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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 : 10 new entries, 2 climbers, 2 non-movers & 26 downers.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…
10 new entries this week :
Not bad this, but it really does send like another cover version.
7 James – Sit Down (Remix) :O ===Although I have their “Best Of” album, and most of it is excellent, two songsof theirs that I really don’t care for are “Sit Down” and “Come Home” andthis remix of the former does it no favours whatsoever.
2 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy :O ===Another Steps record. Now THAT’S a Tragedy! 🙂
1 (1) Cher – Believe :O === *4th Week at No.1*Cher goes Techno. The end result sounds like she’s singing through a toiletas a machine controls the inflection in her voice and makes her sound likeProfessor Stephen Hawking.
This is the fifteenth single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :
Fourteen No.1’s in a row beats the record set in the chart at week endingApril 13th 1996 when the Prodigy rounded off 10 singles going in at No.1 in arow which began with Shaggy. Let’s see how many more are to follow…
The previous Top 10 No.1 list looks like this :
- All I Need – Air (Source/Virgin)
9PM (Till I Come) – A.T.B. (Kontor)
Centrefold – Adam Austin (Media/Powerhouse/MCA)
Air I Breathe – Badmarsh & Shri (Outcaste)
Chain Of Fools [rm] – B.F.L. Project feat. Julie Dennis (Activ)
Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key / My Thirty Thousand / Bug-Eyed Jim – Billy Bragg & Wilco (Elektra/East West)
To Make You Feel My Love – Garth Brooks (Capitol)
Godspeed – B.T. (Renaissance/Pioneer)
Dusk Till Dawn EP: Miracxle Of Being / Inexile / Coisich A Ruin – Capercaillie (Survival)
Sunshine People – Cheek (Versatile)
Pilgrim – Eric Clapton (Duck/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Pray – Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc/Jive)
I Feel Good Things For You – Daddy’s Favourite (Go.Beat/Mercury)
Voices – Desert (Glow)
Sunrise – Kevin Fisher pres. The Dream feat. Kenard (Twisted UK)
Strictly High – The Escort Agency (Pow!)
Beat The Street – Feelin Soul feat. Sharon Redd (Lovebreak)
The North Star – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Skydive – Freefall (Stress)
Freqazoid – Freq Nasty (Botchit & Scarper)
Fashion ’98 – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
Hairstyle – Gold Blade (Ultimate)
Comatose – Lisa Hall (-)
Feel The Love [rm] – High Society feat. Carol Leeming (Quality)
Presents Belli Rayn – Victor Imbrez (Greenlight)
Sit Down ’98 – James (Fontana/Mercury)
Hands – Jewel (Atlantic)
Piper – Jonny L. (Citybeat/XL)
Five Minutes – Lil Mo’ feat. Missy ‘Misdemenour’ Elliot (Elektra)
Sensuality – Lovestation (Fresh)
La [rm] – Marc et Claude (Positiva)
The Dope Show – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope)
Wild Prairie – Linda McCartney (Parlophone)
Disco Tr-Amba – Mistericky (Danceteria)
Joy & Pain – M=F3a (Tommy Boy)
Power Cut – Moke (Dorado)
Revenge Of The Killer Beez – Airto Moreira (Electro Melt)
The Airport Freete – Mucho Macho (Wiiija)
Ain’t No Telling – Gilbert O’Sullivan (Park)
All I Want / Never Be The Same Again – Puressence (Island)
Timerider – DJ Quicksilver (Positiva)
Spellbound – Rae & Christian feat. Veba (Grand Central)
If We Try – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto/Mercury)
Music Maker – DJ Reality (Trouble On Vinyl)
Image Of You – Red Snapper (Warp)
Break It Up – Rocket From The Crypt (Elemental)
You’re Still The One / All My Life – Nia Shayne / Jaycee & No No (Box21)
Sync In – Noel Silent Breed (Additive/Positiva)
The Boy Is Mine / Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Sista 2 Sista / 2 AM(Box 21)
Rejoice For Life – Smokin’ Beats (Smokin’ Beats)
Velocity Girl – Snow Patrol (Jeepster)
To Love You Once Again – Solid Harmonie (Jive) * U Took My Love – Spiritual Masters feat. Moshtari (Heat)
If You Could Read My Mind – Stars On 54 (Tommy Boy)
Heartbeat / Tragedy – Steps (Jive)
The Bartender & The Thief – Stereophonics (V2)
The Flame Still Burns – Strange Fruit feat. Jimmy Nail (London) * Loundandlippy EP: Loud Crowd / Lips /Black Blood / Second Coming – Sunhouse (Independiente)
Pink Skunk Funk EP: P.I.L. – Supercharger (Indochina)
