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In the last chart of 1998, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 1999, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.
This week : 11 new entries, 0 climbers, 0 non-movers & 29 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…
13 new entries :
Dance cover of the Van Halen classic. Haven’t heard this, but if it’s anythinglike their “Kung Fu Fighting” cover, I don’t want to.
21 Bon Jovi – Real LifeOh dear. Once they were a regular stalwart of the Top 5 with new singles, butlet’s hope this signals the end of their dry MOR run.
11 Another Level – Be Alone No More (remix)Re-released for charidee. Take my advice and leave the single alone in theshops.
7 Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down *I’ve only heard this once, when they were on TFI Friday, and it’s another toptrack. Certainly a lot better than most things in the chart.
4 Various Artists – Thank Abba For The MusicDid you see the Brits in February? I’m surprised they’ve taken so long torelease this, but it’s the Abba tribute you heard then, sung by Steps, Billie,Cleopatra and other one-name acts.
1 Mr Oizo – Flat Beat :O === *1st Week at No.1*Who is Mr. Oizo? Seen the Levi’s ads with the puppet tapping away to amonotonous drum beat? That’s the one. The puppet is “Flat Eric” and he isapparently the latest trend, such that everything containing his image, eg.T-shirts, are the hottest property in town.
Sad. Sad. Sad.
This is the 10th single to go straight in at No.1.
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
March 29th :Cassius TBCCatatonia Dead From The Waste DownCranberries TBCDeetah El ParadisoDes’ree You Gotta BeElectronic VividHeller, Pete Big LoveLynden David Hall Medicine 4 My PainMarsden, Mathew Walk My WayTexas Once in a Lifetime April 5th :A Love Supreme Niall Quinns Disco PantsAbba Singles Box SetAbi Thanking YouAlisha’s Attic BarbarellaArchive Take My HeadBeber Juvenile DelinquentBlackstreet Girlfriend/BoyfriendBleep & Booster Let The Bass KickBlood Just Say ItBrown, James Funk On Ah RollCommon Like We Used To SayCranberries PromisesDe Ice, Lennie We Are I.E.Electronic VividFish IncompleteGene Fill Her UpGlamma Kid TabooGrandmaster Flash The Message b/wGrandmaster Flash White Lines b/w ScorpioHall, Lynden David Medicine 4 My PainHand, Kelli Do ItHill, Faith Let Me Let GoInvisible Man Give a Little LoveIrresistible Force Fish DancesJade.ell Got To Let You GoLuna Superfreaky MemoriesMan Called Adam Duende Dubs (T. Middleton)Marsden, Mathew Walk My WayMcCutcheon, Martine Perfect MomentMonica InsideMore Rockers CureNYC Live & Direct I Want YouO’Brown, Wade No Other WomanPills Super HarmonyPorcupine Tree Piano LessonsPositive Force We Got The Funk b/wShy FX Deja Vu Part 2 (Ltd. Edition)Sonic Avengers Funk N DriveSoul Dhamma FlowerStaton, Candi Love On LoveStewart, Rod Faith Of The HeartSugarhill Gang Rapper’s Delight b/w ApacheTrouble Funk Pump Me Up b/wUnderworld Born SlippyUnity feat. Nicola Wish I Could FlyVarious Artists Six-Pack Sugar Hill Record BagVarious Artists Hall Of Fame EP 3Waits, Tom Hold OnWest Street Mob Break Dance – Electric BoogieWilco Can’t Stand ItXTC Easter Theatre April 12th :Ash AphroditeBaby DC Feat Imajin Bounce, Rock, Skate, RollBen Folds Five ArmyBMR Feat Felicia Check It OutBrown, Jennifer