72 Newton Faulkner – I Need Something

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This week: 4 new entries, 0 re-entering, 1 chart, 3 climbing, 5 not moving & 27 downers. new entry re-entry climber faller non moverCHART 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…

4 new and 0 re-entering and 1 chart entries :
• 29 Fragma Toca’s – Miracle 2008
• 21 Radiohead – Nude
• 19 The Courteeners – Not Nineteen Forever
• 6 Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
• 3 (71 CH) The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be

so the following dropped out :

• 39 Take That – Rule The World
• 38 Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
• 37 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
• 33 David Jordan – Sun Goes Down
• 20 James Blunt – Carry You Home

3 climbing :

• 16 (19) Usher feat. Young Jeezy – Love In This Club
• 25 (36) Britney Spears – Break The Ice
• 27 (40) Scouting For Girls – Heartbeat

5 not moving :

• 1 Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy
• 2 Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain – Low
• 4 Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
• 24 Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction
• 35 T-Pain feat. Teddy Verseti – Church

and 27 going down. Big fallers include:

• 38 (23) Guillemots – Get Over It

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 47 Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better
• 48 Kanye West feat. Dwele – Flashing Lights
• 51 Jordin Sparks – Tattoo
• 52 Cherish feat. Yung Joc – Killa
• 66 Bullet For My Valentine Hearts – Burst Into Fire
• 69 The Count & Sinden feat. Kid – Sister Beeper
• 71 Flo-rida – Elevator
• 72 Newton Faulkner – I Need Something

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Newton Faulkner:
I Need Something
[Hand Built By Robots]

72 Newton Faulkner – I Need Something

This guy’s not my bag, but someone may like his warblings.

Check out his recent GMTV performance here

Cascada:
What Hurts The Most
[Perfect Day]

67 (58) Cascada – What Hurts The Most

The dance remix of this track really works well, given that the original wasby Celebrity Big Brother racist scum Jo O’Meara from S Club 7 as her dreadfulattempt to restart her solo career.

Well worth a listen!

Click here to see the video

Girls Aloud: Call The Shots
[Tangled Up]

62 (49) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots

Very mediocre track that doesn’t know whether it should actually get goingor not. In the end, it doesn’t.

Click here to see the video

Radiohead: Nude
[In Rainbows]

21 Radiohead – Nude

See Elly Roberts’ review of the singlehere

Click here for the video

One Republic: Stop And Stare
[Dreaming Out Loud]

11 (9) One Republic – Stop And Stare

Stop and Bore, morelike. Gordon Bennett, this tedious rubbish never seems to end.

Click here to see the video

Leona Lewis – Better In Time/
Footprints In The Sand
[Spirit]

7 (6) Leona Lewis – Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand

A new single for the X-Factor winner and one that missed out on the No.1 slot.

Click here to see her GMTV performance for “Better In Time”
Click here to see her GMTV performance for “Footprints in the Sand”
Click here to see her GMTV piece where she went to South Africa

Sam Sparro: Black & Gold
[Sam Sparro]

4 (4) Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

Funky as hell, this is a wonderful piece of music and the kind of thing that,when it does get released, normally gets overlooked, but here it’s all payingoff in spades.

I’ve never heard of Sam Sparro before, but here’s hoping we hear a lot morefrom him in the near future.

Click here for the video

Duffy: Mercy
[Rockferry]

5 (3) Duffy – Mercy

They say she’s the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn’t work for me.For those whom it does, check out the following clips:

Click here for her GMTV performance and interview
Click here for her Culture Show performance

Estelle & Kanye West:
American Boy
[Shine]

1 Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy *3rd Week at No.1*

Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn’tmissed and I can’t see what the big deal is.

Click here for the video

New releases :All the new releases info comes courtesy ofHaven Forum.co.uk

Sam Sparro: Black & Gold
[Sam Sparro]

April 7th:

65daysofstatic – The Distant And Mechanised Glow Of Eastern European Dance Parties (EP)
A Fine Frenzy – Come On Come Out
Adele – Cold Shoulder
Akala – Comedy Tragedy History
Attic Lights – God
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Blah Blah Blah – Death To The Indie Disco (7”) [Limited]
Blood Red Shoes – Say Something Say Anything
Boys Like Girls – The Great Escape
Britney Spears – Break The Ice
Cahill feat Nikki Belle – Tripping On You
Cheri Denis – Portrait Of Love
Christian Silva – Great To Begin
Clocks – Old Valve Radio
DJ Wire – Alien Halloween
Efterklang – Caravan (7”)
Elliot Minor – Parallel Worlds
Foo Fighters – Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up is Running)
Forward Russia – Breaking Standing
Fragma – Toca’s Miracle 2008
Future Of The Left – Manchasm (7”)
Grammatics – Dilemma (10”)
Helen Boulding – Way To Go
Isis – Holy Tears
J Walk – Handful Of Gimme / Shot Down In Flames (7”) [Limited]
Jose Gonzalez – Killing For Love (7”) [Limited]
Leon Jean Marie – Bed Of Nails (7”)
Lionheart Brothers – Bring It Down
Miracle Fortress – Maybe Lately (7”) [Limited]
Muscles – Ice Cream (7”)
Natasha Bedingfield feat Sean Kingston – Love Like This
Rubies – Stand In A Line
Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
Scouting For Girls – Heartbeat
Soulja Boy feat Arab – Yahhh!
Xcerts – Do You Feel Safe / Listen Don’t Panic (7”) [Limited]
Yoav – Club Thing

April 14th:

Bjork – Wanderlust
Black Ghosts – I Want Nothing
Brandi Carlile – Turpentine
Captain – Keep An Open Mind
Deepest Blue – Miracle
Duels – Regeneration (7”) [Limited]
The Feeling – Without You
Funkerman – Speed Up
Goldfrapp – Happiness
Hannah – You & I
Heartsrevolution – Switchblade (EP) (12″) [Limited]
Infadels – Make Mistakes
Jack Johnson – Hope
Jamie Lidell – A Little Bit Of Feel Good
Jay Sean – Maybe
Keyshia Cole feat Missy Elliott & Lil Kim – Let It Go
Ladyhawke – Back Of The Van (7”)
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
Lightspeed Champion – Galaxy Of The Lost
Los Campesinos! – My Year In Lists
Make Model – The LSB
Portishead – Machine Gun (12”) [Limited]
Pure Reason Revolution – Victorious Cupid [Limited]
Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
The Script – We Cry
September – Cry For You (You’ll Never See Me Again)
Sia – The Girl You Lost
Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie
Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw (7”)
White Williams – New Violence
Wombats – Backfire At The Disco
Young Knives – Turn Tail

April 21st:

4 Or 5 Magicians – Change The Record (7”)
A.Human – Black Moon (7”)
Asa – Jailer
Ben Onono – Count To 10
Brit & Alex – Let It Go
Cajun Dance Party – The Race (7”)
Clare Teal – Get Happy / Get It On Sam
The Delays – Hooray
Deus – Slow (7”)
Envy Corps – Story Problem
Filly – Sweat (The Drip Drop Song)
Foals – Red Sox Pugie
Four Tet – Ringer (EP)
Grand National – By The Time I Get Home (7”)
Hadouken! – Get Smashed Gate Crash (10″)
Hamfatter – Do Something Stupid Tonight
Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers
iLiKETRAiNS – We Go Hunting (7”)
J Walk – Thinking Back / We’re Not Alone (7”) [Limited]
Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
Janet Jackson – Luv
Lexter – Freedom To Love
Madonna – Four Minutes
Noah & The Whale – Shape Of My Heart
Parka – Better Anyway
Plain White T’s – Our Time Now
Robyn – Who’s That Girl
Rosie Taylor Project – This City Draws Maps
Same Difference – Breaking Free
Shortwave Set – No Social (10”)
Sons & Daughters – This Gift (7”) [Limited]
Tokyo Police Club – Tesselate (7”) [Limited]
We Are The Physics – You Can Do Athletics BTW

April 28th:

Black Grass – Bass Man
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Look For The Woman
El Perro Del Mar – Glory To The World (7”) [Limited]
Freemasons – When You Touch Me
Garage Jams feat Clare Evers – Snowflake
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Who Built The Road (7”)
Justice – DVNO
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Larry Tee & Princess Superstar – Licky
Malakai – Snowflake
One Night Only – It’s About Time
The Outside Royalty – Falling (7”)
Pendulum – Propane
Shout Out Louds – Tonight I Have To Leave It (7”)
This Et Al – The Figure Eight (EP)
Usher – Love In This Club
What Would Jesus Drive? – We Made This (EP)
Wiley – Wearing My Rolex

May 5th:

Animal Collective – Water Curses
David Jordan – Move On
Dominatorz – Do You Love Me? (12”)
Favours – One Up On You
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Keep Singing Out
Hot Chip – One Pure Thought
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Kylie Minogue – In My Arms
Lodger – The Good Old Days (7”)
Maggie Bell – No Mean City (Theme from Taggart)
Matchbox Twenty – These Hard Times
Oppenheimer – Look Up / The Never Never (7”)[Limited]
Paramore – Thats What You Get
Rosalita – What Would Your Mother Say (7”)[Limited]
White Light Parade – Turning All The Lights Down [Limited]
Wideboys feat Shaznay Lewis – Daddy Oh