Darn (Cold Way O’ Loving) – Super Collider (Loaded-Wonderboy) * Let It Swing / Love In The First Degree / Pyramid – Sushi (Branded) * Mind Horizons EP – v.a. (Mind Horizon/ffrr)
Les Dormeurs – Chantalle Verde (Tripoli Trax)
Tranceillusion – VFR (Quad)
Cupboard Love – Jane Weaver (Manchester)
- Happy Home – 2pac (Eagle)
Until The Time Is Through – 5 (RCA)
[tba] – A+ (Universal)
150% – A1 People (Hydrogen Dukebox)
I Want Your Lovin’ – Addams & Gee feat. Gwen Dickey (Rumour)
Let It All Hang Out – A.D.O.R. (Uppercut)
Converted – Alabama 3 (Elemental/One Little Indian)
Real Good Time – Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
War Of Nerves – All Saints (London)
Hi-Fi Lo-Fi (EP) – Astrid (Fantastic Plastic)
Repeated Love – A.T.G.O.C. (Wonderboy)
For Life – Auburn (Scarlet)
Big Panty Woman – Barefoot Man (-) * Verbalise – Big Kwam (Blindside)
Put Your Hands Up – Black & White Brothers (Club Tools/Edel)
She’s Not There – Colin Blunstone (-)
All This Love – Blu Room (Thumpin’ Vinyl)
White No Siugar – The Clint Boon Experience (Rabid Badger)
Have You Ever – Brandy (Atlantic/East West) * Just Like A Day EP: Journey Song / Theme From The Boozer / Levitation / Easy Life – Brothers In Sound (Regal/Parlophone)
Gots Like Come On Thru – Buddha Monk (Raputation/Edel)
The Lollipop EP: My Machine / I Want It / Enfys Alcoholic – Cartoon(Shine)
Fields Of Gold – Eva Cassidy (Hot)
Touch Of Love – Cleopatra (WEA)
Blame It On The Boogie – Clock (Media/Power Station/MCA)
Candyman – Cornershop (Wiiija)
So Young – The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
Clear Skyz / Reminisce – DJ Die (Full Cycle)
I’m Your Angel – C=E9line Dion with R. Kelly (Epic)
Joy Is Free – Dive (WEA)
Certainty Of Chance – The Divine Comedy (Setanta)
The Seedy Room – Dobbs (-)
The Word – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
I Can Fly – The Dream Girls (Almighty)
Crawl Down – Dycefly (Universal)
Best Friend’s Girl – Electrasy (MCA)
Sleeping In Your Hand – Elisa (Polydor)
Hold On 1998 – En Vogue (East West)
Risk – Foul Play Productions (-)
Comotose – Front Line Assembly (Transcopic)
Left Bank 2 – Lance Gambit Trio (Music For Leisure)
The Impossible Dream – Lesley Garrett (Conifer)
Bodyguard (You Can Call Me Al) – Ghost (Charm/Jetstar)
Whole Lotta Nothing – Grand Mal (Slash/London)
Steam Of My Dreams – Green Jesus Saviours (-)
Mothership Re-Connection – Scott Grooves (Soma) * 2 Future 4 U – Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Everywhere – Indigo (Euphonic)
Because I Got It Like That – The Jungle Brothers (Gee Street/V2)
4 Gone Way – Kawala (Pepper/Jive)
The Silence – Mike Koglin (Multiply)
Five Boroughs – KRS One (Jive)
High Rise Town – The Lanterns (Columbia)
Battleflag – Lo Fidelity Allstars feat. Pidgeonhead (Skint)
[tba] – Loop Da Loop (Manifesto)
If – Des Lynam (BBC)
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / No Matter What – Meat Loaf(Virgin)
Turn The Page – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
Touch It – Monifah (Universal)
Son – Monk & Canatella (Sony S=B2-Multiply)
It’s All About Me – Mya feat. Sisquo (Interscope/Universal)
Raw Law – New Bomb Turks (-)
Loneliness Is Gone – Nine Yards (Virgin)
People Are Strange – Stina Nordenstam (East West)
Shorley Wall (EP) / Today’s The Day / Serotonin Smile / A Place I Call Home / Why Did My Igloo Collapse? / Liove Again (Don’t Die Father) /
Honey Dew / Secret Track – Ooberman (Tugboat)
Peace Train [rm] – Dolly Parton (Bounce)
Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam (Epic)
Doin’ Our Thing / One Man’s Bitch – Phoebe 1 feat. The Main Street Crew (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
Cosa Della Vita (Can’t Stop Thinking Of You) – Ramazzotti & Tina Turner(RCA)
Du Hast – Rammstein (London)
Strawberry – Nicole Ren=E9e (Atlantic/East West)
Blue – LeAnn Rimes (Curb/The Hit Label)
Dreaming – Ruff Driverz pres. Arrola (Inferno)
The Moon Radiates A Purple Glow In His World – Salako (Jeepster)
Move Mania – Sash! feat. Shannon (Multiply)
Choke – Sepultura (Roadrunner)
Searchin’ My Soul – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
What Ya Got 4 Me – Signum (Tidy Trax)
Sharks – Silver Sun (Polydor)
Touch Me – Solo [US] (Perspective/A&M)
It Feels So Good – Sonique (Serious)
Silvery Sounds – Sound Of K (F Comm.)