Tuesday AfternoonCox, Carl Phuture 2000Deetah El ParadisoDesert Eagle Discs All Night LoveDJ Dado Ready Or NotDJ SS SS RevengeEminem My Name is Â… (12″)Faithless Bring My family BackFridge, Ralph ParadiseGus Gus StarloversHoneyz Love Of A LifetimeKawala SnowballMcAlmont Lose My FaithMunroe, Hollis P I’m LonelyNail, Jimmy Blue Beyond The GreyOldfield, Mike Far Above The CloudsRico Attack MeRuff Driverz/Arrolla La MusicaS.O.L. (aka Oliver Lieb) QuantensprugSound 5 Ala KabooStar Power X Ray OK (Remixes)Straw Moving To CaliforniaSuede ElectricityToybox Tarzan & JaneUB40 Train Is ComingVan Helden, Armand FlowerzVarious Artists 3 The Hard Way April 19th :3rd Storee If EverAdams, Bryan Cloud Number 9Basement Jaxx Red AlertCake Never ThereCalyx Acid BluesEvans, Faith All Night LongE-Z Rollers Walk This LandFatboy Slim Right Here, Right NowFaultline MuteFreddy Fresh feat. Badder Badder SchwingFun Lovin Criminals Korean BodegaHappy Mondays The Boys Are Back In TownHeller, Pete Big LoveKings Of The Wild Frontier Trans AmLeilani Do You Want MeMishka Give You All The LovePras What You Gonna DoRevolutionary Corps OfÂ… Pay Tha WreckRhymes, Busta What’s It Gonna BeSalt N Pepa Push It ’99Shanks & Bigfoot Sweet Like ChocolateSmith, Elliot Baby BritainTexas In Our LifetimeWestlife Swear It Again April 26th :911 Private NumberBackstreet Boys TBCCamisra Clap Your HandsCassius Feeling For YouCast Beat MammaCube ScroungerDa Click We R Da ClickGroove Armada If Everybody LookedIndian Ropeman 66 MetersJamelia So HighMartin, Billy Ray HoneyMeja How Crazy Are YouMethod Man Feat D’Angelo Break Ups 2 Make UpsMoby Run OnNas I Will SurvivePrice, Kelly Secret LoveShaker, Johnny Pearl RiverStoneproof Everything’s Not YouTilt InvisibleVera Coche Carte BlancheVictoria FallYello vs. Hardfloor Vicious Games May 5th :A Old FolksBolland, CJ Ain’t Gonna Be MeCharlotte SkinChieftans Feat The Corrs I Know My LoveDJ Sakin TBCHouston, Whitney My Love Is Your LoveMike & The Mechanics TBCSkunk Anansie SecretlyStereophonics Pick A Part Thats NewTerrorvision TBCTwain, Shania That Don’t Impress Me Much May 10th :Beastie Boys TBCBoyzone You Needed MeBrown, Foxy (J.O.B) TBCGay Dad JoyHalliwell, Geri TBCLucid Stay With Me Til DawnMorrison, Van Back On TopPavement Carrot RopeSuper Furry Animals Northern Lights May 17th :Blondie Nothing Is Real But The GirlMoffats, The TBCShed 7 Disco DownSupergrass TBCTerry, Todd Let It RideThree Colours Red This Is My Time May 24th :Chemical Brothers TBCDef Leppard TBCJamiroquai Canned HeatMicronauts, The The JagParadise Lost TBCVengaboys TBC21st Century Girls TBC Other forthcoming releases APRIL :I Know My Love – The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
[tba] – Tina Cousins (Ebul/Jive)
[tba] – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] – Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
Mad Dog – Elastica (Deceptive)
My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
Viva La Radio – Lolly (Polydor)
Shut Your Mouth – Made In London (RCA)
[tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
[tba] – Jez Metcalf (Ebul/Jive)
[tba] – Ocean Colour Scene feat. P.P. Arnold (MCA)
[tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] – Suede (Nude)
[tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
[tba] – Supergrass (Parlophone)
[tba] – Teenage Rampage (19 Recs.)
