72 (64) Rihanna – Take A Bow

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This week: 3 new entries, 2 re-entering, 0 chart, 13 climbing, 6 not moving & 16 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 2 re-entering and 0 chart entries :
• 5 Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat
• 15 Snow Patrol – Take Back The City
• 30 (45 RE) Jordin Sparks – Tattoo
• 33 (46 RE) Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
• 36 The Courteeners – That Kiss

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Noah & The Whale – 5 Years Time
• 38 Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
• 35 The Verve – Love Is Noise
• 34 Jonas Brothers – Burnin’ Up/When You Look Me In The Eyes
• 27 McFly – Lies

13 climbing :

• 3 (4) Sugababes – Girls
• 4 (6) Rihanna – Disturbia
• 6 (11) Ne-Yo – Miss Independent
• 9 (10) Gym Class Heroes feat. The Dream – Cookie Jar
• 11 (13) Jennifer Hudson – Spotlight
• 12 (20) Platnum – Love Shy
• 14 (18) Kanye West – Love Lockdown
• 22 (37) N-Dubz – Ouch
• 23 (25) Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown – No Air
• 28 (30) Miley Cyrus – See You Again
• 29 (32) Coldplay – Viva La Vida
• 34 (36) Keane – Spiralling
• 35 (39) MGMT – Kids

6 not moving :

• 1 Pink – So What
• 2 Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
• 7 Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
• 8 Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
• 21 MIA – Paper Planes
• 26 Jack White & Alicia Keys – Another Way To Die

and 26 going down. Big fallers include:

• 13 (5) Boyzone – Love You Anyway
• 16 (3) Oasis – Shock of the Boredom
• 20 (12) James Morrison – You Make It Real

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 46 The Ting Tings – Be The One
• 50 Chairlift – Bruises
• 51 Cage The Elephant – In One Ear
• 55 Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care
• 73 Miley Cyrus – 7 Things

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Rihanna: Take A Bow
[Good Girl Gone Bad]

72 (64) Rihanna – Take A Bow

YAWN! What a tedious ballad!

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The Ting Tings:
That’s Not My Name
[We Started Nothing]

61 (71) The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name

Very mediocre.

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Duffy: Mercy
[Rockferry]

66 (54) Duffy – Mercy

They say she’s the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn’t work for me.

Gabriella Cilmi:
Sweet About Me
[Lessons To Be Learned]

41 (38) Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me

Quite a decent, jaunty little track and one that sounds like an old Motown tune.

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Ne-Yo: Closer
[Year of the Gentleman]

37 (33) Ne-Yo – Closer

Predictable and uninteresting.

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Sam Sparro: Black & Gold
[Sam Sparro]

33 (46) Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

Funky as hell, this is a wonderful piece of music and the kind of thing that,when it does get released, normally gets overlooked, but here it’s all payingoff in spades.

I’ve never heard of Sam Sparro before, but here’s hoping we hear a lot morefrom him in the near future.

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Dizzee Rascal: Dance Wiv Me

31 (28) Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome – Dance Wiv Me

This track made No.1 originally based on downloads alone, but it’s rather mediocre anddidn’t deserve the top slot.

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Coldplay: Viva La Vida
[Viva La Vida…]

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

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

Eric Prydz: Pjanoo

32 (24) Eric Prydz – Pjanoo

Rather average and, wot, no fit women in much of the video??

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Kid Rock: All Summer Long
[Rock ‘n’ Roll Jesus]

27 (23) Kid Rock – All Summer Long

Lazy dance-ish track to the tune of Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of London.

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Will Young: Changes
[Let It Go]

25 (17) Will Young – Changes

Hmmm… he normally does fairly decent tracks since he shook off the ‘PopIdol’ beginnings, but this track started off okay and then just didn’t seemto know which musical direction to head off in!

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Oasis:
Shock of the Lightning
[Dig Out Your Soul]

16 (3) Oasis – Shock of the Lightning

Another typical raucous mess from Manchester’s most tired band.

Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
[One of the Boys]

7 (7) Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl

“Oh, look, I’m pretending to be a lesbian”. Bollocks.

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

2 (2) 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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Pink: So What?
[Funhouse]

1 (1) Pink – So What? *2nd Week at No.1*

So what, indeed?

