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[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]
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 : 12 new entries, 1 climbers, 1 non-movers & 26 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 single is the 4th in a row to go straight in at No.1.
- Magilla EP: Willow – 99 (V2)
Far & Away – Aida (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
Animal House EP:Animal / Sodium Glow / Essence – Animal House (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
Live – Tina Arena (Columbia)
Communication [rm] – Armin (Cyber/AM:PM)
Stressed Squares – Aubrey (Solid Groove)
I Got This Feeling – Baby Bumps (Ministry Of Sound)
Bring It All To Me – Blaque Ivory feat. ‘N Sync (Trackmasters/Columbia)
Valley Of Shadows – Blockheads (Red Alert)
Elvis Has Left The Building – Dr. Bone (Skint)
Set Me Free – Brit Pack (Castle)
I’d Do It Again – Bernard Butler (Creation)
[tba] – Clinton (Meccico/Hut/Virgin)
Bleed Together – Coda (Graceful)
Aisha – Death In Vegas feat. Iggy Pop (Concrete/Deconstruction/Arista)
Move Your Body – Eiffel 65 (Eternal/WEA)
Walkaway – The Experiment (Hydrogen Dukebox)
If You have To Go – Geneva (Nude)
Rock’n’Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) – Handsome Boy Modeling School (Tommy Boy)
Love Thing – Hepburn (Columbia)
Deep Deep Down – Hepburn (Columbia)
Pitchin’ (In Every Direction) – Hi-Gate (Byte Blue)
Ain’t You Had Enough Love / Hurry Up This Way Again – Phyllis Hyman / The Stylistics (Passion)
Flava – Imajin (Jive)
Four Songs EP: Please Don’t Send Me Away / Four Minute Rebellion / You’re Not Here / I Hope She’s Alright – Matthew Jay (Food/Parlophone)
Love Thing – Johnson (Columbia)
Love Me Sweet – Kid Loco (Yellow)
(Life Is) Falling Away From Me – Korn (Immortal/Epic)
Expo 2000 – Kraftwerk (Kling Klang/EMI)
Superfinger – Lowfinger (Elemental)
Don’t Tell Helen / Moonlight Drive – Lowfinger (Rodeo Meat)
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now / You Can’t Have My Love – McFadden & Whitehead / The Jones Girls (Passion)
Mysteries Of The World / Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto – M.F.S.B. / Philadelphia Allstars (Passion)
[tba] – Micronauts (Science/Virgin)
The Vitamin E(P) – Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi (FF Vinyl/Zinc Splash)
I Wanna Go Home – Van Morrison & Lonnie Donegan (Venture/Virgin)
Beat Of The City – The Needles (Lithium)
Must Be The Music – Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom (Subliminal/Incentive)
Summer Fling / Put Our Heads Together – The O’Jays (Passion)
Iracus – Pink Bomb (Quad)
Teadrops – Qattara (Steel Fish)
Breathe & Stop – Q-Tip (Arista)
How Long Do I Get? – Racer (Polydor)
How Long Do I Get – Raissa (Frog Eye/Polydor)
Airwaves – Rank 1 (Clubgroove)
The Sky High EP – Raw Deal (Talkin Loud)
Otherside [rm] – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
La Guitaristic House Organisation – Rincrse (V2)
Radio Video EP – Royal Trux (Domino)
Adelante – Sash! (Multiply)
Easy Money / My Favourite Person – Dee Dee Sharp Ganmble / O’Jays (Passion)
Got To Get It – Sisqo (Def Jam/Mercury)
[tba] – DJ Spooky & Scanner (Sulphur)
That’s The Way Love Is – Byron Stingily (Nervous/Manifesto/Mercury)
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)
Love Will Come – Tomski feat. Jan Johnston (Xtravaganza)
Whatever You Need – Tina Turner (Parlophone)
Hardbeat EP Vol. 2 – v.a. (Nukleuz/Media)
House Of Bamboo – Andy Williams (Columbia)
- [tba] EP – Action Spectacular (Curveball)
Doing It For The Money – The Aloof (Screaming Target)
Movin’ Too Fast – Artful Dodger feat. Romina Johnson (Locked ON/XL)
