1 Fatboy Slim – Praise You *1st Week at No.1*

J A N U A R Y 1 6 T H 1 9 9 9

The initial bit :

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 : 9 new entries, 0 climbers, 3 non-movers & 28 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non mover

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…

9 new entries this week :

  • 38 – Da Fool – No Good
  • 28 – Gloria Estefan – Don’t Let This Moment End
  • 21 – Babe Instinct – Disco Babes From Outer Space
  • 14 – Da Click – Good Rhymes
  • 11 – Justin – Over You
  • 10 – Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme – Up To The Wildstyle
  • 8 – Ultra – Rescue Me
  • 3 – Blockster – You Should Be …
  • 1 – Fatboy Slim – Praise You so the following dropped out :
  • 39 Beautiful South – Dumb
  • 38 Fat Les – Naughty Xmas (Goblin in the Office)
  • 37 Jane McDonald – Cruise Into Xmas
  • 36 Madonna – Power of Goodbye
  • 35 Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
  • 33 Brandy – Have You Ever?
  • 32 Tamperer – If You Buy This Record…
  • 30 Trubble – Dancing Baby
  • 28 Five – Until The Time Is Through 0 climbers : 3 non-movers :
  • 6 Bryan Adams & Mel C
  • 9 Honeyz
  • 40 Manic Street Preachers and 28 going down. Big fallers include :
  • 15 (5) B*witched
  • 25 (15) JayZ
  • 29 (18) Aqua
  • 31 (14) Billie
  • 35 (22) Paul Weller
  • 36 (23) All Saints

    Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

    Well, it’s been a pretty dire week for new releases this week, the only oneof note being below.

    1 Fatboy Slim – Praise You *1st Week at No.1*

    Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, has had No.1s in the past with BeatsInternational (Dub Be Good To Me) and the Housemartins (Caravan Of Love)and now has one on his own under his current moniker. I haven’t heard thistrack yet though.

    His other half, Zoe Ball, soon due to hand over “Live and Kicking” presentingduties over to the much nicer Gail Porter, is currently the focus of Skymagazine in a Christine Keeler-pose.

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    New releases :

    January 4th 1999 :

      Quincy’s Lunch / Move UR Body – 808 State / Jega (Slut Smalls/Slut Trax)
      Walk Like A Panther – The All Seeing I (ffrr)
      New World – Attaboy (Toko)
      Disco Babes From Outer Space [rm] – Babe Instinct (Positiva)
      You Should Be … Dancing – The Blockster (Ministry Of Sound)
      Saturday Love – Blu Room (Thumpin’ Vinyl)
      Good Rhymes – Da Click (Fifty First/ffrr)
      Who’s The Bad Man – Daadatta (Columbia)
      No Good – Da Fool (ffrr)
      Its Alright – Charles Dockins (Slip’n’Slide)
      Don’t Let This Moment End – Gloria Estefan (Epic)
      Praise You – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
      Heart Of Africa / Random Access – Force & Styles / Hixxy & Ufo (Noize)
      Montius Maximus – Full Monty (Thumpin’ Vinyl)
      Over You – Justin (Streamline/Virgin)
      [tba] – Korn (Immortal/Epic)
      Welcome To The Space – L.A.C. (Southeast)
      Dreamer / La Passione – The Lost Boyz / Force & Styles feat. Lisa A.(Noize)
      Touch It – Monifah (Universal)
      Powertrip – Monster Magnet (A&M)
      Wildside – New Horizons (Rough Breaks)
      Up To Tha Wildstyle – The Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme (All Around TheWorld)
      Secret Love – Kelly Price (Island)
      Bad Girls / I Like – Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA)
      Protect Your Mind [Protect Your Friends (For The Love Of A Princess)] –
      DJ Sakin & Friends (Additive)
      Let Me Breathe – Salt Of The Earth (Verjam)
      D=E9j=E0 Vu (Part 1) – Shy FX (-)
      [tba] – Sing-Sing / Linoleum (Fierce Panda)
      Creation [ri] – James Taylor Quartet (Acid Jazz)
      Rescue Me – Ultra (East West)