Capital Rize / Livin’ 4 The Loot / Snakes & Ladders – Structure-Rize(MCA)
Ready To Rock / Is This Real – Sunship (Filter)
Come Get Wit Me – Keith Sweat feat. Snoop Dogg (Elektra/East West)
Lebanese Blonde – Thievery Corporation (4AD)
Treat U Right – Truce (Big Life)
From This Moment On – Shania Twain (Mercury)
Funky Groove – Untidy DJs (Manifesto)
See It Through – The Urchins (Jealous)
The Unreleased Projects EP Vol. 1: The Ocean [X-Pact] / Amazonic
[Jaycom Spiri] / Our Power [Jaycom Spiri] / Amazonic [Jaycom Spiri] /
Nemesis [Silvio Ecomo] / Veveious [Silvio Ecomo] – v.a. (Hooj Choons)
Up & Down – Vengaboys (Positiva)
Hang On – Waste (Jealous)
Rockin’ 2 Da Rhythm – Wax Assasins (Easy DB)
The Roof Is On Fire [rm] – Westbam (Low Spirit/Logic)
- I Wish I Were You – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
Get Into Love – Anti Social (East West)
Wild Surf – Ash (Infectious/Mushromm)
Disco Babes From Outer Space [rm] – Babe Instinct (Positiva)
Alarm Call – Bj=F6rk (One Little Indian)
Perfect Love Song – Blak Twang (Black Jam-Jammin’)
I Love The Way You Love Me – Boyzone (Polydor)
Dance Girl Dance [ri] – Cinerama (Cooking Vinyl)
Good Rhymes – Da Click (Fifty First/London)
The Latin Theme – Carl Cox (Edel)
There Goes The Neighbourhood – Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
Cancer For The Cure – Eels (DreamWorks)
Big Big World – Emilia (Universal)
Take The Long Way Home – Faithless (Cheeky)
Eight Times Harder / My Before & After – Fraff / Cotton Mather (RainbowQuartz)
This Party Sucks – Fused (Epic)
All Day / All Night – Interfearance (Electronically Enhanced)
Rush – Kleshay (Jerv/Epic)
Madness Thing – Leilani (ZTT)
The Power Of Good-Bye – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Prime Audio Soup – Meat Beat Manifesto (Play It Again Sam)
CC Consciousness – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
My One True Friend – Bette Midler (Atlantic/East West)
Heart As Big As Liverpool – The Mighty Wah (Columbia)
Deadbeat – Mint Royale (Faith & Hope)
Summertime – Morcheeba (China)
Stand / Junk – Mover (Superior Quality/A&M)
A Thing Called Love – Mr. C & Robert Owens (-)
Incredible – Keith Murray feat. LL Cool J (Jive)
Tears In The Rain – N-Trance (All Around The World)
B-Boy Hump – Ol’ Skool Orchestra (East West)
Wheelkings 1973 – One Lady Owner (Creation)
You Blow Me Away – Paper Dolls (MCA)
Friday Night – Phat’n’Phunky feat. Rozalla (Riversal/Universal)
Sense Of Danger – Presence feat. Shara Nelson (Pagan)
Monster / Drifter – Psychedeliasmith (Athletico)
I Can’t See – Nicole Ray (Atlantic/East West)
Try Everything – Republica (Deconstruction)
[tba] – Busta Rhymes (Elektra/East West)
Jump, Jive & Wail – Brian Setzer (Universal)
Miami – Will Smith (Columbia)
Yuki – Snuff (Deceptive)
The Bad Days (EP) / The Unluckiest Man Alive / We’ve Gotta Get Out Of
This Place – Space (Gut)
Rama Communication – State Of Bengal (One Little Indian)
So Pure – Subsola (Pow!)
