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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 : 12 new entries, 0 climbers, 3 non-movers & 25 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…
12 new entries this week :
First out the trap in this section are Space who should have had a big hitwith this since “Begin Again” only made No.21 in July making it one of theirlowest scoring hits to date.
Highlight of this EP is their rousing cover of The Animals’ “We’ve Gotta GetOut Of This Place”, excellent most of the time but doesn’t quite have theedge of the original.
19 Sheryl Crow – There Goes The NeighbourhoodSecond single from Ms. Crow’s “Globe Sessions” album and it’s okay but nothingspecial, with a dull video to boot.
10 Vonda Shepard – Searchin’ My Soul (Theme from Ally McBeal)Standard country music fare, but it’s the theme tune to the Channel 4 showcurrently getting an airing again on (UK) Living so it’s a big hit as is thesoundtrack album.
7 All Saints – War Of NervesAll Saints Xmas single, not doing too well compared to their other recentefforts which went straight in at No.1 even though they were terrible and”Bootie Call” was more reminiscent of the Atari VCS game, “Yars Revenge”than a sexy phone call if you listen closely.
Still, they’ll be bring home the bacon with a new remix album, althoughit’s more a collection of singles remixes rather than remixes from the othertracks on their album.
6 Madonna – The Power Of Goodbye/Little Star * !!!Maddie does it again turning the beat up just a little after the ballad,“Drowned World/Substitute For Love” which made No.10 in September.
Now the difficult decision will be which of her singles makes it into myTop 50 of the year. I liked all of them from the off except for “Ray of Light”which I first described as an “energetic mess” but after a few listens, anda late night MTV viewing, it became one of my favourite tunes at the time.
1 (1) Cher – Believe :O === *6th Week at No.1*Cher goes Techno. The end result sounds like she’s singing through a toiletas a machine controls the inflection in her voice and makes her sound likeProfessor Stephen Hawking.
This is the fifteenth single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :
Fourteen No.1’s in a row beats the record set in the chart at week endingApril 13th 1996 when the Prodigy rounded off 10 singles going in at No.1 in arow which began with Shaggy. Let’s see how many more are to follow…
The previous Top 10 No.1 list looks like this :
- Like Ribbons – AC Acoustics (YoYo)
Frankie The Prankster – Alien (Blue Room)
War Of Nerves – All Saints (London)
Wild Surf – Ash (Infectious/Mushromm)
Big Panty Woman – Barefoot Man (Plaza)
Red Alert – Basement Jaxx (XL)
Hablame Luna – Basic Connection (ZYX)
Let Yourself Go – Beatfeast (W2/Edel)
Alarm Call – Bj=F6rk (One Little Indian)
Perfect Love Song – Blak Twang (Black Jam-Jammin’)
I Love The Way You Love Me – Boyzone (Polydor)
Control Transmission – Brain Bashers (Shock)
To Make You Feel My Love – Garth Brooks (Capitol)
Just Like A Day EP: Journey Song / Theme From The Boozer / Levitation /
Easy Life – Brothers In Sound (Regal/Parlophone)
Gots Like Come On Thru – Buddha Monk (Raputation/Edel)
Wise Guy – Burning Heads (Epitaph)
Will Be Yours – Cameron (Eurozone)
Dance Girl Dance [ri] – Cinerama (Cooking Vinyl)
There Goes The Neighbourhood – Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
The Word – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
Somebody – Dream Team (Joker)
Ulysses – Extended Family (Pan)
Take The Long Way Home – Faithless (Cheeky)
Eight Times Harder / My Before & After – Fraff / Cotton Mather (Rainbow Quartz)
Freq-a-zoid – Freq Nasty (Botchit & Scarper)
This Party Sucks – Fused (Epic)
The Impossible Dream – Lesley Garrett (Conifer Classics)
Let’s Hear It For The Boy / We Are Family – Glamma feat. Donna James (Branded)
Wrong Note – Grand Drive (Loose Sounds/Rykodisk)
Whole Lotta Nothing – Grand Mal (Slash/London)
Innocence Is Lost – Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
Skuzzlebutt – Hong Kong Trash (Glow)
Playin’ With My Mind – House Of Glass (Azuli)
Humate ’98 – Humate (Platipus)
All Day / All Night – Interfearance (Electronically Enhanced)
Rush – Kleshay (Jerv/Epic)
Sensuality – Lovestation (Fresh)
If – Des Lynam (BBC)
The Power Of Good-Bye / Little Star – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Blanket On The Ground – Kelly Marie (Academy Street)
It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw with Faith Hill (Curb/The Hit Label)
The Greatest Love You’ll Never Know / When A Child Is Born –
Lutricia McNeal (Wildstar/Telstar)