May 12th:

Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Black Lips – Bad Kids / Leroy Faster (7”)
Born Ruffians – I Need A Life
J Walk – Tomorrow People / In On The Offbeat (7”) [Limited]
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong – Where Do You Go?
Katie Melua – What I Miss About You
Ladytron – Ghosts
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds – More News From Nowhere
Pigeon Detectives – This Is An Emergency
Sebastien Tellier – Divine
Sparks – Good Morning
Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name

May 19th:

Black Mountain – Stormy High
The Duke Spirit – My Sunken Treasure
Hercules & Love Affair – You Belong
Spiritualized – Soul On Fire (7”)

TBA:

ABC – The Very First Time
Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela & Fallon – Nightwatcher (Show Me) [30th Jun]
Alex C feat Y-Ass – The Sweetest Ass In The World
Aly & AJ – Like Whoa
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Andy Abraham – Even If
Annie – Girlfriend
Apocalyptica – SOS (Anything But Love)
Asobi Seksu – Goodbye
Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles
Basshunter – Please Don’t Go
Beat Players feat Lara Mcallen – Piece Of Heaven
Billiam – My Generation [2nd Jun]
Black Affair – It’s Real [Apr]
Black Affair – Japanese Happening [Jun]
Bob Sinclar presents Fireball – What I Want [26th May]
Boyzone – tba [May]
Cassie – Is It You
The Clik Clik – Did You Wrong (Apr)
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Coldplay – 42
David Guetta feat Tara McDonald – Delirious
DC Roc – Buffalo Stance
Def Leppard feat Tim McGraw – Nine Lives [Apr]
DJ NG feat Katy B & MC Versatile – Tell Me
Duffy – Warwick Avenue [May]
Eric Prydz – Pjanno
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Example – Me & Mandy
Flo Rida feat Timbaland – Elevator
Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
Herve – Cheap Thrills [Jun]
J Majik & Wickaman presents Kathy Brown – Crazy World
Jaymay – Gray Or Blue
Joan As Police Woman – To Be Loved [2nd Jun]
Kanye West feat Dwele – Flashing Lights
The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
Kooks – Sway [23rd Jun]
Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl [May]
Lily Allen – Everyone’s At It
Little Man Tate – tba [Apr]
Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You
N-Force v Darren Styles – Right By Your Side
Nate James – Choke / Back To You [Mar]
Nathan – Do Without My Love
Neils Children – What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nickelback – Photograph [26th May]
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
Oh Laura – Release Me [26th May]
Palladium – White Lady
Panic At The Disco – That Green Gentleman
Peyton – A Higher Place ‘08
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private – Crucify My Heart
Pulse – tba [Mar]
Ricki-Lee – Can’t Touch It [9th Jun]
Scarlet BLONDE – There Is No Black & White [Apr]
Seal – The Right Life
Semifinalists – Odd Situation [May]
Shanie – Don’t Give Me Your Life ‘08
Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie
Strange Days feat Steve Harley – Smile
Subways – Alright [2nd Jun]
Supafly Inc – Be Together
Toyah – Sensational
Turin Brakes – Dark On Fire
We Are Scientists – Chick Lit [Jun]
Willis – Get In The Ring
Will Young – Changes
Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps
Yeti – tba (7”)[Limited]

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Estelle: Shine

This week there are new entries for :
• 1 REM – Accelerate
• 6 Estelle – Shine
• 19 Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
• 23 Snoop Dogg – Ego Trippin’
• 27 Michael Mcdonald – Soul Speak
• 28 The Specials – The Best Of
• 29 Flo-rida – Mail On Sunday
• 31 Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned
• 34 The Black Keys – Attack & Release
• 36 Mike Batt – A Songwriter’s Tale
• 75 Joe Satriani – Professor Satchafunkilus

REM: Accelerate

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 REM – Accelerate
• 2 Duffy – Rockferry
• 3 Leona Lewis – Spirit
• 4 Nickelback – All The Right Reasons
• 5 One Republic – Dreaming Out Loud
• 6 Estelle – Shine
• 7 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black: The Deluxe Edition
• 8 James Blunt – All The Lost Souls
• 9 Michael Jackson – Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition
• 10 The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely

New releases :All the new releases info comes courtesy ofHaven Forum.co.uk

Was (Not Was): Boo!