[tba] – Richard Ashcroft (Hut/Virgin)
It’s Over – Astrotrax (Defected)
Funkin’ Town – Beatmaniac feat. Bi$kid (Spacefunk)
Tricky Tricky – Lou Bega (RCA)
Mr. Devil – Big Time Charlie (Inferno)
That How You Got Off – Big Yoga Muffin (Echo)
Happiness – Bini & Martini (Azuli)
It’s Alright – Camisra (VC/Virgin)
Home – Chakra (Earth Music/WEA)
I Don’t Want Nobody Telling Me What To Do – Cherie Amour (4 Play)
Don’t Give Up – Chicane (Xtravaganza)
Can’t Get Used To Losing You – Colour Girl (4 Liberty)
I Feel Love – CRW (Nukleuz)
Time To Party – Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
Hip-Hop / It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop – Dead Prez (Epic)
Lettin’ Ya Mind Go – Desert (Glow)
All Over My Face – Disfunctional Psychedelic Waltons (Virgin)
All U Need / My Love / It’s About Time / Tell Me – Divine (Red Ant/Mushroom)
If It Moves, Dunk It – Bert Dunk (Loaded)
Africa 2000 [rm] – Echobeatz (Eternal/WEA)
Temperamental – Everything But The Girl (Virgin)
Less Stress – Evil Nine (Marine Parade)
What’s Going On – Exemen feat. Wookie (-)
Take A Picture – Filter (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
The Sound Of Bamboo [rm] – Flickman (I Am/Inferno)
The Man With The Red Face – Garnier (F Comm.)
Bright Eyes – Stephen Gately (Polydor)
Time – Alex Gopher (Solid/V2)
Poodle Rockin’ – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (-)
[tba] – Mike Graham (/Universal-Island)
Still – Macy Gray (Epic)
Forgive Me – Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
Meltdown 2000 – DJ Hitch Hiker pres. Lunatic Asylum (Nebula)
Won’t Take It Lying Down – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Money – Jamelia feat. Beenie Man (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Anything – Jay-Z (Epic)
Cried Me A River – Jersey Street (Junior)
Snow – JJ72 (Lakota)
Get It On … Tonite – Montell Jordan (DefJam/Mercury)
Four Seasons EP – Sander Kleinenberg (ffrr)
Stupid Jack – Kojak (Pro-Zak Trax/Polydor)
Stay – Alison Krauss (CRS)
Feelin’ Alright – Len (Work/Columbia)
Amazed – Lonestar (Grapevine/Ritz)
Body Rock – Louchie Lou & Michie One (Interscope)
Save Me – Meeker (Underwater)
Believe – Ministers De La Funk (Subliminal/Defected)
The Time Is Now – Moloko (Echo)
Love On The Northern Line – Northern Line (Global Talent)
Free Again – Nowa Nowa (Vision)
Shake Ya Body – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Why Can’t We – Guy Oseary feat. Stevie J. (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Born This Way – Pour Homme (Nu Camp)
Live Forever – Queen Of Klubz (Big Onion)
White Treble, Black Bass – Sgt. Slick (Neo)
The Crunch Part III – The Somnabulist (-)
Radiant EP – The Sunburst Band (Z)
Lucky Star – Superfunk feat. Ron Carroll (Virgin)
Music – Tiefschwarz (Benztown)
Roaches – Trancesetters (Hooj Choons)
Believe – The Traveller & In Motion (5 AM)
Can’t Get Used To Losing You – Andy Williams (Columbia)
Off The Wall – Winsome (Positiva)
Off The Wall (Enjoy Yourself) – Wisdome (Positiva)
Sunshine – Yomanda (1st Ave./Manifesto/Mercury)
- Playground Love – Air (Source/Virgin)
Imagine – Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA)
Fast As You Can – Fiona Apple (Columbia)
Dolphins Were Monkeys – Ian Brown (Polydor)
Spiral Scratch – The Buzzcocks (Mute)
Vito Satan – Campag Velocet (PIAS/V2)
Revelations – Hefner (Top Dog)
Humanistic – Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
Uneasy – Laika (Too Pure)
Voices – Ann Lee (Systematic/London)
Poliece & Thieves – Luciano (Palm Pictures)
Let’s Not Play The Game – Maxwell (Columbia)
Walk / Don’t Walk – My Life Story (It)
Go Let It Out! – Oasis (Big Brother)
Your Eyes – Simply Red (East West)