Prime Audio Soup – Meat Beat Manifesto (Play It Again Sam)
Crosstown Beef – Medina Green (Rawkus)
CC Consciousness – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
My One True Friend – Bette Midler (Atlantic/East West)
Heart As Big As Liverpool (EP) – The Mighty Wah (Columbia)
Deadbeat – Mint Royale (Faith & Hope)
Stand / Junk – Mover (Superior Quality/A&M)
A Thing Called Love – Mr. C & Robert Owens (-)
Incredible – Keith Murray feat. LL Cool J (Jive)
Block Party EP – OD404 (Tripoli Trax)
Wheelkings 1973 – One Lady Owner (Creation)
You Blow Me Away – Paper Dolls (MCA)
Friday Night – Phat’n’Phunky feat. Rozalla (Riversal/MCA)
What’s Your Number – Ian Pooley (V2)
Up To Tha Wildstyle – The Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme (All Around The World)
Sense Of Danger – Presence feat. Shara Nelson (Pagan)
Gotta Move On – Pump Sisters (Fire Island)
Slow Down – Radar (Working Class)
Hooligans – Rancid (Epitaph)
I Can’t See – Nicole Ray (Gold Mind/Elektra)
Try Everything – Republica (Deconstruction)
[tba] – Busta Rhymes (Elektra/East West)
It’s On Tonight – Romanthony (Glasgow Underground)
Finders Keepers – The Runaways (Ultimate Dilemma)
Searchin’ My Soul – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
Got’Em Locked – Shut Up & Dance (Shut Up & Dance)
Happy Day – SJC (-)
Miami – Will Smith (Columbia)
Yuki – Snuff (Deceptive)
It Feels So Good – Sonique (Serious)
Dance Yourself Dizzy – Soraya (London)
The Bad Days (EP) / The Unluckiest Man Alive / We’ve Gotta Get Out OfThis Place – Space (Gut)
Rama Communication – State Of Bengal (One Little Indian)
A Sidewalk Story – Streetlife Originals (Paper)
Tout Est Bleu – Ame Strong (Airtight)
The Perverts EP – Studio 54 (Farris Wheel)
So Pure – Subsola (Pow!)
Life Cycle – Total Science (Passenger)
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Another Level, Beverley Knight, Mica Paris, Damage, Nine Yards,
Don-E, Hinda Hicks, Celetia, Dina Carroll, Dru Hill, Schola Ama,
Truce, Misty Oldland, Ultimate Kaos, Kes’shay, Lynden David Hall,
Kele Le Roc, East 17, Conner Reeves, …
The Devil’s Trill – Vanessa-Mae (EMI)
Skaface – Wide Receiver (Lacerba)
Quarantine / Into The Waves – Witness (Valiant/Island)
Bashment Girl – Wayne Wonder (Coalition)
- Water Ride [rm] – 16B (Eye-Q)
When You’re Gone – Bryan Adams with Melanie C. (A&M/Mercury)
I Want Your Lovin’ – Addams & Gee feat. Gwen Dickey (Rumour)
Snowman – Astralasia (-)
Take Me There – Blackstreet & Mya feat. Mase & Blinky Blink (Interscope)
Walking In The Rain / She’s Not There / You Make Love So Good –
Colin Blunstone (Mystic)
Blue Lotus Feet (EP) – Bonnie Prince Billy (Domino)
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again / It May Be Winter Outside /
Say Goodbye – Emma Boundy (EMI)
Feel So Good – Brain Bashers (Shock)
Gots Like Come On Thru – Buddha Monk (Raputation/Edel)
The Timewarp – The Cast Of The New Rocky Horror Show (Damn It Janet!)
As It Is / Who’s Who – Cliffhanger (Underwater)
The Latin Theme – Carl Cox (Worldwide Ultimatum/Edel)
Havana – Cuba feat. Mau (4AD)
Fuckwit Connection – Defari (-)
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – D=E9j=E0 Vu feat. Tasmin (Almighty)
There’s Some Disco Fans Here Tonight – D-Monsta (Episode)
Cedar EP: Rise / Zither / The Cedar Room – Doves (Casino)
Tried By 12 – East Flatbush Project (Ninja Tune)
Uprising – Sylvio Ecomo (Babushka)
Cancer For The Cure – Eels (DreamWorks)
Getting Away With It – The Egg (Indochina)
Sleeping In You’r Hand – Elisa (Polydor)
Codie Clear – El Nino (Ignition)
All You Good Good People [ri] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Come Back To What You Know [ri] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Fireworks EP [ri] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
My Weakness Is None Of Your Business [ri] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
One Big Family [ri] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
The Abbey Road Sessions – Part II – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
The Good Will Out EP – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Big Big World – Emilia (Universal)
Naughty Christmas (Goblin In The Office) – Fat Les feat. Alex James &
The London Community Gospel Choir (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
Joey Help Me – Floorplay (Automatic)
Risk – Foul Play Productions (Partisan)
Eight Times Harder / My Before & After – Fraff / Cotton Mather (RainbowQuartz)
Comatose – Front Line Assembly (Offbeat/SPV)
Trance Soul Movement (So In Love) – Gerideau (Fat Boy)
Passenger – Golden (Golden)
