71 (54) Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind

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[Chart archive – March 1997 to date]

This week: 4 new entries, 2 chart, 0 re-entering, 5 climbing, 2 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, 2 chart and 0 re-entering and entries :
• 1 Flo-rida – Right Round
• 2 The Saturdays – Just Can’t Get Enough
• 21 Chipmunk Chip – Diddy Chip
• 29 (55 CH) Kings of Leon – Revelry
• 31 (46 CH) Lemar – Weight Of The World
• 40 Beyonce – Halo

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Elbow – One Day Like This
• 38 MGMT – Kids
• 37 Rudenko – Everybody
• 36 The Saturdays – Up
• 34 Gary Go – Wonderful
• 29 Coldplay – Viva La Vida

5 climbing :

• 13 (30) Akon feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby O’donis – Beautiful
• 14 (17) Take That – Up All Night
• 24 (25) N-Dubz – Strong Again
• 34 (35) Madcon – Beggin’
• 36 (39) MGMT – Time To Pretend

2 not moving :

• 3 Lady Gaga – Poker Face
• 26 Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne – Let It Rock

and 27 going down. Big fallers include:

• 20 (12) U2 – Get On Your Boots
• 34 (25) Gary Go – Wonderful
• 37 (24) Rudenko – Everybody

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 48 Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy
• 50 Annie Lennox – Shining Light
• 53 Red Light Company – Arts & Crafts
• 54 Metro Station – Shake It
• 58 Will Young – Let It Go
• 69 The Wombats – My Circuitboard City
• 73 Starsailor – Tell Me It’s Not Over

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Girls Aloud: The Loving Kind
[Out of Control]

71 (54) Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind

Is it just me or is every subsequent Girls Aloud single getting even more tedious than the last one? This one just drifts through insleepwalking mode and the last one, The Promise, didn’t even have any kind of hook with the alleged melody going all over the place.

Take That: Greatest Day
[The Circus]

65 (52) Take That – Greatest Day

Having been used on a yawnsome advert, this track is so tedious beyond belief Ican’t work out how it ever got made.

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Girls Aloud: The Promise
[Out of Control]

59 (41) Girls Aloud – The Promise

Where’s the hook in this song? It’s as bad as Will Young’s “Changes” in that it just goes all over the place.

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Leona Lewis: Run
[Spirit]

55 (43) Leona Lewis – Run

A cover version of the fantastic Snow Patrol track, but here Leona starts offtedious and then throws her voice around like Mariah Carey throwing a strop.Avoid.

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The Saturdays: Up
[Chasing Lights]

45 (36) The Saturdays – Up

Ah, The Saturdays. Good to look at, and they were on Something for the Weekend recently. Watch here:

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Click here for Part 2
Click here for Part 3
Click here for Part 4

Coldplay: Viva La Vida
[Viva La Vida…]

41 (29) Coldplay – Viva La Vida *1st Week at No.1*

Yaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn! What a bunch of pompous, stuck-up arseholes!

Beyonce: If I Were A Boy
[I Am Sasha Fierce]

39 (32) Beyonce – If I Were A Boy

I’m never a fan of her music and this won’t change anything.

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U2: Get On Your Boots
[No Line on the Horizon]

30 (20) U2: Get On Your Boots

I heard them perform this at the Brits and it was a dreadful mess that doesn’t sound any different to Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues.

The video on the official link below is pretty lousy quality, especially given that it’s the official one.

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The Killers: Human
[Day and Age]

27 (22) The Killers – Human

Sometimes The Killers’ music can be a bit samey, and this comes across as rather a carbon copy of ‘Read My Mind’ but it’salways listenable so this is worth hearing, but not Top 5 material.

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Kings Of Leon:
Sex On Fire
[Only By the Night]

22 (16) Kings Of Leon: Sex On Fire

Great band. Not a bad track, either and great to see them at the top slot.Certainly more deserved than most things that get there.

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Lady Gaga: Just Dance
[The Fame]

8 (6) Lady Gaga – Just Dance

Mediocre pop.

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Lily Allen: The Fear
[It’s Not Me It’s You]

7 (5) Lily Allen – The Fear

“Look, my name’s Lily Allen. I’ve got a failed chat show and I can use the f-word in my songs, but hey, I’m on Myspace!”

Stupid mockney bint.

