75 (62) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots

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This week: 6 new entries, 0 re-entering, 1 chart, 8 climbing, 2 not moving & 23 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…

    6 new and 0 re-entering and 1 chart entries :

    • 38 Adele – Hometown Glory
    • 37 Cahill Feat. Nikki Belle – Trippin’ On You
    • 29 (49 CH) Will.I.Am Feat. Cheryl Cole – Heartbreaker
    • 24 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
    • 22 Elliot Minor – Parallel Worlds
    • 11 Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
    • 9 September – Cry For You

    so the following dropped out :

    • 40 One Night Only – Just For Tonight
    • 39 Gnarls Barkley – Run
    • 38 Guillemots – Get Over It
    • 37 Britney Spears – Piece Of Me
    • 36 Kylie Minogue – Wow
    • 34 Yael Naim – New Soul
    • 21 Radiohead – Nude

    8 climbing :

    • 2 (4) Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
    • 4 (8) Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
    • 5 (6) Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
    • 14 (16) Usher feat. Young Jeezy – Love In This Club
    • 16 (29) Fragma Toca’s – Miracle 2008
    • 19 (27) Scouting For Girls – Heartbeat
    • 20 (30) Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston – Love Like This
    • 23 (25) Britney Spears – Break The Ice

    2 not moving :

    • 1 Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy
    • 12 Alphabeat – Fascination

    and 23 going down. Big fallers include:

    • 32 (24) Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction

    New entries from No.41-75 :

    • 49 Soulja Boy Tellem Feat. Arab – Yahhh!
    • 57 Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine (this is a new entry?)
    • 62 (RE) 1 Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers
    • 65 Adele – Cold Shoulder

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Girls Aloud: Call The Shots
[Tangled Up]

75 (62) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots

Very mediocre track that doesn’t know whether it should actually get goingor not. In the end, it doesn’t.

Click here to see the video

Newton Faulkner:
I Need Something
[Hand Built By Robots]

70 (72) Newton Faulkner – I Need Something

This guy’s not my bag, but someone may like his warblings.

Check out his recent GMTV performance here

Radiohead: Nude
[In Rainbows]

44 (21) Radiohead – Nude

See Elly Roberts’ review of the singlehere

Click here for the video

One Republic: Stop And Stare
[Dreaming Out Loud]

15 (11) One Republic – Stop And Stare

Stop and Bore, morelike. Gordon Bennett, this tedious rubbish never seems to end.

Click here to see the video

Leona Lewis – Better In Time/
Footprints In The Sand
[Spirit]

8 (7) Leona Lewis – Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand

A new single for the X-Factor winner and one that missed out on the No.1 slot.

Click here to see her GMTV performance for “Better In Time”
Click here to see her GMTV performance for “Footprints in the Sand”
Click here to see her GMTV piece where she went to South Africa

Duffy: Mercy
[Rockferry]

6 (5) Duffy – Mercy

They say she’s the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn’t work for me.For those whom it does, check out the following clips:

Click here for her GMTV performance and interview
Click here for her Culture Show performance

Sam Sparro: Black & Gold
[Sam Sparro]

2 (4) 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.

Click here for the video

Estelle & Kanye West:
American Boy
[Shine]

1 Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy *4th Week at No.1*

Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn’tmissed and I can’t see what the big deal is.

Click here for the video

New releases :All the new releases info comes courtesy ofHaven Forum.co.uk

    Portishead:
    Machine Gun (12”) [Limited]
    [Third]

    April 14th:

      Bjork – Wanderlust
      Black Ghosts – I Want Nothing
      Brandi Carlile – Turpentine
      Captain – Keep An Open Mind
      Deepest Blue – Miracle
      Duels – Regeneration (7”) [Limited]
      The Feeling – Without You
      Funkerman – Speed Up
      Goldfrapp – Happiness
      Hannah – You & I
      Heartsrevolution – Switchblade (EP) (12″) [Limited]
      Infadels – Make Mistakes
      Jack Johnson – Hope
      Jamie Lidell – A Little Bit Of Feel Good
      Jay Sean – Maybe
      Keyshia Cole feat Missy Elliott & Lil Kim – Let It Go
      Ladyhawke – Back Of The Van (7”)
      The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
      Lightspeed Champion – Galaxy Of The Lost
      Los Campesinos! – My Year In Lists
      Make Model – The LSB
      Portishead – Machine Gun (12”) [Limited]
      Pure Reason Revolution – Victorious Cupid [Limited]
      Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
      Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
      The Script – We Cry
      September – Cry For You (YouÂ’ll Never See Me Again)
      Sia – The Girl You Lost
      Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie
      Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw (7”)
      White Williams – New Violence
      Wombats – Backfire At The Disco
      Young Knives – Turn Tail

    April 21st:

      4 Or 5 Magicians – Change The Record (7”)
      A.Human – Black Moon (7”)
      Asa – Jailer
      Ben Onono – Count To 10
      Brit & Alex – Let It Go
      Cajun Dance Party – The Race (7”)
      Clare Teal – Get Happy / Get It On Sam
      The Delays – Hooray
      Deus – Slow (7”)
      Envy Corps – Story Problem
      Filly – Sweat (The Drip Drop Song)
      Foals – Red Sox Pugie
      Four Tet – Ringer (EP)
      Grand National – By The Time I Get Home (7”)
      Hadouken! – Get Smashed Gate Crash (10″)
      Hamfatter – Do Something Stupid Tonight
      Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers
      iLiKETRAiNS – We Go Hunting (7”)
      J Walk – Thinking Back / WeÂ’re Not Alone (7”) [Limited]
      Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
      Janet Jackson – Luv
      Lexter – Freedom To Love
      Madonna – Four Minutes
      Noah & The Whale – Shape Of My Heart
      Parka – Better Anyway
      Plain White TÂ’s – Our Time Now
      Robyn – Who’s That Girl
      Rosie Taylor Project – This City Draws Maps
      Same Difference – Breaking Free
      Shortwave Set – No Social (10”)
      Sons & Daughters – This Gift (7”) [Limited]
      Tokyo Police Club – Tesselate (7”) [Limited]
      We Are The Physics – You Can Do Athletics BTW

    April 28th:

      Black Grass – Bass Man
      Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Look For The Woman
      El Perro Del Mar – Glory To The World (7”) [Limited]
      Freemasons – When You Touch Me
      Garage Jams feat Clare Evers – Snowflake
      Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Who Built The Road (7”)
      Justice – DVNO
      Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
      Larry Tee & Princess Superstar – Licky
      Malakai – Snowflake
      One Night Only – It’s About Time
      The Outside Royalty – Falling (7”)
      Pendulum – Propane
      Shout Out Louds – Tonight I Have To Leave It (7”)
      This Et Al – The Figure Eight (EP)
      Usher – Love In This Club
      What Would Jesus Drive? – We Made This (EP)
      Wiley – Wearing My Rolex

    May 5th:

      Animal Collective – Water Curses
      David Jordan – Move On
      Dominatorz – Do You Love Me? (12”)
      Favours – One Up On You
      Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Keep Singing Out
      Hot Chip – One Pure Thought
      Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
      Kylie Minogue – In My Arms
      Lodger – The Good Old Days (7”)
      Maggie Bell – No Mean City (Theme from Taggart)
      Matchbox Twenty – These Hard Times
      Oppenheimer – Look Up / The Never Never (7”)[Limited]
      Paramore – Thats What You Get
      Rosalita – What Would Your Mother Say (7”)[Limited]
      White Light Parade – Turning All The Lights Down [Limited]
      Wideboys feat Shaznay Lewis – Daddy Oh

    May 12th:

      Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
      Black Lips – Bad Kids / Leroy Faster (7”)
      Born Ruffians – I Need A Life
      J Walk – Tomorrow People / In On The Offbeat (7”) [Limited]
      Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong – Where Do You Go?
      Katie Melua – What I Miss About You
      Ladytron – Ghosts
      Nick Cave & Bad Seeds – More News From Nowhere
      Pigeon Detectives – This Is An Emergency
      Sebastien Tellier – Divine
      Sparks – Good Morning
      Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name

