28 David Bowie – Survive * !!!

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[This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

The initial bit :

In the last chart of 1999, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 2000, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 17 new entries, 0 climbers, 1 non-movers & 22 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…

17 new entries :

  • 40 Sundance – Won’t Let This Feeling Go
  • 37 Utah Saints – Love Song
  • 36 Fred & Roxy – Something for the Weekend
  • 31 Starfighter – Apache
  • 28 David Bowie – Survive * !!!
  • 27 Eurythmics – 17 Again
  • 25 Adam Rickitt – Best Thing
  • 24 Lovestation – Teardrops (R)
  • 18 The Space Brothers – Shine 2000
  • 17 Aurora – Hear You Calling
  • 16 Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy – Notorious B.I.G.
  • 15 Mint Royale feat Lauren Laverne – Don’t Falter * !!!
  • 8 Daphne & Celeste – Ooh Stick You!
  • 6 Lyte Funkie Ones – Girl on TV
  • 4 Andreas Johnson – Glorious
  • 3 REM – The Great Beyond * !!!
  • 1 Gabrielle – Rise so the following dropped out :
  • 40 Whitney Houston – I Learned from the Worst
  • 39 Eddie Amador – Rise
  • 38 Tin Tin Out/Emma Bunton – What I Am
  • 37 TLC – Dear Lie
  • 36 Boyzone – Every Day I Love You
  • 35 Pet Shop Boys – …Drunk
  • 34 Celine Dion – That’s the Way it Is
  • 33 Wamdue Project – King of My Castle
  • 32 The Brand New Heavies – Apparently Nothing
  • 31 Five – Keep on Movin’
  • 30 John Lennon – Imagine
  • 29 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott – Hot Boyz
  • 26 Justin – Let it Be Me
  • 25 Space Manoeuvres – Stage One
  • 24 Roger Sanchez – I Never Knew
  • 23 New Vision – Just Me and You
  • 20 Super Furry Animals – Do or Die 0 climbers : 1 non-movers :
  • 9 DJ Luck & MC Neat and 22 going down. Big fallers include :
  • 12 (6) Hi-Gate
  • 13 (5) Des Mitchell New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
  • 44 Delerium – Heaven’s Earth
  • 48 Eric Benet – Why You Follow Me
  • 56 Martha Wash – It’s Raining Men
  • 62 Live – The Dolphin’s Cry
  • 70 Clint Boon Experience – Biggest Horizon

    Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

    28 David Bowie – Survive * !!!The first of three ‘singles of the week’ goes to the Thin White Duke forthis superb single, with a video to match, about a man who just sits andwatches the whole world go by…while waiting for his egg to boil.

    Bowie recently contributed a music soundtrack to the gameNomad Soul,comprising of tracks from his latest album, “…hours”.

    27 Eurythmics – 17 AgainA dull song and stupid video which would’ve benefitted from NOT havingendless explosions throughout.

    25 Adam Rickitt – Best ThingNo it’s not.

    24 Lovestation – Teardrops (R)This single first made No.14 in August 98. It was shit then, so why’s itbeen re-released?

    16 Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy – Notorious B.I.G.Gordon Bennett. The guy’s dead! Leave him alone, and don’t keep insertingDuran Duran soundbites in there.

    15 Mint Royale feat Lauren Laverne – Don’t Falter * !!!Second single-of-the-week for the ex-Kenickie member with a new band,bringing her vocal range to more of the excellent same.

    3 REM – The Great Beyond * !!!And third single-of-the-week goes to REM for this track from the filmabout Taxi’s Andy Kaufman who is no longer with us and is portrayed byJim Carrey.REM prove that Michael Stipe could sing the phone book’s contents and it wouldstill be interesting, as this song includes something so bizarre as “pushingan elephant up the stairs”.

    1 (NEW) Gabrielle – Rise *1st Week at No.1*Dull and lifeless, with a sample of Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”,I never thought this would get in the Top 10, never mind the No.1 slot!

    This single is the 4th in a row to go straight in at No.1.