(sigh)

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Kelly Clarkson: My Life
Would Suck Without You
[All I Ever Wanted]

4 (2) Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You

Mine wouldn’t if I didn’t have to hear this record.

This is teen pop pretending to be something better.

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The Saturdays: Just Can’t Get Enough
[Up]

2 Saturdays – Just Can’t Get Enough

A dreadful cover of the Depeche Mode song, but it’s for charidee so that makes it alright, yes? No, not really.

They were also on Something for the Weekend recently, on March 1st. Watch here:

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Click here for Part 2

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Flo-rida: Right Round
[Mail On Sunday]

1 Flo-rida – Right Round *1st Week at No.1*

Good God almighty, take an old Dead Or Alive classic and then just ramble a load of old shite over a backingbeat instead of writing any actual lyrics.

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

Katy Perry: Thinking Of You
[One of the Boys]

Mar 9th:

Bat For Lashes – Daniel
Beyonce – Halo
Black Lips – Short Fuse (7”)
The BPA feat Iggy Pop – He’s Frank
Cocknbullkid – I’m Not Sorry (7”)
Dan Black – Alone
Doman & Gooding feat Dru & Lincoln – Runnin’
Filthy Dukes – This Rhythm
Jim Jones & Ron Brownz feat Juelz Santana – Pop Champagne
Katy Perry – Thinking Of You
Marina & The Diamonds – Obsessions (7”)[Limited]
Metric – Help I’m Alive (7”)[Limited]
Oasis – Falling Down
Pete Doherty – Last Of The English Roses
Roll Deep – Movin’ In Circles
Röyksopp – Happy Up Here
Sneaky Sound System – I Love It
Snow Patrol – If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It
T2 feat Michelle – Come Over
Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West (Ruth Jones & Rob Brydon) feat Sir Tom Jones & Robin Gibb – Barry Islands In The Stream
The Xcerts – Crisis In The Slow Lane
You Me At Six – Save It For The Bedroom

Mar 16th:

Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
Goldie Lookin’ Chain – By Any Means Necessary
Grammatics – Shadow Committee / Time Capsule And The Greater Truth
Jazmine Sullivan – Dream Big
Keane – Better Than This
Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc
The Rakes – 1989
Twisted Wheel – We Are Us

Mar 23rd:

Dananananaykroyd – Black Wax
Enrique Iglesias feat Ciara – Takin’ Back My Love
Flo Rida – Right Round
Funeral For A Friend – Rules And Games
KIG – Head Shoulders Kneez And Toez
The Kills – Black Balloon (EP)
Little Man Tate – I Am Alive (7”)
Metro Station – Shake It
Noisettes – Don’t Upset The Rhythm
Peter Bjorn & John – Nothing To Worry About (7”)
Sparks – Lighten Up Morrissey
Steve Angello & Laidback Luke feat Robin S – Show Me Love
The Veronicas – Untouched
White Lies – Farewell To The Fairground

Mar 30th:

Basshunter – Walk On Water
Buffalo 77 – Mememto
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
Fightstar – tba
Frankmusik – Better Off As Two
Grace Jones – Love You To Life (12”)
Just Jack – Embers
Kid British – Sunny Days
Lady Gaga – Pokerface
Lady Sovereign – So Human
White Light Parade – Wake Up (7”)
Yo! Majesty – Don’t Let Go
Zarif – Let Me Back

April 6th:

Art Brut – Alcoholics Unanimous
Das Pop – Never Get Enough
Depeche Mode – Wrong
Fugative – Jimmy Shoe
PJ Harvey & John Parrish – Black Hearted Love
Screaming Lights – Phenomena
The Virgins – Rich Girls

April 13th:

AC/DC – Anything Goes/Big Jack
Alex Cornish – My Word What A Mess
Pink – Please Don’t Leave Me
Super Furry Animals – tba
Will And The People – Knocking

Coming soon:

Alcazar – Burning
Alesha Dixon – Let’s Get Excited
Annagrace – You Make Me Feel
Annie – Ánthonio
Avenue – Can You Feel It
Blackout Crew – Dialled
Bombay Bicycle Club – tba [Apr]
Brian McFadden – Room To Breathe
Britney Spears – If You Seek Amy
Cahill – Sex Shooter [Mar]
Caramell – Caramelldansen
Cassie – Official Girl
Champagne Riot – Paris & I (EP)
Charlotte Hatherley – Winter
Cutback feat Federal – Rock To The Rhythm [Mar]
Daniela – Push It Up
Deadmau5 feat MC Flipside – Hi Friend
Dinosaur Pile-Up – Traynor
Elliott Minor – Discover (Why Love Hurts)
E-Type – True Believer
Echo & The Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
Ercola feat Daniella – Every Word
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Fe-Nix – Lady Baby
Fields – Are You Ready Yet?
Freemasons feat Hazel Fernandes – If (2009 Re-Rub)
Gianluca Motta feat Molly – Not Alone
Iglu & Hartly – Violent & Young
Infadels – Circus Of The Mad
Jade Ewen– My Time
Janelle Monae – Many Moons
Jenny Jones – Don’t Walk Away
Junior Boys – Hazel [20th Apr]
Kanye West – Heartless
Kate Ryan – Ella Elle L’a [Mar/Apr]
Kid British – Rum Boys [15th Jun]
Kidbase feat Sincere – Goodgirls Love Rudeboys [20th Apr]
The King Blues – I Got Love [27th Apri]
King Creosote – Coast On By [27th Apr]
La Roux – Bulletproof [25th May]
Leon Jackson – Stargazing
Lonnie Gordon – Gonna Catch You 2009 [Mar]
M83 – We Own The Sky (EP)
Malibu Sneakers – Get Down Again
Maria Lawson – These Walls
Melody Gardot – Baby I’m A Fool [25th May]
Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
Mongrel – Silence Is Talking
Natalie Imbruglia – tba [Feb]
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
The Notwist – Boneless
Panic At The Disco – Northern Downpour
Peacemakerz feat Danielle Senior – Take It To The Dancefloor
Platnum – Trippin’
Poppy & The Jezebels – Rhubarb & Custard
Private – My Secret Lover
Sander Van Doorn vs Robbie Williams – Close My Eyes
Sandi Thom – Pink & The Lily
Saturdays – Work
Shannon Noll – Shine [27th Apr]
Sirens – Dreams
Star Pilots – In the Heat of the Night
Still Flyin’ – Good Ting It’s A Ghost Town Around Here (7”) [20th Apr]
The Stills – Being Here
Stone Walters – Trouble
Ultrabeat – Starry Eyed Girl [Mar]
Van She – Cat & The Eye [Feb]
Velvet – Chemistry [Apr]
Vogue – Another Night
White Light Parade – Wait for The Weekend (7”) [18th May]

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Tina Turner:
The Platinum Collection

This week there are new entries for :
• 1 U2 – No Line On The Horizon
• 13 Red Light Company – Fine Fascination
• 14 Tina Turner – The Platinum Collection
• 25 The Answer – Everyday Demons
• 40 Girls Aloud – The Sound Of: Greatest Hits
• 55 Howling Bells – Radio Wars

U2: No Line On The Horizon

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 U2 – No Line On The Horizon
• 2 The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
• 3 Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
• 4 Lady Gaga – The Fame
• 5 Lily Allen – It’s Not Me It’s You
• 6 Duffy – Rockferry
• 7 Take That – The Circus
• 8 Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
• 9 The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
• 10 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

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

Annie Lennox Collection

Mar 9th:

Annie Lennox – The Annie Lennox Collection
The Boy Least Likely To – The Law Of The Playground
Busta Rhymes – B.O.M.B
Chris Cornell – Scream
Colin Blunstone – The Ghost Of You And Me
The Everly Brothers – 50 Years Of Hits
Faryl Smith – Faryl
Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted
Laura Izibor – Let The Truth Be Told
Micachu – Jewellery
Michael Ball – Past & Present: The Very Best Of
Milk Kan – Milk Kan
Nat King Cole – Re Generations
New Found Glory – Not Without A Fight
Polly Scattergood – Polly Scattergood
Pure Reason Revolution – Amor Vincit Omnia
Sam Beeton – No Definite Answer
Shontelle – Shontelligence
Starsailor – All The Plans
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Mar 16th:

Alain Clark – Live It Out
Andrew Bain – Presents Modern Classics
Barry Manilow – The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties
Black Lips – 200 Million Thousand
Bonnie Prince Billy – Beware
Delta Spirit – Ode To Sunshine
Duke Special – I Never Thought This Day Would Come
Eoghan Quigg – tba
Filthy Dukes – Nonsense In The Dark
JJ Cale – Roll On
Karima Francis – The Author
Lionel Richie – Just Go
Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come Easy Go
Melody Gardot – My One And Only Thrill
Pete Doherty – Grace/Wastelands
Static-X – The Cult Of Static
Oliver! (2009 London Cast)

Mar 23rd:

1990s – Kicks
British Sea Power – Man Of Arun
The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Grammatics – Grammatics
Mastodon – Crack The Skye
My Dying Bride – For Lies I Sire
N.E.R.D. – The Best Of
Pet Shop Boys – Yes
The Rakes – Klang
Rinocerose – Futurino
Röyksopp – Junior
Stevie Nicks – The Soundstage Sessions
Therapy? – Crooked Timber
The Xcerts – In The Cold Wind We Smile

Mar 30th:

Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Diana Krall – Quiet Nights
Frightened Rabbit – Quietly Now! Midnight Organ Fight Live and Acoustic At The Captain’s Rest
Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Asbo 4 Life
Gomez – A New Tide
I Monster – A Dense Swarm Of Ancient Stars
Malajube – Labyrinthes
Metro Station – Metro Station
Neil Young- Fork In The Road
Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts
Peter Bjorn & John – Living Thing
PJ Harvey & John Parish – A Woman A Man Walked By
Twisted Wheel – Twisted Wheel
Two Fingers – Two Fingers
The Whitest Boy Alive – Rules

April 6th:

Amy Speace – The Killer In Me
Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
Chris De Burgh – Footsteps
Dananananaykroyd – Hey Everyone
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
It Hugs Back – Inside Your Guitar
Just Jack – All Night Cinema
Lil Wayne – Rebirth
Queensryche – American Soldier
Still Flyin’ – Never Gonna Touch The Ground
The Veils – Sun Gangs
The Wave Pictures – If You Leave It Alone
Zero 7 – The Best Of
Now 72

April 13th:

The Days – Atlantic Skies
Fightstar – Be Human
Lady Sovereign – Jigsaw
Madeleine Peyroux – Bare Bones
The Virgins – The Virgins

Coming soon:

1 Giant Leap – What About Me?
50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct [Mar]
Ace Of Base – tba
Aerosmith – tba
Alessi’s Ark – Notes From The Treehouse [Mar]
Alex Cornish – Until The Traffic Stops [27th Apr]
Alexandra Burke – tba
Andre 3000 – tba
Annie – Don’t Stop
Annuals – Such Fun
Arctic Monkeys – tba
Art Brut – Art Brut VS Satan [20th Apr]
Asteroids Galaxy Tour – tba
Audio Bullys – Sunday Night Fever
Basement Jaxx – tba
Beastie Boys – tba
Bella And Sebastian – God Help The Girl
Beverley Trotman – tba
Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot… Son Of Chico Dusty
Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) [Mar]
Blondie – tba
Bombay Bicycle Club – tba [Jun]
Booker T – Potato Hole [20th Apr]
Boom Bip – tba
Brakes – Touchdown [20th Apr]
Brian McFadden – Set In Stone [Feb]
The Broken Family Band – Please And Thank You [20th Apr]
Cajun Dance Party – tba
Camera Obscura – tba
Captain – Distraction
Cassie – tba
Cat Power – Sun
Charlotte Hatherley – Cinnabar City
Chilli Gold – Waterfalls
Chipmunk – I Am Chipmunk
Ciara – Fantasy Ride [Apr]
Client – Command [Mar]
Clipse – Till The Casket Drops
Corinne Bailey Rae – tba
The Count & Sinden – tba
Courtney Love – Nobody’s Daughter
Dan Deacon – Bromst [Mar]
Daniel Merriweather – Love & War [27th Apr]
Das Pop – Das Pop
Deftones – Eros
Depeche Mode – Sounds Of The Universe [20th Apr]
Dolores O’Riordan – No Baggage? [May]
Doug Walker – Fear Together
Dr Dre – Detox
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Fountain
Elliott Minor – tba [Jun/Jul]
Eminem – Relapse
The Enemy – Music For The People
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh
Escala – Escala [Apr]
Eddi Reader – Love Is The Way [13th May]
Eskimo Joe – tba
Esser – Braveface [27th Apr]
Eva Peterson – tba
Eve – Flirt
The Faces – tba
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Big BW
Fields – Hollow Mountains [11th May]
Final Fantasy – Heartland
Fleetwood Mac – tba
Florence & The Machine – tba [Jul]
Frankmusik – Complete Me
FrYars – Dark Young Hearts [Mar]
Gallows – Grey Britain [May[
Gary Go – Gary Go [11th May]
Go:Audio – Made Up Stories
Good Books – tba [4th May]
Good Charlotte – Cardiology
Green Day –tba [4th May]
The Handsome Family – Honey Moon [Apr]
Hatcham Social – You Dig The Tunnel I’ll Hide The Soil
Helen Love – Stick It (f*** Off)
The Hidden Cameras – tba
Holloways – Tales From The Tarmac
Ian Brown – tba [Aug]
Idlewild – tba [Apr]
In Case Of Fire – Align The Planets [May]
Ivyrise – Worldwide
Jack Penate – tba [May]
Jamie Cullum – tba [Apr]
Janelle Monae – tba [Apr]
Jay-Z – Blueprint III [Feb]
Jazmine Sullivan – Fearless [Apr]
Jennifer Lopez – Greatest Hits
Jersey Budd – Wonderlands [4th May]
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
JoJo – All I Want Is Everything
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care [11th May]
Kasabian – tba
Keri Hilson – In A Perfect World
Kid British – tba [29th Jun]
King Creosote – Flick The Vs [20th Apr]
Klaxons – tba
Koopa – tba
Laura Critchley – Laura
Liam Frost – tba
Lifehouse – tba
Lisa Mitchell – tba [May]
Luke Haines – Achtung Mother
Maccabees – tba [Feb/Mar]
Macy Gray – The Gray Life
Madina Lake – Attics To Eden [Mar]
MadM (Melissa Auf der Maur) – Out Of Our Minds
Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers or I Know I Believe In Nothing But It Is My Nothing [Apr]
Marilyn Manson – The High End Of Low
Mark Morrison – King of British R&B: The Best Of…
Massive Attack – Weather Underground
Maximo Park – tba
Melanie B – Reimagined
The Metaphors – London! Paris! New York! Rome! [Feb]
Metric – Fantasies [20th Apr]
MGMT – tba
Mika – tba
Missy Elliott – Block Party
Mr Hudson – Now I See
Mumford And Sons – The Cave and The Open Sea [27th Apr]
Natalia – All Of Me
Natalie Imbruglia – tba [Mar]
Neils Children – X.Enc
Nelly Furtado – tba
Nicole Scherzinger – Her Name Is Nicole
OK Go – tba
Operation Aloha – Operation Aloha [12th May]
Paolo Nutini – tba
Paramore! – tba
Patrick Wolf – Battle
Peaches – tba [Mar]
Placebo – tba [Jun]
Prefuse 73 – Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
Pretty Ricky – Eighties Babies
Prince – MPLSound
Prince – Lotus Flower
Prince – Elixir
Propellerheads – tba
Pumajaw – Favourites [Apr/May]
Raghav – Identity
Richard Swift – The Atlantic Ocean [20th Apr]
Rihanna – tba
Rose Elinor Dougall – tba
Ruarri Joseph – Both Sides Of The Coin [Feb]
Rumble Strips – tba [Mar]
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha 2009 [May]
Sam Isaac – Bears
Santana – Supernatural 2
Scarlet BLONDE – Acerbic [Mar]
September – Can’t Get Over
Shakira – tba
Shania Twain – tba
Shannon Noll – What Matters The Most [4th May]
Skint & Demoralised – Love And Other Catastrophes [18th May]
Smoove & Turrell – Antique Soul [20th Apr]
Sonic Youth – The Eternal [Jun]
Soulja Boy – iSouljaBoy
Thomas Bromley – In It For The Moment
Timbaland – Shock Value 2
Tommy Sparks – tba
Tori Amos – tba
Trashcan Sinatras – In The Music
The Twang – Not Tonight, It’s Monday
UB40 – Labour Of Love IV
Ultrabeat – Discolights [Mar]
Ultravox – Best Of
Urbnri – Young Team
VV Brown – Travelling Like The Light [May]
Whitney Houston – Undefeated
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
Young Jeezy – The Recession
Zoot Woman – Things Are What They Used To Be
Eurovision 2009 [4th May]

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2009.

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