United Colours Of Ten Benson EP – Ten Benson (Deceptive)
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Another Level, Beverley Knight, Mica Paris, Damage, Nine Yards,
Don-E, Hinda Hicks, Celetia, Dina Carroll, Dru Hill, Schola Ama,
Truce, Misty Oldland, Ultimate Kaos, Kes’shay, Lynden David Hall,
Kele Le Roc, East 17, Conner Reeves
The Devil’s Trill – Vanessa-Mae (EMI)
Quarantine / Into The Waves – Witness (Valiant/Island)
- Always Have Always Will – Ace Of Base (Mega/Metronome/London)
When You’re Gone – Bryan Adams with Melanie C. (A&M/Mercury)
Take Me There – Blackstreet & Mya feat. Mase (Interscope)
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again / It May Be Winter – Emma Boundy(Chrysalis)
As It Is / Who’s Who – Cliffhanger (Underwater)
Havana – Cuba (4AD)
Codie Clear – El Nino (Ignition) * The Abbey Road Sessions – Part II – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
The Good Will Out – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
Naughty Christmas (Goblin In The Office) – Fat Les feat. Alex James &
The London Community Gospel Choir (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
Resurrection – Fear Factory (Roadrunner)
Move Closer – Hinda Hicks (Island)
End Of The Line – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Time To Get Back – Hysteric Ego (WEA)
Every Time – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z (Northwestside)
Funky Love – Kavana (Virgin)
One Way ’98 – The Levellers (China)
Thinkin’ About It – Gerald Levert (Elektra/East West)
Just For The Sex Of It – Livin’ Joy (Undiscovered/Universal/MCA)
It’s All Yours – MC Lyte feat. Gina Thompson (Elektra/East West)
The Everlasting / Blackholes For The Young [feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor] /
Valley Boy // MC: Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky [live] – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain (East West)
Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista)
The Greatest Love You’ll Never Know / When A Child Is Born – Lutricia McNeal (Wildstar/Telstar)
Be My Lover [rm] – Naomi (Gut)
Never Lost His Hardcore – NRG (Banana)
Valley Of The Sows – Penthouse (Beggars Banquet)
Switch – Peshay (Mo Wax)
I Had No Right – PM Dawn (Gee Street/V2)
When We’re Together [ri] – Rialto (China)
Vita Mia – Cliff Richard feat. Vincenzo La Scola (EMI)
I Want You [ri] – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Messenger In The Camp – Seafood (Fierce Panda)
Ghetto Girl – Simply Red (East West)
Waltz No. 2 (XO) – Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)
Sweat Pea – Soul Hooligan (Freskanova)
Holly Holy – UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin)
No Regrets / Ant Music – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
- Aquilla – Anjali (Wiiija)
Good Morning Sunshine – Aqua (MCA/Universal)
I Want To Spend My Life With You – Tina Arena & Marc Anthony (Columbia)
Dumb – The Beautiful South (Go!Discs/Mercury)
Tropicalia – Beck (Geffen)
She Wants You – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
To You I Belong – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
White Christmas – Bing Crosby (Universal)
Don’t Let This Moment End – Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Lean On Me – Kirk Franklin feat. Bono, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis & The Family (Universal)
Malibu – Hole (Geffen)
When You Believe – Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Street Symphony – Monica (Arista)
Prickly Heat (Oooie, Oooie, Oooie) – Prickly Heat (Virgin)
Cyanide – Regular Fries (JBO/V2)
Lotus – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Speeding Up The Beats – Mr. Roy (East West)
Watching Windows [rm] – Roni Size/Reprazent (Talkin Loud)
Va Pansiero – Zucchero feat. Sin=E9ad O’Connor (Polydor)
- Granada – Placido Domingo (WEA)
Missing You – E’voke (Eternal/WEA)
Twelfth Of Never – Jane McDonald (Focus)
Space Lord – Monster Magnet (A&M)
[tba] – Seal (Warner Bros.)
Goodbye – Spice Girls (Virgin)
Superstar – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
The Aeroplane Song – Straw (WEA)
[tba] – Rob Zombie (Universal)
- Walk Like A Panther – The All Seeing I (ffrr)
Love Shack ’99 – The B-52s (WEA)
Postcards From Heaven – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)
Crazy – Lucid (Indirect/Delirious/ffrr)
Whiskey In The Jar – Metallica (Vertigo/Mercury)
Rescue Me – Ultra (East West)
- Aint No Sunshine – 4 The Cause (RCA)
A Little But More [Just A Little More] – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
[tba] – Korn (Immortal/Epi)
[tba] – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
Leaving On A Jet Plane – Chantelle Krevusiak (Epic)
Yakalelo – Nomads (Epic)
Westside – T.Q. (Epic)
- Bku Air – Blu Peter (React)
Erase Wind – The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor)
[tba] – Cassius (Virgin)
Waiting – The Devlins (Universal)
[tba] – Joy (Virgin)
[tba] – Justin (Streamline/Virgin)
Unknown – Andrea Parker (Mo Wax)
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf (Universal)
- National Express – The Divine Comedy (Setanta)
Bad Girls / I Like – Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA)
The Flame – Sebadoh (Domino)
The Living Dream [rm] – Sundance (React)
I Surrender – David Sylvian (Virgin)
- Love Me – 112 feat. Mase (Bad Boy/Arista)
Holy Ghost [F imp] – 3 Mai (Sony)
Cubik 98 [rm] – 808 State (ZTT)
Everybody Sometimes – Ahmen-Rah (Talkin Loud)
Feelings – Alexia (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Last Sunset In Amnesia – Jos=E9 Amnesia (Age One)
Jackie’s Strength – Tori Amos (Atlantic/East West)
Rebirth Of Cavanough – Atmos (Eve)
Dancing In Outer Space [rm] – Atmosfear (Disorient)
Stop Messin’! – Ay Caramba starr. Buster (Innocent/Virgin)
The Break ’98 – Arthur Baker (Groovilicious)
One Week – Barenaked Ladies (-)
Hablame Luna – Basic Connection (ZYX)
Raise Your Hands – Big Room Girl (Junior Boy’s Own)
4-Day Weekend – The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M)
Always Looking For Something – B (Coalition)
The Final Frontier (Return Of Captain Rock) – CRS Browski (Rumour)
Never There – Cake (Fontana)
The Timewarp – The Cast Of The New Rocky Horror Show (Damn It Janet!)