  • 1. Westlife – I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun
  • 2. Manic Street Preachers – The Masses Against the Classes
  • 3. Britney Spears – Born to Make You Happy
  • 4. Gabrielle – Rise

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    New releases :

    January (date unknown) :

      What A Girl Wants – Christina Aguilera (RCA)
      I Walk [rm] – The All Seeing I (Earth/ffrr/London)
      Communication [rm] – Armin (Cyber/AM:PM)
      Movin’ Too Fast – Artful Dodger (Locked ON/XL)
      Show Me The Meaning – Backstreet Boys (Jive)
      Bingo Bango – Basement Jaxx (XL)
      EP 1 – Bent (Sport)
      Marvellous – Natalie Browne (Almighty)
      On & On – Bushwacka feat. E.Q. (Plank)
      Get Away – Chunks Of … (Cleveland City)
      I Already Miss You – Roland Clark (-)
      Instant Funk (You Can Get It) – Kelly D. (Stormcat)
      Feeling Kinda Strange – The Drum-Attic Twins (Drum-Attic/Coalition)
      Drun Decay / Eyes Wide Shut – Durango ’95 (Duty Free)
      Move Your Body – Eiffel 65 (Eternal/WEA)
      Sweet Love – Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
      Rise – Gabrielle (Go.Beat/Polydor)
      Burn Out – Global Cuts (R&S)
      Doppelg„nger – Niels van Gogh (Deconstruction)
      Baby Wants To Ride – Hani (Neo)
      C’Est La Vie – Jean Michel Jarre (Dreyfus/Epic)
      My Forbidden Lover – Romina Johnson (51 Lexington)
      Flesh – Jan Johnston & B.T. (Perfecto)
      Future Computer Hell – Junkie XL (Roadrunner)
      My God Is Real – Kaya (Subliminal)
      I Don’t Care – Kick Angel (1st Ave./Mercury)
      Change – King Unique (Defected)
      Every Single Day – Lights (Back Yard/Sony SĂ˝)
      Der Schreiber – Timo Maas (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
      Don’t You Worry – Madasun (V2)
      Shackles – Mary Mary (Columbia)
      Roxanne – George Michael (Epic)
      Must Be The Music – Joey Negro (Subliminal)
      Just Me & You – New Vision (Strictly Rhythm/AM:PM)
      In Your Arms (Rescue Me) [rm] – Nu Generation (Concept-Coralwell)
      Zoe [rm] – Paganini Traxx (INCredible/Sony)
      Truly – Peshay (Island Blue)
      Fever Called Love – Caspar Pound feat. Plavka (Hope)
      Satisfy You – Puff Daddy (Bad Boy/Arista)
      100 Not Out – DJ Q (Filter)
      New Times Square – Chris Rea (East West)
      I Never Knew [rm] – Roger Sanchez (INCredible/Sony)
      Adelante – Sash! (Multiply)
      Because Of You – Scanty Sandwich (Southern Fried)
      C’Est Musique – Shane (INCtraxx/Columbia)
      So Fresh – Will Smith feat. Biz markie & Slick Rick (Columbia)
      Shine 2000 – The Space Brothers (Manifesto/Mercury)
      More & More – Spoiled & Zigo (-)
      You Loosen Me Human – Super Collider (Loaded)
      Night Vision / Colourblind / Misunderstanding (Sick) – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      Ymaelodi Ar Ymylon – Gwyneb Lau – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      Sun Is Shining – Technique (Creation)
      Love Will Come – Tomski feat. Jan Johnston (Xtravaganza)
      Hide & Seek – Truce (Relevant)
      Stop Playing With Mind – Barbara Tucker (Strictly Rhythm/Positiva)
      You’ve Got A Way – Shania Twain (Mercury)
      Come & Geddit – Alan X (Xtraxx)

    January 17th :