2 Future 4 U (EP) – Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Move Closer – Hinda Hicks (Island)
End Of The Line – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Every Time – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) – Jay-Z (Northwestside)
Starkiller – Joyland (Jesper)
Baby Let Me Love You For Tonight [rm] – Kariya (Sidewalk)
Funky Love – Kavana (Virgin)
Sexafect – Philip Leo (Sharma)
Gimme A Smile – Lost Tribe (-)
If – Des Lynam (BBC)
CIA / Talking To You – Lyricist Lounge All-Stars (-)
Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You) – Baaba Maal (Palm Pictures)
The Everlasting / Valley Boy / Blackholes For The Young [feat. Sophie
Ellis-Bextor] // MC: Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
[live] – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
Eruption – Marz (Pimps, Players & Pushers)
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain (East West)
Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista) ~ The Greatest Love You’ll Never Know / When A Child Is Born –
Lutricia McNeal (Wildstar/Telstar)
C.C. Consciousness – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
Searchin’ My Soul – Jayne Montgomery (Almighty)
Summertime – Morcheeba (China)
Revenge Of The Killer Bees – Airto Moreira (Electric Melt)
If I Fall … – Naked Music NYC (Om)
Be My Lover [rm] – Naomi (Gut)
Raw Law – New Bomb Turks (Epitaph)
We Call London Home [internet] – Nightnurse (Better/S16)
Never Lost His Hardcore ’98 – NRG (Banana/Hooj Choons)
Tears In The Rain – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Little Fluffy Clouds ’98 – The Orb (Island)
Motown Party / Christmas Party / Jingle All The Way / Oooh Santa! –
Party Poppers (Branded)
Valley Of The Sows – Penthouse (Beggars Banquet)
Switch – Peshay (Mo Wax)
I Had No Right – PM Dawn (Gee Street/V2)
Monster / Drifter – Psychedeliasmith (Athletico)
Strawberry – Nicole Ren=E9e (Atlantic/East West)
Blue – LeAnn Rimes (Curb/The Hit Label)
Sittin’ On Top Of The World – LeAnn Rimes (Curb/The Hit Label)
The Ultimate Disco Groove [rm] – Robbie Rivera (Duty Free)
Whisper – Ray Roc feat. D.C. (Slip’n’Slide)
I Want You [ri] – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Messenger In The Camp EP – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
The Flame – Sebadoh (Domino)
Red Hot Salsa / Auld Lang Syne – Sheriff with The Haley Sisters (Stomp)
D=E9j=E0 Vu (Part 1) – Shy FX (-)
Ghetto Girl – Simply Red (East West)
Happy Day – SJC feat. Wayne Allen (Connected)
Waltz #2 (XO) – Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)
Taking Me Higher – Marc Smith & Scott Brown (Federation)
Sweat Pea – Soul Hooligan (Freskanova)
Tee – Sun Electric (Apollo/R&S)
Shadowland – Tamara (Pimps, Players & Pushers)
United Colours Of Benson EP – Ten Benson (Deceptive)
Replicant – Trace / Nico (-)
Deep House – Triple J (Southeast)
Tom’s Party – T-Spoon (Control/Edel)
Electronic Love … EP – Twisted Corporation (Full Frontal)
Blake & Mortimer EP – v.a. (Play It Again Sam)
History & Science Vol. 1 – v.a. (Response)
The Joy Of Plecs EP: Feminist [Chicks] / Volcano [Monsoon Bassoon] /
Dirty Water [Max Tractoe] / Reasonable Ease In Chilled Out
Conditions [Cay] / Modelling Must Pay Well [Fantasmagroover] /
Amateur Photographer [Samurai Seven] – v.a. (Fierce Panda)
No Regrets / There She Goes / Sexed Up Antmusic / Deceiving Is
Believing – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis) ~ Criticize ’98 – Yojo Working feat. Alexander O’Neal (One WorldEnt./Positivity)
OK – Alright – Yoyo (Klone)
- Always Have Always Will – Ace Of Base (Mega/Metronome/London)
Girls Night Out – Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
I Wish I Were You – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
Aquilla – Anjali (Wiiija)
I Want To Spend My Life With You – Tina Arena & Marc Anthony (Columbia)
Dumb – The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Mercury)
Tropicalia – Beck (Geffen)
This Is Just A Modern Rock Song (EP) / Slow Graffiti / The Gate /
I Know Where The Summer Goes – Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
She Wants You – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
To You I Belong – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
Candyman [rm] – Cornershop (Wiiija)
White Christmas – Bing Crosby (Universal)
Get On The Bus – Destiny’s Child (Atlantic)
Joy Is Free – Dive (WEA)
Don’t Let This Moment End – Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Resurrection – Fear Factory (Roadrunner)
Happy People – Harlem Zipcode (-)
When You Believe – Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Let Me Down – Inner Sleeve (Fierce Panda)