I’m In Love – Starparty (Incentive)
Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) – Shania Twain (Mercury)
Nearly Made It – Younger Younger 28’s (Equipe Ecosse/V2)
- Like A Rose – A1 (Byrne Blood/Columbia)
Pure Shores – All Saints (London)
Cartoon Heroes – Aqua (Universal)
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely – Backstreet Boys (Jive)
Let The Freak – Big Ron (48K/Perfecto/Mushroom)
[tba] – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Blackout – Darling (Disco Violante)
Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues – Eels (DreamWorks)
Come In Hard – Hardknox (Jive)
I Wanna Thank You – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Jumble Rumble Band feat. Paul da Vinci (Jammin)
I Love You – Martina McBride (RCA)
Another Mellow Winter – Mellow (Atmospheriques/East West)
You Are Not Alone – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Stand Inside Your Love – The Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)
- [tba] – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
[tba] – The Bluetones (Superior Quality/Mercury)
[tba] – Broadcast (Warp)
[tba] – Cher (WEA)
It’s OK – Delirious? (Furious?)
Emotions – Icons (Hydrogen Dukebox)
Sunburn – Muse (Taste/Mushroom)
Eyes On You – Santessa (Disco Violante)
[tba] – Southern Fly (London)
Yeah! – The Wannadies (Indolent)
- Say My Name – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Feeling So Good – Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
Feakin’ It – Will Smith (Columbia)
- Mixed Bizness – Beck (Geffen/Polydor)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
[tba] – Sally-Anne Marsh (Jive)
Life Story – Angie Stone (Arista)
[tba] EP – Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)
- The F-Word [rm] – Baby Bird (Echo)
She’s All I Ever Had – Ricky Martin (Columbia)
Natural Blues – Moby (Mute)
- You Are Not Alone – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Steps (Ebul/Jive)
- Don’t Say You Love Me – M2M (Atlantic/East West)
- Souvenir – 3D feat. Liam Howlett (-)
One More Time – Death In Vegas feat. Bobby Gillespie (Concrete/Deconstruction/Arista)
[tba] – Alex Love (Poptones)
- [tba] – Goldfrapp (Mute)
This week there are new entries for
- Return Of The Killer A’s – Anthrax (Spitfire/Eagle)
The EP Collection – Frankie Avalon (See For Miles)
Zulu OST / Early In The Morning OST – John Barry (RPM/TKO)
Sound In Colour – The Bristols (Damaged Goods)
Petula 65/66 – Petula Clark (Sequel)
Ceux Qui Ont Un Coeur / Les James Dean – Petula Clark (Sequel)
You Are My Lucky Star – Petula Clark (Sequel)
[tba] – Cathal Coughland (Cooking Vinyl)
Demons & Wizards – Demons & Wizards (SPV)
Word Power 2 – Divine Styler (Mo Wax)
The EP Collection – Lee Dorsey (See For Miles)
Backtracks – The Flamin’ Groovies (Ranch Life)
A Smoother Blend Of Jazz – Holland Tunnel Project (Irma)
Lank Haired Girl To Bearded Boy – It’s Jo & Danny (Double Snazzy)
Matamorphosis – Jean Michel Jarre (Dreyfus/Epic)
Live – Jestofunk (Irma)
The Twov Sides Of … / Always Yours – John Leyton (Westside)
We Are The Streets – The Lox (Interscope)
Outside Looking Out – Merchants Of Menace (Super Villain)
At Studio One – Jackie Mittoo (Dynamite Sound/Soul Jazz)
Morricone 2000 – Ennio Morricone (Dagored)
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison (Charly)
Live: Entertainment Or Death – Mtley Cre (Spitfire/Eagle)
Can’t Get High Without U – Joey Negro (Azuli)
Xtrmntr – Primal Scream (Creation)
Rock On – Pussycats (Munster)
The Ramontures – The Ramontures (Munster)
Ratt – Ratt (Columbia)
Places To Visit – Saint Etienne (Sub Pop/Bungalow)
Surviving The Quiet – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