      D4 – Appliance (Mute)
      Hear You Calling [rm] – Aurora (Additive/Positiva)
      Apparently Nothing – The Brand New Heavies (ffrr/London)
      When Betty Comes – Daddylonglegs (Pussyfoot)
      17 Again – Eurythmics (RCA)
      Black Balloon – Goo Goo Dolls (Hollywood/Edel)
      Still – Macy Gray (Epic)
      You Know What’s Up – Donell Jones feat. Left Eye (LaFace/Arista)
      [tba] – Koot (WEA)
      Junta Jaeger – Rune Lindbaek (Repap/Paper)
      [tba] – Lyte Funkie Ones (Logic/Arista)
      Put It On – Bob Marley (Joe Boy/Skratch)
      Welcome To The Dance – Des Mitchell (Code Blue/East West)
      The Notorious B.I.G. – The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy & Lil’ Kim (Puff Daddy/Arista)
      Tavou / Makeda – Les Nubians (Virgin)
      Outro Lugar [rm] – Salome De Bahia (Yellow/East West)
      Sight Of Me – South (Mo Wax)
      Stage One / Stage Two – Space Manoeuvres (Hooj Choons)
      We’re Going Out – Spearmint (Hitback)
      Born To Make You Happy – Britney Spears (Jive)
      Apache [rm] – Starfighter (Ministry Of Sound)
      Do Or Die – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      What Is It With You – The Third Eye Foundation (Domino)
      Whatever You Need – Tina Turner (Parlophone)

    January 24th :

      [tba] – Afro Celt Sound System (Virgin)
      [tba] – Dot Allison (Heavenly/Arista)
      Ancoatrs 2 Zambia – Baby Namboos (Palm Pictures)
      Freedom Fighter – Bowery Electric (Beggars Banquet)
      [tba] – Caprice (Virgin)
      Thank God I Found You – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
      D*votion – D*Note feat. Beth Hirsch (VC/Virgin)
      Glorious – Andreas Johnson (WEA)
      Caught Out There – Kelis (Virgin)
      Teardrops [rm] – Lovestation (Fresh)
      Don’t Falter – Mint Royale feat. Lauren Laverne (Faith & Hope)
      The Actor – MLTR (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Psychore (V2)
      Breathe & Stop – Q-Tip (Arista)
      The Way I Mate – Rednex (Jive)
      That’s The Way Love Is – Byron Stingily (Nervous/Manifesto/Mercury)
      Put Your Hands Up – Trevor & Simon (Ministry Of Sound)

    January 31st :

      Magilla EP – 99 (V2)
      Far & Away – Aida (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
      Playground Love – Air (Source/Virgin)
      Live – Tina Arena (Columbia)
      Bring It All Home – Blaque Ivory (Trackmasters/Columbia)
      Elvis Has Left The Building – Dr. Bone (Skint)
      I’d Do It Again – Bernard Butler (Creation)
      [tba] – Clinton (Meccico/Hut/Virgin)
      Everynight – Fixed Stars (A&M/Mercury)
      If You have To Go – Geneva (Nude)
      Love Thing – Hepburn (Columbia)
      Flava – Imajin (Jive)
      Love Thing – Johnson (Columbia)
      Expo 2000 – Kraftwerk (Kling Klang/EMI)
      [tba] – Micronauts (Science/Virgin)
      Beat Of The City – The Needles (Lithium)
      [tba] – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
      [tba] – Sisqo (Mercury)
      [tba] – The Space Brothers (Manifesto/Mercury)
      [tba] – DJ Spooky & Scanner (Sulphur)
      Hammer To My Heart – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
      The Themroc EP – Themroc (Wall Of Sound)
      The Dark Science EP – Tilt (Hooj Choons)
      [tba] – Tin Tin Out (VC/Virgin)

    February (date unknown) :

      Tricky Tricky – Lou Bega (RCA)
      Bright Eyes – Stephen Gately (Polydor)
      [tba] – Mike Graham (/Universal-Island)
      Body Rock – Louchie Lou & Michie One (Interscope)
      Why Can’t We – Guy Oseary feat. Stevie J. (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      Stand Inside Your Love – The Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)

    February 7th :

      War Of Nerves – All Saints (London)
      [tba] – Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA)
      Fast As You Can – Fiona Apple (Columbia)
      Humanistic – Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
      Voices – Ann Lee (Systematic/London)
      Poliece & Thieves – Luciano (Palm Pictures)
      Let’s Not Play The Game – Maxwell (Columbia)
      Go Let It Out! – Oasis (Creation)
      Nearly Made It – Younger Younger 28’s (Equipe Ecosse/V2-Major Minor)

    February 14th :