    January 11th :

      Beautiful Day – 3 Colours Red (Creation)
      A Little Bit More – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
      Walk Like A Panther – The All Seeing I (Earth/ffrr)
      Andalucia – Amethyst (Jackpot)
      I Want You For Myself – Another Level feat. Ghostface Killah(Satellite/Northwestside)
      Get Into Love – Anti Social (East West)
      Burn – Tina Arena (Columbia)
      Peel Sessions EP: Milk DX / Inhake 2 / Drane – Autechre (Warp)
      Let The Music Play – Beat Box feat. Raul (Coalition)
      By Your Side – The Black Crowes (American/Columbia)
      Superfyl & Bindi – Black Star Liner (WEA)
      Hey Hey Yeah – Brain Bashers (Shock)
      Cassius 99 – Cassius (Distinct’ive/Virgin)
      Get On The Bus – Destiny’s Child feat. Timbaland (Elektra/East West)
      [tba] – DMX (Def Jam/Mercury)
      Electric Barbarella / Girls On Film – Duran Duran (EMI)
      Back On The Sun – Ednaswap (Island)
      More Than This – Emmie (Manifesto/Mercury)
      Flames For All – Fatso Jetson (Man’s Ruin)
      Paradise & Dreams [rm] – Force & Styles feat. Junior (UK Dance)
      The Last Gap (Safety) – Gallon Drunk (Butcher’s Hook)
      The Wind – PJ Harvey (Island)
      I’m Sorry – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
      Stamina – The Junket (Deceptive)
      Over You – Justin (Streamline/Virgin)
      Wild In The Aisles – Krafty Kuts (FSUK/Ministry Of Sound)
      Madness Thing – Leilani (ZTT)
      A Heartbeat Away – McGanns (Coalition)
      I Wanna Be Free – Minty (Sugar/Virgin)
      Missing You – Mobs IV Real (Telstar)
      Be Brave – Model 500 (R&S)
      Powertrip – Monster Magnet (A&M/Polydor)
      Be My Lover [rm] – Naomi (Gut) * Ultra Freaky Orange (EP) – Neotropic (Ntone)
      B-Boy Hump – Ol’ Skool Orchestra (East West)
      Weird Drum Woman -/ You Can Fly – The Other Two (London)
      Unknown – Andrea Parker (Mo Wax)
      He’s A Skull – Q-Burn’s Abstract Message (Virgin-Astralwerks)
      Polyester Girl – Regurgitator (Coalition)
      Bad Girls / I Like – Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA)
      And You Don’t Stop (Freak) – Sneekie & Toyboy (Freakstreet/Eternal/WEA)
      Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf (MCA)
      Tom’s Party – T-Spoon (Control/Edel)
      That Feeling – Yankee B (Gee Street/V2)

    January 18th :