April 7th:

Alabama 3 – Hits And Exit Wounds
Avenging Force – The Avenging Force
Breeders – Mountain Battles
Camille – Music Hole
Chris Botti – Italia
Chris Difford – The Last Temptation Of
Cinematic Orchestra – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Clinic – Do It
Colin Meloy – Sings Live!
Courteeners – St Jude
Dead Child – Attack
Diskjokke – Staying In
Doug Walker – Fear Together
Eastern Conference Champions – Ameritown
Eight Legs – Searching For The Simple Life
Elephant Man – Let’s Get Physical
Fall Out Boy – ****: Live in Phoenix
I Am Kloot – Play Moolah Rouge
In Flames – A Sense Of Purpose
James – Hey Ma
Jesse Malin – On Your Sleeve
Jim Noir – Jim Noir
Joan Osborne – Breakfast In Bed
Jordin Sparks – Jordin Sparks
Ken Ishii – Jelly Tones
Long Blondes – Couples
Millencolin – Machine 15
My Federation – Don’t Wanna Die
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV
P.O.D. – When Angels & Serpents Dance
Quentin Harris – No Politics
Richard Swift – As Onasis
Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
Roni Size – New Forms 2
Rush – Snakes And Arrows: Live
Tapes ‘N Tapes – Walk It Off
The Vines – Best Of
Was (Not Was) – Boo!
White Williams – Smoke

April 14th:

ABC – Traffic
Big Linda – I Loved You
Blood Red Shoes – Box Of Secrets
Bumblebeez – Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill
Cheri Dennis – In And Out Of Love
Children Of Bodom – Blooddrunk
Christian Silva – Onward!
Christopher D Ashley – Cruel Romantics
Elle Milano – Acres Of Dead Space Cadets
Elliot Minor – Elliot Minor
Flogging Molly – Float
Forward Russia – Life Processes
Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
Indelicates – American Demo
Keith Sweat – Just Me
Kooks – Konk
The La’s – The La’s [Deluxe Version]
The Little Ones – Morning Tide
M83 – Saturdays = Youth
Mariah Carey – E=MC²
Muscles – Guns Babes Lemonade
Paul Haig – Go Out Tonight
Phantom Planet – Raise The Dead
Placido Domingo – Pasión Española
Sarah Brightman – Symphony
Thrice – Earth & Air

April 21st:

A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In The Sea
Anti-Flag – The Bright Lights Of America
Boris – Smile
Brandi Carlile – The Story
Cryptacize – Dig That Treasure
Delays – Everything’s The Rush
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
Lauren Field – Modern Woman
Robert Forster – The Evangelist
Sam Sparro – Without Stars
Story Of The Year – The Black Swan
The Wave Pictures – Instant Coffee Baby
Whitesnake – Good To Be Bad
Yoav – Charmed & Strange

April 28th:

Amy Studt – My Paper Made Men [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Cajun Dance Party – The Colourful Life
Carly Simon – This Kind Of Love
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
Deus – Vantage Point
Duels – The Barbarians Move In
Envy Corps – Dwell
Hannah – Everything Is Changing
Jack McManus – Either Side Of Midnight
Jamie Lidell – JIM
Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
Madonna – Hard Candy
Midfield General – General Disarray
Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
Portishead – Third
The Roots – Rising Down
Shortwave Set – Replica Sun Machine
Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
Wendy James – Racine 2

May 5th:

A.Human – Third Hand Prophecy
Adem – Takes
Alphabeat – This Is Alphabeat
Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Biffy Clyro – Singles 2001-2005
The Bug – London Zoo
The Cure – tba
Def Leppard – Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
Elf Power – In A Cave
Futureheads – This Is Not The World
Hadouken – Music For An Accelerated Culture
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday At Devil Dirt
Malakai – Ugly Side Of Love
Matmos – Balloon Supreme
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Is Dead: Live
Parka – Attack Of The Hundred Yard Hardman
Peter Moren – The Last Tycoon
Santogold – Santogold
Soft Cell – Heat : The Remixes
Steve Winwood – 9 Lives
We Are The Physics – Are OK At Music
Whiskycats – Whiskycats
Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008

May 12th:

Black Grass – Three
Born Ruffians – Red Yellow And Blue
Charlatans – You Cross My Path
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles
Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back In Time: 1980-1989
Jane Monheit – The Very Best Of
Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I Got Feelings Too
Pendulum – In Silico
Sergio Mendes – Encanto
Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
Subtle – ExitingARM
Vetiver – A Thing Of The Past

May 19th:

Ben Onono – Native Stranger
Dresden Dolls – No Virginia
El Perro Del Mar – From The Valley To The Stars
J Walk – Rumpshakers & Heartbreakers
Johnny Flynn – A Larum
Lodger – Life Is Sweet
Mick Hucknall – Tribute To Bobby
Sandi Thom – Pink And The Lily
Sparks – Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
Veruca Salt – IV

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.

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