On The Phone – Celetia feat. Red Rat (Big Life)
Venus – Sunshine People – Cheek (Versatile/ffrr)
Bad Enough – CZR (Subliminal)
Uninvited / My Heart Will Go On – D=E9j=E0 Vu feat. Tasmin (Almighty)
Paralysed Paradise EP – Digital Monkeys (Coded)
Simplicity – Chris Domingo (Kickin’)
[tba] – Electronic (Parlophone)
On & On – Melanie Ephson (Excess)
Leech – Eve 6 (RCA)
Right Here Right Now – Fierce (Wildstar)
There You Go – Flick (Columbia)
Here We Go – Funkmaster Flex feat. Khadeja, Product & Wyclef Jean(Loud/RCA)
Great Life – Goat (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
What You Won’t Do For Love – Goldie (Metalheadz/ffrr)
Hush The Warmth – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (Fontana/Mercury)
Night Images – Larry Heard vs. Swayzak (Mecca)
Moralita – Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Buena Vista – La Buena Vida – Inner City feat. Paris Grey (KMS)
A Dog Named Snuggles – Jackknife (Pussyfoot)
Hallelujah! – Holly Johnson (Pleasuredome)
You Only Have To Say You Love Me – Hannah Jones (Logic/Arista)
Sista Sista – Beverley Knight (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
No Mermaid – Sin=E9ad Lohan (Grapevine)
It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw with Faith Hill (-)
Can’t Hear Ya – Meat Katie (Kingsize)
Givin’ Up My Soul – Menage (Si)
Sacr=E9 Coeur – Lynn Miles (-)
Come On People – Mousse T. vs. Hot’n’Juicy (AM:PM/A&M)
You Send Me Flying – Billie Myers (Universal)
Pink Panther Theme – Neo (EMI)
Forever – Next Generation (Slamm)
Musik – Nudge (Global Harmony)
Little Fluffy Clouds ’98 – The Orb (Island)
Feelin’ You – Sara Parker (Devil May Care)
Broken Mirror – Random Factor (20-20 Vision)
Rasassination – Ras Kass (Priority/Virgin)
[tba] – Reef (Sony S=B2)
Anyway The Wind Blows – The Rhythm Kings (-)
Trumaster – Pete Rock (Loud/RCA)
Singing In My Sleep – Semisonic (MCA)
Friday – Skinny (Cheeky)
I Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby – Smash Mouth (Interscope)
Monkey Magic – Soko (All Around The World)
Dance Yourself Dizzy – Soraya UK (London)
Batacuda – Spiller (Peppermint Jam)
The Letter [ri] – Pauline Taylor (Cheeky)
Trippin – Total feat. Missy ‘Misdemenour’ Elliot (Bad Boy/Arista)
Dream – Trigger (Aegean/Virgin????)
Kill The Pain – U (London)
Soulsaver – Underground Resistance (S.I.D.)
Breathe [ri] – Midge Ure (Arista)
Elvis Never Meant Shit To Me EP – v.a. (Filter)
Book & A Cover – Suzanne Vega (A&M)
What Do You Hear In These Sounds – Dar Williams (-)
- You Should Be … – The Blockster (Ministry Of Sound)
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head – Brand Nubian (Arista)
Toonage – Cartoons (EMI)
Getting Away With It – The Egg (Indochina)
What U Do / Hold On – Stephen Emmanuel (Ice Cream)
Ulysses – Extended Family (Pan)
Brand New Funk – Adam F. (V)
Let’s Hear It For The Boy / We Are Family – Glamma (-)
Skuzzlebutt – Hong Kong Trash (Glow)
Playin’ With My Mind – House Of Glass (Azuli)
Humate ’98 – Humate (Platipus)
Stand Up – Lisa Hunt (Easy Street)
I Got The Feeling – II Jam (-)
[tba] – Jocks Wa Hey (-)
Wild World – Annabel Lamb (-)
Yous Les Groove – Le Rosbif (Push)
Fire – Mankey (Slamm/Pioneer)
[tba] – George Michael (Epic)
Searchin’ My Soul – Jayne Montgomery (Almighty)
Kumquat Shot – Organic Audio (Tummy Touch)
Gonna Lose My Love – Overground Worx (Slamm/Pioneer)
Always You – Jennifer Paige (EAR/Edel)
Fluid – Plan D (24 Stroke)
After The Rush – Red Sky (Pod)
Low Rider – Romario feat. Bill Fredericks (-)
What Is Love – Soundscapers (Kingpin)
Darkness – Satoshi Tomiie (INCredible/Sony)
The Drums Of death – UNKLE feat. Mike D (Mo Wax)
Where Your Road Leads – Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks (MCA)
Criticize ’98 – Yojo Working feat. Alexander O’Neal (One WorldEnt./Positivity)
- Breakers Revenge – Arthur Baker (Freskanova)
[tba] – Cuba (4AD)
These Are The Times – Dru Hill (Island Black Music)
[tba] – Adam F. feat. Beenie Man (Feverpitch/Positiva)
Praise You – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
It’s Not Right, But It’s OK – Whitney Houston (Arista)
The Sun Goes Down (Livin’ It Up) – Level 42 & Omar (Polydor)
[tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Style – Orbital (ffrr)
[tba] – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
[tba] – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
[tba] – Utah Saints feat. Iggy Pop (Echo)
Highs & Lows – Waste (Jealous)
- Walk Like A Panther – Tony Christie (-)
All Night Long – Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
All In My Mind – Lovestation (Fresh)
Dog Day – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
[tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
Dream – Serious Danger (Fresh)
- [tba] – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
- My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
[tba] – Westside (RCA)
- [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)
This week there are new entries for
- Bitter Honey – Ali (Wild Card/Polydor)
Another Level – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
That’s What Friends Are For – Shirley Bassey (Right Recs.)
