53 Echobass – You Are the Weakest Link

J U L Y 1 4 T H 2 0 0 1 [This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week’s chart]

The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I’ve posted my Top 50 singles of the year,starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I’ll be going through the list one byone starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week: 10 new entries, 0 climbers, 2 non-movers & 28 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…

10 new entries :
• 30 Beta Band – Broke/Won
• 27 Feeder – Turn
• 21 Weezer – Hash Pipe
• 18 Bellefire – Perfect Bliss :O ===
• 14 Blink 182 – The Rock Show
• 12 Damage – So What If I
• 11 Jessica Simpson – Irresistible
• 4 OPM – Heaven is a Halfpipe
• 3 Wheatus – A Little Respect :O ===
• 1 Roger Sanchez – Another Chance

so the following dropped out :

• 40 I Monster – Daydream in Blue
• 39 One Twelve – It’s Over Now
• 38 Allstars – Best Friends
• 37 Marti Pellow – Close to You
• 36 3LW – No More
• 35 Daft Punk – Digital Love
• 33 Travis – Sing
• 32 Delerium – Innocente
• 23 Static Revenger – Happy People
• 22 James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)

0 climbers : 2 non-movers :

• 2 Moulin Rouge
• 13 Blue

and 28 going down. Big fallers include :

• 22 (15) Backyard Dog
• 23 (12) Backstreet Boys
• 31 (16) Strokes
• 35 (21) Offspring

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

• 42 Fixate – 24/7
• 47 Beatnuts – No Escapin’ This
• 49 Ocean Colour Scene – Mechanical Wonder
• 53 Echobass – You Are the Weakest Link
• 55 Felix da Housecare – Screen Saver Shower Scene
• 59 Soul Providers – Rise
• 61 Selena – Give it Up
• 63 Kings of Convenience – Failure
• 65 Jason Downs – Cat’s in the Cradle
• 67 Luzon – Baguio Track
• 72 Ben Shaw – So Strong

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

53 Echobass – You Are the Weakest LinkLike the “Wassup” singles, this is also about three months too late.

18 Bellefire – Perfect Bliss :O ===A four-piece girl band that is the UK answer to Wilson Phillips.What a dire song.

11 Jessica Simpson – IrresistibleNice video, shame about the song.

3 Wheatus – A Little Respect :O ===An average cover of the Erasure song, but why did they do it? It’s not worthyof an A-side single release. Perhaps as a B-side, but not a major track.

1 Roger Sanchez – Another Chance *1st Week at No.1*

A rather lacklustre dance track. How the hell did it make No.1?

This is the fifth single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. DJ Pied Piper – Do You Really Like It
• 2. Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel
• 3. Moulin Rouge – Lady Marmalade
• 4. Hear’Say – The Way To Your Love
• 5. Roger Sanchez – Another Chance

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New releases :

July (date unknown) :

