24 Happy Mondays – The Boys Are Back in Town

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The initial bit :

In the last chart of 1998, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 1999, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 14 new entries, 1 climbers, 2 non-movers & 23 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non mover

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…

14 new entries:

  • 40 Carl Cox – Phuture 2000
  • 39 Harry Romero presents Inaya Day – Just Can’t Get Enough
  • 34 Camisra – Clap Your Hands
  • 33 Method Man featuring D’angelo – Break Ups 2 Make Ups
  • 31 Mercury Rev – Opus 40
  • 27 Pavement – Carrot Rope
  • 24 Happy Mondays – The Boys Are Back in Town
  • 23 1000 Clowns – Not the Greatest Rapper
  • 16 Skunk Anansie – Secretly
  • 13 Powerhouse featuring Duane Harden – What You Need
  • 11 Super Furry Animals – Northern Lites
  • 3 Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much :O ===
  • 2 Geri Halliwell – Look At Me *
  • 1 Boyzone – You Needed Me so the following dropped out :
  • 40 Faithless – Bring My Family Back
  • 39 Armand Van Halen – Flowerz
  • 38 Phoebe One – Get On It
  • 37 Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Korean Bodega
  • 36 Push – Universal Nation
  • 34 Mishka – Give You All The Love
  • 33 Pretenders – Human
  • 32 Johnny Shaker – Pearl River
  • 31 Vengaboys – We Like To Party
  • 30 DMX – Slippin’
  • 29 Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama – Taboo
  • 28 Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
  • 27 Mr Oizo – Flat Beat
  • 25 Cast – Beat Mama 1 climbers :
  • 7 (8) Phats & Small 2 non-movers :
  • 5 TLC
  • 17 New Radicals and 23 going down. Big fallers include :
  • 9 (3) 911
  • 19 (12) Pete Heller
  • 20 (11) Fierce
  • 29 (14) Kula Shaker
  • 32 (12) Cassius
  • 36 (22) Veracocha New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
  • 51 Rimes featuring Shalia Prospere – It’s Over
  • 54 Lyte Funkie Ones – Can’t Have You
  • 64 Toploader – Achilles Heel
  • 68 Ozomatli – Super Bowl Sundae
  • 69 Van Morrison – Back on Top
  • 71 Lamb – All In Your Hands
  • 73 ATB – 9pm Till I Come

    Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
    24 Happy Mondays – The Boys Are Back in Town

    But that’s because they’ve got a huge tax bill to pay and I don’t think aTop 30 placing will help with that.

    11 Super Furry Animals – Northern Lites

    Haven’t heard this yet, but it’s not very often this band get a deservedchart placing this high so it must be good. Perhaps God did show them magicafter all 🙂

    3 Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much :O ===

    And this one doesn’t either. If this is the best she can come up with afterballads then stick to the other as they’re not quite as bad as this turgid mess.

    2 Geri Halliwell – Look At Me * !!!

    First solo single for Geri since her split from the Spice Girls a year agoand the bass line sounds like a cross between “History Repeating” by thePropellorheads & Shirley Bassey and that used in the recent IBM televisionads. The video features her dressed up as a vamp, a bitch, a nun, and some otherthings which is all a bit ridiculous, but it’s safe to say that the song standsup just fine on its own.

    Two weeks ago we found out what she’s been up to over that past year when herdocumentary, “Geri”, aired on Channel 4, and it was quite interesting but I betshe’s rather pissed off at not having reached the top slot in the first weekout.

    1 Boyzone – You Needed Me *1st Week at No.1*

    Dire cover version. Again. Pass the sick bag.

    This is the 14th single to go straight in at No.1.

  • 1. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
  • 2. 911 – A Little Bit More
  • 3. Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
  • 4. Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me
  • 5. Blondie – Maria
  • 6. Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
  • 7. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
  • 8. Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough
  • 9. B*witched – Blame It On The Weatherman
  • 10. Mr Oizo – Flat Beat
  • 11. Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment
  • 12. Westlife – Swear It Again
  • 13. Backpassage Boys – I Like It That Way
  • 14. Boyzone – You Needed Me

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    New releases :