Walk … (The Dog) Like An Egyptian – Jode feat. Yo-Hans(Recognition/Logic)
Pack Jam [rm] – Jonzun Crew (-)
One Way ’98 – The Levellers (China)
It’s All Yours – MC Lyte feat. Gina Thompson (Elektra/East West)
Push Yer Hands Up [rm] – Kurtis Mantronik (Playland/Priority/Parlophone)
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – Mobo Allstars (PolyGram TV)
[Another Level, Beverley Knight, Mica Paris, Damage, Nine Yards,
Don-E, Hinda Hicks, Celetia, Dina Carroll, Dru Hill, Schola Ama,
Truce, Misty Oldland, Ultimate Kaos, Kes’shay, Lynden David Hall,
Kele Le Roc, East 17, Conner Reeves, Des’ree, Cleopatra, Glamma Kid]
Street Symphony – Monica (Arista)
Prickly Heat (Oooie, Oooie, Oooie) – Prickly Heat (Virgin)
Polyester Girl – Regurgitator (Coalition)
Lotus – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
When We’re Together [ri] – Rialto (China)
Vita Mia – Cliff Richard feat. Vincenzo La Scola (EMI)
Speeding Up The Beats – Mr. Roy (East West)
Sharks – Silver Sun (Polydor)
Watching Windows [rm] – Roni Size/Reprazent (Talkin Loud)
Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade vs. Flush (Polydor)
Salty Chocolate Balls – South Park feat. Chef (Columbia)
Winds Of Change – Sunday Club (Stress)
Pink Skunk Funk EP: P.I.L. – Supercharger (Indochina)
Holly Holy – UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin)
Va Pansiero – Zucchero feat. Sin=E9ad O’Connor (Polydor)
- Yoyo Boy – Alberta (RCA)
Last Christmas – Alien Voices feat. The Three Degress(Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
Good Morning Sunshine – Aqua (MCA/Universal)
Granada – Placido Domingo (WEA)
Missing You – E’voke (Eternal/WEA)
Twelfth Of Never / Cruising To Christmas – Jane McDonald (Focus)
Cyanide – Regular Fries (JBO/V2)
[tba] – Seal (Warner Bros.)
Goodbye – Spice Girls (Virgin)
Superstar – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
Dancing Baby (Ooga …) – Trubble (Island)
Dracula – Rob Zombie (Universal)
- Walk Like A Panther – The All Seeing I (ffrr)
Love Shack ’99 – The B-52s (WEA)
Disco Babes From Outer Space [rm] – Babe Instinct (Positiva)
Good Rhymes – Da Click (Fifty First/London)
Time To Get Back – Hysteric Ego (WEA)
Postcards From Heaven – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)
Success – Rubbadubb (East West)
The Aeroplane Song – Straw (WEA)
Rush Hour EP – v.a. (Mercury)
Wild Wood [ri] – Paul Weller (Island)
- All In All – 187 Lockdown (East West Dance)
Ain’t No Sunshine – 4 The Cause (RCA)
A Little Bit More – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
Test The Theory – Audioweb (Mother)
Who’s The Bad Man – Daadatta (Columbia)
No Good – Da Fool (London)
A Promise I Make – Dakota Moon (Elektra)
Praise You – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
When I Grow Up – Garbage (Mushroom)
[tba] – Korn (Immortal/Epic)
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
Leaving On A Jet Plane – Chantelle Krevusiak (Epic)
Whiskey In The Jar – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
Touch It – Monifah (Universal)
Powertrip – Monster Magnet (A&M)
Yakalelo – Nomads (Epic)
Pretty Fly – The Offspring (Epitaph)
Secret Love – Kelly Price (Island)
[tba] – Sing-Sing / Linoleum (Fierce Panda)
Westside – T.Q. (Clockwork/Epic)
Rescue Me – Ultra (East West)
- Beautiful Day – 3 Colours Red (Creation)
Boy You Knock Me Out – Tatyana Ali (MJJ/Epic)
I Want You For Myself – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
Get Into Love – Anti Social (East West)
Burn – Tina Arena (Columbia)
Centrefold – Adam Austin (Media/Powerhouse/MCA)
By Your Side – The Black Crowes (American/Columbia)
Superfyl & Bindi – Black Star Liner (WEA)
Bku Air – Blu Peter (React)
Erase & Rewind – The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor)
Foxxy – Cassius (Virgin)
Waiting – The Devlins (Universal)
[tba] – DMX (Def Jam/Mercury)
Back On The Sun – Ednaswap (Island)
More Than This – Emmie (Manifesto)
The Wind – PJ Harvey (Island)
I’m Sorry – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
[tba] – Justin (Streamline/Virgin)
High Rise Town – The Lanterns (Columbia)
Crazy – Lucid (Indirect/Delirious/ffrr)
I Wanna Be Free – Minty (Sugar/Virgin)
Secrets – Mike Oldfield (WEA)
B-Boy Hump – Ol’ Skool Orchestra (East West)
Weird Drum Woman – The Other Two (London)
Unknown – Andrea Parker (Mo Wax)
[tba] – Q-Burn’s Abstract Message (Virgin)
And You Don’t Stop (Freak) – Sneekie & Toyboy (Freakstreet/Eternal/WEA)
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf (Universal)
- Make Up Your Mind – Bass Bumpers (Jive)
Gotta Have Hope [rm] – Blackout (Multiply)
[tba] – Carson (Warner Bros.)