      Love Shack ’99 – The B-52s (WEA)
      Gotta Have Hope [rm] – Blackout (Multiply)
      Blu Air – Blu Peter (React)
      [tba] – Carson (Warner Bros.)
      [tba] – DC Talk (Virgin)
      Getting Away With It – The Egg (Indochina)
      Last One Standing – Neil Finn (Parlophone)
      To Earth With Love / Dimstar – Gay Dad (London)
      Three Drivers [rm] – Greece 2000 (Hooj Choons)
      Comatose – Lisa Hall (WEA)
      Malibu – Hole (Geffen)
      Love Stimulation – Paul van Dyk pres. Humate (Deviant)
      Time To Get Back – Hysteric Ego (WEA)
      No Doubt – Imajin (Jive)
      Irreplaceable – Kerri-Ann (Raglan Road/Mercury)
      Five Boroughs – KRS One (Jive)
      One Way ’98 – The Levellers (China)
      How Crazy Are You – Meja (Columbia)
      Judgement Day – Method Man (Mercury)
      Given Up – Mirrorball (Multiply)
      Stolen Car – Beth Orton (Heavenly)
      Who’s The Badman – Dee Patten (Higher Ground)
      Act Like You Know – Phat’n’Phunky feat. Kenny Thomas (Riversal/MCA)
      Gimme Some More / Tear The Roof – Busta Rhymes (Elektra/East West)
      The Flame – Sebadoh (Domino)
      Jump, Jive & Wail – Brian Setzer (Universal)
      They All Laughed – Frank Sinatra (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
      High Energy – Slip’n’Shift (Positiva)
      She Talks To Rainbows EP: Bye Bye Baby / You Can’t Put Your Arms Around
      A Memory / She Talks To Rainbows / Don’t Worry Baby – Ronnie Spector
      (Creation) – Winds Of Change – Sunday Club (Stress)
      I Surrender – David Sylvian (Virgin)
      Day After Day -/ Tequila – Terrorvision (Total Vegas/EMI)
      Westside – T.Q. (Clockwork/Epic)
      When I Wake Up – Umajets (Clear Spot)
      Hall Of Fame EP Vol. 1 – v.a. (-)
      Rush Hour EP – v.a. (Mercury)

    January 25th :

      All In All – 187 Lockdown (East West Dance)
      Centrefold – Adam Austin (Media/Powerhouse/MCA)
      All The Money’s Gone – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
      Make Up Your Mind – Bassjumpers (Jive)
      Maria – Blondie (RCA)
      I Like – The Boyz (East West)
      [tba] – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
      Red Series – Dave Clarke (Arista)
      The Power – Cynda (Jive)
      Doctor Green Thumb – Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      A Promise I Make – Dakota Moon (Elektra)
      El Paraiso – Dee-Tah (ffrr)
      555 – Delakota (Go.Beat/Polydor)
      The Lovers – Desert Eagle Discs (Boilerhouse!/Rhythm King)
      Waiting – The Devlins (Universal)
      National Express – The Divine Comedy (Setanta)
      These Are The Times – Dru Hill (Island Black Music)
      Rust – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
      Lean On Me – Kirk Franklin feat. Bono, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly,
      Crystal Lewis & The Family (Universal)
      When I Grow Up – Garbage (Mushroom)
      Only Lonely – Hootie & The Blowfish (Atlantic/East West)
      La Buena Vida ’99 – Inner City feat. Paris Grey (KMS)
      Game Over – Ken Ishii (R&S)
      [tba] – Jewel (Atlantic)
      Fingers – Joy (Virgin)
      Leaving On A Jet Plane – Chantelle Krevusiak (Epic)
      High Rise Town – The Lanterns (Columbia)
      Queue – Sean Lennon (Grand Royal/Capitol)
      Revolution – Liberty 37 (Beggars Banquet) * Your Twisted Sister EP – Little Mothers (Island Black Music)
      Bog Wheels – The Llama Farmers (Beggars Banquet)
      Crazy – Lucid (Indirect/Delirious/ffrr)
      Six (EP) / The Church Of The Drive-Thru Elvis / But The Trains Run On
      Time / Never Again – Mansun (Parlophone)
      Push Yer Hands Up [rm] – Kurtis Mantronik (Oxygen Music Works)
      Whiskey In The Jar – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
      What You Gonna Do – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      Party Song – My Town (Universal)
      [tba] – Nas (Columbia)
      [tba] – Nine Yards (Virgin)
      Yakalelo – Nomads (Epic)
      People Are Strange – Stina Nordenstam (East West)
      Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – The Offspring (Epitaph)
      Secrets – Mike Oldfield (WEA)
      [tba] – Peshay (Mo Wax)
      Every Me & Every You – Placebo (Elevator Music/Hut/Virgin)
      I’ll Be That – Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)
      Rama Communication – State Of Bengal (One Little Indian)
      Being You [ri] – Superior (Virgin)
      My Little Secret – Xscape (So So Def/Columbia)

