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In the last chart of 1997, I posted my Top 50 singles of theyear, picking out the Top 10 first. During 1998, I’ll be going through thelist one by one.
This week : 11 new entries, 0 climbers, 1 non-movers & 28 downersCHART 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…
11 new entries this week :
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
8 Des’ree – Life
Des’ree once filled the charts with top songs like “Feel So High”and fairly good songs like “You Gotta Be”, but this latest offering whichhas got a very high position by her usual standards, is the most dull lifelesspiece yet, with endless chanting of the title throughout the chorus.
6 Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank *
Norman Cook in the charts under one of his many aliases and with one of hisbest songs yet.
2 Fat Les – Vindaloo *
The real battle between the two top football songs was due to be announced thisweek when Fat Les (aka Keith Allen and Blur’s Alex James,plus someone else I’ve forgotten)’s Vindaloo and Three Lions 98 were released.
The battle was won by Bladdyblub and Skinner, but for my money Keith Allen’stune is the better one with a piss-take video of the Verve’s BittersweetSymphony, and appearances from Matt Lucas (aka The man with the scores, GeorgeDawes), Rowland Rivron and a Mick Miller lookalike.
1 (NEW) Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds – 3 Lions 98 *1st Week at No.1*
The first one was good, but this reworking doesn’t quite work as well,particularly with the start’s high-pitched warbling of “We still believe”,down to the homage paid to two of the England team who have been ditched since,namely Gazza and Stuart Pearce.
And now there’s five weeks of the World Cup to endure. Pass the coma pills…
This is the second single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :
- I Got The Music – 49ers (Nukleuz)
Got The Feelin’ – 5 (RCA)
Sing Along – A (Tycoon/London)
October – Aerial M (Domino)
Tribus Cantare – The Ambassadors (Swing City)
Nobody’s Wife – Anouk (BMG)
Fishsounds – Arnold (Creation)
Kafka – Ashtrax (Deviant)
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? – Atlanta feat. Nicola Hawkins (Klone)
Chanson Sans Issue – Autour De Lucie (Nettwerk)
Din Daa Daa [rm] – Kevin Aviance (Distinct’ive)
Three Lions ’98 – Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds (Epic)
Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus (Small Wonder)
Marco Polo – The Blue Boy (Shinkansen)
Can’t See Me – Ian Brown (Polydor)
Fade Away – Cartoon (Shine)
Diva – Dana International (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Carnaval De Paris – Dario G (Amato/Eternal/WEA)
Bring It On – N’dea Davenport (V2)
Romario – Depth Charge (DC Recs.)
Life – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
Nobody Does It Better / Holding Out For A Hero – Dezire (Branded)
Kou Cou – El Nino (Ignition)
Best Friend – Ether (Parlophone)
The Fan – The Fans feat. Kes (EMI)
Rockefeller Skank / Always Read The label / Tweakers Delight –
Fatboy Slim (Skint)
Vin-da-loo – Fat Les (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
Masquerade – Gerideau (Fat Boy/Inferno)
Beat The Street – Lonnie Gordon (Bounce)
Thinking Of You – Hanson (Mercury)
Alive – Innerself (Stress)
Go Deep – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Why Are We Waiting? – Les Kelly (OFA)
Forever – Key To Life feat. Sabrina Johnson (Catch)
Spend The Night – Danny J. Lewis (Locked On/XL)
Excuse Me Mister – John Martyn (Independiente)
Love Me The Right Way – Kym Mazelle (Sunday Flavas)
Oh Romeo – Mindy McCready (BMG)
