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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…

15 new entries this week, and not a single climber or non-mover.

There’s also four big fallers in the form of 911 (3 to 17), Sheryl Crow (8 to 22), Ghostface Killah (11 to 27) and Alisha’s Attic (12 to 32).

One of last week’s Top 20 new entries, Teenage Fanclub at 17 with “Ain’t ThatEnough“, has disappeared altogether.

23 Paul McCartney – The World Tonight *

The second single from Sir Paul‘s new “Flaming Pie” album, and like the lastsingle, “Young Boy” which made No.19, it’s a catchy tune, but in the currentchart climate, unlikely to go much further. “Young Boy” dropped out of theTop 40 the week after it went in at No.19.

20 Dubstar – No More Talk * !!!

The first single from Dubstar this year, and it’s an absolute stroke of genius,with perfectly-engineered vocals in the soundmix culminating in an excellentchorus.

Last year, Dubstar had three hits, although only the first two were played toany extent on the radio. The three were “Not So Manic Now” (No.18, Jan 96),”Stars” (No.15, Mar 96), and “Elevator Song” (No.25, Aug 96).

11 Massive Attack – Risingson *

Massive Attack last graced the Top 40 in 1995 with hits such as “Protection“,a duet with Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn, and the “Karmacoma EP“.

This new track is an ambient one with a steady beat, and gets very bizarrewhen the occasional voices saying “Dream On…” appear, reminding me of”Original” by Leftfield.

9 R. Kelly – Gotham City

After his “Space Jam” song, “I Believe I Can Fly“, R. Kelly‘s done well forhimself to get another film-song out so soon in the shape of one from thenew “Batman and Robin” summer blockbuster. This Batman song debuts in the chartjust one place higher than the Smashing Pumpkins theme for the film, “The EndIs The Beginning Is The End“.

7 Shaggy featuring Marsha – Piece of My Heart :O ===

A cover version, of sorts, of Erma Franklin‘s “(Take a Little) Piece of MyHeart” which made No.9 in 1992, I think after being used in an advert (nowthere’s a surprise). However, while Marsha sings the regular song in thebackground, that, unfortunately, seems to take second place to Shaggy’sendless gobshite for the entire length of the track.

5 Michael Jackson – HIStory/Ghosts :O ===

Taken from Wacko Jacko’s remix album, “Blood on the Dance Floor“, this is aremix of his last album’s title track, “HIStory” which might have sounded okayas it was, but in this frenetic dance version just sounds absolutely worthless.

Although I haven’t heard “Ghosts“, no doubt it is the theme for his new40-minute short film.

1 (NEW) Oasis – D’You Know What I Mean * *1st Week at No.1*

And so it came to pass that in the beginning of the week the single that wouldclearly sell more than any other in the week was the first new single fromOasis in more than a year.

A number of music shops around the country opened up their doors at midnighton Sunday night/Monday morning so the fans could strive to be the first onesto buy it.

Further publicity was drawn up for the band when elder brother Noel Gallaghertrumpted that Oasis were bigger than God, and “Has God ever played Knebworthrecently?”. Such a statement even warranted an item on the local Manchesternews programme, Granada Tonight, where they had a mini-debate on the subjectwith a vicar. My view? I just can’t believe anyone bothered to give Noel’sstatement the time of day.

As for the single itself, the question remains – is it any good? Well, I didn’tlike it at first, but it is a grower. The video is a simple affair of the bandplaying on a large stage while helicopters are superimposed flying around andlanding, before later becoming a physically-real part of the video.

This is now the 7th single in a row to go straight in at No.1, the list lookinglike this :

New releases :

(* – my current favourites)

July 7th :