Doctor Green Thumb – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – DC Talk (Virgin)
National Express – The Divine Comedy (Setanta)
Last One Standing – Neil Finn (Parlophone)
To Earth With Love / Dimstar – Gay Dad (London)
Three Drivers [rm] – Greece 2000 (Hooj Choons)
Comatose – Lisa Hall (WEA)
Malibu – Hole (Geffen)
No Doubt – Imajin (Jive)
Five Boroughs – KRS One (Jive)
Madness Thing – Leilani (ZTT)
Sally – Loop Da Loop (Manifesto)
How Crazy Are You – Meja (Columbia)
Judgement Day – Method Man (Mercury)
Give It Up – Mirrorball (Multiply)
Style – Orbital (ffrr)
Stolen Car – Beth Orton (Heavenly)
Act Like You Know – Phat’n’Phunky feat. Kenny Thomas (Riversal/MCA)
[tba] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
Gimme Some More / Tear The Roof – Busta Rhymes (Elektra/East West)
Bad Girls / I Like – Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA)
Jump, Jive & Wail – Brian Setzer (Universal)
High Energy – Slip’n’Shift (Positiva)
The Living Dream [rm] – Sundance (React)
I Surrender – David Sylvian (Virgin)
- All The Money’s Gone – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
I Like – The Boyz (East West)
[tba] – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
Red Series – Dave Clarke (Arista)
The Power – Cynda (Jive)
[tba] – Dee-Tah (ffrr)
555 – Delakota (Polydor)
[tba] – Desert Eagle Discs (Boilerhouse!/Rhythm King)
These Are The Times – Dru Hill (Island Black Music)
Get In The Car – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Lean On Me – Kirk Franklin feat. Bono, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, CrystalLewis & The Family (Universal)
Only Lonely – Hootie & The Blowfish (Atlantic/East West)
Fingers – Joy (Virgin)
Your Twisted Sister EP – Little Mothers (Island Black Music)
What You Gonna Do – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Party Song – My Town (Universal)
[tba] – Nine Yards (Virgin)
[tba] – Stina Nordenstam (East West)
[tba] – Placebo (Elevator Music/Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)
Being You [ri] – Superior (Virgin)
Guns Blazing – UNKLE (Mo Wax)
- Mystical Machine Gun – Kula Shaker (Columbia)
- Bombadin ’98 – 808 State (ZTT)
Andalucia – Amethyst (Jackpot)
The Dark Age – Ancient Quest (Coded)
Pleasure ’98 – Marc Andrews (Fluff)
Trigger – The Assassin (Vicious Vinyl)
Like No Other – Arthur Baker vs. Rennie Pilgrem (TCR)
Da-Force – Bedlam (Playola)
Sex, Money & Drugs – Big Punisher (Immortal-Loud/RCA)
Wonderful Person – Black Masses (MAW)
You Should Be … Dancing – The Blockster (Ministry Of Sound)
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head – Brand Nubian (Arista)
Have You Ever – Brandy (Atlantic/East West)
212 (The Weya Funk) – Bronx Dogs (Marble Bar/Distance)
Woman Of Angels – Bill Brutal (Mugsy)
A Touch Of Boogie – Carboo (Quality)
Toonage – Cartoons (EMI)
Higher Love – Brian Chambers (Klub Zoo)
Say Something – Mia Chevais (Eagle Eye/Inventive)
Power Woman – Mark van Dale with Enrico (Club Tools/Edel)
Bullshittin’ – N’dea Davenport (V2)
Feel The Force – Disco Dust (Soulfuric)
Down On The Street – D’Sound (Polydor)
Sweetheart – Jermaine Dupri feat. Mariah Carey (SoSoDef/Columbia)
What U Do / Hold On – Stephen Emmanuel (Ice Cream)
Brand New Funk – Adam F. (V)
Fire Escape – Fastball (Hollywood/Polydor)
Right Here Right Now – Fierce (Wildstar)
Burnin’ – Cevin Fisher’s Big Freak (Subversive)
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations (Sequel)
Filter Mania – Marco Funari (One Star)
Rudi’s Revenge – General Narco (Areeba)
Pulverturm – Niels van Gogh (Kosmo/Logic)
Slide – Goo Goo Dolls (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Big Love – Peter Heller (Junior Boys Own)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Space Invaders [rm] – Hit’n’Hide (All Around The World)
Stand Up – Lisa Hunt (Easy Street)
War & Peace – Ice Cube (Priority/Virgin)
Super Phunky Hustler – Igor & Grishak (Temo X)
I Got The Feeling – II Jam (Mo’s Music Machine)
24-7 Love [rm] – Irini (Azuli)
Mushrooms – Marshall Jefferson vs. Noosa Head (Airtight)
[tba] – Jocks Wa Hey (-)
Fingers – Joi (Realworld)
Secrets – Jozay (Fancy Footwoks)
Clap Your Hands – Kadoc (Neo)
Wild World – Annabel Lamb (-)
Yous Les Groove – Le Rosbif (Push)
Thinkin’ About It – Gerald Levert (Elektra/East West)
Just For The Sex Of It – Livin’ Joy (Undiscovered/Universal/MCA)
[tba] – DJ Lottie (Duty Free)
The Recipe – Mack 10 (Priority/Virgin)
Fire – Mankey (Slamm/Pioneer)
[tba] – George Michael (Epic)-* The Best Of M People Remixes EP: One Night In Heaven / How Can I Love
You More / Moving On Up / Colour My Life – M People (M People/BMG)
I Know – New Atlantic (3 Beat)
Insanity – Oceanic (All Around The World)
Chiquitita – Sin=E9ad O’Connor (Columbia)
Kumquat Shot – Organic Audio (Tummy Touch)
Out Of The Blue – Out Of The Blue (-)
Gonna Lose My Love – Overground Worx (Slamm/Pioneer)
Always You – Jennifer Paige (EAR/Edel)
Gonna Move Ya Move (Don’t Stop) – Pink (Activ)
