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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 : 7 new entries, 3 climbers, 3 non-movers & 27 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…
7 new entries:
Well, it goes to show that if you piss your fans about by cancelling concertsand putting your album release back because it’s “not ready”, they won’t thankyou for it.
Instead why not just try releasing an album of crap songs, aside from onewith involvement from the Pet Shop Boys, and watch all your singles jump intothe Top 5 with ease…
1 Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca *1st Week at No.1*Energetic Latino music and the sort of thing that sells a lot of records insummer, but it doesn’t leave a lasting impression.
He’s being sold over here as the next Big Thing to hit the UK, but if that’s thecase then why did he disappear off the face of the planet after his previous(and before this single, only) single, “Un, Dos, Tres, Maria” made No.6 inSeptember 97. Why couldn’t his record company have spared us the pain?
This is the 20th single to go straight in at No.1.
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
July 5th :Alice Dee Jay Better Off AloneAphrodite Woman That RollsBarlow, Gary StrongerBis DetourBlockster GroovelineBlur Coffee & TV (12″)Cardigans Hanging AroundCarroll, Dina Without LoveCatatonia LondiniumDe Lange, Isle Flying BlindDef Leppard PromisesDestiny’s Child Bills, Bills, BillsElectronic Late At NightFridge Of EPFunky Green Dogs Can’t Help ItJ-88 The Look Of LoveManic Street Preachers TsunamiMartin, Ricky La Vida LocaMazelle, Kym A Place In My HeartMerz Many Weathers ApartMullins, Shawn ShimmerOoberman Million Sun’sOrbital Nothing LeftPeshay BluePhats & Small September ’99Roxette AnyoneSasha Expander E.P.Sepultura TBCShaboom Sweet SensationSkribble, DJ Everybody Come OnUltrasound Aire & CalderWestlife If I Let You Go July 12th :Art Of Trance Madagascar (Remix)Blue Nature A Life So ChangedCaprice Oh YeahCassius TBCCast Magic HourDoolally Straight From The HeartFreestylers Here We GoHell CopaMadness TBCMarlo How Do I KnowOrton, Beth Central ReservationShanice When I Close My EyesVan Helden, Armand Boogie MonstersYomanda Synth & Strings July 19th :Basement Jaxx Rendez-VuBrown, Jennifer AliveClock Sunshine DayEminem Guilty ConscienceGrooves, Scott/Parliament Mothership ReconnectionJames TBCKeating, Ronan When You Say Nothing At AllMartin, Billy Ray HoneyMasters At Work & India To Be In LoveMorisson, Mark My Best FriendPet Shop Boys I Don’t Know What You WantPlanet Perfecto Feat Not Over Yet ’99Richard, Cliff The MiracleSmash Mouth All StarTyrese Nobody Else July 26th :Animal House Animal House EPCostello, Elvis SheDe-Ryus Grass Aint GreenerDope Smugglaz Double Double DutchSpace Raiders (I Need The) Disko Doktor 2nd August :All Seeing I 1st Man In SpaceBlackstreet Think About YouBrand New Heavies Saturday NightMonica Angel Of MineWestlife If I Let You Go 9th August :Salt N Pepa Gitty Up 16th August :La’s, The There She GoesThis week there are new entries for
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
Other forthcoming releases JULY :- [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
29. Indo – R U SleepingA one-hit wonder from April last year, this made No.31 and received plentyof airplay on Galaxy 102FM. At first I thought the chorus for this was“Are You Felippe”, but now I know different.
Not a bad tune either and I never thought I’d spend most of my in-carradio-listening tuned to a dance music station. I still do listen to it alot. Well, either them or Classic FM…
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
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.