      Like A Rose – A1 (Byrne Blood/Columbia)
      Cartoon Heroes – Aqua (Universal)
      Show Me The Meaning Of Lonely – Backstreet Boys (Jive)
      Let The Freak – Big Ron (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
      [tba] – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      Blackout – Darling (Disco Violante)
      Come In Hard – Hardknox (Jive)
      I Love You – Martina McBride (RCA)
      Another Mellow Winter – Mellow (Atmospheriques/East West)
      You Are Not Alone – Savage Garden (Columbia)

    February 21st :

      [tba] – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
      [tba] – The Bluetones (Superior Quality/Mercury)
      [tba] – Cher (WEA)
      Emotions – Icons (Hydrogen Dukebox)
      Eyes On You – Santessa (Disco Violante)
      [tba] – Southern Fly (London)

    February 28th :

      Say My Name – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
      Feeling So Good – Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
      Feakin’ It – Will Smith (Columbia)

    March (date unknown) :

      Mixed Bizness – Beck (Geffen/Polydor)
      [tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
      [tba] – Sally-Anne Marsh (Jive)
      Life Story – Angie Stone (Arista)
      [tba] EP – Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)

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    Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

  • 9 Simon & Garfunkel – 2CD Best Of The top 5 goes like this :
  • 1 Travis – The Man Who
  • 2 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
  • 3 Shania Twain – Come On Over
  • 4 Macy Gray – On How Life Is
  • 5 William Orbit – Pieces in a Modern Style

    New releases :

    January (date unknown) :

      [tba] – MJ Cole (Talkin Loud)
      Ordinary Man – Day One (Melankolic/Virgin)
      [tba] – Marvin & Tamara (Blacklist/Epic)
      Mwng – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      A New Beginning – True Solace (Intimate)

    January 17th :

      Aktapuss OST – Akinyele (Jive)
      Monsters & Robots – The Buckethead (Virgin)
      Ein Produkt”r – D.A.F. (Mute)
      Charloe Hustle – E-40 (Jive)
      The Screen Behind The Mirror – Enigma (Virgin)
      Northern Star [ri] – Groove Armada (Tummy Touch)
      [tba] – Barry Manilow (Arista)
      Skiffle Session – Live In Belfast – Van Morrison (Pointblank/Virgin)
      The First Ten Years – Shawn Mullins (Columbia)
      Pieces In A Modern Style – William Orbit (WEA)
      Konstrukt – Palmskin (Palmskin)
      No Illicit Dancing – Sound 5 (Gut)
      We’re Going Out – Spearmint (Hitback)
      Compilation – Twist (Fierce Panda)
      Clubber’s Guide To … 2000 – Judge Jules – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound)
      Hi-Fi Jazz – Compiled By Alex Atlas – v.a. (X:treme)
      Music Of My Heart – v.a. (Epic)

    January 24th :

      Carpenter’s Delight – Don Air (Response)
      Blondie Live – Blondie (Arista)
      Voodoo – D’Angelo (Cooltempo/EMI)
      Kaleidoscope – Kelis (Virgin)
      [tba] – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Realworld)
      Defending Ancient Springs – Jackie Leven (Cooking Vinyl)
      Mathis On Broadway – Johnny Mathis (Legacy/Columbia)
      The Night – Morphine (Rykodisc)
      The Truth – Beanie Sigel (Mercury)
      Debt & Departure – Those Bastard Souls (V2)
      Delicious – Thunderbugs (1st Ave./Epic)
      Absolute Dance – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound)
      Additive Compilation Vol. 3 – v.a. (Additive/Positiva)
      Reactivate 15 – v.a. (React)

    January 31st :

      [tba] – Cathal Coughland (Cooking Vinyl)
      Afterglow – Crowded House (Capitol/Parlophone)
      Matamorphosis – Jean Michel Jarre (Dreyfus/Epic)
      Outside Looking Out – Merchants Of Menace (Super Villain)
      Xtrmntr – Primal Scream (Creation)
      Black Diamond – Angie Stone (Arista)
      Tailgunner – Tailgunner (Creation)
      Little Lost Soul – The Third Eye Foundation (Domino)
      The Critical Path – Tipper (Higher Ground/Columbia)
      Dope On Plastic 7 – v.a. (React)
      Loved Up – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound)
      The Best Cuban Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
      The Best Soul Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
      Stop The Panic – Luke Vibert & B.J. Cole (Law & Auder)
      The Ballad Collection – Stevie Wonder (Motown/Universal)