Fluid – Plan D (24 Stroke)
Look To The Light – The Prophet (Black Jesus)
After The Rush – Red Sky (Pod)
Deep In The Jungle – Rhythm Masters (Dis-Funktional)
Low Rider – Romario feat. Bill Fredericks (-)
Ground Zero – Rob Rowland (Kitchen)
Da Shape Of Da 80’s – Junior Sanchez (Narcotic)
Let’s Start The Dance – La Shanna (Fire Island)
Good Love – Shiro feat. Lord Tariq (Noo Trybe/Virgin)
My Only Love – Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West)
What Is Love – Soundscapers (Kingpin)
Sad Eyes – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Music Sounds Better With You / Footsteps – Stardust vs. Womack & Womack(-)
Come Get Wit Me – Keith Sweat feat. Snoop Dogg (Elektra/East West)
Flash – Tall Paul & Brendon Block (Duty Free)
Here We Come – Timbaland (Virgin)
Darkness – Satoshi Tomiie (INCredible/Sony)
Behind The Sun – Transa (Hook)
Whoomp – Triple S (3 Beat)
Jam (Because I Need That) – Truth (Aromi)
The Drums Of Death – UNKLE feat. Mike D (Mo Wax)
To The Leftz – Blake Williams (Cleveland City)
Can’t Let Go – Lucinda Williams (-)
My Little Secret – Xscape (So So Def/Columbia)
Where Your Road Leads – Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks (MCA)
- Breakers Revenge – Arthur Baker (Freskanova)
Come Correct – Before Dark (RCA)
Touch Of Love – Cleopatra (WEA)
[tba] – Cuba (4AD)
These Are The Times – Dru Hill (Island Black Music)
Touch Sensitive / Fold In Money – The Fall (Artful)
The Sound Of Lovers – Fat Lip (U-Bahn)
[tba] – Adam F. feat. Beenie Man (Feverpitch/Positiva)
2 Future 4 U (EP) – Armand van Helden (ffrr)
It’s Not Right, But It’s OK – If I Told You That – Whitney Houston(Arista)
The Sun Goes Down (Livin’ It Up) – Level 42 & Omar (Polydor)
[tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Generator – Radiator (Chrysalis)
[tba] – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
Freak It – Studio 54 (Azuli)
[tba] – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
[tba] – Utah Saints feat. Iggy Pop (Echo ## East West)
Highs & Lows – Waste (Jealous)
- Tender Is The Night – Blur (Food/Parlophone)
Walk Like A Panther – Tony Christie (-)
All Night Long – Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Lovesong – Furslide (Meanwhile/Virgin)
All In My Mind – Lovestation (Fresh)
Dog Day – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
[tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
Dream – Serious Danger (Fresh)
- What It’s Like – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
Joy – Gay Dad (London)
[tba] – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
- My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
[tba] – Westside (RCA)
- Oh Jim – Gay Dad (London)
- [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)
This week there are new entries for
- 311 Live – 311 (Mercury)
The Pleasure Of Leisure – Alien (Blue Room)
The Beatles [d/CD] – The Beatles (Parlophone)
What A Party – Black Lace (NOW)
The 53rd & 3rd Years – BMX Bandits (Avalanche)
The Collection Vol. 1 – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless/Epic)
Yesterday Once More [ri] – The Carpenters (A&M/Polydor)
Dina Carroll – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
Thrust – Chamber (Hydrogen Dukebox)
Hatful Of Rain – Del Amitri (Mercury)
[tba] – Desert Eagle Discs (Deconstruction)
Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters (Music)
Resurrection – E-17 (Telstar)
Fear Of Pop – Volume One – Fear Of Pop (Epic)
Liverpool – Frankie Goes To Hollywood (ZTT)
Reload – Frankie Goes To Hollywood (ZTT)
Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Frankie Goes To Hollywood (ZTT)
Conditions For Living – Future Loop Foundation (Planet Dog)
Ballon Blue – Anja Garbarek (RCA)
Drop The Bomb! – Gold Blade (Ultimate)
Wonder No. 8 – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Eddie’s Head – Iron Maiden (EMI)
Spectacular Christmas Party – Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers (Music Factory)
The Soul Of A Man – Kenny Latimore (Columbia)
Garage Inc. – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
It’s A Beautiful Thing – Keith Murray (Jive)
Live On Two Legs – Pearl Jam (Epic)
A Day At The Races – Queen (Parlophone)
A Night At The Opera – Queen (Parlophone)
Jazz – Queen (Parlophone)
Miniatures – Queen (Parlophone)
News Of The World – Queen (Parlophone)
Queen – Queen (Parlophone)
Queen II – Queen (Parlophone)
Shear Heart Attack – Queen (Parlophone)
The Game – Queen (Parlophone)
Sehnsucht – Rammstein (Motor/London)
Different Stages – Live – Rush (Anthem/Atlantic/East West)
Schizophrenia – Sepultura (Roadrunner)
Kalonji – Sizzla (Xterminator)
Out Spaced – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Ask Anybody – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
Fabulous – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
Live From The basement – Timbaland (Virgin)
Fabrication Defect – Tom Ze (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.)
- Greatest Hits – 2pac (Jive)
All Saints Christmas Box Set – All Saints (London)
Live – Rory Bremner (Laughing Stock)
The Prophecy – Buddha Monk (Raputation/Edel)
BBC Sessions – Dinosaur Jr. (Strange Fruit)
Pipes & Flowers – Elisa (Polydor)
Same Difference – Entombed (Threeman/Music For Nations)
The Nu Nation Project – Kirk Franklin (B! Rite/Interscope)
Re-Wind – Front Line Assembly (Offbeat/SPV)
Da Good, Da Bad, Da Ugly – Ghetto Boys (Virgin)
Blues – Jimi Hendrix (MCA)
Streamlines – Daniel Ibbotson (Glasgow Underground)
Best Of … – Earl Klugh (WEA)
La Llorena – Lhasa (WEA)
Times To Stand & Stare – Des Lynam (BBC Music)
Major Force West – Major Force West (Mo Wax)
Yerself Is Steam [ri] – Mercury Rev (Mint Films/Jungle)
Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A (Priority/Virgin)
Overproof – Rockers Hi-Fi (Different Drummer/WEA)
Best Of … – Joe Sample (WEA)
Messenger In The Camp – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
The Yellow Album – The Simpsons (Geffen)
This Is Real – Sunship (Filter)
Fourfold Remedy – Velocette (Wiiija)
For You – Kurt Whalum (WEA)
- Cocktail 2000 – Lance Gambit (Music For Leasure)
A Search For Reason – Kilgore (RCA)
[tba] – Major Force (Island)
The Singles Collection Box Set – Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
The Limehouse Link – Mucho Macho (Wiiija)
Waltzes – Andr=E9 Rieu (Polydor)
The Very Best Of 1988-93 – George Strait (MCA)
Flexible Leftovers – Steve Vai (Relativity/Epic)
Greatest Hits – Vanessa Williams (Mercury)
The Best Of … – Zucchero (Polydor)
- China Doll – Foxy Brown (Def Jam)
The Professional – DJ Clue (Def Jam)
Doc’s The Name – Redman (Def Jam)
Extinction Level – Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
- Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood – DMX (Def Jam/Mercury)
- An Introduction To … – Black Uhuru (Island)
Hard Knock Life – Vol. 2 – Jay-Z (Northwestside)
Step Up To The Microphone – Newsboys (Virgin)
- An Introduction To … – John Cale (Island)
[tba] – Cha Cha Cohen (Chemikal Underground)
An Introduction To … – Julian Cope (Island)
- There It Is – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
Stunt – Barenaked Ladies (Warner Bros.)