TIMERUNNER…………………………………..16C+ (Low Sense/ffrr) HOW COME, HOW LONG…………………..Babyface & Stevie Wonder (Epic) LOOK INTO MY EYES……………………….Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Epic) STAND & DELIVER………………………….Barry Boom (Universal/MCA) FLAMING JUNE………………………………………B.T. (Perfecto) ANSWER MY PRAYER…………………………..Danny Campbell (Jackpot) SUNNY CAME HOME…………………………….Shawn Colvin (Columbia) C U WHEN U GET THERE…………………………….Coolio (Tommy Boy) STEP RIGHT IN…………………….Dog Eat Dog feat. RZA (Roadrunner) NO MORE TALK……………………………..Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) NOT TOO YOUNG…………………………………………..Eliza (-) ONE BIG FAMILY (EP)……………………………Embrace (Hut/Virgin) SURVIVAL CAR………………………Fountains Of Wayne (Tag/Atlantic) FREED FROM DESIRE………………………………….Gala (Big Life) NAPALM IN BOHEMIA…………………..Girl Eats Boy (Hydrogen Jukebox) MR. BIG STUFF………………..Grandmaster Melle Mel (Raputation/Edel) SLY…………………………………………….The Gyres (Sugar) DAYDREAMING……………………………………Honey Club (Opaque) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD…………………..Terry Hunter (Delirious/RCA) HISTORY / GHOSTS…………………………Michael Jackson (MJJ/Epic) BRAIN…………………………..The Jungle Brothers (Gee Street/V2) VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR……Ken Laszlo feat. Jenny (Academy Street) I BELIEVE I CAN FLY……………………….Lawrence (Academy Street) THE THEME (IT’S PARTY TIME)………..Tracey Lee (Bystorm/Universal/MCA) LOST IN LOVE ’97………………………………..Legend B (3 Lanka) SHE’S ON THE TRAIN………………………..Lionrock (Deconstruction) FREAKS…………………………………………Live (Radioactive) COLOUR CODE WHITE……………………………….Lucky 15 (Blow Up) RISINGSON / SUPER PREDATORS…………….Massive Attack (Circa/Virgin) THE WORLD TONIGHT……………………….Paul McCartney (Parlophone) PUSSYCAT…………………………………………Mulu (Dedicated) D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (EP): D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? / STAY YOUNG / ANGEL CHILD / HEROES………………………………Oasis (Creation) PIANO MADNESS II / PROGRESS / PIANO MADNESS I…………………….. ……………………………DJ Scott’s Outer Rhythm (Steppin’ Out) LASHING OUT……………………………..Passion Star (MGL/Granite) UNFAIR KIND OF FAME/LOVE……………………….The Pastels (Domino) COWBOYS………………………………………Portishead (Go.Beat) OYE COMO VA [rm]………………….Tito Puente Jr. & The Latin Rhythm ………………..feat. Tito Puente, India & Cali Aleman (Nukleuz/MCA) TALKING TO MYSELF……………………………….Pusha (Pet Sounds) SHE’S HAVING MY BABY…………………………Don Ricardo (Illeagal) ALKALINE……………………………………….Scarfo (Deceptive) PIECE OF MY HEART………………………………….Shaggy (Virgin) ABUSE ME……………………………..Silverchair (Murmur/Columbia) COME INTO SOULBOSSA………………………………….Soulbossa (-) TIMEQUAKES………………………………The Starseeds (Millennium) WE ROCK…………………………………..Supercharger (Indochina) DARLING SELF DESTRUCT…………………………….Tampasm (Mercury) BLACK EYED BOY…………………………………….Texas (Mercury) HELLO DARLIN’………………………….Fuzz Townshend (Fidelity Lo) SAME BAND………………………………..Ultrasound (Fierce Panda) HEAVEN IS OBLIVION………………………….Ultraviolence (Earache) EMERALD ALLEY…………………………Up, Bustle & Out (Ninja Tune) ANTHEM…………………………………..The Wildhearts (Mushroom)

July 14th :