    February (date unknown) :

      Aquarius – Aqua (Universal)
      [tba] – Birth (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] – Coldplay (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
      [tba] – Mike Graham (Universal-Island)
      Chinese Democracy – Guns’n’Roses (Geffen/Polydor)
      [tba] – Jamelia (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
      Methods Of Mayhem – Tommy Lee (-)
      [tba] – Nirvana (Geffen/Polydor)
      Think Tank – Rollins Band (DreamWorks)
      [tba] – Sasha (WEA Germany)
      [tba] – Space (Gut)
      The Platinum Album! – Vengaboys (Positiva)
      And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Ou – Yo La Tengo (Matador)
      Soap – Younger Younger 28’s (V2)

    February 7th :

      Yeah Baby – Big Pun (Epic)
      Duke Elegant – Dr. John (Parlophone)
      Weather Underground – Geneva (Nude)
      The Remix Album – Incognito (Talkin Loud/Mercury)
      If I left The Zoo – Jars Of Clay (Jive)
      Carpet Tunner Syndrome – Kid Koala (Ninja Tune)
      I’m Not One Of Us – Psycore (V2)
      Crown Royal – Run DMC (Profile/Arista)

    February 14th :

      Virgin Suicides OST – Air (Source/Virgin)
      Boxed Set – Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
      Whiteout – Boss Hog (City Slang/EfA)
      The Secret Life Of The Love Song – Nick Cave (King Mob)
      Telling Stories – Tracy Chapman (Elektra/East West)
      Bloodflowers – The Cure (Polydor)
      Latter Days – The Best Of … Vol. 2 – Led Zeppelin (Atlantic/East West)
      [tba] – Patti Smith (Arista)
      Naked Self – The The (Polydor)
      In Person – Bobby Trafalgar (Repap/Paper)
      Notre Dame De Paris OST – v.a. (Columbia)
      The Beach OST – v.a. (London)
      BBC Sessions – The Who (Polydor)

    February 21st :

      When The Pawn – Fiona Apple (Columbia)
      Deconstruction – Meredith Brooks (Deconstruction)
      Daisies For The Galaxy – Eels (DreamWorks)
      Hardknox – Hardknox (Jive)
      Skill – Kawala (Jive)
      G – Gerald Levert (WEA)
      Best Of Reactivate – v.a. (React)
      Essential Mix – Francois K – v.a. (ffrr)
      Renaissance: The Mix Collection – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound-Renaissance/Passion)

    February 28th :

      Initiation – Darling (Diso Violante)
      Joko – Youssou N’Dour (Columbia)
      The Death Of … – Quickspace (Kitty Kitty Corp.)
      Machina: The Machines Of God – Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)

    March (date unknown) :

      Joya Magica – 60 Ft Dolls (Huge & Jolly)
      I Need The MC – All Saints (London)
      [tba] – Ash (Infectious)
      [tba] – Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
      [tba] – The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M)
      What Colour Is Love [ri] – Terry Callier (Verve/Talkin Loud/Mercury)
      [tba] – Dubstar (Food/EMI)
      [tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
      [tba] – Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
      [tba] – Jurassic 5 (Pan-Polydor)
      [tba] – The Orb (Island/Universal-Island)
      Met.A.Mor.Phic – Guy Oseary (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      [tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      [tba] – U2 (Island)
      [tba] – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own/V2)

    April (date unknown) :

      Helioscentric – Paul Weller (Island/Universal-Island)
      [tba] – Pete Wylie (-)

    May (date unknown) :

      [tba] – The Delgados (Chemikal Underground)
      [tba] – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Pulp (Island/Universal-Island)
      [tba] – Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)

    June (date unknown) :

      [tba] – Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
      [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)

    August (date unknown) :

      [tba] – N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

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    Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999

    5. Len – Steal My SunshineOnly released at the end of last year, this made No.8 in Decemberand is still in the charts as I write. A very energetic, funky songthis is one to play LOUD in the car.

    The end bit :

    Well, that’s it for now. If you want to be added to the WidescreenVideo and Laserdisc lists, just mail me.

    Bye for now,

    Dominator

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