    February 1st :

      Escape That – 4hero (Talkin Loud)
      Enjoy Yourself – A+ (Kedar/Universal)
      Boy You Knock Me Out – Tatyana Ali feat. Will Smith (MJJ/Epic)
      Eden – Sarah Brightman (Coalition)
      Hot Spot – Foxy Brown (DefJam/Mercury)
      I Honour You – Canibus (Universal)
      Erase & Rewind – The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor)
      (You Got Me) Burnin’ Up – Cevin Fisher’s Big Freak(Subversive/Wonderboy/PolyGram TV)
      Denise – Fountains Of Wayne (Tag/Atlantic/East West)
      Body – Funky Green Dogs (Twisted UK/MCA)
      Whats So Different – Ginuwine (Epic)
      Taboo – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
      How Will I Know – Jessica (Jive)
      Electronic Shadows – Juantrip (F Comm.)
      Rush – Kleshay (Jerv/Epic)
      Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
      Mystical Machine Gun – Kula Shaker (Columbia)
      Crazy – The Moffats (Chrysalis)
      My Only Love – Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West)
      The Living Dream [rm] – Sundance (React)
      Writing To Reach You – Travis (Independiente)
      Be There [Unreal – rm] – UNKLE feat. Ian Brown (Mo Wax)

    February 8th :

      Test The Theory – Audioweb (Mother)
      [tba] – Charlie Baltimore (Untertainment/East West)
      Killin’ Time [rm] – Tina Cousins (Jive)
      You Gotta Be – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
      If You Really Want To Know – Marc Dorsey (Jive)
      Leech – Eve 6 (RCA)
      Rocket Soul Music – Funky Porcini (Mo Wax)
      As Good As It Gets – Gene (Costermonger/Polydor)
      You Don’t Knoww Me – Armand van Helden (ffrr)
      Hazel -/ Sally – Loop Da Loop (Manifesto)
      Matrimony – Maxwell (Columbia)
      She’s Looking For Me – Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
      [tba] – Alanis Morisette (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      Heart & Shoulder – Heather Nova (Big Cat/V2) * Extended Play EP: Crash! / You Want It Back / 360=B0 / Props Vote Of
      Gratitude – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
      It’s Over – Rimes (Universal)
      Better Best Forgotten – Steps (Jive)
      Step Out – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
      [tba] – Tindersticks (This Way Up)
      Don’t Jump In Front Of My Train – Whistler (Wiiija)

    February 15th :

      Ain’t No Sunshine – 4 The Cause (RCA)
      I Still Believe – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
      Strong Enough – Cher (WEA)
      Runaway [ri] – Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
      Anything But Down – Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
      X-Factor – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      Written In Stars – Elton & Leann Rimes John & LeAnn Rimes(Rocket/Mercury)
      My Love – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
      Faith – Limp Bizkit (-)
      Just For The Sex Of It – Livin’ Joy (Undiscovered/Universal-MCA)
      [tba] – Lulu (Dome)
      Everyday Girl – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)

    February 22nd :

      Pink [ri] – Aerosmith (Columbia)
      Walk My Way – Mathew Marsden (Viper/Columbia)
      Style – Orbital (ffrr)
      This Feeling – Puressence (Island)

    March 1st :

      Tender Is The Night – Blur (Food/Parlophone)
      [tba] – Cranberries (Island)
      Tsunami – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)

    March 8th :

      Blame It On The Weatherman – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
      [tba] – Deus (Island)
      [tba] – Alex Reece (Fourth&Broadway)
      I Got Something To Say – Reef (Sony S=B2)

    March 15th :

      Push Upstairs – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own)

    March 29th :

      Once In A Lifetime – Texas (Mercury)

    Other forthcoming releases

    JANUARY :