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras Michel feat.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Mya (Universal)
Sexy Way – Midnight Funk Association (Domino)
Reefer Song [ri] [icn] – Mindless Drug Hoover (Deviant)
The Flipside – Moloko (Echo)
Shine – The Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
Too Much Heaven – Nana (Motor/London)
Transylvanian Express – Natural Born Grooves (Houzy Style)
La Cour Des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play?) [The Official World Cup
Theme] – Youssou N’Dour & Axelle Red (Sony France)
Squashy Lemon Squeezy – Pocket Size (EMI)
Bang On! [rm] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
A Little Soul / Cocaine Socialism – Pulp (Island)
Looking For Love – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto)
Go Jamaica Go – The Reggae ’98 Crew (Charm)
Kick It – The Reggae Boyz (Universal)
Closest Thing To Heaven – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Strawberry Blonde – Ron Sexsmith (Interscope)
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late – Silver Sun (Polydor)
One More Hour – Sleater-Kinney (Matador)
Don’t Walk Just Wander – Square Window (Electric MELT)
Ring Of Fire – The Advent Mixes – System 7 (Butterfly/Big Life)
Are You Looking For Me? – The Underground Sound Of Lisbon (Twisted UK)
Spoiled Children – Velocette (Wiiija)
The Power Of Love – Wagon Christ (Personal Stereo/Virgin)
Barbarella – Scott Weiland (Atlantic)
I Love Football – Wes (Saint George/Epic)
Wizards Of The Sonic [rm] – Westbam vs. Red Jerry (Wonderboy-Low Spirit)
Hot Stuff – Who’s Eddie (Euphoric)
- Wanna Get Up – 2 Unlimited (Big Life)
Stomp! – 45 Roller (Ivory)
Bitch – Agent 00 (Shot)
Whistle Down The Wind – Tina Arena (Really Useful/Polydor)
Black White – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr/London)
The Strutt – Bamboo (VC)
Execution Expert – Big Kwam (Creative Ent.)
Seven Days / Round & Round – Mary J. Blige (Uptown/MCA)
Naked In The Rain ’98 – Blue Pearl (Malarky)
Rain – Brainbug (Positiva)
Smack My Dick Up – Brock Landers (Blue Planet/Parlophone)
Piano Trax EP – Scott Brown (Happy Trax)
A Change Of Heart – Bernard Butler (Creation)
Second Round Knock-Out – Canibus (Universal)
The Delicious EP: Delicious / Future Boy / Judy Staring At The Sun /
Heal – The Catherine Wheel (Chrysalis)
What Would You Do If …? – Code Red (Polydor)
The Proof Of You [ri] – Comfort (Demon-Insoussiance)
Sexy Animal – Yves Deruyter (Bonzai)
With Me – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Open The Door – D’jaimin (Slip’n’Slide)
Contact – Eat Static (Planet Dog/Ultimate)
The Great Escape – The England Supporters’ Band (V2)
Turn Around [ri] – FAB! (Break Records 2000/Peermusic)
Three Drivers – Greece 2000 (Hooj Choons)
Everready – H2O (Epitaph)
Thinking Of You – Hanson (Mercury)
Love Will Destroy Us In The End – Hefner (Too Pure)
Shorty, You Keep Playin’ (With My Mind) – Imajin feat. Keith Murphy(Jive)
Lolita EP: Lolita Elle / Three O’Clock In The Morning / The Ballad Of
Swing / Solar – Jack (Too Pure)
Go Deep – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Rise Up – Jamaica United (Columbia)
Rendez-Vous ’98 – Jean Michel Jarre feat. Apollo Four Forty & Tetsuya
Komuro (Epic)
No Stoppin’ – The Jive All-Stars (Jive)
Zorba’s Dance – LCD (Virgin)
Falling – Carol Leeming (Ulterior)
Lost In Space – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)
No-One In The World – Locust (Apollo/R&S)
3.00am – Matchbox 20 (Lava/Atlantic)
No Matter What I Do – Will Mellor (Jive)
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras Michel feat. Ol’ Dirty
Bastard & Mya (Interscope)
The Rascal King – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Big Rig/Mercury)
High Life – Mono (Echo)
Once In A Lifetime – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
Squashy Lemon Squeezy – Pocket Size (EMI)
One-Two / So Dam Tuff – Prisoners Of Technology (Fresh Kutt)
Submission To The Master – The Pulsars (Almo Sounds)
Bullets For Words / Pheromone – Purity (Tommy Boy)
Initiate The Creative – The Quest Project (Island)
Looking For Love – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto)
Bogeyman – Red Snapper (Warp)
Closest Thing To Heaven / All Night Long [rm] – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Busted EP: Song For Bobby / The Busted Bustedness / Big Massive /
Funk You (Very Much) – Scope (Sperm)
Product Of Society – Sharkey (React)
Begin Again – Space (Gut)
African Child – Sacha Stone (E1)
For What It’s Worth – Sufi / Environmental Science (Secret Agent)
Evil Heat – Ten Benson (Deceptive)
Play That Funky Music – Thunder (Eagle)
The Final Score – TPE (Big Fish/BBC Worldwide)
My Way – Usher (LaFace/Arista)
Face It – Sven V=E4th (Virgin)
No Good For Me – Bruce Wayne (Logic/Arista)
Pavane – The Wimbledon Choral Society (Telstar)
Science Fiction EP – The Young Offenders (Columbia)
- Gunman [rm] – 187 Lockdown (East West Dance)
Freak Me – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
Personal Feeling – Audioweb (Mother)
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys (Grand Royal/Capitol)
Feel The Beat – Camisra (VC)
Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
Circus – Eric Clapton (Duck/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Rock Your Body – Clock (Power Station/Universal)
Do The Freak – Bootsy Collins (Black Culture/WEA)
Blackmail – Cuckoo (Geffen)
Nagasaki Badger – Disco Citizens (Xtravaganza/Edel)
Sober – Drugstore (Roadrunner)
Ruffneck / Spaced Invader – Freestylers feat. MC Navigator (Freskanova)
Crescent Moon – Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
When Susannah Cries – Espen Lind (Universal)
Always Round Here Having Fun … – Lodger (Island)
Saint Joe On The Schoolbus – Marcy Playground (EMI)
The Heart’s Lone Desire – Matthew Marsden (Viper/Columbia)
La Coupe De La Vie (The Cup Of Life) – Ricky Martin (Columbia)
Buffalo Gals Back To Skool – Malcolm McLaren pres. Rakim (Virgin)
Fuel – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
The Groove Thang – Minimal Funk 2 (Cleveland CXity)
Because We Want To – Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
Naked (Without You) – Roachford (Columbia)
When In Rome (Do The Jerk!) – Rocket From The Crypt (Elemental)
Liar – Royal Trux (-)
Your Kingdom To Dust – Scott Four (Satellite)
Porchlight – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
Get Down – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Leave ‘Em Something To Desire – Sprinkler (1st Ave./Island)
Against The World – A Tribe Called Quest (Jive)
Four Big Speakers – Whale (Hut/Virgin)
- Let Me Go (EP) – Chicks (Supremo)
The Rock – Delakota (Go.Beat)
Home – Sean Lennon (Grand Royal/Capitol)
The Legacy EP: Legacy / Check Under The Bed / Can’t Afford To Die /
Railings – Mansun (Parlophone)
Monday Morning 5:19 [rm] – Rialto (China)
- Fair Play – Coco & The Bean (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage (Mushroom)
Angel – Massive Attack (Virgin)
Be My Lover – Naomi (Gut)
- Mas Que Nada – Echobeats (Eternal/WEA)
Jayou – Jurassic 5 (Pan)
I Belong To You – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
Sooner Or Later – Christine Levine (Boilerhouse!/Rhythm King)
- Love Unlimited – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
Deeper Underground – Jamiroquai (Sony S=B2)
