21 Ash – Sometimes

J U L Y 2 1 S T 2 0 0 1 [This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week’s chart]

The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I’ve posted my Top 50 singles of the year,starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I’ll be going through the list one byone starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week: 11 new entries, 0 climbers, 0 non-movers & 29 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…

11 new entries :
• 27 Goodfellas – Soul Heaven
• 21 Ash – Sometimes
• 20 Aaliyah – We Need a Resolution
• 18 Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
• 16 Texas – I Don’t Want a Lover
• 14 Super Furry Animals – Juxtapozed with U *
• 9 Nsync – Pop
• 5 Ian Van Dahl – Castles in the Sky
• 4 Wyclef Jean – Perfect Gentleman
• 2 D12 & Eminem – Purple Pills :O ===
• 1 Robbie Williams – Eternity / The Road to Mandalay

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Gabrielle – Out of Reach
• 38 Linkin Parker – Papercut
• 37 Sticky – Booo
• 36 Nelly – Ride wit Me
• 35 Offspring – Million Miles Away
• 34 Steps – Here and Now
• 32 Dido – Thank You
• 31 Strokes – Hard to Explain
• 30 Beta Band – Broke/Won
• 29 Phats and Small – This Time Around
• 27 Feeder – Turn

0 climbers : 0 non-movers : and 29 going down. Big fallers include :

• 8 (3) Wheatus
• 26 (11) Jessica Simpson
• 28 (12) Damage
• 29 (14) Blink 182
• 31 (18) Bellefire
• 38 (21) Weezer

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

• 41 Elbow – Powder Blue
• 44 Claire Freeland – Free
• 53 Mull Historical Society – Animal Cannabus
• 61 Amen – The Waiting 18
• 62 Shaft – Kiki Riri Boom

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

21 Ash – SometimesAfter the okay “Shining Light”, and the excellent “Burn Baby Burn”,comes a dull track that never gets going and doesn’t know what its directionis. Why did they bother?

18 Avalanches – Frontier PsychiatristNot sure about this track. It’s a weird dancey one with two scientist typessaying one after the other “Psychosamatic” and “That boy needs therapy”.

16 Texas – I Don’t Want a LoverA dreadful and pointless remix of their first single. Well, I call it a”remix”, but it’s the same track with its heart stripped out and replaced bya relentless drumbeat.

It sounds bloody awful and they should be ashamed of themselves.

14 Super Furry Animals – Juxtapozed with U *Quite a bizarre choice for the band this track since it sounds far moresoul/bluesy than I’d expect them to come out with.

2 D12 & Eminem – Purple Pills :O ===Yes, it’s “pills”, not “Purple Hills” as the song has been doctored to forTV and radio broadcast making it even more pointless to listen to.

1 Robbie Williams – Eternity / The Road to Mandalay *1st Week at No.1*

The Road to Mandalay is the only track I liked from his current album,but it’s far from No.1 material.

I’m just looking forward to later this year when he claims he’s going to”kill off Robbie”, ie. ditch his fake persona and go back to being normal.

This is the 6th single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. DJ Pied Piper – Do You Really Like It
• 2. Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel
• 3. Moulin Rouge – Lady Marmalade
• 4. Hear’Say – The Way To Your Love
• 5. Roger Sanchez – Another Chance
• 6. Robbie Williams – Eternity / The Road to Mandalay

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New releases :

July (date unknown) :