    May 19th:

      Black Mountain – Stormy High
      The Duke Spirit – My Sunken Treasure
      Hercules & Love Affair – You Belong
      Spiritualized – Soul On Fire (7”)

    TBA:

      ABC – The Very First Time
      Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela & Fallon – Nightwatcher (Show Me) [30th Jun]
      Alex C feat Y-Ass – The Sweetest Ass In The World
      Aly & AJ – Like Whoa
      Amesha – I’ll Be There
      Andy Abraham – Even If
      Annie – Girlfriend
      Apocalyptica – SOS (Anything But Love)
      Asobi Seksu – Goodbye
      Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles
      Basshunter – Please Don’t Go
      Beat Players feat Lara Mcallen – Piece Of Heaven
      Billiam – My Generation [2nd Jun]
      Black Affair – It’s Real [Apr]
      Black Affair – Japanese Happening [Jun]
      Bob Sinclar presents Fireball – What I Want [26th May]
      Boyzone – tba [May]
      Cassie – Is It You
      The Clik Clik – Did You Wrong (Apr)
      Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
      Coldplay – 42
      David Guetta feat Tara McDonald – Delirious
      DC Roc – Buffalo Stance
      Def Leppard feat Tim McGraw – Nine Lives [Apr]
      DJ NG feat Katy B & MC Versatile – Tell Me
      Duffy – Warwick Avenue [May]
      Eric Prydz – Pjanno
      Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
      Example – Me & Mandy
      Flo Rida feat Timbaland – Elevator
      Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
      Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
      Herve – Cheap Thrills [Jun]
      J Majik & Wickaman presents Kathy Brown – Crazy World
      Jaymay – Gray Or Blue
      Joan As Police Woman – To Be Loved [2nd Jun]
      Kanye West feat Dwele – Flashing Lights
      The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
      Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
      Kooks – Sway [23rd Jun]
      Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl [May]
      Lily Allen – Everyone’s At It
      Little Man Tate – tba [Apr]
      Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
      Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You
      N-Force v Darren Styles – Right By Your Side
      Nate James – Choke / Back To You [Mar]
      Nathan – Do Without My Love
      Neils Children – What Am I Supposed To Do?
      Nelly – Wadsyaname
      Nickelback – Photograph [26th May]
      Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
      Oh Laura – Release Me [26th May]
      Palladium – White Lady
      Panic At The Disco – That Green Gentleman
      Peyton – A Higher Place ‘08
      Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
      Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
      Private – Crucify My Heart
      Pulse – tba [Mar]
      Ricki-Lee – Can’t Touch It [9th Jun]
      Scarlet BLONDE – There Is No Black & White [Apr]
      Seal – The Right Life
      Semifinalists – Odd Situation [May]
      Shanie – Don’t Give Me Your Life ‘08
      Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie
      Strange Days feat Steve Harley – Smile
      Subways – Alright [2nd Jun]
      Supafly Inc – Be Together
      Toyah – Sensational
      Turin Brakes – Dark On Fire
      We Are Scientists – Chick Lit [Jun]
      Willis – Get In The Ring
      Will Young – Changes
      Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps
      Yeti – tba (7”)[Limited]

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Rolling Stones:
Shine A Light

    This week there are new entries for :

    • 2 Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
    • 4 The Courteeners – St Jude
    • 10 James – Hey Ma
    • 23 Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man: Very Best Of
    • 46 The Breeders – Mountain Battles
    • 48 Long Blondes – Couples
    • 54 In Flames – A Sense Of Purpose
    • 60 Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts

Duffy: Rockferry

    The top 10 goes like this :

    • 1 Duffy – Rockferry
    • 2 Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
    • 3 REM – Accelerate
    • 4 The Courteeners – St Jude
    • 5 Leona Lewis – Spirit
    • 6 Nickelback – All The Right Reasons
    • 7 One Republic – Dreaming Out Loud
    • 8 Scouting For Girls – Scouting For Girls
    • 9 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black: The Deluxe Edition
    • 10 James – Hey Ma

