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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…

13 new entries this week, no climbers, and two non-movers (Chumbawambaat 2, and Will Smith at 1).

Big fallers include Shola Ama (3 to 12), Jon Bon Jovi (10 to 28),Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliott (16 to 34), and Foo Fighters (18 to38).

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

35 The Cardigans – Your New Cuckoo

They had a massive hit with “Lovefool” and now their new single is acomparable flop. I’d blame this on zero airplay on the radio as I’ve heard itnowhere, and I thought they were the new radio darlings.

17 Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley’s Gonna Sort You Out!*

Can’t remember how it goes right now, but I do remember it’s a damn goodinstrumental.

16 No Mercy – Kiss You All Over :O ===

Third single from No Mercy, and they just get worse and worse.

8 Radiohead – Karma Police *

Excellent follow-up to “Paranoid Android”, and a bit slower, but with aterrible video, from what I saw on ITV’s Chart Show.

5 Ocean Colour Scene – Travellers Tune * !!!

Follow-up time again, this one to “100 Mile High City”. This one isjust as frantic and definite car-radio material…

1 (1) Will Smith – Men In Black *4th Week at No.1*

Title track from the new Barry Sonnenfeld (Addams Family 1 and 2, Get Shorty)film, and what an excellent film it is. I saw it last week and expected not toomuch, but it’s one of the few films that actually offers more than what yousee in the trailer.

For the first time ever on Sunday night I heard the original version of thetrack “Forget Me Nots” by Patrice Rushen which made No.8 in 1982,and it’s clear that this single is a direct rip-off. However, after this andGeorge Michael’s Fastlove also coining-in on that song, PatriceRushen has made more money from the two songs combined that the original on itsown!

I didn’t much care for Smith’s performance in “Independence Day” as I wasn’tready for him turning that film into a comedy. He works very well in thissci-fi/comedy though, along with an excellent (as always) performance fromTommy Lee Jones, plus support from Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction),Vincent D’Onofrio (Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket) playing the bad guy,and Rip Torn as Agent Z.

As for this song, I’ll pass. It’s a standard rap affair which doesn’t havehalf the impact that “Boom! Shake the Room” had, and wouldn’t have done as wellhad it not been attached to a film.

New releases :

(* – my current favourites)

August 25th:

TRAPPED ’97……………………….Colonel Abrams (Club Culture/WEA) I KNOW WHERE IT’S AT……………………………All Saints (London) 3REE (A MEANS TO B)…………………………..Attica Blues (Mo Wax) CICHSUITE…………………………………………Autechre (Warp) BAD BOYS MOVE IN SILENCE………………….A Baffled Republic (Catch) JACK-ASS (EP)……………………………………….Beck (Geffen) FLAT 29……………………….Bedlam A Gogo (Friendly Fire/Sony S2) BENTLEY’S GONNA SORT YOU OUT / RUN ON THE SPOT…………………….. ……………………………..Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone) ? SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET……………………………..David Bowie (RCA) REMEMBER………………………………………….B.T. (Perfecto) YOUR NEW CUCKOO………….The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor) HONEY……………………………………..Mariah Carey (Columbia) LIVE THE DREAM……………………………………..Cast (Polydor) ELEKTROBANK…………….The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin) OFFSHORE ’97 / RED SKIES………………….Chicane (Xtravaganza/Edel) COULD YOU BE LOVED…………………………….Joe Cocker (Capitol) ALL-STAR………………………………….Coco & The Bean (Mantra) ANGEL………………………………….Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc) SUMMER SMASH………………………………………Denim (EMIdisc) LITTLE ARITHMETICS [ri]………………………………Deus (Island) FEVER………………………………D’jaimin & Djaybee (Suntime/XL) THE SECRET POLICE – MONKEY IN A CAGE…………….The Driven (Polydor) I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN YOU COME…………Echo & The Bunnymen (London) TOO LONG, TOO GONE…………………………….En Vogue (East West) CIRCLES…………………………………………Adam F (Positiva) FLYING PEPPERS………………………………Finitribe (Infectious) WHEN THE CURTAIN CALLS FOR YOU………..Jonathan Fire*Eater (Deceptive) GIMME SOME LOVE……………………………….Gina G (Eternal/WEA) CONGO……………………………………………Genesis (Virgin) WHEN DOVES CRY…………………………………….Ginuwine (Epic) YOU CAN’T LIVE ON MARS………………………..Glitterbox (Atlantic) LONELY RIDER……………………………Elliot Green (Sense Of Fun) WHERE’S THE LOVE………………………………….Hanson (Mercury) I LIKE THE WAY……………………………….Deni Hines (Mushroom) CHAIN REACTION……………………………..Hurricane #1 (Creation) HEY LITTLE GIRL ’97…………………………Icehouse (Control/Edel) STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN / AMOREUSE…………………..Illusive (Klone) GUANTANAMERA………………………………………….Wyclef Jean …………feat. The Refugee Allstars & Celia Cruz (Ruffhouse/Columbia) LOVE SETS YOU FREE………………………….Kalvin (Academy Street) BALANCING ACT / GALVESTON………………….The Lemonheads (Atlantic) FOOL’S PARADISE……………………………..Donna Lewis (Atlantic) THE DISTANT VOICES EP: ANGEL / GAMEMASTER / MY SOUL………………… …………………………………………Lost Tribe (Hooj Choons) USIN’ MA BODY……………………………………Magnetic (Rumour) ROUND & ROUND………………………….Manbreak (One Little Indian) DEVIL IN SPORTS CASUAL……………………..Midfield General (Skint) DO BETTER…………………………………Monorail (FaceDown/Edel) KISS YOU ALL OVER………………………………..No Mercy (Arista) TEARIN’ UP MY HEART……………………………….’N Snyc (Arista) ANYTIME…………………………………………….Nu-Birth (XL) TRAVELLER’S TUNE…………………………..Ocean Colour Scene (MCA) I GIVE YOU MY HEART…………………………….Mr. President (WEA) FREE…………………………..DJ Quicksilver (Dos Or Die/Positiva) DIRTY MOTHA’…..Qwilo & Felix Da Housecat feat. Lynn Crouch (Manifesto) KARMA POLICE………………………………..Radiohead (Parlophone) I BELIEVE IN DREAMS………………………….Jackie Rawe (Almighty) THE SWEETEST THING……………………………Refugee Camp Allstars …………………………….feat. Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia) (DIS)COUNT US IN……………………………..Roc (Shamrock/Virgin) HEAVEN……………………………………..Jason Rowe (M&G/Wired) BAD BOY……………………………………Ruffneck Trilogy (ffrr) WORDS……………………………………The Sign (Academy Street) ELEMENTS OF TWIST (EP)…………………………..Spacer (Pussyfoot) SHELLY’S ON THE TELEPHONE………………………….Subcircus (Echo) THIS TIME I’M NOT WRONG…………..Sub Sub with Bernard Sumner (Rob’s) SOMEONE…………………………………SWV feat. Puff Daddy (RCA) I LOVE MY RADIO [rm]……………………………..Taffy (President) THE DREAMER………………………….Technical Itch (Moving Shadow) CHAMELEON (SHED YOUR SKIN)…………………..Trigger (Aegean/Virgin) YOU SEXY THING……………………………….T-Shirt (Eternal/WEA) HYPERSLEEP REMIXES…………………………………..Voyager (R&S) ONE OF US………………………………..Wildside (Academy Street)

September 1st :

LONELY WITHOUT YOU………………………..Deborah Anderson (Mo Wax) THE GIRLS OF SUMMER (EP)……………Arab Strap (Chemikal Underground) TRUE TO MYSELF……………………………Eric Benet (Warner Bros.) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH………………………………………….. ………………..Boris Dlugosch pres. Boom! (Peppermint Jam/Positiva) GOD GAVE ME GRAVITY……………………………..Cable (Infectious) IN REMEMBERANCE OF THAT FINE FINE FEELING………Interpreters (Volcano) CRAZY CHANCE [ri]…………………………..Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin) A FRIEND / HEARTBEAT / STEP INTO A WORLD………………KRS One (Jive) YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED – STRANGEST THING…..George Michael (Aegean/Virgin) SHINE……………………………………………Monaco (Polydor) THE PERFECT DRUG……………………………….Nine Inch Nails (-) TURN ME OUT (TURN TO SUGAR) [rm]……….Praxis feat. Kathy Brown (frr) EVEN AFTER ALL……………………………Finlay Quaye (Haiku/Epic) HEROES………………………Reprazent feat. Roni Size (Talkin Loud) SUGAR CANE………………………….The Space Monkeys (Factory Too) ANYTHING YOU WANT………………………….Speed (Good Cop Bad Cop) JOY……………………………………………..Staxx (Champion) MISS MODULAR……………………………..Stereolab (Duophonic UHF) SEMI-CHARMED LIFE…………………………Third Eye Blind (Elektra) STRINGS FOR YASMIN………………..Tin Tin Out feat. Tony Hadley (VC) DRUGS DON’T WORK…………………………………..The Verve (Hut) CARRY ON…………………………………..Martha Wash (Delirious)