      Love Me – 112 feat. Mase (Bad Boy/Arista)
      Changes – 2pac (Jive) ~ Inside Out – Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
      Share The Tears – Poppers pres. Aura (Neo)
      Breakers Revenge – Arthur Baker (Freskanova)
      Come Correct – Before Dark (RCA)
      If You Need A Man – Bon Garcon (Rotating)
      The Chain – Breeder (Rhythm Syndicate)
      The Bomb ’99 (Bootleg. No. 1) – Kenny ‘Dope’ pres. The Bucketheads(Henry Street/Positiva)
      Feels Good – Cam’ron (Untertainment/Epic)
      [tba] EP – Chicks (Supremo)
      Touch Of Love – Cleopatra (WEA)
      Let Us Replay – Coldcut (Ninja Tune)
      Party Lick-A-Ble’s – Bootsy Collins (Black Culture/WEA)
      [tba] – Cuba (4AD)
      Somehow, Somewhere – Deep Sensation (Guidance)
      Gotta Know Ya – Dubalicious Flava (Rotating)
      Never Far From You – Todd Edwards (-)
      Day Mission – The Effect (VC/Virgin)
      Passion – Elate (VC)
      Revelations – Electrique Boutique (Continental)
      Tomorrow – Kim English (Nervous)
      We Are Love – DJ Eric (Duty Free)
      Touch Sensitive / Fold In Money – The Fall (Artful)
      Bet Ya Man Can’t – Fat Joe (Big Beat)
      The Sound Of Lovers – Fat Lip (U-Bahn)
      [tba] – Adam F. feat. Beenie Man (Feverpitch/Positiva)
      Rock To The Beat – Funky DL (Utmost?)
      Korean Bodega – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
      Chicago – Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
      It’s Not Right, But It’s OK -/ If I Told You That – Whitney Houston(Arista)
      When I Argue I See Shapes – Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
      Got A Message – I-Kon feat. Angie Brown (TP)
      Fuck Off – Jayne County (Taktix)
      A Dread At The Control ’98 – The Julia Set (Barclay)
      Who Loves You (EP) – Kashif (Expansion)
      747 – Kent (RCA Victor)
      The Sun Goes Down (Livin’ It Up) – Level 42 & Omar (Polydor)
      Hold Me – Brian McKnight (Motown)
      Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista)
      A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / No Matter What – Meat Loaf(Virgin)
      Do You Feel Me – Men Of Vizion (MJJ/Epic)
      Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp – Mercury Rev (V2)
      As – George Michael feat. Mary J. Blige (Epic)
      Street Symphony – Monica (Arista)
      Learning To Fly – Mothers Pride (Heat)
      Circles – Mustafa & Natalia (Yellorange)
      You’re My Everything – Myron (Island Black Music)
      The Real Thing – Naturale (Reality)
      You Get What You Give – New Radicals (MCA)
      I Can’t See – Nicole feat. Cam’ron (Gold Mind/Elektra/East West) – [tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
      Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam (Epic)
      Hardcore Power – Pleasure (DP)
      Roc-In-It – DeeJay Punk-Rocv vs. Onyx (Airdog/Independiente)
      Generator – Radiator (Chrysalis)
      Divine Sounds – Rae & Christian (Grand Central)
      Try Everything – Republica (Deconstruction)
      Licky, Licky Tasty – Rhythm Trip feat. Zeena Guizar (4 Real)
      Just Can’t Get Enough – Harry Choo Choo Romero (Subliminal)
      Speeding Up The Beats – Mr. Roy (East West)
      Ooh I Love It (Love Break) – Salsoul Orchestra (Sugar Daddy)
      [tba] – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
      Looking For Sparks – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
      [tba] – Seal (Warner Bros.)
      Good Love – Shiro feat. Lord Tariq (Noo Trybe/Virgin)
      Dance Yourself Dizzy – Soraya (London)
      Can’t Get Enough [rm] – Soulsearcher (Soulfuric)
      Freak It – Studio 54 (Azuli)
      Joy – Subcity feat. Kathy Brown (Definitive)
      Tonite – Supercar (-)
      Girls Of The Night – Surreal Madrid (Fused & Bruised)
      Bulgarian – Travel (Tidy Trax)
      I Want Your Love – Roger Sanchez pres. Twilight (Perpetual)
      Pressure – Ultra Nat=E9 (Strictly Rhythm)
      Volume 4 – Untidy Dubs (Untidy Trax/Tidy Trax) – [tba] – Utah Saints feat. Iggy Pop (Echo-East West)
      Highs & Lows – Waste (Jealous)