MOMENT OF MY LIFE………………………………..Bobby d’ Ambrosio …………………..feat. Michelle Weeks (Definity/Ministry Of Sound) EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK)…………………Backstreet Boys (Jive) SO HELP ME GIRL………………………………….Gary Barlow (RCA) G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T………………….Changing Faces (Big Beat/East West) WILD WORLD – SAY WHAT YOU SAY…………..Cath Coffey (Fourth&Broadway) AIN’T GONNA CRY AGAIN…………………………Peter Cox (Chrysalis) DIRT [rm]………………………………..Death In Vegas (Concrete) YOU DON’T GET ME………………….Espiritu (Heavenly/Deconstruction) SEEIN’ IS BELIEVING…………………….Adriana Evans (PMP/Loud-RCA) DOWN TO EARTH [rm] / NOT OVER YET [rm]………………Grace (Perfecto) KALEIDOSCOPE SKIES – I PULLED MY GUN ONCE………….Jam & Spoon (Epic) SUN…………………………………………..John Lydon (Virgin) ROLLERBLADE………………………………..Movin’ Melodies (AM:PM) I WANNA KISS YOU ALL OVER…………………………No Mercy (Arista) BLINDED BY THE SUN…………………………..The Seahorses (Geffen) GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH…………………Strangelove (Food/Parlophone) THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF SCREAMING…Super Furry Animals (Creation) LAST NIGHT ON EARTH……………………………………U2 (Island) LAZY DAYS………………………………Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)

July 21st :

THE SANDMAN [ri]…………………..The Blue Boy (Ascension/Sidewalk) PICTURE OF YOU…………………………………..Boyzone (Polydor) BITCH (NOTHING IN BETWEEN)…………………Meredith Brooks (Capitol) THE MAGIC PIPER (OF LOVE)……………………Edwyn Collins (Setanta) SPEAK TO ME…………………………….Gene (Costermonger/Polydor) ALL I WANNA DO…………………………Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA) ALMA MATTERS…………………………………..Morrissey (Mercury) OUTLAW……………………………………………….Olive (RCA) YER OLD……………………………………………Reef (Sony S2) ELECTRICITY………………………………Spiritualized (Dedicated) GET UP! GO INSANE!……………………Stretch & Verne (Spot On/ffrr) FOLLOW THE SUN………………………………..Triple J (Stage One) TRIUMPH……………………………………Wu-Tang Clan (Loud/RCA)

July 28th :

WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER………………..Sarah Brightman (Coalition) BEST REGRETS………………………………………..Geneva (Nude) YOU BRING ME UP………………………………….K-Ci & Jojo (MCA)

August 4th:

SHINE……………………………………………Monaco (Polydor) FILMSTAR…………………………………………….Suede (Nude)

August 25th:

WHERE’S THE LOVE………………………………….Hanson (Mercury)

September 8th :

LOVE ANYWAY…………………………………Mike Scott (Chrysalis)

October 3rd:

[tba]………………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin)