New releases :All the new releases info comes courtesy ofHaven Forum.co.uk

Sarah Brightman: Symphony

    April 14th:

      ABC – Traffic
      Big Linda – I Loved You
      Blood Red Shoes – Box Of Secrets
      Bumblebeez – Prince Umberto & The Sister Of Ill
      Cheri Dennis – In And Out Of Love
      Children Of Bodom – Blooddrunk
      Christian Silva – Onward!
      Christopher D Ashley – Cruel Romantics
      Elle Milano – Acres Of Dead Space Cadets
      Elliot Minor – Elliot Minor
      Flogging Molly – Float
      Forward Russia – Life Processes
      Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
      Indelicates – American Demo
      Keith Sweat – Just Me
      Kooks – Konk
      The La’s – The La’s [Deluxe Version]
      The Little Ones – Morning Tide
      M83 – Saturdays = Youth
      Mariah Carey – E=MC²
      Muscles – Guns Babes Lemonade
      Paul Haig – Go Out Tonight
      Phantom Planet – Raise The Dead
      Placido Domingo – Pasión Española
      Sarah Brightman – Symphony
      Thrice – Earth & Air

    April 21st:

      A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In The Sea
      Anti-Flag – The Bright Lights Of America
      Boris – Smile
      Brandi Carlile – The Story
      Cryptacize – Dig That Treasure
      Delays – Everything’s The Rush
      The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
      Lauren Field – Modern Woman
      Robert Forster – The Evangelist
      Sam Sparro – Without Stars
      Story Of The Year – The Black Swan
      The Wave Pictures – Instant Coffee Baby
      Whitesnake – Good To Be Bad
      Yoav – Charmed & Strange

    April 28th:

      Amy Studt – My Paper Made Men [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
      Cajun Dance Party – The Colourful Life
      Carly Simon – This Kind Of Love
      Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
      Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
      Deus – Vantage Point
      Duels – The Barbarians Move In
      Envy Corps – Dwell
      Hannah – Everything Is Changing
      Jack McManus – Either Side Of Midnight
      Jamie Lidell – JIM
      Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
      Madonna – Hard Candy
      Midfield General – General Disarray
      Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
      Portishead – Third
      The Roots – Rising Down
      Shortwave Set – Replica Sun Machine
      Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw
      Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
      Wendy James – Racine 2

    May 5th:

      A.Human – Third Hand Prophecy
      Adem – Takes
      Alphabeat – This Is Alphabeat
      Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
      Biffy Clyro – Singles 2001-2005
      The Bug – London Zoo
      The Cure – tba
      Def Leppard – Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
      Elf Power – In A Cave
      Futureheads – This Is Not The World
      Hadouken – Music For An Accelerated Culture
      Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday At Devil Dirt
      Malakai – Ugly Side Of Love
      Matmos – Balloon Supreme
      My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Is Dead: Live
      Parka – Attack Of The Hundred Yard Hardman
      Peter Moren – The Last Tycoon
      Santogold – Santogold
      Soft Cell – Heat : The Remixes
      Steve Winwood – 9 Lives
      We Are The Physics – Are OK At Music
      Whiskycats – Whiskycats
      Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008

    May 12th:

      Black Grass – Three
      Born Ruffians – Red Yellow And Blue
      Charlatans – You Cross My Path
      Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles
      Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
      Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
      Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back In Time: 1980-1989
      Jane Monheit – The Very Best Of
      Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I Got Feelings Too
      Pendulum – In Silico
      Sergio Mendes – Encanto
      Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
      Subtle – ExitingARM
      Vetiver – A Thing Of The Past

    May 19th:

      Ben Onono – Native Stranger
      Dresden Dolls – No Virginia
      El Perro Del Mar – From The Valley To The Stars
      J Walk – Rumpshakers & Heartbreakers
      Johnny Flynn – A Larum
      Lodger – Life Is Sweet
      Mick Hucknall – Tribute To Bobby
      Sandi Thom – Pink And The Lily
      Sparks – Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
      Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
      Veruca Salt – IV

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.

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