Night Stalker – Altitude (Bonzai UK)
Everybody’s Feelin’ – Funk Train Angel (Audio Deluxe)
Signs – Badmarsh & Shri (Outcaste)
God’s Child EP – BBT (-)
The Mighty Ming – Brothers Love Dubs (Decode)
Are You Satisfied – Victor Calderone feat. Deborah Cooper (Tommy Boy)
Sonic Blue – Cequenza (Spot On)
Africa – The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
Circulation Ltd. 7 – Circulation (Circulation)
The Guitar Track – Colours (Skyline)
Future Sound Of Retro 2001 – Lee Coombs (Finger Lickin’)
Like A Feather – Nikki Costa (-)
Baby’s Arms – Robert Cray (-)
Superstring [rm] – Cygnus X (Xtravaganza)
Strung Out – Kam Denny (Stickman)
I Feel Loved – Depeche Mode (Mute)
Cat’s In The Cradle – Jason Downs feat. Milk (Pepper/Jive)
Sweet Music [rm] – EDP feat. Ashley Slater (BN1/Scorpio)
One Minute Man – Missy ‘Misdemenour’ Elliott feat. Ludacris (Gold Mind/Elektra/East West)
Guilty – First Choice (Dtension)
Questions Must Be Asked – David Forbes (Serious)
This Girl Is Taking Bets (EP) – Thea Gilmore (-)
The Fury – Indigenous Tribe feat. Eminem (-)
Someone To CAll My Lover – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Girls Play Too – Frances James & DJ Face (AM:PM/Polydor)
Be.Angeled – Jam & Spoon feat. Rea (Epic)
Why Can’t You Free Some Time – Ghandi Khna (-)
Austin’s Groove – Kid Creme (Subliminal)
Joyenergizer – Joy Kitikonti (Nukleuz/Media)
Ain’t Gonna – Brent Lawrence feat. Maureen Parker (Black & Blue)
Things Ain’t Right – DJ Lucy & Aydenne (Pure)
Sun – Sluslik Luna (-)
Please Stay [rm] – Mekon (Wall Of Sound)
Dial Revenge – Mogwai & Super Furry Animals (Platipus)
You Belong To Me – Michael Moog (Strictly Rhythm/ffrr)
Animal Cannabus – Mull Historical Society (Tugboat)
Crystal – New Order (London/WEA)
Into The Light – Off-Cast Project (Reign)
Heaven Is A Halfpipe – OPM (Atlantic/East West)
Eskimo – Rennie Pilgrem & Blim (Thursday Club)
Undeground Sound – Pitch Black (Rhythm Syndicate)
Cowboy Dreams – Prefab Sprout (Kitchenware/Columbia)
Sweeter Than Wine [rm] – Dionne Rakeem (Pure Silk/Virgin)
Underground – Rhythm Masters (Black & Blue/Neo)
Maymorning – Runrig (Ridge)
Losing Control – Saeed & Palash (Anodyne)
We Love You – Scumfog (Groovilicious UK)
Lean On Me – SFTG & Collein (-)
Trust In Me – Shanks & Bigfoot (Clinical)
Irresistible – Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
21 Sconds – So Solid Crew (Idependiente)
Da Antidote – Stanton Warriors (Mob)
[tba] – Tanya Stephens (WEA)
Ill Concepts – Street Preacherz (Bio)
Has It Come To This – The Streets (Locked On/XL)
Precious Heart – Tall Paul vs. InXS (VC/Virgin)
Karma – Tarantella (Whoop!)
An American Poem – Those Guys feat. Baraka (Basement Boys)
Butterflies – Transgenic Tools (Inferno)
Flowers In The Window / Side – Travis (Independiente)
Ignition Housejam – Trendroid (Twilo)
Elevation – U2 (Island/Universal-Island)
Sharp Tools Volume Five – v.a. (Sharp)
Take It Back – Vortex (Craven)
21st Century Love [rm] – Weekend Players (Multiply)
White Bird – White Bird (-)
Evil Acid – Wink (Ovum/Sony Sü)

July 9th :

Sometimes – Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
Frontier Psychiatrist – The Avalanches (Rex/XL)
Purple Pills – D12 (Interscope/Polydor)
Bump – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
Perfect Gentleman – Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Let’s Get Dirty (I Can’t Get In Da Club) – Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)
Soul Sound – Sugababes (London)
Juxtaposed With You – Super Furry Animals (Epic)
Eternity / Road To Madalay – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis:EMI)

July 16th :