To All The Girls I Love – Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Devil In Your Shoes – Shed Seven (Polydor)
- I Want You Back – Cleopatra (WEA)
- Space Lord – Monster Magnet (A&M)
- Falling – 16B (Eye-Q)
Runnin’ [rm] – 2pac feat. Notorious B.I.G. (Jammin’)
How Do You Want Me To Love You – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
Colour The Roads – Colonel Abrams (Freetown)
One Of The People – Adamski’s Thing feat. Gerideau (ZTT)
Hole In My Head – Agnes (Island)
[tba] – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
Rollercoaster – Amoeba Assassin (Pefrecto)
Best Of My Life – Peter Andr=E9 (Mushroom)
The Arc – Arcane (Deconstruction)
[tba] Fortune Teller – Ash (Infectious)
Straight Ahead – Aubrey (Offshoot)
What’s The Deal / Hey AZ – AZ (Cooltempo)
Disco Babes From Outer Space – Babe Instinct (Positiva)
Burnin’ – Baby Bumps (Offworld/Delirious)
Limousine – Baby Doc (Positiva)
Gangster, Soldier, Cowboy – Bandit Queen (-)
Stardust – Thomas Bangalter (Roule)
Rescue Me – Bell Book & Candle (Arista)
I Who Have Nothing / Goldfinger – Miss B. feat. Maxine Berry (Klone)
Still Not A Player – Big Punisher (Loud/RCA)
Alarm Call – Bj=F6rk (One Little Indian)
7 Ignitions – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
Can’t Let Her Go – Boyz II Men (Motown)
Will Be Yours – Boyzone (Polydor)
357 (Magnum P.I.) – Cam’ron (Undertainment)
Found Love – Joi Cardwell (Eightball/Activ)
UFOs – The Chihuahuas (Backyard)
The Boy’s Evil – Chocolate Layers (Evil)
[tba] – Color Me Badd (Giant)
All Night Long – Common feat. Erykah Badu (Relativity)
Dreaming Of You – Control Z (Automatic)
I’m A Tree – Imani Coppola (Columbia)
Deeper Shade Of Blue – Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc)
Comin’ Back / Busy Child [rm] – The Crystal Method (Sony S=B2)
Meet Him At The Blue Oyster – Da Fool (-)
Boys Better – The Dandy Warhols (Tim Kerr/Capitol)
Jammin’ – Da Regiment (II Dark)
Feel Like Dancing – D-Bop (Fluff)
Junk Science – Deep Dish (Deconstruction)
Full Cooperation – Def Squad (Def Jam)
More – De’Lacy (Slip’n’Slide/Deconstruction)
Lose It (To The Sound) – Desert (Glow)
Spank – D’Menace (Inferno)
[tba] – Dodgy (A&M)
The Horn Song – The Don (Strictly Rhythm/Positiva)
[tba] – Paul van Dyk (Deviant)
Hit ‘Em Wit Da Hee – Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliott (East West)
Needin’ You – David Morales pres. The Face (Azuli)
Water – Fathers Of Sound (Renassance)
Allez La France, Allez Les Bleus – France (-)
The Old Groove / Meteor Attack – Paul Gaarn (Telica)
Come Into My Life – Gala (Big Life)
The Wild Style Theme – Grandmaster Caz (Beyongolia)
Mothership Recognition – Scott Grooves & Parliament (Soma)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Happy Nation (Sum)
Feel The Love – High Society feat. Carol Leeming (-)
Lifting Me Up – Loleatta Holloway (Sunshine State/Eagle)
Skyscraper [rm] – Intastella (Planet3)
Tisco / Dechno – Interfearance (Electronically Enhanced)
Lo-Fi Elvis On Acid – The International Pop Assassins (-)
The City Is Mine / I Know What Girls Like –
Jay-Z feat. Blackstreet (Northwestside)
Lovely Daze – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (Jive)
Never Gonna Change My Mind – Joey va. Jason (Curb/The Hit Label)
Tomorrow Is Now – Howard Jones (Dtox)
I’ll House You ’98 – The Jungle Brothers vs. The Hitmen (ffrr)
[tba] – Kele Le Roc (Wild Card/Polydor)
[tba] – Kent (RCA)
Reasons – Kle’shay (Jerv)
Angels – Lawrence (Eurozone)
Never Gonna Change My Mind – Joey Lawrence (Curb/The Hit Label)
Strong – Liquid (Higher Ground)
Frozen / My Heart Will Go On – Lola / Leonora Decapo (Box 21)
Teardrops – Lovestation (Fresh)