September 8th :

BIG BAD MAMA………………….Foxy Brown & Dru Hill (DefJam/Mercury) SUNCHYME…………………………………Dario (Amato/Eternal/WEA) CATHEDRAL PARK……………………………Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) SQUIRT……………………………………….Fluke (Circa/Virgin) PATCHES………………………………………………Manmade (-) MARIA [rm] [UN DOS TRES MARIA]……………….Ricky Martin (Columbia) SOME KIND OF BLISS……………………Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction) WHO’S THE MACK…………………………………Mark Morrison (WEA) ALL MINE / COWBOYS [rm]………………………..Portishead (Go.Beat) BUTTERFLY……………………………Sylvia Powell (Deconstruction) LOVE ANYWAY…………………………………Mike Scott (Chrysalis) SUMMERTIME………………………………..The Sundays (Parlophone) HURRICANE………………………………….Warm Jets (This Way Up)

September 15th :

YOGA…………………………………….Bjork (One Little Indian) BURNIN’………………………………………..Daft Punk (Virgin) DIGITAL……………………………………Goldie & KRS One (ffrr) STRANDED……………………………………The Hybrids (Heavenly) BEEN AROUND THE WORLD……..Puff Daddy & The Family (Puff Daddy/Arista)

September 22nd :

AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME……………………….Backstreet Boys (Jive) I.O.U. EVERYTHING……………………………………..Dweeb (WEA) BABYSHAM………………………………………….Flyscreen (MCA) GOT TILL IT’S GONE…………………………..Janet Jackson (Virgin) SHOULDER HOLSTER……………………………..Morcheeba (Indochina) STAND BY ME………………………………………Oasis (Creation) SHE’S A GOOD GIRL……………………………Sleeper (Indolent/RCA)

September 29th :

COME TO DADDY………………………………..The Aphex Twin (Warp) I NEED…………………………………..Meredith Brooks (Capitol) CLOSED FOR BUSINESS EP………………………….Mansun (Parlophone)

October 3rd:

[tba]………………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin)

October 13th :

ARE YOU JIMMY RAY?……………………………..Jimmy Ray (Sony S2)

November 10th :

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER…………………………….David McAlmont (-)