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The Saturdays: Up
[Chasing Lights]

Oct 13th:

Andrea McEwan – Candle In A Chatroom
The Bishops – City Lights
Brian Houston – Oranges
Bromheads Jacket – Turn Me On
Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls (12”)
Crazy Cousinz feat Calista – Bongo Jam
CSS – Move
The Dears – Money Babies (7”)
Electrovamp – The Drinks Taste Better When They’re Free
Emiliana Torrini – Big Jumps
Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Know Why
Da Rebelz – Good 4 Me
Jane Ledsom and The Shouty Boys – 30 Down To Zero (Here Come The Hatters)
Jenny Lewis – Carpetbaggers (7”)[Limited]
Kid Carpet – Hitting The Wall (7”)
Kinch – Old Fashioned Love / Everybody’s Talking About It
The King Blues – My Boulder
Kooks – Sway
Leon Jackson – Don’t Call This Love
Lowline – Sound Of Music (7”)
MGMT – Kids
MIA – Paper Planes
The Music – Drugs (7”)
Natty – Bedroom Eyes
The Organ – Thieves (EP)
Outsiders feat Amanda Wilson – Keep This Fire Burning
Raghav feat Redman – My Kinda Girl
Reemer – Rockstar
Red Light Company – Scheme Eugene
Roisin Murphy – Movie Star / Slave To Love
Sash! – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)
Saturdays – Up
Snow Patrol – Take Back The City
Ting Tings – Be The One
Tricky – Slow (7”)
Wild Beasts – Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants (7”) [Limited]
Wiley – Summertime

Oct 20th:

AC/DC – Rock ‘N’ Roll Train
Anastacia – I Can Feel You
Bloc Party – Talons
Chairlift – Bruises
Charlatans – Oh Vanity
Computerclub – Before The Walls Came Down
Cut Off Your Hands – Happy As Can Be (EP)
Dee Grees Vs The Real Booty Babes – Apologize
Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care
Fight Like Apes – Jake Summers
Foo Fighters – tba
Frank Turner – Long Live The Queen
The Game feat Lil Wayne – My Life
Goldfrapp – Clowns
Hot Leg – Trojan Guitar
James Fox – Higher
Jeremy Warmsley – Dancing With The Enemy
Jordin Sparks – Tattoo
Keane – Lovers Are Losing
The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You
Morning Call – A Little Late
Noah & The Whale – Shape Of My Heart
Pigeon Detectives – Say It Like You Mean It
Ra Ra Riot – Ghost Under Rocks
Ramzi – Say Goodnight
Sam Taylor Wood with Pet Shop Boys – I’m In Love With A German Film Star
Sky Larkin – Fossil, I

Oct 27th:

Adele – Make You Feel My Love
Ava Leigh – La La La
Buzz Junkies feat Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives
Connected feat Max C – A Feeling
David Guetta – Tomorrow Can Wait
Dido – Don’t Believe In Love
Eugene McGuinness – Moscow State Circus (7”)
Girls Aloud – The Promise
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Katie Melua – Two Bare Feet
Laura Marling – Night Terror
Little Jackie – The Stoop
Lykke Li – Little Bit
The Paddingtons – Whats The Point In Anything New?
Primal Scream – Uptown
Razorlight – Wire To Wire
Robin Thicke – Magic
Roots Manuva – Let The Spirit
Stereophonics – You’re My Star
Stone Gods – Don’t Drink The Water
Sugars – Gossip / Way To My Heart (7”)
Team Water Polo – So Called Summer (7”) [Limited]
Tommy Sparks – I’m A Rope
Twisted Wheel – Lucy In The Castle
The Verve – Rather Be
The View – 5Rebbeccas
The Virgins – One Week Of Danger
Wave Machines – The Greatest Escape We Ever Made

Nov 3rd:

Alesha Dixon – The Boy Does Nothing
Beyonce – If I Was A Boy
Christina Aguilera – Keeps Gettin’ Better
David Jordan – Only Living Soul
Enter Shikari – We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us To Escape
Farley Jack Master Funk – Love Can’t Turn Around 2008
Filthy Dukes – Tupac Robot Club Rock
Herve feat Plastic Little – Cheap Thrills
Ida Maria – Oh My God
Kardinal Offishal feat Akon – Dangerous
Leona Lewis – Forgive Me
Madcon – Liar
Paul Carrack feat The Eagles – I Don’t Want To Hear Any More
Paul Weller – Sea Spray / 22 Dreams
Scouting For Girls – I Wish I Was James Bond
The Shortwave Set – Glitches ‘N’ Bugs
Sneaky Sound System – UFO
Tony Christie – Born To Cry
Tracy Chapman – Sing For You
VV Brown – Crying Blood (7”)
Youthmovies – Polyp (EP)