24 Hours To Love – Mase (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Too Far – Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction)
Girl At My Bus Stop – My Drug Hell (Voltone)
N.O.R.E. – Noreaga (Penalty)
In My Life – Jos=E9 Nunez (Subliminal)
It’s Over (Distortion) [rm] – Pianoheadz (INCredible)
Busiest Rhymes – The Porn Kings feat. MC Young (All Around The World)
The One – Prince (NPG)
Victory – Puff Daddy (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Come With Me – Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Far Out – DeeJay Punk-Roc (Independiente)
I Hate Everybody – DeeJay Punk-Roc (Independiente)
Delirious – DJ Q (Filter)
Symphonica [rm] – DJ Quicksilver (Positiva)
Black Shine – Radiator (Chrysalis) – Airbag (EP) / Pearly / Meeting In The Aisle / A Reminder / Polythylene
Pt. 1 / Polythylene Pt. 2 / Melatonin / Palo Alto -/ How Am I
Driving? – Radiohead (Parlophone)
I Get Rolled – Jimmy Ray (Sony S=B2)
Love For Free – Rell feat. Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella)
It’s Tricky – Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins (Sm:)e/Profile)
Universal – The Shamen (Moksha)
The Air That I Breathe – Simply Red (East West)
Just The Two Of Us – Will Smith (Columbia)
This Is How We Party – Soap (Columbia)
Sunday – Sonic Youth (SYR/Geffen)
Take Control – State Of Mind (Minstry Of Sound)
Travelling Man – Studio 2 (Multiply)
Living Dream – Sundance (React)
Rainfalls – Sunshine State feat. Lisa Michaelis (All Around The World)
Lady Marmalade – Taboo feat. Maxine Francis (Neoteric)
Because We Want To – Tall Paul vs. Billie (Innocent)
Music Is The Answer -/ Tourisme – Danny Tenaglia (Twisted UK)
Back Jack – Tha Kid Chris (Henry Street)
Messin’ With My Mind – The Thomson Project feat. Gary L. (Soulfuric)
[tba] – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own)
Exogroove ’98 – Joe T. Vanelli (Sharp)
King Of My Castle – Wamdue Project (Eruption)
Feel The Funk / Got Your Own – Doug Willis (Z)
Your Imagination – Brian Wilson (RCA)
Sixth Sense – Wink (Ovum/Sony S=B3)
Heartbeat – Kathy Yoo (-)
Baby (You Bring Me Up) – Y Tribe (Deconstruction)
- Under 4 Ever – 16C+ (Low Sense/ffrr)
Chemical Generation – 99 Allstars (99 North)
El Nino – Agnelli & Nelson (Xtravaganza/Edel)
Rael Good Time – Alda (Polydor)
My Oh My – Aqua (Universal)
The Fruit Big Weekend – Arab Strap (Chemikal Underground)
Mas Que Nada – Bab & Rolando 808 (Sony)
My Funny Valentine [rm] – Big Muff (Sm:)e)
Fall In Love With Me – Booth & the Bad Angel (Vertigo/Fontana)
Rollercoaster – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
Higher Statement – Circle Sounds (Junior Boy’s Own)
Alright – Club 69 (Twisted UK)
Burning – Cue (Universal)
Give Me Love – DJ Dado vs. Michelle Weeks (VC)
Cab Riding EP – Mr. Dan (Dust II Dust)
The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) – Deep Dish with Everything
But The Girl (Deconstruction)
Say What You Mean – D*Note (Dorado/VC)
Straight From The Heart – Dolally (Chocolate Boy)
Male Stripper – Dreamboy (Academy Street)
Caf=E9 Del Mar [rm] – Energy 52 (Hooj Choons)
Don’t Release Me – Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Breath From Another – Esthero (Columbia)
Papillon – Flower Power (Undiscovered)
Panic – Goon (Sum)
My Family Say – Nicci Hall (Dome)
Self-Preservation Society – Headrush (All Around The World)
Luv Dup – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
I Believe In Miracles – Hi-Rise (Phuzz)
Bamboozled – Candy J. (It’s Fabulous!)
It’s Only A Game – Jam & Spoon (-)
You Don’t Know – Jazpel United feat Su Su Bobien (Strictly Rhythm)
Stompin System – JS-16 (Duty Free)
Stay In The Sun – Kenickie (EMI)
Castles Made Of Sand – Alex Kid (F Comm.)