Yemen Cutta Connection [ri] – Black Star Liner (Honibokum)
Eden – Sarah Brightman (Coalition)
The Show Of Our Lives – Caravan (Mooncrest)
Voice Of An Angel – Charlotte Church (Sony)
More Memories – Bing Crosby (MCA)
Greatest Moments – Culture Club (Virgin)
Greatest – Duran Duran (EMI)
Who Loves A Lot – Faith No More (Slash/London)
Greatest Hits – Aretha Franklin (Global TV)
Vortex Phenomenon – Tommy Gee (R&S)
Caledonian Christmas – Glasgow Phoenix Choir (Scotdisc)
Live … The Road To Albertane – Hanson (Mercury)
Dress To Kill – Eddie Izzard (Laughing Stock)
The Bed Is In The Ocean – Karate (Southern)
Everybody’s Somebody – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
R. – R. Kelly (Jive)
Sawtooth – Jonny L. (Citybeat/XL)
Doctor Doolittle – London Cast Recording (First Night)
Vote The Pacifist Ticket Today – Magoo (Chemikal Underground)
Maniloe Sings Sinatra – Barry Manilow (Arista)
The McGanns – The McGanns (Coalition)
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of … – George Michael (Epic)
People Are Strange – Stina Nordenstam (East West)
Hancock’s Half Hour 10 – Original Cast (BBC Radio Collection)
On Reflection – The Very Best Of … – Elaine Paige (Telstar)
Tears Of Pearls – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Kalonji – Sizzla (*Jetstar)
Tracks – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Fan Mail – TLC (LaFace/Arista)
They Never Saw Me Coming – TQ (Epic)
The Original Four Seasons / The DevilsTrill Sonata – Vanessa-Mae (EMIClassics)
Modern Classics – Greatest Hits – Paul Weller (Island)
- Room 112 – 112 (Bad Boy/Arista)
311 Live – 311 (Mercury)
Alphabet City – ABC (Mercury)
How To Be A Zillionaire – ABC (Mercury)
The Lexicon Of Love – ABC (Mercury)
Cristmas Album – Christmas With … – Babyface (Epic)
Ice – Charlie Baltimore (Epic)
Bellatrix – Bellatrix (Global Warming)
The Essential … – Tony Bennett (Columbia)
Double Live – Garth Brooks (Capitol/Parlophone)
#1’s [Ones] – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
For You – C=E9line Dion (Elap)
Mon Ami – C=E9line Dion (Elap)
Love Songs – Dr. Hook (EMI)
Step To Dis – Dub War (Earache)
Resurrection – E-17 [East 17] (Telstar)
Fear Of Pop – Fear Of Pop (Epic)
Leftover – Flexible (Epic)
100% Ginuwine – Ginuwine (Epic)
Glam Rock Party Supermix – The Glam Rock All-Stars (Pulse)
Ring Of Saturn – Goldie (Metalheads/ffrr)
Live At Legends – Buddy Guy & Junior Wells (Jive)
Feet Of Flames – Ronan Hardiman (PolyGram TV)
My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) – Ice Cube (Priority/Virgin)
Interference – Interference (London)
Spirit – Jewel (Atlantic)
The Great B.B. King – B.B. King (Pulse)
Gravelands – The King (Chrysalis)
Casual Bodies – Klute (Certificate 18)
Merry Christmas … Have A Nice Life – Cyndi Lauper (Epic)
29 Nights – Danni Leigh (Universal)
Silver Tones – The Best Of … – John Mayall (Silvertone/Jive)
Tical 2000: Judgement Day – Method Man (DefJam/Mercury)
The Very Best Of … – Alannah Myles (Ark/EMI)
America – The Offspring (Columbia)
Illuminati – The Pastels (Domino)
Lost Treasure Of The Ark – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry (*Jetstar)
Prototype – Rachid (Universal)
Different Stages Live – Rush (Anthem/Atlantic/East West)
Bobby Digital In Stereo – RZA (Gee Street/V2)
Human Being – Seal (Warner Bros.)