Seven Wishes – Seven Wishes (Z)
The Ultimate Collection – The Small Faces (Charly)
Fertlizer Sound For Planet Ears – Stato Brado (Irma)
Tailgunner – Tailgunner (Creation)
Brave Days Of Old – Ken Tamplin (Z)
Little Lost Soul – The Third Eye Foundation (Domino)
The EP Collection – Johnny Tillotson (See For Miles)
The Critical Path – Tipper (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Absolute Almighty Vol. 6 – v.a. (Almighty)
Additive Compilation Vol. 3 – v.a. (Additive/Positiva)
Boys Don’t Cry OST – v.a. (Koch)
Dope On Plastic 7 – v.a. (React)
Hi-Fidelity Lounge – v.a. (Guidance)
Loved Up – v.a. (Inspired/Ministry Of Sound)
Sleepy Hollow OST – v.a. (Hollywood/Edel)
Techno Methods – The Story So Far – v.a. (Distance)
The Bachelor OST – v.a. (RCA Victor)
The Best American Rock Anthems In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin US)
The Best Cuban Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
The Best Soul Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
The Love Songs Album – v.a. (Universal TVwarner.espGlobal TV)
Vets In The Wild – v.a. (BBC)
Y3K – v.a. (Distint’ive/Virgin)
Stop The Panic – Luke Vibert & B.J. Cole (Law & Auder)
The Ballad Collection – Stevie Wonder (Motown)
The Ultimate Collection – The Yardbirds (Charly)
- [tba] – Birth (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Coldplay (Parlophone)
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley – Alec Empire (El Turco Loco)
[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)
[tba] – Orange Can (Regal/Parlophone)
Think Tank – Rollins Band (DreamWorks)
Greatest Hits – Salt’n’Pepa (ffrr/London)
[tba] – Sasha (WEA Germany)
[tba] – Space (Gut)
Honest OST – v.a. (-)
And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out – Yo La Tengo (Matador)
Soap – Younger Younger 28’s (V2)
- Yeah Baby – Big Pun (Epic)
Livid – Blondie (RCA)
After Glow – Crowded House (Capitol/Parlophone)
Duke Elegant – Dr. John (Parlophone)
The Future – Remixed – Incognito (Talkin Loud/Mercury)
If I left The Zoo – Jars Of Clay (Jive)
Liebling – Andreas Johnson (WEA)
Carpet Tunner Syndrome – Kid Koala (Ninja Tune)
Nixon – Lambchop (City Slang)
Eho Needs Pictures – Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
2 Step – The Best Of Underground Garage – v.a. (Azuli)
Comfort Zone – v.a. (R.02)
It’s A Shifty Disco Thing Vol. 2 – v.a. (Shifty Disco)
Transatlantic Audio – v.a. (Dynamite Joint)
The Very Best Of … – Andy Williams (Columbia)
- 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)
Voodoo – D’Angelo (Cooltempo/EMI)
Europop – Eiffel 65 (Logic/Arista)
Latter Days – The Best Of … Vol. 2 – Led Zeppelin (Atlantic/East West)
Imagine [ri] – John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
Soulsation – Lovestation (Fresh)
[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)
- When The Pawn – Fiona Apple (Columbia)
Resurrection – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless/Epic)
Deconstruction – Meredith Brooks (Deconstruction)
Daisies For The Galaxy – Eels (DreamWorks)
Hardknox – Hardknox (Jive)
Skill – Kawala (Jive)
G – Gerald Levert (WEA East West)
Mathis On Broadway – Johnny Mathis (Legacy/Columbia)
I’m Not One Of Us – Psycore (V2)
2 Against Nature – Steely Dan (Giant/RCA)
Essential Mix – Francois K – v.a. (ffrr)
Renaissance: The Mix Collection – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound-Renaissance/Passion)
- Aquarius – Aqua (Universal)
[tba] – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Initiation – Darling (Diso Violante)
Kaleidoscope – Kelis (Virgin)
Good Looking Blues – Laika (Too Pure)
Joko – Youssou N’Dour (Columbia)
The Death Of … – Quickspace (Kitty Kitty Corp.)