Other forthcoming releases

SEPTEMBER

GUNMAN……………………………………..187 Lockdown (Nu Jack) OH LA LA LA…………………………….2 Eivissa (Club Tools/Edel) [tba]………………………………………….911 (Ginga/Virgin) [tba]……………………………………………Addict (Big Cat) DIRTY CA$H [rm]………………The Adventures Of Stevie V. (Avex Trax) REAL PEOPLE…………………………………….Apache (Coalition) – DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW……………………………..Ash (Infectious) SWITCH………………………………………….Howie B (Polydor) BABY BOOM / A LITTLE LOVEW………………….Baby Blue (Tin Tin Club) PARTAY FEELING…………………….B-Crew (Strictly Rhythm/Positiva) SAMBA DE JANEIRO…………………………….Bellini (Orbit/Virgin) SONG FOR MY BROTHER [US imp]………….George Benson (Giant Step [US]) BERGAMOT…………………………………….Bergamot (Chromatone) NO STOPPIN……………………………..Big Band Experience (Pukka) COSMIC WINDOW………………………………….Black Rock (Loaded) D. DISCO / THE LINE…………………………………………….. ………………Black Science Orchestra vs. Lisa Stansfield (Big Life) FIX…………..Blackstreet feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Slash (Universal) I BRING YOU LOVE…………………………………Blu Peter (React) [tba]………………………………….Boyz II Men (DefJam/Island) – MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE / EXPERIENCIA RELIGIOSA..[9712?]…Boyzone (Polydor) SOUL TO BARE…………………………Joi Cardwell (Activ/Eightball) BUTTERFLY KISSES……………………………….Bob Carlisle (Jive) BINGO………………………………………………….Catch (-) GHOSTS [rm]……………….Chris & James feat. Sally Rodgers (Stress) SEADOG…………………………………………Clanger (Platipus) SHAKE YOUR BODY……………………Dave Clarke (Bush/Deconstruction) I’M NOT FOLLOWING YOU……………………….Edwyn Collins (Setanta) GLOBAL HOUSE………………………………..Coloured Oxygen (Glow) – SUNNY CAME HOME…………………………….Shawn Colvin (Columbia) OOH LA LA………………………………………Coolio (Tommy Boy) GIVE ME THE NIGHT ’97………………………….Randy Crawford (WEA) BE FREE…………………………………………..Cristiana (ZYX) CHINESE BURN…………………………………….Curve (Universal) GABRIEL………………………………………..Roy Davis Jr. (XL) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE / THE AVENGERS………………………………… ………………………….Dimitri From Paris / Impulsion (Concrete) LOST & FOUND……………………………………D*Note (Dorado/VC) SATURDAY [rm]………………………….East 57th St. (AM:PM-D:Tour) YOUR LUCKY DAYS IN HELL…………………………..Eels (Dreamworks) LEARN II LOVE…………………………Kim English (Hi-Life/Polydor) ANGEL OF MINE……………………………….Eternal (1st Ave./EMI) WHERE THERE IS LOVE………………………Yvette Fauche (Relentless) SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) THE WORLD IS A GHETTO…………………………….Flipside (Poncho) MOVE ON (I’M LEAVING)………………………Forte feat. Pras (Qwest) IF I HAD YOU……………………………………….Frankie (Epic) DANCEHALL QUEEN……………….Chevelle Franklin feat. Beenie Man (-) DISCOBUG ’97…………………………..Freakyman (Xtravaganza/Edel) TE AMO……………………………………….Nicki French (Logic) FUDGI [ri]…………………………………..Goofy (Northwestside) LOVERWOMAN………………………………….Groove Kittens (Pukka) FALLING INTO YOU……………………………..Guess Who? (Neoteric) TOURNIQUET………………………………………..Headswim (Epic) PSYCHE ROCK………………..Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier (Philips) WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?………………………..Ronnie Hewson (Motown) BITCH……………………………………….Jackie “O” (Euphoric) [tba]……………………………………..James (Fontana/Mercury) PLASTIC DREAMS……………………………………….Jaydee (R&S) THE HUSTLERS EP………………………………Jay-Z (Northwestside) NINEWAYS……………………………………..JDS (Crosstrax/ffrr) THE LOVE SCENE…………………………………………Joe (Jive) SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOVE………….Elton John (Rocket/Mercury) I LIKE THE WAY……………………………………..Kaleef (Unity) PIPER……………………………………………….Jonny L (XL) TILL THE HEART CAVES IN………………….kd Lang (Sire/Warner Bros2) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE……………………………Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) RAINCLOUD……………………..Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) VISION INCISION………………………..Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) ARMS AROUND THE WORLD…………………………Louise (1st Ave./EMI) THE EXCERPTS EP………………………………….LSG (Hooj Choons) EVERYTIME……………………………………Lustral (Hooj Choons) IS IT REAL?……………………………………….Marsha (Diesel) THE BELL SONG…………………………Malcolm McLaren (Red Parrott) [tba]…………………………………Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA) IN THE CITY…………………………….Montage (Wild Card/Polydor) JUST FOR YOU……………………………..M People (Deconstruction) FEELS SO GOOD / JOANNA [rm]……………………….Mrs. Wood (React) I WANT U……………………Craig Nelson pres. Gift (Bay City Recs2) PLANET FUNK 2………………………..Alexis Neris pres. (Manifesto) VIDEO 586……………………………………….New Order (Touch) CLOUDBURST………………………………………Niagra (Freeflow) WE COME TO PARTY………………………………….N-Tyce (Telstar) SWEET TEARS / RUNAWAY [rm]………………Nuyorican Soul (Talkin Loud) FAR FROM YOURS………………O.C. feat. Yvette Michelle (Payday/ffrr) RELEASE YOURSELF (EP)……………….Paganini Traxx (Moolite/Sony S3) THEME FROM PM3………………………….Palefield Mountain (Stress) [tba]……………………………………………..The Pastels () MADE IN VAIN…………………………………………Peach (Mute) FINALLY [rm]………………………………..Ce Ce Peniston (AM:PM) C LINE WOMAN……………………………The People Movement (Eye-Q) CARWASH [rm]……………………………….Phat & Phunky (Eternal) DISCO MIRROR…………………………………..Plastica (Additive) ICEOLATION…………………………….The Priest (Plastic Surgery) BURNING WHEEL……………………………..Primal Scream (Creation) SMACK MY BITCH UP…………………………………The Prodigy (XL) LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING………………….Fatima Rainey (Coalition) TAKE IT TO THE STREETS……………………………Rampage (Elektra) ONE MORE TIME…………………………The Real McCoy (Logic/Arista) AVENUES…………Refugee Camp Allstars feat. Pras (Ruffhouse/Columbia) THE WAY I FEEL………………………………..Roachford (Columbia) CAN’T FIGHT THE FEELING…………………Sessomato (Junior Boy’s Own) SERENADE………………………………………….Shades (Motown) HIGH NOON………………………………………DJ Shadow (Mo Wax) NIGHT NURSE……………………….Sly & Robbie feat. Simply Red (-) CLIMB ON TOP………………………………….SM-Trax (Club Tools) DOGGUMENTARY………………………….Snoop Doggy Dogg (Interscope) X-RAY………………………………………..Space Frog (Sony S3) TINTED EYES…………………………….Sprinkler (Fourth&Broadway) FLYING HIGH………………………Byron Stingily (Nervous/Manifesto) TALLER THAN GOD…………………………………Strawpeople (Epic) PLAY IT COOL…………………………Super Furry Animals (Creation) ALL ABOUT US………………Keith Sweat feat. Montell Jordan (Elektra) SOUL FREAK…………………………….Three’n’One (Low Sense/ffrr) PLACES……………………………………………Tilt (Perfecto) WHAT ABOUT US………………………………..Total (LaFace/Arista) CAN YOU FEEL IT…………………………………..Uncle Sam (Epic) EVERYTHING IS LARGE……………….Underground Distortion (Satellite) MOANER……………………………….Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own) NO WAY NO WAY……………………………………….Vanilla (EMI) FEEL MY LOVE / GET LOOSE………………………….Tony de Vit (TdV) SONIC EMPIRE………………………………….Westbam (Low Spirit) OVER ME………………………………………….Whiplash (Sharp) WHOOSH…………………………………………Whoosh (Wonderboy) BAD BOY………………………………..Wildchild (Hi-Life/Polydor) SOUTH OF THE BORDER……………………..Robbie Williams (Chrysalis) QUELLE SENSATION BIZARRE………………..La Yellow 357 (Yellow Prod2)

