56 (52) Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes

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This week: 3 new entries, 4 chart, 0 re-entering, 8 climbing, 4 not moving & 21 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…

3 new and 0 re-entering and 4 chart entries :
• 37 The Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres
• 34 FHM High Street Honeys – I Touch Myself
• 29 (44 CH) Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around Comes Around
• 25 (65 CH) Ericke – The Beat Is Rockin’
• 21 (49 CH) 2pac – Pac’s Life
• 20 (53 CH) Jessica Simpson – A Public Affair
• 2 Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Bowling For Soup – High School Never Ends
• 36 Freemasons Ft Siedha Garrett – Rain Down Love
• 35 Nas – Hip Hop is Dead
• 34 Jamie T – Calm Down Dearest
• 31 Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
• 27 Amy Winehouse – Rehab
• 22 Kasabian – Me Plus One

8 climbing :

• 6 (10) The Fray
• 10 (23) Gwen Stefani
• 13 (19) Kelis
• 17 (30) Take That
• 18 (28) Sophie Ellis Bextor
• 19 (37) Nelly Furtado
• 23 (24) Snow Patrol
• 31 (39) Beyonce

4 not moving :

• 1 Mika
• 3 Just Jack
• 5 Mason
• 9 Akon & Snoop Dogg

and 21 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 11 (4) Bloc Party
• 35 (26) Lady Sovereign

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 44 Lily Allen – Alfie
• 50 Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
• 51 Omarion – Ice Box
• 57 Cascada – I Need A Miracle
• 62 Mika – Lollipop
• 66 Ludacris – Runaway Love
• 70 Simon Webbe – My Soul Pleads For You
• 73 The Feeling – Rose

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Snow Patrol: Open Your Eyes
[Eyes Open]

56 (52) Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes

A storming track, starting off softly before blasting out all over the place, it was used during thefinale of last year’s ER season as a shootout left Abby collapsing in a pool of blood – but her baby wasjust born a little premature and she hadn’t miscarried, and Kovac had been stabbed with a paralysingagent, Veck, which actually would’ve done little to incapacitate a big hulking bastard like him, andas we saw at the start of season 13, Kerry wandered in and saw the pair of them moments later so everythingwas fine after all.

Anyway, back to the music and this one is superb. Miss it at your peril. Cool video as well, as it usesfootage from C’était un rendez-vous (“It was a date”), a short film made in 1976 by Claude Lelouch, showingan eight-minute drive through Paris at 5:30 A.M.

FHM High Street Honeys:
I Touch Myself

34 FHM High Street Honeys – I Touch Myself

I haven’t heard this but I can imagine this cover of the Divinyl’s 16-year-old Top 10 hit featuringthe FHM girls supposedly singing while wearing bikinis and pretending to touch themselves beforepretending further to be lesbians, just to fulfil teenage wank fantasies.

Mika: Grace Kelly
[Life In Cartoon Motion]

1 (1) Mika – Grace Kelly *4th Week at No.1*

He looks a bit weird and he sounds like Freddie Mercury. He’ll go a long way.

New releases :

Snow Patrol: Open Your Eyes
[Eyes Open]

February 12th:

+44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
A Million Billion – Volcano Season
Acoustic Ladyland – Cuts And Lies
Akon feat Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Love U
Amp Fiddler – Ridin’
Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5.55 (7”)
Cherish – Unappreciated
Ch!pz – Cowboy
Cooper – Dias De Cine (EP)
Coral Sea – Look At Her Face
Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Like To
Dance Nation – Move Your Love
Danity Kane – Showstopper
Decemberists – O Valencia (7”)
Emma Bunton – All I Need To Know
The Enemy – It’s Not OK
The Energies – Life Begins
Fear Of Music – We Are Not The Enemy (EP)
The Feeling – Rosé
Forward Russia! – Don’t Be A Doctor (10”)
HUBB – I Love Ya, I Don’t Even Know Ya
IV Thieves – Take This Heart
Jack Savoretti – Dreamers
Jesse Malin – Dont Let Them Take You Down (7”)
Joe Buhdha presents Klashnekoff – My Life
Lavender Diamond – The Cavalry Of Light (EP)
Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family – She Painted Pictures
Ludacris – Runaway Love
Marissa Nadler – Diamond Heart
Mark Morrison – Dance 4 Me
Metric – Empty (7”)
My Federation – Honey Bee
Plans & Apologies – Spiderz In The Bar
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Desecration Smile
Revelations – If I Called You On The Telephone (7”)
Royseven – I’m Revived
Simon Webbe – My Soul Pleads For You
Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes
Starzoom – Billie Jean (People Always Told Me)
The Sugars – Monsters [Limited]
Towers Of London – I’m A Rat
Vibekingz feat Maliq – Like The Wind

February 19th:

4 Hero – Morning Child / Bed Of Roses
30 Seconds To Mars – Attack
Apartment – Pressures
Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow (7”)
Beyonce – Listen
Billy Talent – Fallen Leaves (7”)
Captain – Keep An Open Mind
Cat Power – The Greatest
Cinematics – Keep Forgetting
Cushh – Do It 2 Me (To)
Deaf Stereo – Youth In Movement
Dragonette – Jesus Doesn’t Love Me Any more
The Early Years – The Great Awakening (EP)
Envy Corps – Story Problem (EP)
Fedde Le Grand presents The Flamingo Project – Take No Shhh
The Fray – How To Save A Life
Goose – Low Mode (7”)
Grinderman – No p**** Blues
Hannah Montana – The Best Of Both Worlds
Hanson – Go
Harrisons – Monday’s Arms
Iain Archer – Minus Ten
Incognito – That’s The Way Of The World
Junior Jack – Dare Me (Stupidisco)
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Kelis feat Cee-Lo – Lil Star
The Knife – Marble House
Kreeps – Everyone I Went To School With Is Dead
M Ward – To Go Home (EP)
Magic Numbers – This Is A Song
Mr Hudson & The Library – Too Late Too Late
Mumm-Ra – What Would Steve Do?
Murder By Death – Brother
Nathan – Do Without My Love
Nayo – African Girl
Omarion – Ice Box
OneTwo – Cloud 9
Passenger – Wicked Man’s Rest
Plan B – No Good
Ripps – Loco
The Secret Show – Lovers (7”)
Sophie Ellis Bextor – Catch You
Stacie Orrico – So Simple
Unkle Bob – Put A Record On
Violets – Foreo
Willy Mason – Save Myself

February 26th:

Alexisonfire – Boiled Frogs
All Saints – Chick Fit
Badly Drawn Boy – Journey From A To B
Big Brovaz – Big Bro Thang
Big Strides – Always Together
Bluetones – Surrendered
Brakes – Cease And Desist
Capdown – Surviving The Death Of A Genre
Cascada – Miracle
Charlotte Hatherley – I Want You To Know
CSS – Off The Hook
Gwen Stefani feat Akon – The Sweet Escape
The Horrors – Gloves
Howling Bells – Low Happening
Idlewild – No Emotion
John Legend – P.D.A. (We Just Don’t Care)
Kelly Llorenna – I Will Love Again
Killers – Read My Mind
Kubichek – Nightjoy
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Lil’ Chris – Figure It Out
Los Campesinos – We Throw Parties You Throw Knives
Maccabees – About Your Dress
Meat Loaf – Blind As A Bat
Misha Williams – Unexpectedly
Pepe Deluxe – Pussycat Rock
The Pierces – Sticks And Stones (7”)
The Pigeon Detectives – Romantic Type
Richard Swift – Kisses For The Misses
Rob McCulloch – Six Of One
Rogue Traders – Way To Go
Shameless feat Plan B – No Hats No Trainers
Stefy – Chelsea
Strandbeat – I Luv U (Oh Yes)
Sunshine Underground – Borders
Take That – Shine
Tenacious D – tba
Tracey Thorn – It’s All True
Unklejam – Love Ya
Wi-Fi feat Melanie M – Be Without You

March 5th:

1990s – See You At The Lights
The Aliens – Setting Sun
Bat For Lashes – Prescilla
Bees – Who Cares What The Question Is?
Biffy Clyro – Saturday Superhouse
Camille Jones Vs Fedde Le Grand – The Creeps
Christina Aguilera – Candyman
Enter Shikari – Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour
Faithless – Music Matters
Garbage – TBA
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – I Spy
Indiana Gregg – Sweet Things
Joss Stone – Tell Me ‘Bout It
Julie Feeney – Aching
Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around
KBC – Poisonous Emblem
Lemar – Tick Tock
Lily Allen – Shame For You / Alfie
Lucie Silvas – Sinking In
Manic Street Preachers – TBC
Matinee Club – Discoteque Francaise
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Public Symphony – Breakthrough
The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
Regina Spektor – Fidelity
Robbie Williams – She’s Madonna
Scissor Sisters – She’s My Man
Simply Red – So Not Over You
Tilly And The Wall – The Freest Man

March 12th:

Air – Once Upon A Time
Alex Gaudino feat Crystal Waters – Destination Unknown
Amerie – Take Control
The Blood Arm – Angela
Blood Red Shoes – It’s Getting Boring By The Sea
Cajun Dance Party – The Next Untouchable
Calvin Harris – Acceptable / In The 80’s
Fratellis – Baby Fratelli
Girls Aloud Vs Sugababes – Walk This Way
Good Shoes – Never Ment To Hurt You
Gruff Rhys – Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru [Download only]
Gym Class Heroes Ft Patrick Stump – Cupid’s Chokehold
The Holloways – Dancefloor
Houzecrushers – Touch Me
I Was A Cub Scout – I Hate Nightclubs
Iain Archer – Minus Ten
Infernal – I Won’t Be Crying
James Morrison – Undiscovered
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes
Rakes – We Danced Together
The Strange Death Of Liberal England – A Day Another Day
Westlife – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Working For A Nuclear Free City – Rocket (EP)

March 19th:

Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
Bill Callahan (Smog) – Diamond Dancer
The Bird And The Bee – My F***ing Boyfriend
Brett Anderson – Love Is Dead
Chow Chow – Dear Francis
Fergie feat Ludacris – Glamorous
Gareth Gates – Changes
Ghosts – Stay The Night
Hilary Duff – With Love
Hours – Love You More
Jamelia – No More
Maximo Park – Our Velocity
New Young Pony Club – The Bomb
Razorlight – I Can’t Stop This Feeling I’ve Got (7”)
Ross Copperman – As She Wrote
Thirteen Senses – All The Love In Your Hands
Tiny Dancers – I Will Wait For You
Twang – Wide Awake

March 26th:

Air Traffic – Charlotte
Alterkicks – Good Luck
Ayo – Down On My Knees
Chipz – Chipz In Black
Dragonette – I Get Around
Fields – Charming The Flames
Herman Dune – I Wish That I Could See You Soon
I Like Trains – Spencer Perceval
Kings Of Leon – On Call
Love Is All – Nothing To Be Done / Ageing Had Never Been His Friends (7”)
Marillion – TBA
Melanie C – I Want Candy
Noisettes – Count Of Monte Christo
Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
Robyn – Konichiwa Bitches
Sister Vanilla – Can’t Stop The Rock
Sixnationstate – Where Are You Now?

April 2nd:

Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
Erasure – I Could Fall In Love With You
Natasha Bedingfield – Babies
Shiny Toy Guns – You Are The One
Siobhan Donaghy – Don’t Give It Up

April 9th:

Nine Inch Nails – TBC
Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy (2007)

TBA:

30 Seconds To Mars – Attack (August 20th)
Amy MacDonald – Mr Rock And Roll (April 23rd)
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend
Beverley Knight – Black Butta
Bob Sinclar – Tennessee
Chamillionaire Ft Kelis – Not A Criminal (March)
Declan O’Rourke – No Brakes (30th October)
Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
El Presidente – Late Night Binges (April/May)
Evanescence – Sweet Sacrifice
Groove Armada – Get Down (April 16th)
Hanson – Go (April 16th)
Hinder – Lips Of An Angel (March)
Hot Chip – Arrest Yourself (February)
James Yorkston – Woozy With Cider (March)
Janet Jackson Ft Khia – So Excited (May 7th)
Jay-Z Ft Beyonce – Hollywood
Jennifer Lopez – Que Hiciste
Jesse McCartney – Just So You Know (February)
JoJo – How To Touch A Girl
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow
Mary J Blige – We Ride
McFly – Transylvania (April)
Meck Ft Dino – Feels Like Home (March)
Mika – Love Today (April 30th)
Muse – Invincible (February)
Mutya – Real Girl (April 16th)
Ne-Yo – Because Of You
Nylon – Only You (February)
P Diddy Ft Keyshia Cole – Last Night
Peter Kay & Matt Lucas – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (March)
Pink – Dear Mr. President
Rihanna Ft Sean Paul – Break It Off
Sandi Thom – Little Remedy
Scout Niblett – TBA (May 21st)
Shayne Ward – You Make Me Wish
Travis – Closer (April 23rd)
Vanessa Hudgens – Come Back To Me (July 9th)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Bloc Party:
A Weekend In The City

This week there are new entries for :
• 1 Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion
• 2 Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
• 3 Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High
• 11 Lesley Garrett – When I Fall In Love
• 35 Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards
• 39 Matt Monro – From Matt With Love
• 43 Bowling For Soup – The Great Burrito Extortion Case
• 47 Hours – Narcissus Road
• 58 Lady Sovereign – Public Warning
• 72 The Fray – How To Save A Life
• 75 Noisettes – What’s The Time Mr Wolf

Mika:
Life In Cartoon Motion

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion
• 2 Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
• 3 Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High
• 4 Norah Jones – Not Too Late
• 5 Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
• 6 The View – Hats Off To The Buskers
• 7 Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
• 8 Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
• 9 Jamie T – Panic Prevention
• 10 James Morrison – Undiscovered

New releases :

Jessica Simpson:
A Public Affair

February 12th:

Battle – Break The Banks
Bobby V-tino – Special Occasion
Bumblebeez – tba
Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae Deluxe Edition
Dartz! – This Is My Ship
The Fall – Reformation Post TLC
Indigo Girls – Despite Our Differences
Jessica Simpson – A Public Affair
L Pierre – Dip
Lisa Gerrard – The Best Of
The Little Ones – Sing-Song
Marissa Nadler – Songs III: Bird On The Water
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
OneTwo – Instead
Pharoahe Monch – Desire
Pink Grease – Mechanical Heart
Pop Levi – The Return To Form Black Magick Party
Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson In Crime
Tony Christie – Simply In Love
Van Morrison – At The Movies – Soundtrack Hits

February 19th:

Beastie Boys – Your Such A Sex Machine
Big Brovaz – Re Entry
Cherry Blackstone – Forget The Formula
Dive Dive – The Revenge Of The Mechanical Dog
Explosions In The Sky – All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Findlay Brown – Separated By The Sea
Goldrush – The Heart Is The Place
Hauschka – Room To Expand
High Llamas – Can Cladders
Lucinda Williams – Wes
Ludovico Einaudi – Divenire
Mendeed – The Dead Live By Love
Olvis – Bravado
Richard Swift – Dressed Up For The Letdown
Sarah Nixey – Sing, Memory
Erasure -On The Road To Nashville (Includes Bonus DVD)
Good Charlotte – Good Morning Revival
Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
Marilyn Manson – TBA
The Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Limited Edition with bonus DVD)

February 26th:

30 Seconds To Mars – A Beautiful Lie
Adriana Evans – El Camino
Amon Tobin – The Foley Room
Ciara – The Evolution
Dr Hook – Hits & History
Gus Gus – Forever
Hayley Westenra – Treasure
Idlewild – Make Another World
Infernal – From Paris To Berlin
IV Thieves – If We Can’t Escape My Pretty
Jesse Malin – Glitter In The Gutter
Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Malcolm Middleton – A Brighter Beat
Money Mark – Brand New By Tomorrow
MSTRKRFT – The Looks
Mules – Save Your Face
Neal Morse – Sola Scriptura
Omarion – 21
Paolo Nutini – Live At The Barra’s (CD+DVD)
Shakin’ Stevens – Now Listen
Chenai Zinyuki – The Unknown
Idlewild – Make Another World
Lucie Silvas – The Same Side
Mutya Buena – TBA
Nylon – 100% Nylon
Will.i.am – TBA

March 5th:

Air – Its A Pocket Symphony
Ash – TBA
Aqualung – Memory Man
Brian Ferry – Dylanesque
Charlotte Hatherly – The Deep Blue
Dido – TBA
Enrique Iglesias – My Love Is Your Life
Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone
Massive Attack – Weather Underground
Michael Penn – Palms And Runes, Tarot And Tea – A Michael Penn Collection
Natasha Bedingfield – Blank Canvas
!!! – Myth Takes
Ry Cooder – My Name Is Buddy
Stevie Nicks – The Best Of
Tracey Chapman – It’s All True
Willy Mason – If The Ocean Gets Rough

March 12th:

Annie Lennox – TBA
Belinda Carlisle – Viola
Ben Mils – Ben Mills
Beverley Knight – Music City Soul
Green Day – TBA
Gina G – Get Up And Dance
Kelly Clarkson – Couldn’t Stop
Maria Taylor – Lynn Teeter Flower
Mario – Go
Raymond Quinn – TBA (Can’t wait for this to flop)
Redman – Red Gone Wild
Simply Red – Stay
The Sounds – Dying To Say This To You
Windmill – Puddle City, Racing Lights

March 19th:

Avril Lavigne – Best Damn Thing
Bees – Octopus
Dub Pistols – Speakers And Tweeters
Enter Shikari – tba
Iggy Pop & The Stooges – The Weirdness
Garbage – Absoloute Garbage
Gorillaz – TBA
3 Doors Down – TBA
4Hero – TBA
515ers (Josh Homme) – TBA
The KBC – On The Beat
Journey South – Thats What I Love About Home
LCD Soundsystem – The Sound Of Silver
Low – Drums And Guns
Shiny Toy Guns – We Are Pilots
Type O Negative – Dead Again
Vincent Black Shadow – Vincent Black Shadow
Melanie C – TBA
Megadeth – United Abominations
Natalie Imbruglia – My Luck

March 26th:

A-ha – TBA
Andrea Corr – Present
Ben Moody – Can´t Regret What You Can´t Remember
Daniel Powter – Daniel Powter Deluxe Edition (Features special DVD and bonus tracks)
David Hasselhoff – Sings America
Duran Duran – Hits And More
JC Chasez – TBA
Maximo Park – TBA
Misha Williams – Take It Like It Is

April 2nd:

Lenny Kravitz – TBA
Shayne Ward – TBA
The Thrills – TBA
Upper Street – Upper Street

April 9th:

Liz McClarnon – Liz McClarnon
Maria Lawson – Maria Lawson (Re-Release)
Sophie Ellis Bextor – Trip The Light Fantastic (April 2007)

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2007.

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