Out Loud – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
[tba] – Ednaswap (Island)
Chicken Shack Blues – Tommy Guerrero (Mo Wax)
Cheap Pearls & Whiskey Dreams – Love & Money (Fontana/Mercury)
Public Image Ltd. – Public Image Ltd. (Virgin)
- 1999 – Cassius (Virgin)
Caravan Beyond Redemption – Cathedral (Earache)
[tba] – King Crimson (Virgin)
[tba] – The Other Two (London)
Feng Shui – Q Burn’s Abstract Message (Virgin)
The Sebadoh – Sebadoh (Domino)
Da Joint – Melkey Sedek (Universal)
Ultra – Ultra (East West)
- Dead Bees On A Cake – David Sylvian (Virgin)
- Middle Of Nowhere – Orbital (ffrr)
- No Exit – Blondie (Atlantic)
- Sex Down – Link (Relativity/Epic)
Beloved OST – Rachel Portman (-)
Last Orders … Start The Revolution – Terminal Head (Push)
- Read My Sign – Bell Book & Candle (Logic/Arista)
Rotating Evidence – Dee-Tah (ffrr)
Falling For You – Tony Di Bart (Cleveland City)
Joe’s 90s – Joe Dolan (EMI)
Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)
[tba] – Fierce (Wildstar)
Say Who – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
Recycle – New Order (London)
The Roadhouse Garden – Prince (-)
Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
[tba] – Straw (WEA)
- [tba] – B.T. (Renaissance)
Death By Cuba – Cuba (4AD)
The New – The Fall (Artful)
Archive Crash – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Class Reunion 1999 – Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
Maledictions – Grand Mal (Slash/London)
[tba] – INOJ (SoSoDef/Columbia)
Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts – Kula Shaker (Columbia)
Picnic With The Greys – Mad Doctor X (Freskanova)
Demons – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
[tba] – Moby (Mute)
Where Do We Go From Here – Nine Yards (Virgin)
[tba] – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
[tba] – Purity (Tommy Boy)
Learning Curve – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Anomie & Bonhomie – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
The Program – Serious Danger (Fresh)
[tba] – Waste (Jealous)
- Social Dancing – Bis (Wiiija)
[tba] – Blur (Food/Parlophone)
One Advice, Space – Deus (Independiente)
Whitey Ford Sings The Blues – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
Leisurenoise – Gay Dad (London)
Lovestation – Lovestation (Fresh)
Performance & Cocktails – Stereophonics (V2)
[tba] – Suede (Nude)
- [tba] – Soul Assassins (Columbia)
- 3AM Eternal – v.a. (Lacerba)
A Winter’s Tale – v.a. (Universal)
Boogie Nights – v.a. (Beechwood)
Celtic Heartbeat Collection – v.a. (Universal)
Chef Aid: The South Park Album – v.a. (Columbia)
Essential 98 – The Best Of The Year – v.a. (ffrr)
Funky Divas 2 – v.a. (Global TV)
Now That’s What I Call Music! 41 – v.a. (EMIVirginPolyGram)
Out Of Sight OST – v.a. (Jersey/MCA)
Pete Tong Essential Selection 98 – v.a. (ffrr)
Pure Swing – Very Best Of The 90’s – v.a. (Jive)
Slip’n’Slip Vol. 5 – v.a. (Slip’n’Slide)
The Best 70’s Album In The World … Ever! II – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best Carols Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best Party Megamix Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Most Relaxing Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
- Across The Bridge Of Hope – v.a. (White/Sony)
Babe: Pig In The City OST – v.a. (Geffen)
Blake & Mortimer – v.a. (Play It Again Sam)
Blue Note Salutes Motown – v.a. (Blue Note)
Flip Squad All-Stars – v.a. (MCA)
Fun! – v.a. (Sony TV)
Massive Dance 99 – Vol. 1 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
NWA – 10th Anniversary Album – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Simon Birch OST – v.a. (Epic)
Smash Hits ’99 – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Soma Vol. 5 – v.a. (Soma)
Spice Girls Karaoke – v.a. (Pulse)
The All Time Greatest Classical Album – v.a. (Sony TV)
The Best Kids Party In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Very Best Of Laughing Stock – v.a. (Laughing Stock)
The Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Titanic Town OST – v.a. (Island)
Tommy Boy’s Greatest Hits – v.a. (Tommy Boy)
Touched By An Angel OST- v.a. (Epic)
Ultimate Party Megamix – v.a. (Telstar)
- Down In The Delta – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Maximum House & Garage – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Psycho OST – v.a. (Universal)
Smooth Grooves 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
- The Parent Trap OST – v.a. (Polydor)
- Maximum Hardcore – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Meet Joe Black OST – v.a. (Universal)
The Best Club Anthems In The World … Ever! IV – v.a. (VirginEMI)
- Locked On Vol. III – v.a. (VirginEMI)
- The Ultimate Rarities Collection Vol. 1: Motown Sings Motown Treasures -v.a. (Motown)
- The Dirtschamber Sessions Vol. 1 – v.a. (XL)
Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997
49. UB40 – Tell Me Is It True
Their only single last year was the main song from the action sequel “Speed 2:Cruise Control”, making No.14 in August, and not only is it a damn good gentlereggae tune, but the band also have a part in the film itself as Sandra Bullock,and new beau Jason Patric (who replaced Keanu Reeves as he went off to playwith his crap band Dogstar, and star in even crappier films like ChainReaction and Johnny Mnemonic), where they provide the on-boat entertainment inthe evening performing this song, as well as their cover of “Can’t HelpFalling In Love With You”, recorded by the band in 1993 for the Sharon Stoneflop film, “Sliver”.
So, is “Speed 2” worth watching? The answer is most definitely yes. Don’tlisten to all the newspapers who all had something against it, if you liked thefirst film, this one still has the pace, as well as more action before andafter the main boat sequence, in similar fashion to the first film. Willem Dafoeisn’t quite as evil an enemy as Dennis Hopper, but then who could be afterHopper’s performance in “Blue Velvet”.
Now it’s out on video and soon on PAL Laserdisc, so you have no excuse notto get it.
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Bye for now,
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.