    FEBRUARY :

      Keep On – Aquarius (Spirit)
      Jugs For Sale – Howie B (Pussyfoot)
      One Week – Barenaked Ladies (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
      Get On Up – Capriccio (-)
      [tba] – The Chemical Brothers (JBO/V2)
      Walk Like A Panther – Tony Christie (-)
      Une Very Stylish Fille – Dimitri From Paris (Yellow)
      All Night Long – Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
      It’s About The Groove – Freddy Fresh (Eye Q)
      Lovesong – Furslide (Meanwhile/Virgin)
      This Party Sucks – Fused (Epic-Columbia)
      Slide – Goo Goo Dolls (Edel UK)
      Egyptian Magician – Armand van Helden (Eukahouse)
      Dinner With Gershwin – Lenny Johnson (The Records)
      All In My Mind – Lovestation (Fresh)
      House Music (In My Brain) – Mark NRG (Tripoli Trax)
      Dog Day – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
      [tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
      Children [rm] – Robert Miles (Deconstruction/RCA)
      Kenny’s Dead – Mister P. (Virgin)
      I’m Lonely – Hollis P. Monroe (XL)
      24 Hours – Next Of Kin (Universal)
      Turn Around – Phats & Small (Boo)
      1999 [rm] – Prince (NPG)
      Vita Mia – Cliff Richard feat. Vincenzo La Scola (EMI)
      Break Me, Shake Me – Savage Garden (Columbia)
      Dream – Serious Danger (Fresh)
      [tba] – Somatic (Universal)
      Children – Tilt (Deconstruction)
      [tba] – Ultrasound (Nude)

    MARCH :

      [tba] – Rick Astley (-)
      What It’s Like – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
      Joy – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
      Afrika Shox – Leftfield feat. Afrika Bambaataa (Hard Hands/Columbia)
      Mambo ’99 – Mucho Mambo (Ministry Of Sound)

    APRIL :

      My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
      [tba] – Westside (RCA)

    MAY :

      Oh Jim – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Adam Rickit (Polydor)

    JULY :

      [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)

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    Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

  • No-one! The top 5 goes like this :
  • 1 Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You
  • 2 George Michael – Ladies And Gentlemen: The Best Of
  • 3 The Corrs – Talk On Corners
  • 4 Steps – Step One
  • 5 Boyzone – Where We Belong

    New releases :

    January 4th 1999 :

      Hard Knock Life – Vol. 2 – Jay-Z (Northwestside)
      Step Up To The Microphone – Newsboys (Virgin)
      A Few Useful Tips On Living Underground – James Taylor Quartet (Acid Jazz)

    January 11th :

      By Your Side – The Black Crowes (Columbia) ~ [tba] – Cha Cha Cohen (Chemikal Underground)
      Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up – Ani diFranco (Cooking Vinyl)
      The Dance Album – Engelbert Humperdinck (The Hit Label)
      Favourirte Songs From The Hit TV Series – Minty (Virgin)
      Good Ways – Sizzla (Brick Wall)

    January 18th :

      Bengali Bantam Youth Experience – Black Star Liner (WEA)
      An Introduction To … – Black Uhuru (Island)
      Out Loud – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
      An Introduction To … – John Cale (Island)
      An Introduction To … – Julian Cope (Island)
      Wonderland Park – Ednaswap (Island)
      Chicken Shack Blues – Tommy Guerrero (Mo Wax)
      [tba] – Hysteric Ego (WEA)
      Stamina – The Junket (Deceptive)
      Cheap Pearls & Whiskey Dreams – Love & Money (Fontana/Mercury)
      It’s A Beautiful Thing – Keith Murray (Jive-Loud/RCA)
      Ghetto Fabulous – Mystical (Jive)
      Public Image Ltd. – Public Image Ltd. (Virgin)
      Hits – Spice 1 (Jive)
      The Best Of … – Steppenwolf (Universal)

    January 25th :

      There It Is – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
      I See A Darkness – Bonnie Prince Billy (Domino)
      1999 – Cassius (Virgin)
      Caravan Beyond Redemption – Cathedral (Earache)
      Uneasy Listening – Umpteen Years Of Chumbawamba – Chumbawamba (EMI)
      Let Us Replay – Coldcut (Ninja Tune)
      [tba] – King Crimson (Virgin)
      Your Twisted Sister – Little Mothers (Island)
      The Essential – Lynard Skynard (MCA)
      The Other Two – The Other Two (London)
      Feng Shui – Q Burn’s Abstract Message (Virgin)
      The Sebadoh – Sebadoh (Domino)
      Da Joint – Melkey Sedek (Universal)
      The Slow Motion World Of Snow Pony – Snow Pony (Universal)
      Ultra – Ultra (East West)
      Thugged Out – Yuk Mouth (Virgin)

    February 1st :

      Dead Bees On A Cake – David Sylvian (Virgin)

    February 8th :

      The Last True Family Man – Freddie Fresh (Eye-Q)
      [tba] – Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
      Middle Of Nowhere – Orbital (ffrr)
      Knock Knock – Smog (Domino)

    February 15th :

      No Exit – Blondie (RCA)
      Chapter 1: A New Beginning – The Moffats (Chrysalis)
      All Systems Gone – Presence (Pagan)

    February 22nd :

      Stunt – Barenaked Ladies (Warner Bros.)
      [tba] – Blackstreet (Interscope)
      [tba] – Gene (Costermonger/Polydor)
      [tba] – Van Morrison (Virgin)

    March 1st :

      [tba] – Aerosmith (Columbia)
      Promises – The Cranberries (Island)
      Everybody’s Somebody – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
      Mind & Body – Model 500 (R&S)
      Beaucoup Fish – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own/V2)

    March 8th :

      Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts – Kula Shaker (Columbia)
      Central Reservation – Beth Orton (Heavenly)
      Dark Dancer – Les Rhythmes Digitales (Wall Of Sound)
      Performance & Cocktails – Stereophonics (V2)

    Other forthcoming releases

    JANUARY :

      Out Of Alda – Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
      Read My Sign – Bell Book & Candle (Logic/Arista)
      Rotating Evidence – Dee-Tah (ffrr)
      Falling For You – Tony Di Bart (Cleveland City)
      Joe’s 90s – Joe Dolan (EMI)
      Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Fierce (Wildstar)
      [tba] – Major Force (Island)
      Say Who – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
      Recycle – New Order (London)
      The Roadhouse Garden – Prince (-)
      Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
      [tba] – Straw (WEA)

    FEBRUARY :

      [tba] – B.T. (Renaissance)
      Death By Cuba – Cuba (4AD)
      The New – The Fall (Artful)
      Archive Crash – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
      Class Reunion 1999 – Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
      [tba] – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
      Maledictions – Grand Mal (Slash/London)
      [tba] – INOJ (SoSoDef/Columbia)
      Instinct – Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin)
      Picnic With The Greys – Mad Doctor X (Freskanova)
      Demons – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
      [tba] – Moby (Mute)
      Where Do We Go From Here – Nine Yards (Virgin)
      Happy Hour – N-Trance (All Around The World)
      [tba] – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
      [tba] – Purity (Tommy Boy)
      [tba] – Rage Against The Machine (Epic)
      Learning Curve – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
      Anomie & Bonhomie – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
      The Program – Serious Danger (Fresh)
      [tba] – Waste (Jealous)

    MARCH :

      Premiers Symptomes – Air (Virgin)
      [tba] – Aqua (Universal)
      Social Dancing – Bis (Wiiija)
      [tba] – Andrea Bocelli (Universal)
      One Advice, Space – Deus (Independiente)
      [tba] – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
      [tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
      Whitey Ford Sings The Blues – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
      Utopia Parkway – Fountains Of Wayne (Atlantic/East West)
      Leisurenoise – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Elton John (Rocket/Mercury)
      Lovestation – Lovestation (Fresh)
      [tba] – No Doubt (Interscope)
      [tba] – Somatic (Universal)
      [tba] – Suede (Nude)
      Fan Mail – TLC (LaFace/Arista)
      Everything Picture – Ultrasound (Nude)
      [tba] – Neil Young (WEA)

    APRIL :

      [tba] – Cast (Polydor)
      Bring The Noise 2000 – Public Enemy (Def Jam/Mercury)
      [tba] – Soul Assassins (Columbia)
      [tba] – Sting (A&M/Mercury)
      [tba] – Supergrass (Parlophone)

    MAY :

      God’s Big Spaceship – Gomez (Hut/Virgin)

    COMPILATIONS :

    January 4th 1999 :

      Athletico – A Compilation – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Blue Note Club Culture – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Movie & TV Themes – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Practical Magic OST – v.a. (Warner Sunset/Reprise)
      Swaraj – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      The Best Of Acid Jazz Vol. 3 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 14 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 15 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 16 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)

    January 11th :

      Acid Jazz: Jazz – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Acid Jazz: Mo’ Jazz – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      A Cosmic Journey – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Buckingham Palace – v.a. (District 6)
      Hazardous Dub Vol. 1 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Little Voice OST – v.a. (EMI)
      Lullabies With A Difference – v.a. (BMG)
      Maximum Hardcore – v.a. (VirginEMI)
      Meet Joe Black OST – v.a. (Universal)
      The Best Club Anthems In The World … Ever! ’99 – v.a. (Virgin)
      The Best Club Anthems In The World … Ever! IV – v.a. (Virgin)
      Totally Wired – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 3 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 4 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 5 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 7 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)
      Totally Wired Vol. 8 – v.a. (Acid Jazz/ffrr)

    January 18th :

      Locked On Vol. III – v.a. (VirginEMI)
      Protection – v.a. (Earth Love Fund)
      The End – Vol. 1 – v.a. (XL)
      This Is … R&B – v.a. (Beechwood)
      Ultimate Funk – v.a. (Beechwood)

    January 25th :

      Classic Garage – v.a. (Mastercuts)
      Island 40 – Vol. 5 – Reggae Roots – v.a. (Island)
      Sleepless Nights – v.a. (Xtravaganza/Edel)
      Strictly Garage – v.a. (Beechwood)

    February 1st :

      Nings & Roundabouts – v.a. (Fierce Panda)

    FEBRUARY :

      The Dirtschamber Sessions Vol. 1 – v.a. (XL)

    MARCH :

      On The Floor At The Boutique – Mixed By Fatboy Slim – v.a. (Skint)
      Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats – v.a. (Tommy Boy)

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    Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

    I’ve slightly reorganised the Top 50 of 1998, swapping around 5 of the”Nos. 11-50″ with “the rest”.

    3. Brand New Heavies: Shelter

    A year and a week ago, this was the fourth single and the title track fromtheir current album, and it’s did very poorly, only making No.31, compared tothe others which hovered under the Top 10, save for “You’ve Got A Friend”which made No.9 in October 1997, although it was “You Are The Universe” whichmade my Top 50 of that year.

    One difference between this and the others is that it’s sung by one of theblokes in the band instead of Siedah Garrett.

    The end bit :

    Well, that’s it for now. If you want to be added to the WidescreenVideo and Laserdisc lists, just mail me atCharts Request to tell me.

    Bye for now,

    Dominator

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