Delicious – Kulay (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Mas Que Nada – Dino Leni & Claudio Coccluto (VC/Virgin)
Wide Open Space [rm] – Mansun (Parlophone)
Luxury: Cococure – Maxwell (Columbia)
Lover – Rachel McFarlane (Multiply)
Knee Deepen – Moloko (Echo)
Slimcea Girl [ri] – Mono (Echo)
I’ll Take You – Montelimar (Cola)
All I Need – Mario Pui pres. More (Nukleuz)
Wrapped Up – Jolynn Murray (Raw Sienna)
Super Sonic – Music Instructor feat. Flying Steps (Fuel/East West)
Right Before Your Eyes – N’n’G feat. Kallaghan (Heat)
Movin’ On – Prospect Park feat. Carolyn Harding (AM:PM)
Body Bumpin’ Yippie Yi-Yo – Public Announcement (Unohoo/A&M)
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Puressence (Island)
Bananas – Queen Latifah (Motown)
Sex Appeal – Reos (-) – Mas Que Nada – Ronaldo’s Revenge (AM:PM)
[failed copyright clearance and won’t be released commercially]
Be Yourself Be Free – Sao Paulo (Ministry Of Sound)
Perfect – The Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)
You’re Mine – Guy S’mone & MJ Cole (Prolific)
Love Is Good – Sonique (Serious)
[tba] – Soundbuggy (Innocent/Virgin)
[tba] – Sparklehorse (Parlophone/Capitol)
Viva Forever – Spice Girls (Virgin)
Too Much Luv – Edwin Starr (-)
Carry On – Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder (Almighty)
Blue – Symposium (Infectious)
Mas Que Nada – Tamba Trio (Talkin Loud)
Set You Free – Steve Thomas (Tripoli Trax)
I Don’t Wanna Lose At Love – Tanita Tikaram (Mother)
Security / The Night – DJ Tonka (Club Culture/Uplifting)
Casanova [rm] – Ultimate Kaos (Mercury)
Say It Once – Ultra (East West)
I Want Your Love – Sam Walker (Pro-Activ)
Catch The Light – Martha Wash (Logic)
[tba] – Pete Wylie (Columbia)
- Sunmachine – Dario G feat. David Bowie (Amato/Eternal/WEA)
Each Time We’re Alone – East 17 (Telstar)
My Weakness Is None Of Your Business – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
God Is The DJ / She’s My Baby – Faithless (Cheeky)
[tba] – Nik Kershaw (-)
She’s Gone – Matthew Marsden (Viper/Columbia)
[tba] EP – Merz (Epic)
I Dream I’m Dancing – Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
Tears Never Dry – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
[tba] – Space (Gut)
- [tba] – Dana International (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
[tba] – Electronic (Parlophone)
Heaven Sent – Esthero (Columbia)
EP: Bye Bye Baby / You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory / She
Talks To Rainbows / Don’t Worry Baby – Ronnie Spector (Creation)
[tba] – Sister Said (-)
This week there are new entries for
- The Party – Alexia (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Assorted Jelly Beans – Assorted Jelly Beans (Kung Fu)
Anywhere But Here – The Ataris (Kung Fu)
7 Ignitions – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
Glee – Bran Van 3000 (Capitol)
Fantasma – Cornelius (Matador)
Dandys – Dandys (Artificial/Mercury)
Waiting – The Devlins (Universal)
Try Whitstling This – Neil Finn (Parlophone)
Hard Travellin’ – The Ash Recordings Vol. 3 –
Woody Guthrie (Smithsonian Folkways)
Anutha Zone – Dr. John (Parlophone)
Philosopher’s Stone – Van Morrison (Exile)
New Power Soul – New Popwer Generation (NPG)
Allez! Ola! Ol=E9! – v.a. (Columbia)
In The Mix – Ibiza ’98 – v.a. (Virgin)
Ragga Ragga Ragga 11 – v.a. (Greensleeves)
Smile Jamaica – v.a. (Telstar)
The Very Best Of 100% Pure Groove – v.a. (Telstar)
Christmas With … – Oi To The World! – The Vandals (Kung Fu)
Programme Yourself – Wamdue Project (Eruption)
Imagination – Brian Wilson (Giant/RCA)
- 5ive – 5 (RCA)
Mermaid Avenue – Billy Bragg / Wilco (East West)
N’dea Davenport – N’dea Davenport (V2)
Archive 1967-1975 – Genesis (Virgin)
Umbra Sumus – Jah Wobble (30 Hertz)
Embrya – Maxwell (Columbia)
Distant Dreams – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto)
Time – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Clubbers Guide To … Ibiza – v.a. (Ministry Of Sound)
- Supernatural – Des’ree (Sony S=B2)
S.O.R.R.Y. – Moloko (Echo)
- Formica Blues [ri] – Mono (Echo)
Motown Chartbusters 7 – v.a. (Spectrum)
Motown Chartbusters 8 – v.a. (Spectrum)
Motown Chartbusters 9 – v.a. (Spectrum)
Motown Chartbusters 10 – v.a. (Spectrum)
Motown Chartbusters 11 – v.a. (Spectrum)
Motown Chartbusters 12 – v.a. (Spectrum)
- Desireless – Eagle Eye Cherry (Polydor)
Transistor – Transistor (Virgin)
- Black Angel – Mica Paris (Cooltempo)
- Awkward Angel – Christine Levine (Boilerhouse!/Rhythm King)
Only Forever – Puressence (Island)
- Get In – Kenickie (EMI)
Prodigal Sista – Beverley Knight (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
- A Walk In The Park – Lodger (Island)
- 100% Colombian – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Chrysalis)
- Sunmachine – Dario G (Eternal/Warner Bros.)