Hmmmm Baby (The Seduction Selection) – Fat Harry White & The Love
Limited Orchestra (Anxious)
Wish You Were Here – Mick Wills (Mercury)
Transistor Blast – The BBC Sessions – XTC (Cooking Vinyl)
- The Collection Vol. 1 – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ruthless/Epic)
Dina Carroll – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
[tba] – Desert Eagle Discs (Deconstruction)
Ballon Blue – Anja Garbarek (RCA)
Wonder No. 8 – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Eddie’s Head – Iron Maiden (EMI)
The Soul Of A Man – Kenny Latimore (Columbia)
Poems By Des – Des Lynham (BBC)
Garage Inc. – Metallica (Vertigo)
It’s A Beautiful Thing – Keith Murray (Jive)
Live At Two Legs – Pearl Jam (Epic)
Miniatures – Queen (Parlophone)
Doc’s The Name – Redman (Def Jam)
Out Spaced – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Ask Anybody – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
Fabulous – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
- BBC Sessions – Dinosaur Jr. (Strange Fruit)
Da Good, Da Bad, Da Ugly – Ghetto Boys (Virgin)
Best Of … – Earl Klugh (WEA)
La Llorena – Lhasa (WEA)
Major Force West – Major Force West (Mo Wax)
Yerself Is Steam [ri] – Mercury Rev (Mint Films/Jungle)
Best Of … – Joe Sample (WEA)
For You – Kurt Whalum (WEA)
Greatest Hits – Vanessa Williams (Mercury)
Fabrication Reject – Tom Ze (Warner Bros.)
- There It Is – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
China Doll – Foxy Brown (Def Jam)
The Professional – DJ Clue (Def Jam)
A Search For Reason – Kilgore (RCA)
[tba] – Major Force (Island)
Singles Box Set – Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)
The Limehouse Link – Mucho Macho (Wiiija)
Extinction Level – Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
Waltzes – Andr=E9 Rieu (Polydor)
The Very Best Of 1988-93 – George Strait (MCA)
Flexible Leftovers – Steve Vai (Relativity/Epic)
The Best Of … – Zucchero (Polydor)
- Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood – DMX (Def Jam/Mercury)
- Hard Knock Life – Vol. 2 – Jay-Z (Northwestside) [ri]
- Out Loud – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
Ultra – Ultra (East West)
- The Sebadoh – Sebadoh (Domino)
- Dead Bees On A Cake – David Sylvian (Virgin)
- Paradoxx – 666 (Danceteria)
The Christmas Box Set – All Saints (London)
King Kong Groover – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
[tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
[tba] – Malandra Burrows (warner.esp)
[tba] – Cast (Polydor)
Love Songs & Poetry – John Denver (Camden)
[tba] – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
Etched In Blue – Rory Gallagher (Camden)
The Gallery – Lance Gambit (Listen For Pleasure)
Rich Girl – Daryl Hall & John Oates (Camden)
Greatest Hits – Waylon Jennings (Camden)
Instinct – Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin)
Vibestation – Kulay (INCredible)
Alabama Song – Allison Moorer (=B4-)
Liquid – Naomi (Gut)
Happy Hour – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Shabba Ranks & Friends – Shabba Ranks (Epic)
Ghetto Style – Gil Scott-Heron (Camden)
The Very Best Of … – Rod Stewart (Mercury)
[tba] – Structure-Rize (Universal)
How Cool Is That – Tzant (Logic)
I Turn The page – Don Williams (Giant/RCA)
[tba] – The Wombles (Columbia)
- [tba] – Black Lace (NOW)
The NuNation – Kirk Franklin (Universal)
Sex Down – Link (Relativity/Epic)
Beloved OST – Rachel Portman (-)
- Read My Sign – Bell Book & Candle (Logic/Arista)
Social Dancing – Bis (Wiiija)
Falling For You – Tony Di Bart (Cleveland City)
Joe’s 90s – Joe Dolan (EMI)
Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)
[tba] – Fierce (Wildstar)
Say Who – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
Recycle – New Order (London)
The Roadhouse Garden – Prince (-)
Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
[tba] – Straw (WEA)
- Death By Cuba – Cuba (4AD)
Archive Crash – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Class Reunion 1999 – Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – INOJ (SoSoDef/Columbia)
Picnic With The Greys – Mad Doctor X (Freskanova)
Demons – Maxim Overdrive (XL)
[tba] – Moby (Mute)
Where Do We Go From Here – Nine Yards (Virgin)
Middle Of Nowhere – Orbital (ffrr)
[tba] – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
[tba] – Purity (Tommy Boy)
Learning Curve – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Anomie & Bonhomie – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
The Program – Serious Danger (Fresh)
Performance & Cocktail – Stereophonics (V2)
[tba] – Waste (Jealous)
- One Advice, Space – Deus (Independiente)
Lovestation – Lovestation (Fresh)
[tba] – Suede (Nude)
- 100% Dynamite – v.a. (Soul Jazz)
Belly OST – v.a. (Def Jam)
Blade OST – v.a. (Epic)
Gold’s Greatest Hits – v.a. (Telstar)