Other forthcoming releases

JULY

TRAPPED ’97…………………….Colonel Abrams (Club Culture/Warner) WHERE IS THE LOVE / THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL…………Adeva (Distinctive) PACIFIC MELODY………………………….Airscape (Xtravaganza/Edel) [tba]………………………………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) ALL ABOUT US………………………………..Peter Andre (Mushroom) TOKYO STEALTH FIGHTER…………………..Dave Angel (Fourth&Broadway) HOUSE ON FIRE [rm] / SO LITTLE TIME……………….Arkarna (Fume/WEA) THE CYCLE OF LIFE……………………..Atlantic Ocean (Eastern Bloc) THIS COULD BE OUR NIGHT……………………Kirsty Augustine (West 2) DIN DAA DAA…………………………………..Kevin Aviance (Wave) AIN’T NO NEED TO HIDE……………………………Sandy B (Champion) CHILD…………………………………….Baby Blue (Tin Tin Club) [tba] (EP)…………………………….Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster) THE SANDMAN [rr]………………………………The Blue Boy (Pharm) ZEPHYR / BOFF…………………………………Boff (Sons Branches) MISSING YOU………………………………DJ Boom (Strictly Rhythm) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH…….Boris Dlugosch pres. Boom! (Peppermint Jam) [tba]………………………………………Joanna Bryant (Aegean) LUCHINI! AKA (THIS IS IT) [rm]……………………….Camp Lo (ffrr) HOME……………………………………..Chakra (Earth Music/WEA) ELEKTROBANK…………….The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin) LOVE SWEET LOVE…………………………Cobra – Cobra (Dream Beat) TEN PENNY SINGER EP…………………………..Colein (More Protein) DANCE 2 DISCO………………………………….Coma B (Top Banana) ANGEL………………………………….Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc) FLAME…………………………………………..Crustation (Jive) SEARCHIN’ ’97……………………………….Hazell Dean (Infinity) TONIGHT…………………………..Denosh (Rhythm Series/Parlophone) MAN OF SORROW……………….Bruce Dickinson (Raw Power/Castle Comm) HYPNOTIZE………………………………………DInfluence (Echo) DOM PERIGNON……………………………..Don-E (Exploding Plastic) SOMEBODY LIKE YOU………………………………………Elate (VC) A LITTLE BIT OF ECSTASY…………………Jocelyn Enriquez (Tommy Boy) EPIDEMIC…………………………Exit EEE (No Respect-Tripoli Trax) DOMINATE………………………………..Fake The Bass (Club Tools) CRASH………………………………………………Feeder (Echo) CAN YOU FEEL IT……………………………………….Fever (EMI) YOUR CARESS (ALL I NEED)…………..DJ Flavours (All Around The World) BLACKEYE…………………………………………Fluffy (Enclave) GONNA GET………………………………..Forthright (Hoedown City) SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND EP……………………..Friction Spice (ffrr) SHOW ME LOVE………………………….The Fruit Loop (Tripoli Trax) SHAKE YOUR BODY…………………………….Full Intention (Stress) CLAP YA HANDS………………………………………..Funk Dog (-) HYPERFUNKY…………………………………..Funktastica (Malarky) PEOPLE MAY COME………………………………..Gabrielle (Go.Beat) FLASHBACK………………………………..Laurent Garnier (F Comm) THE MESSAGE…………..Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Deepbeat) SATISFIED (TAKE ME HIGHER) [rm]……………..H2O feat. Billie (AM:PM) SWEETEST THING………………………………Lauryn Hill (Columbia) JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT………………………..Tasha Holiday (MCA) WHO YOU WIT…………………………………………Jay-Z (Qwest) CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT…………………..J.C. (-) DISCOHOPPING……………………………………Klubbheads (AM:PM) OPEN YOUR EYES…………………………Ko-Ko (All Around The World) FRIENDS……………………………………………KRS One (Jive) ISN’T IT TIME………………..Kuva feat. Beverli Skeete (Way Of Life) WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY………………………….The Levellers (China) PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME………………….Alison Limerick (X-es/Jammin’) MEGAMIX………………………………Livin’ Joy (Undiscovered/MCA) DISCO MACHINE GUN………………………Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) LOVE, PEACE & HAPPINESS…………………The Lost Boy (Universal/MCA) LOVENEST……………..Lyrical Princess feat. Sylvia Tella (East West) PANTHER PARTY…………………………..Mad Moses (Hi-Life/Polydor) BEACHBALL…………………………………….Malin & Kane (Urban) DOUBLE TROUBLE……………………………………..Mankey (Slamm) OUT OF MY HEAD ’97………………………………Marradonna (Soopa) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE…………………………….Kym Mazelle (EMI) MAGIC CARPET RIDE………………………..The Mighty Dub Katz (ffrr) ALWAYS [rm]…………………………………MK feat. Alana (Activ) DON’T BE AFRAID…………………………………….Moonman (Heat) DETAILS………………………………Stef & Vincent de Moor (Deal) WHO’S THE MACK…………………………………Mark Morrison (WEA) THE ILLEGAL EP……………………………Narcotic Squad (Narcotic) TURN ME ON – CAN’T GET HIGH WITH YOU………………….Joey Negro (Z) DON’T WORRY……………………………………..Newton (Dominion) [tba]…………………………………..Northern Uproar (Heavenly) MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS…………………………..The Notorious B.I.G. …………………………..feat. Puff Daddy & Mase (Bad Boy/Arista) THE MIND OF A MACHINE………………..N-Trance (All Around The World) SAY NOTHIN’………………………Omar feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard (RCA) BABY COME TO ME……………..Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle (One World) STOP BY…………………………..Rahsaan Patterson (Universal/MCA) CARWASH……………………………………..Phat & Phunky (Chase) GET UP, STAND UP……………………….Phunky Phantom (Club 4 Life) ATOM BOMB………………………..DJ Pierre feat. Dommsday (Twisted) EXPRESS YOURSELF………………………………Jimi Polo (Perfecto) SMACK MY BITCH UP ## MINDFIELDS…………………….The Prodigy (XL) STAND BY YOUR MAN……………………Queen Of Scots (Academy Street) FREE…………………………..DJ Quicksilver (Dos Or Die/Positiva) KARMA POLICE………………………………..Radiohead (Parlophone) THE BIRDS ’97………………………………Rainforest (Rainforest) TROUBLED GIRL…………………………….Karen Ramirez (Manifesto) DON’T STOP THE LOVIN’……………………………….Rozalla (R.M) BLUNTED BEATS EP……………..Mario Scalambrin feat. Reggie (Nukleuz) NEVER GIVE UP………………………………..Serena (Club Masters) LET THE BEAT HIT ‘EM…………………Shena feat. Byron Stingily (VC) GYPSY BOY GYPSY GIRL……………………………….SHG (Deep Blue) INFIDELITY (ONLY YOU)………………Skunk Anansie (One Little Indian) YOUR FACE……………………………………..Slacker (Loaded/XL) THE BIT GOES ON……………………………….Snakebite (Multiply) SYR 1 EP: ANAGRAMA / IMPROVISATION AJOUT=C9E / TREMERIS / MIEUX: DE CORROSION…………………………………Sonic Youth (SYR/Geffen) CLOUDS……………………………………………The Source (XL) STEP TO ME……………………………………Spice Girls (Virgin) JOY……………………………………………..Staxx (Champion) [tba]………………………………………….Stereophonics (V2) YOU GOTS TO GO…………………………..Structure-Rize (Universal) CATCH…………………………………….Sunscreem (Pulse-8-Sony) WORK IT OUT……………………………..Tara (Mercury Black Vinyl) [tba]………………………………………Travis (Independiente) THE GROOVAHOLIC EP: LATINY ACRYLICA / SHAKE IT ON UP / I HEAR (THE MUSIC)…………………………………..T-Total (99 Degrees) MOANER……………………………….Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own) THE FRESHMAN………………………………….The Verve Pipe (RCA) SUBWAY 26………………………………………V Trax (Collision) HEAVY SOUL (PT. 1)…………………………….Paul Weller (Island) WANTED……………………………White Town (Brilliant!/Chrysalis) LA ISLA BONITA…………………………..Who’s That Girl (Almighty) URGE………………………………The Wildhearts (Round/East West) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT……………………………..Wild Switch (W2) REACH 4 THE MELODY…………………..Victoria Wilson-James (Sony S) DON’T KNOW…………………………………..Mario Winans (Motown) WITNESS / PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE………………………..Witness (-) I WON’T BE LONELY TONIGHT………………………..Zucchero (Polydor)

