28 Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World *

This week: 11 new entries, 0 climbers, 2 non-movers & 27 downers.

(* – 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 :
• 40 UB40 – Since I Met You Lady
• 36 Sunscreen vs Push – Please Save Me
• 32 Sugar Ray – When It’s Over
• 29 India Arie – Brown Skin
• 28 Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World *
• 23 Pulp – The Trees
• 18 Streets – Has It Come To This
• 8 Linkin Park – In The End :O ===
• 7 Ones – Flawless
• 5 Usher – U Got It Bad
• 2 Michael Jackson – You Rock My World

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Ian Van Dahl – Castles in the Sky
• 39 Artful Dodger & Melanie Blatt – 24/7
• 38 Starsailor – Alcoholic
• 37 Talisman P – Here I Come
• 36 Faith Hill – Breathe
• 35 Sophie Ellis Bextor – Take Me Home
• 31 Nelly Furtado – Turn Off The Light
• 34 Stereophonics – Step on my Old Size Nines
• 33 Victoria Beckham – Not Such an Innocent Girl
• 29 Girls at Play – Respectable
• 27 Jo Breezer – Venus and Mars

0 climbers : 2 non-movers :

• 1 Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of My Head
• 10 Mary J Blige

and 27 going down. Big fallers include :

• 13 (7) Bell & Spurling
• 14 (8) Sum 41
• 15 (12) Jean Jacques Smoothie
• 25 (16) Sarah Connor
• 34 (20) Ash – Candy
• 37 (21) Kurupt

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

• 41 PJ Harvey – This is Love
• 42 Elbow – Newborn
• 43 X-Press 2 – Smoke Machine
• 53 Roots Manuva – Dreamy Days
• 59 Luther Vandross – Take You Out
• 61 Fugazi – Furniture
• 70 Funk D’Void – Diabla
• 73 Hi Tek – Round & Round
• 74 Desert – Letting Ya Mind Go

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

28 Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World *Another release, another excellent single, each one very different from thelast and still sounding just as fresh

8 Linkin Park – In The End :O ===It’s loud, distinctive and just as enjoyable as other singles they’vereleased such as Crawlin’, One Step Closer and Paper Cut.

2 Michael Jackson – You Rock My WorldHis first new single in an age, but still proving that he’s lost what heonce had. It’s definite Wacko Jacko and that’s the problem: He never changes.It didn’t even deserve a Top 10 placing let alone a No.2 slot, but at leastit failed to reach the top.

1 Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of My Head *4th Week at No.1*

This is okay, but that’s all. It’s a mediocre track that doesn’t inspire muchin the way of positive thoughts. Yes, she may have a slinky white dress in thevideo but it doesn’t sit well when you have the body of an Ethopian.

On the plus side, at least it’s stopped Michael Jackson getting to No.1with his limp effort.

Much better is the track I’ve only recently heard, even though I understandit’s a year old and comes from her last album. That track is “Your DiscoNeeds You”. Why they hell wasn’t that released over here??