Desert Drought – Cast (Polydor)
Revolving Door – Crazy Town (Columbia)
Babarabatin – The Gypsymen (Sound Design)
Scream If You Wanna Go Faster – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
Bounce With Me – Lil’ Bow Wow (So So Def/Columbia)
Girl Next Door – Lucy Street (Sony)
Killin’ Kind – Shelby Lynne (Mercury)
The Real Life – Raven Maize (Z Recs.-Rulin’)
Loaded – Ricky Martin (Columbia)
Devol’s Nightmare – Oxide & Neutrino (Oxide Neutrino/East West)
Destiny – Zero 7 (Ultimate Dilemma)

July 23rd :

Eternal Flame – Atomic Kitten (Innocent/Virgin)
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Balmes (A Better Life) – Ian Pooley feat. Esthero (V2)

August (date unknown) :

Boiler – Limp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal-Island)
The Nobodies – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope/Polydor)
Cambodia – Pulsedriver (-)
Cinderella – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
Shout (C’mon) [rm] – Sagitaire (NuLife/Arista)
Dream Of You – Schiller & Heppner (Data/Ministry Of Sound)
Miss California – Dante Thomas feat. Pras Michel (-)

September (date unknown) :

Love Is The Key – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Mojo – Secret Knowledge (One Little Indian)
They Don’t Know – So Solid Crew feat. Ms. Dynamite (Idependiente)

November (date unknown) :

Judas – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 1 Usher – 8701
• 30 Damage – Since You’ve Been Gone
• 31 Beach Boys – Best Of
• 41 Luciano Pavarotti – Amore

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Usher – 8701
• 2 Destiny’s Child – Survivor
• 3 Travis – The Invisible Band
• 4 D12 – Devil’s Night
• 5 Dido – No Angel

New releases :

July 2001 :

Beetroot – Cast (Polydor)
[tba] – The Corrs (Atlantic/East West)
[tba] – Craig David (Wildstar/Telstar)
[tba] – Sophie Ellis-Bextor (-)
[tba] – Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
[tba] – Ronan Keating (Polydor)
The Exorcist III – Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
Sintoxicated – Tanya Stephens (WEA)

July 9th :

White Boy With A Feather – Jason Downs (Jive)
Download This – New Sector Movements (Virgin)
God Hates Us All – Slayer (Columbia)
Stanton Warriors – Stanton Warriors (XL)
All About You [8701] – Usher (LaFace/Arista)

July 16th :

[tba] – 4hero (Talkin Loud)
Aaliyah – Aaliyah (Atlantic/East West)
Folk – Howie B. (Polydor)
Hot Shots Part II – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
Irresistible – Jessica Simpson (Columbia)
Further Reminders – Two Lone Swordsmen (Warp)

July 23rd :

Secrets – The Human League (Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)
Olivia – Olivia (J/RCA)
Rings Around The World – Super Furry Animals (Epic)
[tba] – Saul Williams (Columbia)

July 30th :

Paper, Scissors, Stone – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)

August 2001 :

3 Feet High & Rising [rem. ri w/add. tr.]] – De La Soul (Tommy Boy)
[tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Beautiful Garbage – Garbage (Mushroom)
[tba] – So Solid Crew (Independiente)
Is This It – The Strokes (Rough Trade)

August 6th :

Iowa – Slipknot (Roadrunner)

August 27th :

Get Ready – New Order (Warner Bros.)

September 2001 :

Wonderland – The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
Wonderland – Kelis (Virgin)
[tba] – Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
[tba] – William Orbit (WEA)

October 2001 :

[tba] – Portishead (Go.Beat/Polydor)

November 2001 :

[tba] – Oasis (Big Brother)

Dominator’s Top 50 of 2000

29. Ian Brown – Dolphins Were Monkeys”Golden Gaze” made my Top 10 of 2000’s singles, but came chronologically afterthis track which made No.5 in Feb last year and still impresses even thoughit took a while to gel.Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.

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