AUGUST

BUSY CHILD…………………………………The Crystal Method (S) BURN…………………………………….Fear Factory (Roadrunner) [tba]……………………………………………Genesis (Virgin) IMAGINATION………………………………….Deni Hines (Mushroom) [tba]……………………………………..James (Fontana/Mercury) I CAN’T SLEEP BABY (IF I)…………………………..R. Kelly (Jive) [tba] EP…………………………………The Lemonheads (Atlantic) [tba]……………………………………………..The Pastels () YOU / GET LOOSE………………………………….Sex-O-Sonique (-) DRUGS DON’T WORK…………………………………..The Verve (Hut)

SEPTEMBER

SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) [tba]………………………………………Janet Jackson (Virgin) VISION INCISION………………………..Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) [tba]…………………………………Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA)

Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

In this week’s Top 10 there’s new entries from Primal Scream(Vanishing Point, 2) and Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 (Best of: TheMotown Years, 7).

Elsewhere in the Top 10, the Prodigy are still No.1 with “Fat of the Land”,the Fun Lovin’ Criminals are up from 13 to 8 with “Come Find Yourself”,and No Doubt go back up from 23 to 9 with “Tragic Kingdom”.

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1997

29. Robert Miles and Maria Nayler – One & One

Robert Miles made his debut in the UK charts last year with three Top 10’s,namely Children (No.2, March 96), Fable (No.7, June 96) and this one whichentered at No.6, but by the Xmas chart in December had climbed to No.3.

At first this track wasn’t included on his debut album, “Dreamland“, but publicdemand won out and it was later repackaged including this hit.

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator