Energy (Feel The Vibe) – The Astro Trax Team feat. Shola Phillips(Satellite)
Repeated Love – ATGOC (Wonderboy)
Stop Messin’! – Ay Caramba starr. Buster (Innocent/Virgin)
They Don’t Know / Kep It Real – Jon B (Yab Yum/Epic)
So Tired Of Waiting – Bah Samba (Estereo)
Body Movin’ – Beastie Boys (Grand Royal/Capitol)
I’m Gonna Get Ya Baby – Black Connection (Xtravaganza/Edel)
Always Looking For Something – B (Coalition)
Godspeed – B.T. (Renaisance)
Fried Funk & Microchips – Buckfunk 3000 (Language)
Bom Da De – Candy Girls (-)
Got To Get Up – Carpe Diem vs. Afrika Bambaataa (Multiply)
One, Two, Three / Living For The Weekend – Dina Carroll (1stAve./Mercury)
Foxxy – Cassius (Virgin)
Slide – Cassius (Jerv/Epic)
Game On – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
Falling In Love Again – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
Alright [rm] – Club 69 (Twisted UK)
La Isla – Chris Coco (Other)
The Silence – Mike Coglin (Multiply)
[tba] – Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
I Feel Good Things For You – Daddy’s Favourite (Go.Beat/Mercury)
Underneath A Reed Moon – N’dea Davenport (Gee Street/V2)
Voices – Desert (Glow)
Everything Will Be Alright – Direct Disco (-)
On The Top Of The World – Diva Surprise feat. Georgia Jones (Positiva)
The Word – Dope Smugglaz (-)
I Won’t Stop Rockin’ – Double Trouble (Thumpin’)
I Can Fly – Dream Girls (Almighty)
How Deep Is Your Love – Dru Hill feat. Redman (Def Jam)
Girls On Film – Duran Duran (EMI)
Each Time We’re Alone – East 17 (Telstar)
Satisfy My Soul – Eclipse (Global Harmony)
Heavenly – E Dancer (KMS)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
Strictly High – The Escort Agency (Pow!)
Queens Of Universe – Fini Dolo (Arthrob/Coalition)
Happy Ever After – Julia Fordham (-)
The North Star – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Warning – Freestylers (Freskanova)
Don’t Stop (You’re Killing Me) – Fuselage (Kahuna Cuts)
The Gallery – Lance Gambit (-)
Bring It Back To Love – Gerideau (Inferno)
Great Life – Goat (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Showin’ Our Cinnamon / How Could He Do This To Me – Tammy Haywood(Almighty)
Night Images – Larry Heard vs. Swayzak (Mecca)
Feel The Love [rm] – High Society feat. Carol Leeming (Quality)
I Will Wait – Hootie & The Blowfish (Atlantic/East West)
Feeling Good ’98 – Huff & Herb feat. Nina Simone (Killer Bee/Planet 3)
Moralita – Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Buena Vista – Inner City feat. Paris Grey (-)
You Only Have To Say You Love Me – Hannah Jones (Logic/Arista)
Soundtrack For The Streets – Kid Capri (Columbia)
Live It Up – K-Klass (Parlophone)
20 Degrees – Jonny L (Citybeat/XL)
Escape – Laidback (Bolshi)
The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) – Level 42 (Polydor)
Whatcha Gonna Do? – Link (Relativity/Epic)
Time Changes – Little Green Man (Forensic)
I Got 5 On It [rm] – Luniz (Noo Trybe/Virgin)
La [rm] – Marc et Claude (Positiva)
Lookin’ At Me – Mase (Puff Daddy/Arista)
You Don’t Know – Mass Syndicate feat. Su Su Bobien (ffrr)
Real World – Matchbox 20 (Lava/Atlantic)
Matron 3000 – Matron 3000 (Pleasure)
I’m Alright – JoDee Messina (-)
Always On My Mind – Sam Mollison (INCredible/Sony)
Mambo #98 – Mucho Mambo (-)
It’s All About Me – Pras Mya feat. Sisquo (Universal)
Loneliness Is Gone – Nine Yards (Virgin)
Screem (Anthem ’98) / Adrenalin – N-Joy vs. Tact (Deconstruction)
[tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
The Magic Is There – Daniel O’Donnell (Ritz)
Gimme The Night – DJ Phat (Sugar Daddy)
Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto – Philadelphia Allstars (-)
Fashion – Phunky Data (Edel)
Gonna Move Ya Move (Don’t Stop) – Pink (Activ)
[Untitled] – PM Factor (-)
Up To Tha Wildstyle – The Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme (All Around TheWorld)
High – Prophets Of Sound (Distinct’ive)
All I Want – Puressence (Island)
If We Try – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto/Mercury)
Heat Seeking – Rasco (Universal)
Sheper’s Delight / Shepherd’s Morning – Red Sky (Pod)
Feels Like A Lifetime – Reflective (Extatique)
Strawberry – Nicole Ren=E9e (Atlantic)
Answer My Prayer – Rhythm Street feat. Jeanie Tracy (Paral-lel)
Trumaster – Pete Rock (Loud/RCA)
Car Wash 1998 – Rose Royce feat. Gwen Dickey vs. Monday Night Club(Universal)
Shame – Ruff Driverz (Inferno)
Grass Ain’t Greener [rm] – Richard de Ryus vs. MJ Cole(Boilerhouse!/Arista)
Move Mania – Sash! (Multiply)
Future Music – Sci Fi Select (Mephisto)
May The Funk Be With You – Second Crusade (Filth/Arista)
Tell Me – Shamrock (Pinnacle)
Gym Tonic – Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West)
Shiver – S-J (React)
Last Train To King’s Cross [rm] – Skinky Pink (Crosstrax/Positiva)
Friday – Skinny (Cheeky)
Can’t Get Enough – Soulsearcher (Soulfuric)
Batacuda – Spiller (Peppermint Jam)
Get ‘Em Out Of Here – Sprung Monkey (Surfdog)
If You Could Read My Mind – Stars On 54 (Tommy Boy)
Talkin’ All That Jazz ’98 – Stetsasonic (Tommy Boy)
Le Spot On – Stretch & Verne (Spot On/ffrr)
Step 2-3-4 – Strict Instructor (All Around The World)
Capital Rize / Snakes & Ladders – Structure-Rize (Universal)
Five Tones – Sugarbabies (Viva!)
Hey Now Now – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
Saturn – Tarantella IV (Whoop)
Moskow Discow – Telex (SSR)
The Seduction Of Orpheus – Tilt (-)
We All Need Love – TNT pres. Casa Royale (Reverb)
Would You …? – Touch & Go (Oval/Sony S=B2)
GBI – Towa Tei feat. Kylie Minogue (Arthrob/Coalition)
From This Moment On – Shania Twain (Mercury)
Kill The Pain – U (London)
Sexogroove ’98 – Joe T. Vanelli pres. Tony Bruno (Sharp)
Book & A Cover – Suzanne Vega (A&M)
Sunshine People – Venus (Versatile/ffrr)
Mystery Land (EP) [rm] – Y-Traxx (ffrr)
Round’n’Round – Zindy (Chrysalis)
- Feelings – Alexia (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Jackie’s Strength – Tori Amos (Atlantic)
I’ll Never Fall In Love Agaiin – Emma Boundy (Chrysalis)
[tba] – Cuba (4AD)
Take The Long Way Home – Faithless (Cheeky)
An Official Christmas Song – Fat Les feat. Alex James & The
London Community Gospel Choir (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
When You Believe – Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (Arista-Columbia)
CC Consciousness – Merz (Epic)
Street Symphony – Monica (Arista)
[tba] – Reef (Sony S=B2)
[tba] – Sepultura (Roadrunner)
Miami – Will Smith (Columbia)
Monkey Magic – Soko (All Around The World)
Heartbeat – Steps (Jive)
- Just A Little More – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
To You I Belong – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
[tba] – C=E9line Dion & R. Kelly (Epic)
[tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Goodbye – Spice Girls (Virgin)
Superstar – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
- [tba] – Cuba (4AD)
To Earth With Love – Gaylad (-)
[tba] – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
[tba] – Utah Saints feat. Iggy Pop (Echo-East West)
- [tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
This week there are new entries for
- The Three EPs – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
The Hits – Jocelyn Brown (INCredible/Sony)
Electro-Shock Blues – Eels (Dreamworks)
Prototype – Rachid (Universal)
Woodwork – Mrs. Wood (React)
- 187 Lockdown – 187 Lockdown (East West Dance)
Illuminum – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
Jubilee – Grant Lee Buffalo (Slash/London)
Smitten – Buffalo Tom (Beggars Banquet)
I Am The Greatest – Cassius Clay (Rev Ola/Creation)
Painted From Memory – Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach (Mercury)
Where Rivers Meet – Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri (Tickety Boo)
The Singles 86>98 – Depeche Mode (Mute)
As & Killer Bs – Dodgy (A&M)
Industry – Dom & Roland (Moving Shadow)
Other Voices Too – A Trip Back – Nanci Griffith (Elektra)
Mysteries Of Funk – Grooverider (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Is This Desire? – PJ Harvey (Island)
The Mis-Education Of … – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Isola – Kent (RCA)
Question Of Faith – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card)
A Walk In The Park – Lodger (Island)
The Program – Marion (London)
New York Rhythms Vol. 2 – Mateo & Matos (Glasgow Underground)
Buffalo Gals – Back To Skool – Malcolm McLaren (Virgin)
Beyond Beyond – Minus 8 (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Taming The Tiger – Joni Mitchell (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Blackstar – Mos Def & Kweli (Rawkus)
Nicole Ren=E9e – Nicole Ren=E9e (East West)
Maximum Rock’n’Roll – Nofx (Mystic)
The OMD Singles – OMD (Virgin)
Featuring ‘Birds’ – Quasi (Domino)
Making Bones – Red Snapper (Warp)
Paradise – Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West)
O.K. – Talvin Singh (Island)
Not Like Other Girls – S.O.A.P. (Columbia)
System Of A Down – System Of A Down (Columbia)
Electric Fire – Roger Taylor (Parlophone)
The Love Movement – A Tribe Called Quest (Jive)
Tried & True – The Best Of … – Suzanne Vega (A&M/Polydor)
Heads High – Mr. Vegas (Greensleeves)
Tally Ho! – Wagon Christ (Virgin)
The Antidote – The Wiseguys (Wall Of Sound)
- In Deep – Tina Arena (Columbia)
Nu-Clear Sounds – Ash (Infectious)
Blackstar – Blackstar (Rawkus)
Prolonging The Magic – Cake (Capricorn/Mercury)
… Hits – Phil Collins (Face Value)
Cypress Hill IV – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Here We Are All Together – David Essex (Lamplight)
Eve 6 – Eve 6 (RCA)
All The Pain That Money Can Buy – Fastball (Hollywood)
Speak Of The Devil – Cris Isaak (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Juice – Juice (Chrysalis)
One Man – Mark King (Eagle)
Deserter’s Songs – Mercury Rev (Beggars Banquet)
Out Of Tune – Mojave 3 (4AD)
U.F.Off – The Orb (Island)
Sulphuric Soul – Rae & Christian (Grand Central)
Norther Sulphuric Soul – Ray & Christain (-)
Speed Ballads – Republica (Deconstruction)
To You In Alpha – Scala (Too Pure)
Against – Sepultura (Roadrunner)
Songs From Ally McBeal – Vonda Shepherd (Epic)
Neo Waves – Silver Sun (Polydor)
Aluminium Tunes (Switched On – Vol 3) – Stereolab (Duophonic UHF)
If I Ever Would Leave You – Bryn Terfel (Deutsche Grammophon)
Shaving Peaches – Terrorvision (Total Vegas/EMI)
Rosaria – Tiger (Trade 2)
The Guitarist – John Williams (Sony Classical)
- Quench – The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Mercury)
B*Witched – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
What The Hell Am I Gonna Do When She Comes – Caffeine (Fluffy Freako)
The Best Of … – Lloyd Cole (Fontana)
30 – The Very Best Of … – Deep Purple (EMI)
R. – R. Kelly (Jive)
A Little Communication – David McAlmont (Hut/Virgin)
Thirty Days Night – The Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
Without You I’m Nothing – Placebo (Hut/Virgin)
Songs From Sun Street – The Saw Doctors (Shamtown)
Spirit Tales [In The Beginning …] – Stephen Simmonds (RhythmSeries/Parlophone)
Labour Of Love – Vol. III – UB40 (DEP Int.)
Ultra – Ultra (East West)
El Greco – Vangelis (East West)
- On A Day Like Today – Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
1965 – Afghan Whigs (-)
Fireworks City – Audioweb (Mother)
King Kong Groover – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
Mutations – Beck (Geffen)
Honey To The Bee – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Bengali Bantam Youth Experience – Black Star Liner (WEA)
Kingsize – The Boo Radleys (Creation)
Dusk Till Dawn – The Best Of … – Capercaillie (Survival)
Grand Turismo – The Cardigans (Stockholm/Polydor)
Sultans Of Swing – The Very Best Of … – Dire Straits (Vertigo)
[tba] – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Best Of … – En Vogue (East West)
You’ve Come A Long Way Baby – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
Small Soldiers OST – Jerry Goldsmith (Varese Sarabande)
I Sing The Body Electro – Kutis Mantronik (Oxygen Music Works UK)
Worldes Blysse – Mediaeval Baebes (Venture/Virgin)
Pavarotti & Friends – Pavarotti & Friends (Decca)
Acme – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute)
The Ultimate Collection – Cat Stevens (Island)
Ask Anybody – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
- Believe – Cher (WEA)
The Singles 81>85 [rem. ri] – Depeche Mode (Mute)
As Time Goes By – Neil Diamond (Columbia)
Skiffle Sensation – Lonnie Donegan (Castle Select)
They Cared A Lot – Faith No More (Slash/London)
Fashion 98 – Glamma Kid (WEA)
Hope Is Important – Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
My Life – The Greatest Hits – Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Instinct – Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin)
One Way Of Life – Best Of … – The Levellers (Jive)
Say Who – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
[tba] – Meat Loaf (Epic [Cleveland Int.])
Ghetto Supastar – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Happy Hour – N-Trance (All Around The World)
The Singles Collection – Roy Orbison (Monument/Columbia)
Dr. Doolittle – Original London Cast (First Night)
Up – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Real As I Wanna Be – Cliff Richard (EMI)
[tba] – Sunship (Filter)
I’ve Been Expecting You – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
Pink & Blue – The Young Offenders (Columbia)
- Emma – Emma Boundy (Chrysalis)
The Best Of … – Joe Cocker (Parlophone)
These Are Special Times – C=E9line Dion (Epic)
The Ultimate Hits – Tom Jones (London)
Everybody’s Somebody – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
Wonsaponatime – John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
Wonsaponatime [4 CD box set] – John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
Supposed Former Infatuation Junky – Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Sire)
Masterplan – Oasis (Creation)
P.N.Y.C. / P.L.I.V.E. – Portishead (Go.Beat)
No Security – The Rolling Stones (Virgin)
Best Of … – Salt’n’Pepa (London)
The Best Of … – Volume One 1980-1990 – U2 (Island)
- Greatest Moments – Culture Club (Virgin)
Greatest – Duran Duran (EMI)
100% Ginuwine – Ginuwine (Epic)
Ladies & Gentlemen – The Best Of … – George Michael (Epic)
Tears Of Pearls – Savage Garden (Columbia)
The Original Four Seasons – Vanessa-Mae (EMI Classics)
- The Essence Of … – Tony Bennett (Columbia)
Live – Garth Brooks (Capitol/Parlophone)
Ones – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Wonder No. 8 – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
[tba] – Metallica (Vertigo)
[tba] – Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
Tracks – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
- There It Is – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
- II – 2 Unlimited (Big Life)
Adamski’s Thing – Adamski’s Thing (ZTT)
[tba] – The Art Of Noise (ZTT)
Box Of Chocolates – Kevin Aviance (Distinct’ive)
Stunt – Barenaked Ladies (-)
[tba] – Freak Power (Deconstruction)
Planet Of The Wolves – Guitar Wolf (Matador)
Demonstration – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
[tba] – Liquid (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Empathy – Mandalay (V2)
Best Of The Wailers – The Complete wailers 1967-1972 – Part One –
Bob Marley & The Wailers (JAP)
You & I – Shernette May (Virgin)
It’s Not Over – Debelah Morgan (VAZ/Motown)
My Early Burglary Years – Morrissey (Island)
Whistle Down The Wind – Original Cast (Really Useful/Polydor)
[tba] – Peshay (Mo Wax)
[tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] – R Public Announcement (A&M-Polydor)
It’s True – Queen Pen (Interscope)
[tba] – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
[tba] – Les Rhythmes Digitale (Wall Of Sound)
Material Girl – … Plays The Music Of Madonna –
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (MCI)
History Will Prove Us Right – Sigue Sigue Sputnik (-)
[tba] – Sonique (Serious)
[tba] – Straw (WEA)
Proverbs & Songs – John Surman (ECM)
Punch Drunkard – The Yellow Monkey (Funhouse/BMG)
- [tba] – Buffalo Springfield (-)
Dina Carroll – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
Journex To The Centre Of The Mind – The Chemical Pilot(Eruption/Creation)
The Gallery – Lance Gambit (-)
Jepp – Jepp (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Thomas Jules-Stock (Mercury)
Head Of The Sound – Lukan (Depth)
Vote The Pacifist Ticket Today – Magoo (Chemikal Underground)
[tba] – Tony Momrelle (Art & Soul)
In Due – Nek (Coalition)
[tba] – Seal (ZTT)
The Sebadoh – Sebadoh (Domino)
UV – The Shamen (Moksha)
[tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Eyes Don’t Lie – Truce (Big Life)
- [tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
[tba] – Black Lace (NOW)
[tba] – Malandra Burrows (warner.esp)
[tba] – Cast (Polydor)
[tba] – East 17 (Telstar)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
[tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)
Vibestation – Kulay (INCredible)
[tba] – M People (M People/Deconstruction)
Jennifer Paige – Jennifer Paige (Edel)
How Cool Is That – Tzant (Logic)
Modern Classics – Paul Weller (Island)
- [tba] – Bis (Wiiija)
Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)
Recycle – New Order (London)
Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
- Death By Cuba – Cuba (4AD)
Archive Crash – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Class Reunion 1999 – Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – Moby (Mute)
Where Do We Go From Here – Nine Yards (Virgin)
Anomie & Bonhomie – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
- [tba] – Suede (Nude)
- Club Hits 98/99 – v.a. (Virgin)
Essential Hip Hop – v.a. (Beechwood)
Essential Ibiza 2 – v.a. (Beechwood)
For The Masses – A Tribute To Depeche Mode – v.a. (Polydor)
Love & Sax – v.a. (Carlton)
Midnight Guitar Serenade – v.a. (Carlton)
Oracabessa 1 – v.a. (Oracabessa)
Uproar! 17 Indie Essentials – v.a. (MCI)
Velvet Goldmine OST – v.a. (London)
- 1998 Mobo Awards – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Divas Live – v.a. (Sony)
Future Sound Of The United Kingdom 3 – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound)
Red Hot & Rhapsody – v.a. (Antilles)
Wicked Women – v.a. (Castle Comm.)
- Gotta Get A Message To You – v.a. (Polydor)
Hey Mr. Producer – v.a. (First Night)
The Acid Jazz Story – v.a. (Westside)
Whistle Down The Wind – v.a. (Polydor)
- Elvis Didn’t Mean Shit To Me – v.a. (Filter)
- Still Crazy OST – v.a. (London)
Ultimate Club Mix Vol. 3 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
- Mixed Emotions II – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
The Acid House – v.a. (EMI)
The All Time Greatest Rock Songs Vol. 2 – v.a. (Sony TV)
- Fantastic 80’s! – 3 – v.a. (Columbia)
Silence 2 – v.a. (Sony Classical)
Top Of The Pops III – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
- The All Time Greatest Love Songs Vol. 3 – v.a. (Sony TV)
- Essential 98 – The Best Of The Year – v.a. (ffrr)
- Fun! – v.a. (Sony TV)
Massive Dance 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
The All Time Greatest Classical Album – v.a. (Sony TV)
- Smooth Grooves 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
- South Park – The Album – v.a. (Columbia)
- Anthems Of The Countryside – v.a. (Boys)
Prince Of Egypt OST – v.a. (Dreamworks)
The Best Christmas Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
The Very Best Of Love Album – v.a. (Virgin)
Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats – v.a. (Tommy Boy)
Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997
40. Pulp – Help The Aged
Making No.8 in November last year, this was their first new single in 18months and it seemed an odd choice at first, Jarvis and the band singing aboutthe elderly, and the video featuring Jarvis going up and down stairs on astairlift, part of it involving him seemingly taking a stairlift to heaven…
It should’ve been a No.1 but wasn’t. The same could have been said for thefollow-up “This Is Hardcore” (No.12, March 98), but not as much for “A LittleSoul” (No.22, June) or “Party Hard” (No.29, September).
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Dominator
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.