    If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know

    May 10th :1000 Clowns Not The Greatest RapperAgenda HeavenAstrojazz The Groove EPBeastie Boys Body Movin’Beat-Boy Roof Is On FireBevan, Ray SympathyBlackanised Six Track EPBoom Boom Satellites On The Painted DesertBoyzone You Needed MeCamisra Clap Your HandsCasey Do ItChubby Chunks I’m Telling YouCommon Car HornCox, Carl Phuture 2000Crockets James Dean EsqueCunaro & Dean It’s About TimeDJ Reality SnakebiteDJ Spinna/Eminem Rock/Watch DeesDockins, Charles Journey (Remix 2)Dom & Roland Killa BulletDub Syndicate I Need Your Love 99El Nino FriendsFellowship InterchangeGenerator Where Are You NowHalliwell, Geri Look At MeHappy Mondays The Boys Are Back In TownJoi Asian VibesJurado, Damien Letters & DrawingsJustice Double Barrel EPKinky Roland Get Some/SalvationL, Jonny The BellsLadysmith Black Mambazo AbezizweLamb All In Your HandsLondon Electricity Song In The Key Of KnifeLyte Funky Ones Can’t Have YouMercury Rev Opus 40Method Man Feat D’Angelo Break Ups 2 Make UpsMontgomery, Jayne Baby One More TimeMore Rockers CureMorley, Steve ReincarnationsMorris, Shane vs. Jon Band The BoxDentistMorrison, Van Back On TopNatious AmberNew Atlantic I Know 99Nojahoda Teach Me How To FlyO’Brown, Wade No Other WomanOrange Kush ZatOzomatli Super Bowl SundaePavement Carrot RopePennington, Barbara 24 Hours A DayPernice Brothers Clear SpotPowerhouse What You NeedPump Panel TunnelRimes It’s OverRomero, Harry Choo Choo Just Can’t Get EnoughRuby Cruiser (Wow How Cool Is) Joe’s New CarSkunk Anansie SecretlySolaris Heights FusiqueSoul Dhamma FlowerStar Power X Ray OK (Remixes)Stardust Music Sounds Better With You (Remixes)Stef, Pako & Frederick Seaside AtmosphereStereophonics Pick A Part Thats New (7″)Super Furry Animals Northern LitesTop Loader Achilles HeelTownshend, Fuzz BusTwain, Shania That Don’t Impress Me MuchUgly Duckling Now Who’s LaffinVarious Artists Untidy Girls EPVast Pretty When You CryVictoria FallZunomen This Is The Beginning

    May 17th :3rd Storee If EverA&E Dept. The CureAnother Level From The HeartAyla Ayla (Remixes)Beastie Boys Remote Control/3MC’s & One DJBrainbug NightmareCharlotte SkinChieftains Feat The Corrs I Know My LoveCommander Tom Are Am EyeCox, Carl Phuture 2000 (DVD)Da Click We Are Da ClickDJ SS SS RevengeEarl Brutus LarkyEuropop MegamixFirst Choice The PlayerFungus AstronautGate Iron EdenGay Dad JoyGroovezone EisbaerHappy Mondays The Boys Are Back In Town (NCQ 12″)Harding, Tom Vs Jon The 1988DentistHepburn I QuitHootie & The Blowfish Only LonelyI Ching Feat DJ Patrick Sould StormReidKay Cee Escape/Love StimulationKayashi FuryoKershaw, Nik What Do You ThinkKoglin, Mike On My WayKrall, Diana Why Should I CareLange ObsessionLiberty 37 Oh RiverLost Witness Happiness HappeningLulu Hurt Me So BadManchester United Squad Lift It High (It’s All About Belief)Mantronik, Kurtis Push Yer Hands UpMedal Up Here For HoursMike & The Mechanics Now That You’ve GoneNas Hate Me NowPeanut Butter Wolf Tale Of 5 CitiesPrecious Say It AgainRaven, Chris I Know You Love Me TooRed Light District Did You Here MeRemy Zero Gramarye EPRico Attack MeRussell, Brooke So SweetSen, Richard Shoc RocShanks & Bigfoot Sweet Like ChocolateShut Up & Dance Psycho JumpSilent Breed Sync InSneakster SplintersSosa The WaveSoulfly TribeSugar Ray Every MorningTall Paul Be ThereTechnical Itch L.E.D.Three Colours Red This Is My TimeTiny Too World Between UsT’Pau Giving Up The GhostTrashmonk PolygamyTravis DriftwoodVisual Tools Keep Reaching