Machina: The Machines Of God – Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)
Black Diamond – Angie Stone (Arista)
Freak Magnet – Violent Femmes (Cooking Vinyl)
- Joya Magica – 60 Ft Dolls (Huge & Jolly)
[tba] – Ash (Infectious)
Belle Isle Tech – DJ Assault (Mo Wax)
[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)
The Best Of … – The House Of Love (Arista)
100 Broken Windows – Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
[tba] – Jurassic 5 (Pan/Polydor)
[tba] – The Orb (Island/Universal-Island)
Met.A.Mor.Phic – Guy Oseary (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
[tba] – Finlay Quaye (Epic)
[tba] – Red Venom (All Around The World)
[tba] – Ryad (Riverhorse)
[tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
[tba] – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own/V2)
- Bugged – Baby Bird (Echo)
Sports, Drugs Entertainment – Cam’ron (Untertainment/Epic)
Skull & Bones – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Weather Underground – Geneva (Nude)
[tba] – Kid Rock (Lava/Atlantic/East West)
Tropical Brainstorm – Kirsty MacColl (V2)
Crown Royal – Run DMC (Profile/Arista)
Box Set – Dusty Springfield (MercuryPolyGram TV)
Are You Receiving Me? – Subcircus (Echo)
Yeah! – The Wannadies (Indolent/RCA)
- The Wall – Live – Pink Floyd (EMI)
The Platinum Album! – Vengaboys (Positiva)
- Power Of The Dollar – 50 Cent (Columbia)
Community Music – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr/London)
Dawson’s Creek 2 OST – v.a. (Columbia)
- I Need The MC – All Saints (London)
[tba] – Sgt. Rock (Wiiija)
Helioscentric – Paul Weller (Independiente)
[tba] – Pete Wylie (-)
- Place De Gaulle – Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)
- [tba] – Airlock (One Little Indian)
[tba] – Richard Ashcroft (-)
[tba] – The Delgados (Chemikal Underground)
[tba] – Gay Dad (London)
[tba] – Junior Cartier (NuCamp/Wall Of Sound)
[tba] – Pulp (Island/Universal-Island)
The Sound Of Water – Saint Etienne (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
[tba] – Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)
[tba] – Utah Saints (Echo)
[tba] – Wilt (Mushroom)
- [tba] – Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
[tba] – Ronan Keating (-)
[tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)
[tba] – Spice Girls (Virgin)
- [tba] – The Prodigy (XL)
[tba] – U2 (Island)
- [tba] – N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)
Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999
6. Les Rhythmes Digitales featuring Nik Kershaw – SometimesI’d never heard a Les Rhythmes Digitales track before this, partly having beenput off with a poster I’d seen for the album featuring someone who looked likeactor Brendan Fraser having a bad hair day.
Then a few days later I heard this on Radio 2 of all places, but they neversaid who it was (AAARGH! I HATE IT WHEN A RADIO STATION DOES THAT!), but Icould tell it was Nik Kershaw singing “Sometimes” a lot and I thought it wasone of his recent solo songs which criminally flopped yet again. He hasn’tdone well since the release of his “Radio Musicola” album. I remember thatspent 4 weeks in the Network chart before dropping out of the Top 75, but thetape didn’t leave my walkman for months and I dug it out again recently.
Seeing this in the charts (albeit only making No.56 in August last year),I ought to check out Les Rhythmes Digitales’ album, but it’s a shame it hasn’thad any airplay elsewhere as it could have been a big hit, even if it soundsmore like an album track than a high-profile single and it could haverejuvinated the career of Mr. Kershaw.
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
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.