Holland Sux – v.a. (Bitzcore)
Nu Jazz Generation – v.a. (Clean Up)
Prince Of Egypt OST – v.a. (DreamWorks)
Prince Of Egypt: Inspirational – v.a. (DreamWorks)
Prince Of Egypt: Nashville – v.a. (DreamWorks)
‘Round Midnight – v.a. (Ronco)
Silence 2 – v.a. (Sony Classical)
Survival Of The Illest – v.a. (Def Jam)
Swing! – The Ultimate Big Band Album – v.a. (BMG Conifer-RCA Victor)
Test 9 – v.a. (React)
The Acid House OST – Music From The Motion Picture – v.a. (EMI)
The All Time Greatest Rock Songs Vol. 2 – v.a. (warner.espColumbia)
The Best 60’s Album In The World … Ever! IV – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best Rock Anthems In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The End – Vol. 1 – v.a. (XL)
The Greatest Love – v.a. (Telstar)
- Architecture 2 – v.a. (Pagan)
Best Of ffrr – v.a. (ffrr)
Cream Anthems – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Fantazia – British Anthems 2000 – v.a. (Fantazia/Telstar)
Girls Night Out – v.a. (Telstar)
Heartbeat – The 60’s Gold Collection – v.a. (Global TV)
Just Ragga 13 – In The Mix – v.a. (Charm/Jetstar)
Kiss Anthems 98 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Masters At Work – Vol. III – Dance Energy – v.a. (Helter Skelter)
Merry Axemas 2 – v.a. (Epic)
Mixed Emotions III – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Most Wanted – v.a. (Almighty)
Nings & Roundabouts – v.a. (Fierce Panda)
One World – A Musical Journey Around The Globe – v.a. (Global TV)
Ready Steady Go! – The Ultimate Sixties Collection Vol. 2 – v.a.(PolyGram TV)
Renaissance Worldwide – Singapore – v.a. (Renaissance/Passion)
Terra Musica – Global Explorer II – v.a. (Zip Dog)
The All Time Greatest Love Songs Vol. 3 – v.a. (Sony TV)
The Best 80’s Album In The World … Ever! 2 – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best 90’s Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Biggest 80’s Hits In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Rugrats OST – v.a. (Interscope)
The Ultimate Christams Collection – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Top Of The Pops Vol. 3 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
- A Winter’s Tale – v.a. (Universal)
Celtic Heartbeat Collection – v.a. (Universal)
Chef Aid: The South Park Album – v.a. (Columbia)
Essential 98 – The Best Of The Year – v.a. (ffrr)
Funky Divas 2 – v.a. (Global TV)
Now That’s What I Call Music! 41 – v.a. (EMIVirginPolyGram)
Out Of Sight OST – v.a. (Jersey/MCA)
Pete Tong Essential Selection 98 – v.a. (ffrr)
Pure Swing – Best Of The 90’s – v.a. (Jive)
Sasha: San Francisco – v.a. (Global Underground)
The Best 70’s Album In The World … Ever! 3 – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best Carols In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Best Party Megamix Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
- Across The Bridge Of Hope – v.a. (Sony)
Babe: Pig In The City OST – v.a. (Universal)
Down In The Delta – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Fun! – v.a. (Sony TV)
Massive Dance 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
NWA – 10th Anniversary Album – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Simon Birch OST – v.a. (Epic)
Smash Hits ’99 – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The All Time Greatest Classical Album – v.a. (Sony TV)
The Best Kids Party In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Young Person’s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Touched By An Angl OST – v.a. (Epic)
- Maximum House & Garage – v.a. (VirginEMI)
Psycho OST – v.a. (Universal)
Smooth Grooves 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
The Parent Trap OST – v.a. (Polydor)
- The Best Club Anthems In The World … Ever! IV – v.a. (Virgin)
- 10 Kilors – v.a. (10 Kilo)
Adaptive Compilation 2 – v.a. (Truelove/Positiva)
Anthems Of The Countryside – v.a. (Boys)
Big Beat Complete – v.a. (Lacerba)
Ghetto Life – v.a. (Camden)
Psychedelia & The Underground – v.a. (Camden)
Skullduggery – v.a. (Plank)
Small Soldiers OST – v.a. (DreamWorks)
The Beat: Be-Bop & Beyond – v.a. (Camden)
The Best Christmas Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)
The Night Is Blue – v.a. (Camden)
Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats – v.a. (Tommy Boy)
Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997
47. Supergrass – Late In The Day
Of the three singles released last year, they got better and better, andthis one was the one which stuck in the mind longer – an absolutelymind-bending song which sounds like it should be played “Late In The Day”it made No.18 in October.
The other singles were “Richard III” (No.2, April 97) and “The Sun Hits TheSky” (No. 10, June 97)
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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.