- Earth Moving The Sun – Man With No Name (Perfecto Fluoro)
Capuccino Songs – Tanita Tikaram (Mother)
The Thrill Kisser – Tin Star (V2)
- A Different Corner – Abi (Kuku/Total)
Singles 89:98 – Del Amitri (A&M)
Breath From Another – Esthero (Columbia)
[tba] – Freak Power (Deconstruction)
Gorky 5 – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (Fontana)
[tba] – Hinda Hicks (Island)
[tba] – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
[tba] – Peshay (Mo Wax)
[tba] – Les Rhythmes Digitale (Wall Of Sound)
Welciome To The Infant Freebase – The Soundtrack Of Our Lives(Coalition)
Good Morning Spider – Sparklehorse (Parlophone)
[tba] – Steps (Jive)
Voices Of Life – Voices Of Life (AM:PM)
- [tba] – The Art Of Noise (ZTT)
There’s Something Going On – Babybird (Echo)
[tba] – East 17 (Telstar)
[tba] – Electrasy (MCA)
Hard Mouth To Feed – Johnson (Hard Hands)
You & I – Shernette May (Virgin)
[tba] – Sonique (Serious)
- [tba] – The Audience (Mercury)
Box Of Chocolates – Kevin Aviance (Distinct’ive)
Six – Mansun (Parlophone)
Life Goes On – Sash! (Multiply)
In The Beginning … – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
- [tba] – Electronic (Parlophone)
[tba] – Tzant (Logic)
[tba] – The Wiseguys (Wall Of Sound)
Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997
25. Genesis – Congo
Genesis’s first single in over four years since “Tell Me Why” just scraped inat No.40 in February 1993, “Congo” (No.29, Sept 97), is not about the realcongo, but about the divide in a relationship between two people (aah). Thesong is far from romantic and sloppy though, thankfully, and is morepop/rock-orientated with an expensive-looking video of slomo effects etc.
For those who bought the CD single, you’ll actually find the video on it, whichis a new one on me, and certainly a rarity. You’ll need a PC to play it onthough. I’ve not seen it play on a PC, so don’t know how it fares, but thelast time promo videos were included was around ten years ago when CDVs (CompactDisc Video) were around (and for anyone who has them, they are compatible withlaserdisc players than can playback PAL analogue discs).
Now Genesis are without Phil Collins, and instead with the lead singer ofScottish one-hit wonders, Stiltskin, who had a No.1 with “Inside”, the trackused in a Levi’s advert, and if memory serves me right, the first Levi’s advertto use a new song. The song itself was nothing to write home about, but had agrinding guitar riff used in the advert, which sold the record. That was in1994 though. Since then, nothing was heard of Stiltskin bar a follow-up singlelater in the year, “Footsteps” (No.34) (okay, so two-hit wonders :).
Since “Congo”, Genesis followed up with “Not About Us” which missed the Top 40altogether, although their album, “Calling All Stations”, made the Top 10.
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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.