Nov 10th:

The Automatic – Magazines
Coldplay – Lost
Emmy The Great – We Almost Had A Baby
Enya – Trains and Winter Rains
Frankmusik – 3 Little Words (EP)
Gabriella Cilmi – Sanctuary
Grace Jones – William’s Blood
James Blunt – Love Love Love
The Kills – Tape Song
Liam Finn – Better To Be
Miley Cyrus – 7 Things
Nickelback – If Today Was Your Last Day
Oasis – I’m Outta Time
Same Difference – We R One
The Script – Break Even
Taio Cruz – I Just Wanna Know
Tom Jones – If He Should Ever Leave You
Twisted Wheel – Lucy The Castle

Nov 17th:

Alphabeat – What Is Happening
Asobi Seksu – Me & Mary (7”)
Chris Brown – Superhuman
Daniel Powter – The Best Of Me
Death Cab For Cutie – No Sunlight
John Barrowman – What About Us?
Jonas Brothers – Lovebug
Kid Rock – Roll On
Killers – Human
Koopa – Gimme It Back
Lemar – If She Knew
Santogold – Say A-ha
Skint & Demoralised – The Thrill Of 30 Seconds (7”)[Limited]
Usher feat Will I Am – What’s Your Name

Nov 24th:

Britney Spears – Womanizer
Christian Falk feat Robyn – Dream On
Clinic – Planetarium Of The Soul
Ladyhawke – My Delirium

Dec 1st:

HEARTSREVOLUTION – Ultraviolence
Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part

TBA:

Amy Studt – Nice Boys
Annagrace – You Make Me Feel
Atlanta – 5 Star Lover
Audio Bullys – Flickery Vision
Beat Players feat Lara McAllen – Piece Of Heaven
Black Affair – Japanese Happening
The Black Angels – Doves [8th Dec]
Blue Lagoon – Break My Stride
Captain – Echoes Of Fashion
Caramell – Caramelldansen
Cassie – Official Girl
Celine Dion – My Love
Champagne Riot – Paris & I (EP)
Christian Silva – Great To Begin
Clocks – She Wants Something Else
Cold War Kids – I’ve Seen Enough [8th Dec]
Coldplay – Prospekts March (EP) [26th Dec]
Constantines – Hard Feelings
Danny Bond feat Jennifer Jones – 3 Is Family
David Rubato – Deep Inside
Dizzee Rascal feat Lily Allen – Wannabe
Doug Walker – Obstacles
Duffy – Enough Love
E-Type – True Believer
Echo & The Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Everlast – Folsom Prison Blues
Eye Witness feat Charlene Oliver – I’ve Never Been To Me
Foxboro Hot Tubs – The Pedestrian
Fugative – It’s Summertime
Gianluca Motta feat Molly – Not Alone
The Great Northwestern Hoboes – Won’t Let This Love
Hey Negrita – Room Service / The Last Thing That I Do
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings [15th Dec]
Jamie Scott & The Town – Stare Into The Sun [Oct]
Jason Donovan – Dreamboats & Petticoats
Jem – It’s Amazing
Jim Noir – Don’t You Worry
K-Klass – Getting Ready
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
Kenna – Say Goodbye To Love
Kerry Leatham – Run Dry [Sep]
The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
Kidda – Under The Sun
Killers – Joseph, Better You Than Me [Dec]
Kim Leoni – Medicine
Kings Of Leon – tba [Dec[
Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl (Bittersweet)
Laura – Your Loving Arms
The Lazarus Plot – Do You Want To Be Someone?
Leon Jean Marie – You Must Know
Madonna – Miles Away [Oct]
Mara Carlyle – Weird Girl
Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
Micky Modelle vs Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You
Mihai – Tornero
Missy Elliott – Best Best
Mongrel – Silence Is Talking
N-Dubz – Papa
N*E*R*D – Sooner Or Later
N-Force – All My Life
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
Oh Atoms – Sugar Mouse
One eskimO – Kandi
Out Of Office – Insatiable
Panic At The Disco – Northern Downpour
Pendulum – Granite [Oct]
Plain White Ts – Natural Disaster
Poppy & The Jezebels – Rhubarb & Custard
Private – My Secret Lover
Raconteurs – Many Shades Of Black
The Rasmus – Livin’ In A World Without You
Razorlight – Hostage Of Love [22nd Dec]
The Revelations – Its You
Rihanna – Rehab
R.I.O. – Shine On
Sam Sparro – Pocket
Sandi Thom – Pink & The Lily
Scarlet BLONDE – Bedroom Superstar
Scooter vs Status Quo – Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) [Oct]
Scratch – Let’s Go
Simply Red – Go Now [Nov]
Sirens – Dreams
Slipknot – Dead Memories
Snow Patrol – Crack The Shutters [22nd Dec]
Travis – Song To Self
Vampire Weekend – A Punk
Vines – He’s A Rocker
Vogue – Another Night
Weezer – Troublemaker
Will Young – Grace [15th Dec]
Wombats – Is It Christmas? [15th Dec]

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Bob Dylan:
Tell Tale Signs:
Bootleg Series Vol.8

This week there are new entries for :
• 1 Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
• 9 Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
• 16 Chicane – Best Of
• 25 You Me At Six – Take Off Your Colours
• 31 The Clash – Live At Shea Stadium
• 51 Sway – The Signature
• 60 Mr Scruff – Ninja Tuna
• 65 The Kooks – Konk
• 68 Rise Against – Appeal To Reason
• 71 Neil Diamond – The Best Of
• 72 Adele – 19

Oasis:
Dig Out Your Soul

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
• 2 Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
• 3 Will Young – Let It Go
• 4 Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
• 5 James Morrison – Songs For You, Truths For Me
• 6 Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
• 7 Bette Midler – The Best Of Bette
• 8 Andrew Johnston – One Voice
• 9 Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
• 10 Duffy – Rockferry

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Saint Etienne:
London Conversations:
The Best Of

Oct 13th:

Asian Dub Foundation – Punkara
Attic Lights – Friday Night Lights
Boyzone – Back Again… No Matter What: The Greatest Hits
Chase & Status – More Than A Lot
The Dave Clark Five – The Hits
Deacon Blue – Live
Eugene McGuinness – Eugene McGuinness
f***ed Up – Chemistry Of Common Life
Funeral For A Friend – Memory And Humanity
Herman Dune – Next Year In Zion
Idina Menzel – I Stand
Imperial Leisure – The Art Of Saying Nothing
James Yuill – Turning Down Water For Air
The Jesus & Mary Chain – The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD)
Joe – Greatest Hits
John Mellencamp – Life Death Love & Freedom
Keane – Perfect Symmetry
MacDonald Bros – Young Celts
Matthew Herbert Big Band – There’s Me And There’s You
Nitin Sawhney – London Undersound
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
Pretty Ricky – 80’s Babies
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Ralfe Band – Attic Thieves
Ray LaMontagne – Gossip In The Grain
Robbie Craig – Soul Alchemy
Robin Thicke – Somethin’ Else
Roll Deep – Return Of The Big Money Sound
Saint Etienne – London Conversations: The Best Of
Secret Machines – Secret Machines
Shelleyan Orphan – We Have Everything We Need
Shwayze – Shwayze
Sound And Fury – Sound And Fury
Those Dancing Days – In Our Space Suits
Tilly & The Wall – O
Tony Bennett feat Count Basie Big Band – A Swingin’ Christmas
Wiley – I See Clear

Oct 20th:

AC/DC – Black Ice
Bonnie Prince Billy – Is It The Sea?
Connie Fisher – From Connie With Love
The Dears – Missiles
Imelda May – Love Tattoo
John Legend – Evolver
Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads
Katherine Jenkins – Sacred Arias
The King Blues – Save The World, Get The Girl
Laura Critchley – Laura
Leon Jackson – Right Now
The Long Blondes – Singles
Lou Reed – Berlin: The Soundtrack
Mariah Carey – The Ballads
Marillion – Happiness Is The Road
Mesh 29 – Secret Traffic
Paul Carrack – I Know That Name
Plain White T’s – Big Bad World
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Live In Japan
Sash! – 10th Anniversary Best Of
Saturdays – Chasing Lights
Scratch – Loss 4 Wordz
The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
Sugababes – Catfights And Spotlights
High School Musical 3 (OST)
Live Lounge 3

Oct 27th:

Anastacia – Heavy Rotation
Barlowgirl – Home For Christmas
Bloc Party – Intimacy
Cardinals – Cardinology
Celine Dion – My Love: Essential Collection
Chairlift – Does You Inspire You?
Computerclub – Before The Walls Came Down
Courtney Love – Nobody’s Daughter
Cradle Of Filth – Godspeed On The Devil’s Thunder
The Cure – 4:13 Dream
Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees
Daniel O’Donnell – Country Boy
Das Pop – Das Pop
Deerhunter – Microcastle
Doug Walker – Fear Together
Fron Male Voice Choir – Voices Of The Valley Home
Grace Jones – Hurricane
Jennifer Lopez – Greatest Hits
Joseph Arthur – Temporary People
Katie Melua – The Collection
Los Campesinos – We Are Beautiful We Are Doomed
Mongrel – Better Than Heavy
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain
Nicola Benedetti – Art Of
Pink – Funhouse
Psapp – The Camel’s Back
Red Hot Chilli Pipers – Blast
Snow Patrol – One Hundred Million Suns
Squarepusher – Just A Souvenir
Now Thats What I Call Music: 25 Years

Nov 3rd:

Andrea Bocelli – Incanto
Ava Leigh – Rollin’
Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot Son Of Chico Dusty
Brian Houston – Three Feet From Gold
Cliff Richard – The 50th Anniversary Album
Dido – Safe Trip Home
Elvis Presley – Christmas Duets
Escala – Escala
Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
Flipron – Gravity Calling
Girls Aloud – tba
Hayley Westenra – River Of Dreams: The Very Best Of
Her Space Holiday – XOXO Panda And The New Kid Revival
Herbie Hancock – The Definitive
Mavis Staples – Hope At The Hideout
The Paddingtons – No Mundane Options
Razorlight – Slipway Fires
Satyricon – The Age Of Nero
School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
Seal – Soul
Status Quo – Pictures: 40 Years Of Hits

Nov 10th:

Brandy – Human
Chris Cornell – Scream
Christina Aguilera – Keeps Gettin’ Better: A Decade of Hits
David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Enrique Iglesias – Greatest Hits
Enya – And Winter Came
Flaming Lips – Christmas On Mars
Foo Fighters – The Best Of
Il Divo – The Promise
James Fox – Rocking Chairs & Lemonade
Jason Donovan – Let It Be Me
Joan Osborne – Little Wild One
Jonathan Ansell – Forever
Keith – Vice & Virtue
The Smiths – The Sound Of: The Very Best Of
Stereophonics – A Decade In The Sun: The Best Of
T-Pain – Thr33 Ringz
Tony Christie – Made In Sheffield
Tracy Chapman – Our Bright Future
Clubland 14

Nov 17th:

Alesha Dixon – The Alesha Show
Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
Belle And Sebastian – The BBC Sessions
Beyonce – tba
The Fireman – Electric Arguments
Jools Holland – The Informer
Josh Groban – Meet Josh Groban
Nickelback – tba
Only Men Allowed – tba
The Priests – The Priests
Rod Stewart – The Definitive
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Spirit Of The Glen Encore
Russell Watson – Soul
Same Difference – Pop
Simply Red – 25: The Greatest Hits
Tom Jones – 24 Hours
Now 71

Nov 24th:

Akon – Freedom
Andrew Bain – Presents Modern Classics
Connie Talbot – Connie’s Christmas Album
Craig David – Greatest Hits
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh
Jay-Z – Blueprint III
John Barrowman – Music Music Music
Kelli Ali – Rocking Horse
Killers – Day & Age
Lemar – The Reason
Lesley Garrett – Amazing Grace
Pavarotti – The Duets
Rhydian – tba
Heroes (War Child)

Dec 1st:

Bob The Builder – Never Mind The Breeze Blocks
Britney Spears – Circus
Connie Francis – Very Best Of
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid – NYC
Natasha Panas – Yellow Flowers
Take That – tba

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.

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