OCTOBER

[tba]………………………………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) TELLIN’ STORIES…………………….The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet) [tba]…………………………………………Howard Donald (RCA) [tba]……………………………………….Steven Houghton (RCA) [tba]……………………………………..Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) CRY ME A RIVER…………………………………….Jai (M&G/Wired) ECHO DEK………………………………….Primal Scream (Creation) [tba]…………………………………..Triple A [Jimmy Cauty] (-)

NOVEMBER :

[tba]………………………………………….The Cure (Fiction) [tba]……………………………………Spiritualized (Dedicated)

DECEMBER :

ALL ROUND THE WORLD……………………………….Oasis (Creation) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD………………………Iggy Pop (-) [tba]…………………………………………Jimmy Ray (Sony S2)

Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

Last week’s Top 4 remains the same: Oasis, Texas, Prodigy andRadiohead.

The new entries in the Top 40 are from Levellers (Mouth To Mouth, 5),Stereophonics (Word Gets Around, 6), Super Furry Animals(Radiator, 8), Fleetwood Mac (The Dance, 15), The Smurfs (Go Pop!Again, 17), a re-entry for Fleetwood Mac as well (Rumours, 18) followingits highlights on BBC1’s Classic Albums series, Roni Size and New Forms(Reprazent, 30) which won the 1997 Mercury Music Prize Award and TheMamas and The Papas (California Dreamin’ The Best Of, 33).

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1997

36. Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Flavour-of-the-year Radiohead had just the one hit last year, and it madeNo.5 in February, and came from their acclaimed album, “The Bends”.

The video was superb, being a black-and-white mixture of slo-mo and real-timefootage, complementing the song perfectly.

The end bit :

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

Bye for now,

Dominator