Night Stalker – Altitude (Bonzai UK)
Everybody’s Feelin’ – Funk Train Angel (Audio Deluxe)
Signs – Badmarsh & Shri (Outcaste)
God’s Child EP – BBT (-)
The Mighty Ming – Brothers Love Dubs (Decode)
Are You Satisfied – Victor Calderone feat. Deborah Cooper (Tommy Boy)
Sonic Blue – Cequenza (Spot On)
Africa – The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
Circulation Ltd. 7 – Circulation (Circulation)
The Guitar Track – Colours (Skyline)
Future Sound Of Retro 2001 – Lee Coombs (Finger Lickin’)
Like A Feather – Nikki Costa (-)
Baby’s Arms – Robert Cray (-)
Superstring [rm] – Cygnus X (Xtravaganza)
Strung Out – Kam Denny (Stickman)
I Feel Loved – Depeche Mode (Mute)
Cat’s In The Cradle – Jason Downs feat. Milk (Pepper/Jive)
Sweet Music [rm] – EDP feat. Ashley Slater (BN1/Scorpio)
One Minute Man – Missy ‘Misdemenour’ Elliott feat. Ludacris (Gold Mind/Elektra/East West)
Guilty – First Choice (Dtension)
Questions Must Be Asked – David Forbes (Serious)
This Girl Is Taking Bets (EP) – Thea Gilmore (-)
The Fury – Indigenous Tribe feat. Eminem (-)
Someone To CAll My Lover – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Girls Play Too – Frances James & DJ Face (AM:PM/Polydor)
Be.Angeled – Jam & Spoon feat. Rea (Epic)
Why Can’t You Free Some Time – Ghandi Khna (-)
Austin’s Groove – Kid Creme (Subliminal)
Joyenergizer – Joy Kitikonti (Nukleuz/Media)
Ain’t Gonna – Brent Lawrence feat. Maureen Parker (Black & Blue)
Things Ain’t Right – DJ Lucy & Aydenne (Pure)
Sun – Sluslik Luna (-)
Please Stay [rm] – Mekon (Wall Of Sound)
Dial Revenge – Mogwai & Super Furry Animals (Platipus)
You Belong To Me – Michael Moog (Strictly Rhythm/ffrr)
Animal Cannabus – Mull Historical Society (Tugboat)
Crystal – New Order (London/WEA)
Into The Light – Off-Cast Project (Reign)
Heaven Is A Halfpipe – OPM (Atlantic/East West)
Eskimo – Rennie Pilgrem & Blim (Thursday Club)
Undeground Sound – Pitch Black (Rhythm Syndicate)
Cowboy Dreams – Prefab Sprout (Kitchenware/Columbia)
Sweeter Than Wine [rm] – Dionne Rakeem (Pure Silk/Virgin)
Underground – Rhythm Masters (Black & Blue/Neo)
Maymorning – Runrig (Ridge)
Losing Control – Saeed & Palash (Anodyne)
We Love You – Scumfog (Groovilicious UK)
Lean On Me – SFTG & Collein (-)
Trust In Me – Shanks & Bigfoot (Clinical)
Irresistible – Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
21 Sconds – So Solid Crew (Idependiente)
Da Antidote – Stanton Warriors (Mob)
[tba] – Tanya Stephens (WEA)
Ill Concepts – Street Preacherz (Bio)
Has It Come To This – The Streets (Locked On/XL)
Precious Heart – Tall Paul vs. InXS (VC/Virgin)
Karma – Tarantella (Whoop!)
An American Poem – Those Guys feat. Baraka (Basement Boys)
Butterflies – Transgenic Tools (Inferno)
Flowers In The Window / Side – Travis (Independiente)
Ignition Housejam – Trendroid (Twilo)
Elevation – U2 (Island/Universal-Island)
Sharp Tools Volume Five – v.a. (Sharp)
Take It Back – Vortex (Craven)
21st Century Love [rm] – Weekend Players (Multiply)
White Bird – White Bird (-)
Evil Acid – Wink (Ovum/Sony Sü)

July 2nd :

[tba] – Alsou (Mercury)
Broke – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
The Rock Show – Blink 182 (MCA/Universal-Island)
So What If I – Damage (Afterlife/Cooltempo)
Turn – Feeder (Echo)
Put It On Me – Ja Rule feat. Lil Mo & Vita (Def Soul/Def Jam/Mercury)
Baby Come On Over – Samantha Mumba (Wild Card/Polydor)
Kiki Riri Boom – Shaft (Wonderboy)
Dance For Me – Sisqo (Def Soul/Def Jam/Mercury)
Lay Low – Snoop Dogg (Priority/Virgin)
Summer Jam – The Underdog Project (Kontor/Relentless)
Hush Pipe – Weezer (Geffen/Polydor)
A Little Respect – Wheatus (Columbia)

July 9th :

Sometimes – Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
Frontier Psychiatrist – The Avalanches (Rex/XL)
Purple Pills – D12 (Interscope/Polydor)
Bump – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
Perfect Gentleman – Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Let’s Get Dirty (I Can’t Get In Da Club) – Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)
Soul Sound – Sugababes (London)
Juxtaposed With You – Super Furry Animals (Epic)
Eternity / Road To Madalay – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis:EMI)

July 16th :

