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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 : 12 new entries, 3 climbers, 2 non-movers & 23 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:
After their last album, “Tragic Kingdom”, which was already a couple of yearsold by the time “Don’t Speak” went straight to No.1, I’ve been waiting untilthe time when they brought some new music out. However, this hasn’t had anyairplay where I’ve been listening, which explains the low chart position.
26 Blondie – Nothing is Real But the Girl“Maria” was excellent, but this follows the same pace and isn’t half asexciting. In fact, it’s rather a disappointment. Have the reformed Blondiepeaked too soon?
16 21st Century Girls – 21st Century Girls“The New Spice Girls” is how this band of 14-16 yr-olds have been touted,and if memory serves, ex-Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller has had a hand inthis, with newspaper stories reporting on a change in line-up as the drummerwas booted out before they signed a record deal and one of the other girlslearning how to beat them in time. Plus, a story about how the single’s releasedate was pushed back when the promo had to be re-shot due to its war theme,as if anyone could actually be offended by the theme and not the appallinglybad singing.
Anyway, it looks as if the whole project has back-fired now that it’s NOTgone straight to No.1, in fact it’s nowhere near it.
1 Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) :O === *2nd Week at No.1*Without a doubt this is one of the worst singles of the year so far and itshows how stupid the single-buying public can be. This is the project ofBaz Luhrmann, director of crap films such as “Strictly Ballroom” and the latestincarnation of “Romeo and Juliet”, and I fail to see what exactly he’s donehere.
He didn’t write the words, which are spoken to a dance beat, and he didn’tspeak them either, using an actor’s voice instead. I wonder if that’s actuallyhim in the video even.
Absolute crap. Save your pennies for S Club 7 next week instead 🙂
This is the 16th single to go straight in at No.1.
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
May 31st :A Very Good Friend Just AroundA1 Be The First To BelieveArt Of Trance Easter IslandBjork All Is Full Of LoveBolland, CJ Aint Gonna Be MeCartoons DoodahCatatonia Karaoke QueenCay Princes & PrincessesCeleda Be YourselfChef SimultaneousChemical Brothers Hey Boy, Hey GirlCher All In OneCotton Mather PasswordCousins, Tina ForeverDark Star About 3 AMDelirious GravityDJ Go Go Cyber EPDog Eat Dog TBCGarbage You Look So Fine (3″ Blister Pack)Ginuwine Same Ol’ GGrooverider TBCHill, Lauryn To ZionImaani You Got A WayJungle Brothers VIPLolly Viva La RadioManic Street Preachers TsunamiMicronauts, The The JagMoffats, The Until You Loved MeOrton, Beth Central ReservationPresence Future Love (Remixes)Shack ComedyShanice When I Close My EyesSpringsteen, Bruce Sad EyesStewart, Dave All Over The WorldTLC UnprettyWaits, Tom Hold On June 7th :2 Pac Dear MamaAllison, Dot Message PersonnelBachelor Girl Buses & TrainsBrandy Almost Doesn’t CountBrown, Foxy (J.O.B) TBCDayeene And It HurtsDef Leppard PromisesDe-Ryus Grass Aint GreenerDestiny’s Child Bills, Bills, BillsDorsey, Marc If You Really Wanna KnowElliot, Missy She’s A B*tchGreat Outdoors It Looks So EasyHefner TBCHorsman, Liz Just ThinkingHouston, Whitney My Love Is Your LoveLange feat. Sarah Dwyer I BelieveLit My Own Worst EnemyMadonna Beautiful StrangerMarliyn Manson Rock Is DeadMartin, Billy Ray HoneyMullins, Shawn ShimmerN Sync Tearin Up My HeartOrbital Nothing LeftRobyn TBCS Club 7 Bring It On BackSalt Tank DimensionSebadoh It’s All YouShy FX Deja Vu Part 2 (Ltd. Edition)Spears, Britney SometimesSunshine State RootsThree Amigos Louie Louie June 14th :Electronic Late At NightFriends Of Matthew Out ThereLuscious Jackson Lady FingersOlive Love AffairRoss, Diana Not Over You YetStaton, Candi Young Hearts Run FreeTerry, Todd Let It RideVengaboys Boom Boom Boom June 21st :Alice Dee Jay Better Off AloneAuteurs, The Rubettes, TheB, Mel Word UpBarlow, Gary StrongerBlur Trimm TrabbKnight, Beverly Greatest DayMero It Must Be LoveOrton, Beth Central ReservationRickitt, Adam I Breathe AgainSmith, Will Wild Wild West June 28th :Five TBCGomez TBCMatchbox 20 Real World July 5th :Westlife If I Let You Go July 12th :Madness TBCVan Helden, Armand Boogie Monsters Other forthcoming releases JUNE :- [tba] – Archive (Independiente)
[tba] – BB Mak (Telstar)
Big Boys Don’t Cry – Lolly (Polydor)
- [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)
- [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
- ~ [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
Other forthcoming releases 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)
- [tba] – Aqua (Universal)
[tba] – No Doubt (Interscope)
- [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
[tba] – Tom Jones (Gut)
- [tba] – Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
[tba] – Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
- [tba] – Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury)
[tba] – Oasis (Creation)
[tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)
[tba] – U2 (Island)
Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998
24. Garbage – I Think I’m ParanoidReleased in July last year and making No.9, this was the second single from”Version 2.0″, their second album which has now been re-released with a bonus4-track Live CD, and was a track that easily topped the excellent”Push It” (No.9, May 98).
The other singles released since have been “Special” (No.15, Oct 98),”When I Grow Up” (No.9, Feb 99) and “You Look So Fine” (No.19, June 99).
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.