[tba] – Westside (RCA)
We’re Going Out – Younger Younger 28s (V2) MAY :
The F-Word – Baby Bird (Echo)
Dove L’Amore – Cher (WEA)
[tba] – Collette (RCA)
Oh Jim – Gay Dad (London)
[tba] – Gintare (Parlophone)
[tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
[tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
Out Of Your Tree – Papa Mantra (Telstar)
[tba] – Adam Rickit (Polydor) JUNE :
[tba] – Archive (Independiente)
[tba] – BB Mak (Telstar)
Big Boys Don’t Cry – Lolly (Polydor) JULY :
[tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista) AUGUST :
[tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA) SEPTEMBER : ~ [tba] – Oasis (Creation)
This week there are new entries for
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
March 29th :[tba] – Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone) April 5th :
What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Middle Of Nowhere – Orbital (ffrr) April 19th :
[tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
[tba] – Texas (Mercury) April 26th :
Us & Them – Godflesh (Earache) May 3rd :
[tba] H – Suede (Nude) May 10th :
Supreme Clientele – Ghostface Killah (Epic) Other forthcoming releases APRIL :
[tba] – Backstreet Boys (Jive)
[tba] – Cast (Polydor)
[tba] – The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet)
[tba] – Hanson (Mercury)
[tba] – James (Fontana/Mercury)
[tba] – Jamiroquai (Sony S=B2)
[tba] – Laptop (Island)
Bleach [ri] – Nirvana (Sub Pop)
[tba] – Plone (Warp) – Bring The Noise 2000 – Public Enemy (Def Jam/Mercury)
Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
Rhinocerose – Rhinocerose (V2)
[tba] – Soul Assassins (Columbia)
[tba] – Sound 5 (Gut)
[tba] – Sting (A&M/Mercury)
[tba] – Super Collider (Loaded)
[tba] – Travis (Independiente)
[tba] – Neil Young (WEA) MAY :
[tba] – Archive (Independiente)
[tba] – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
[tba] – The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy’s Own/V2)
[tba] – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] – Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
[tba] – Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
Leisurenoise – Gay Dad (London)
[tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
To The Surface – NT (Response/Epic)
[tba] – Ocean Colour Scene (MCA)
[tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] – Seafruit (Electric Canyon/Telstar)
By 7:30 – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
[tba] – Miriam Stockley (Virgin)
[tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Lexicon Of Melody – T-Spoon (Control/Edel) JUNE :
[tba] – Baby Bird (Echo)
[tba] – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
God’s Big Spaceship – Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Hepburn (Columbia)
[tba] – Lolly (Polydor)
[tba] – Monaco (Polydor)
[tba] – Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
[tba] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
Cocked – Supergrass (Parlophone)
[tba] – Paul Weller (Island) JULY :
[tba] – Aqua (Universal)
[tba] – No Doubt (Interscope) AUGUST :
[tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
[tba] – Tom Jones (Gut) SEPTEMBER :
[tba] – Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics) OCTOBER :
[tba] – Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury)
[tba] – Oasis (Creation)
[tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)
[tba] – U2 (Island)
Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998
15. The Cardigans – My Favourite GameThis track hung around for two months, but I thought it would have done betterthan it did, making No.14 in October last year. A fast-paced tune that’s boundto stop the radio station playing “Love Fool” AGAIN! I wish they’d dump thatone and play “Sick And Tired” instead. Much better.
About the video for “My Favourite Game”, when I saw it on MTV it just showedsinger Nina driving her car down the highway, but there’s a better promo (fourin all I understand) which features plenty of car crashes, ending with Nina”car-surfing”, resulting in her crashing and landing on the ground. Perhapsthat’s the reason for her plaster cast.
It was followed up with “Erase/Rewind” (No.7, Mar 99) which was okay, but notreally special and a rather dull video.
Next question: why does Nina sometimes look a complete babe, and at other times,when she’s being interviewed, look like the complete opposite?
The end bit :
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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.