Desert Drought – Cast (Polydor)
Revolving Door – Crazy Town (Columbia)
Babarabatin – The Gypsymen (Sound Design)
Scream If You Wanna Go Faster – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
Bounce With Me – Lil’ Bow Wow (So So Def/Columbia)
Girl Next Door – Lucy Street (Sony)
Killin’ Kind – Shelby Lynne (Mercury)
The Real Life – Raven Maize (Z Recs.-Rulin’)
Loaded – Ricky Martin (Columbia)
Devol’s Nightmare – Oxide & Neutrino (Oxide Neutrino/East West)
Destiny – Zero 7 (Ultimate Dilemma)

July 23rd :

Eternal Flame – Atomic Kitten (Innocent/Virgin)
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Balmes (A Better Life) – Ian Pooley feat. Esthero (V2)

August (date unknown) :

Boiler – Limp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal-Island)
The Nobodies – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope/Polydor)
Cambodia – Pulsedriver (-)
Cinderella – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Shout (C’mon) [rm] – Sagitaire (NuLife/Arista)
Dream Of You – Schiller & Heppner (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
Miss California – Dante Thomas feat. Pras Michel (-)

September (date unknown) :

Love Is The Key – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Mojo – Secret Knowledge (One Little Indian)
They Don’t Know – So Solid Crew feat. Ms. Dynamite (Idependiente)

November (date unknown) :

Judas – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 11 James – Pleased to Meet You
• 18 Bonnie Tyler – Greatest Hits
• 34 Tricky – Blowback
• 68 David Gray – The EPs: 92-94

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Travis – The Invisible Band
• 2 Dido – No Angel
• 3 D12 – Devil’s Night
• 4 Shaggy – Hot Shot
• 5 Stereophonics – Just Enough Education to Perform

New releases :

July 2001 :

Beetroot – Cast (Polydor)
[tba] – The Corrs (Atlantic/East West)
[tba] – Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
[tba] – Sophie Ellis-Bextor (-)
[tba] – Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
[tba] – Ronan Keating (Polydor)
The Exorcist III – Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
Sintoxicated – Tanya Stephens (WEA)

July 2nd :

In Full Colour – Dario G (Manifest/Mercury)
Pleased To Meet You [??We Want Our Money Back] – James (Fontana/Mercury)
Mushtaq – Mushtaq (Def Soul/Def Jam)
This Time Around – Phats & Small (Multiply)
Hard Hop Superstar – Public Domain (Xtra Hard/Xtravaganza)
Blowback – Tricky (Anti/Epitaph)
The Greatest Hits – Bonnie Tyler (Sanctuary)

July 9th :

White Boy With A Feather – Jason Downs (Jive)
Download This – New Sector Movements (Virgin)
God Hates Us All – Slayer (Columbia)
Stanton Warriors – Stanton Warriors (XL)
All About You [8701] – Usher (LaFace/Arista)

July 16th :

[tba] – 4hero (Talkin Loud)
Aaliyah – Aaliyah (Atlantic/East West)
Folk – Howie B. (Polydor)
Hot Shots Part II – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
Irresistible – Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
Further Reminders – Two Lone Swordsmen (Warp)

July 23rd :

Secrets – The Human League (Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)
Olivia – Olivia (J/RCA)
Rings Around The World – Super Furry Animals (Epic)
[tba] – Saul Williams (Columbia)

July 30th :

Paper, Scissors, Stone – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)

August 2001 :

3 Feet High & Rising [rem. ri w/add. tr.]] – De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
[tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Beautiful Garbage – Garbage (Mushroom)
[tba] – So Solid Crew (Independiente)
Is This It – The Strokes (Rough Trade)

August 6th :

Iowa – Slipknot (Roadrunner)

August 27th :

Get Ready – New Order (Warner Bros.)

September 2001 :

Wonderland – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Wonderland – Kelis (Virgin)
[tba] – Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
[tba] – William Orbit (WEA)

October 2001 :

[tba] – Portishead (Go.Beat/Polydor)

November 2001 :

[tba] – Oasis (Big Brother)

Dominator’s Top 50 of 2000

28. Handsome Boy Modeling School: SunshineAn incredibly sombre and ambient track which received much airplay onMTV2 last summer but only made No.121 in the charts in June 2000.

It was preceeded by a re-entry for “Rock’n’Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) / Holy Calamity”(No.76, Feb 2000).

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.

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