    May 24th :21st Century Girls 21st Century GirlsA Old FolksAltastate HigherBis DetourBlondie Nothing Is Real But The GirlBrassy Bonus BeatsBump & Flex Got Myself TogetherChicane SaltwaterDelange, Isle Flying BlindDillon & Dickins Steers & QueersDJ Sakin No Man’s LandDouble Six BreakdownEcho & The Bunnymen Get In The CarEngland’s Barmy Army Come OnFeeder InsomniaFountains Of Wayne Red Dragon TattooFurslide Over My HeadGarbage You Look So FineIce Minus TormentJamiroquai Canned HeatJewel Down So LongLeilani Do You Want MeLiquid Language In The AirLuhrman, Baz Everybody’s Free To Wear (Sunscreen)Nevins, Jason Vs Cypress Asylum MixNo Doubt NewNunez, Jose Hold OnOne Lady Owner Police Car SexOsmonds Crazy HorsesOther Two SuperhighwaysParadise Lost TBCPicotto, Mauro LizardRed Hot Chili Peppers Scar TissueReef SweetieRegular Fries King KongSavage Garden Animal SongShed 7 Disco DownSister Sway Until You Saved My LifeSix By Seven Two & A Half Days In LoveSomerville, Jimmy Lay DownSupergrass Pumpin On Your StereoTimbaland Lobster & ScrimpTrina & Tamara What Do You Come Here ForUnderworld JumboWiseguys Ooh La La (Budweiser Ad)Younger Younger 28’s We’re Going Out

    May 31st :A Very Good Friend Just AroundA1 Be The First To BelieveArt Of Trance Easter IslandBjork All Is Full Of LoveBolland, CJ Aint Gonna Be MeCartoons DoodahCatatonia Karaoke QueenCay Princes & PrincessesCeleda Be YourselfChef SimultaneousChemical Brothers Hey Boy, Hey GirlCher All In OneCotton Mather PasswordCousins, Tina ForeverDark Star About 3 AMDelirious GravityDJ Go Go Cyber EPDog Eat Dog TBCGarbage You Look So Fine (3″ Blister Pack)Ginuwine Same Ol’ GGrooverider TBCHill, Lauryn To ZionImaani You Got A WayJungle Brothers VIPLolly Viva La RadioManic Street Preachers TsunamiMicronauts, The The JagMoffats, The Until You Loved MeOrton, Beth Central ReservationPresence Future Love (Remixes)Shack ComedyShanice When I Close My EyesSpringsteen, Bruce Sad EyesStewart, Dave All Over The WorldTLC UnprettyWaits, Tom Hold On

    June 7th :2 Pac Dear MamaAllison, Dot Message PersonnelBachelor Girl Buses & TrainsBrandy Almost Doesn’t CountBrown, Foxy (J.O.B) TBCDayeene And It HurtsDef Leppard PromisesDe-Ryus Grass Aint GreenerDestiny’s Child Bills, Bills, BillsDorsey, Marc If You Really Wanna KnowElliot, Missy She’s A B*tchGreat Outdoors It Looks So EasyHefner TBCHorsman, Liz Just ThinkingHouston, Whitney My Love Is Your LoveLange feat. Sarah Dwyer I BelieveLit My Own Worst EnemyMadonna Beautiful StrangerMarliyn Manson Rock Is DeadMartin, Billy Ray HoneyMullins, Shawn ShimmerN Sync Tearin Up My HeartOrbital Nothing LeftRobyn TBCS Club 7 Bring It On BackSalt Tank DimensionSebadoh It’s All YouShy FX Deja Vu Part 2 (Ltd. Edition)Spears, Britney SometimesSunshine State RootsThree Amigos Louie Louie

    June 14th :Electronic Late At NightFriends Of Matthew Out ThereLuscious Jackson Lady FingersOlive Love AffairRoss, Diana Not Over You YetStaton, Candi Young Hearts Run FreeTerry, Todd Let It RideVengaboys Boom Boom Boom

    June 21st :Alice Dee Jay Better Off AloneAuteurs, The Rubettes, TheB, Mel Word UpBarlow, Gary StrongerBlur Trimm TrabbKnight, Beverly Greatest DayMero It Must Be LoveOrton, Beth Central ReservationRickitt, Adam I Breathe AgainSmith, Will Wild Wild West

    June 28th :Five TBCGomez TBCMatchbox 20 Real World

    July 5th :Westlife If I Let You Go

    July 12th :Madness TBCVan Helden, Armand Boogie Monsters

    Other forthcoming releases

    MAY :

      The F-Word – Baby Bird (Echo)
      Dove L’Amore – Cher (WEA)
      [tba] – Collette (RCA)
      Oh Jim – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Gintare (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
      [tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
      Out Of Your Tree – Papa Mantra (Telstar)
      [tba] – Adam Rickit (Polydor)

    JUNE :

      [tba] – Archive (Independiente)
      [tba] – BB Mak (Telstar)
      Big Boys Don’t Cry – Lolly (Polydor)

    JULY :

      [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)

    AUGUST :

      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)

    SEPTEMBER :

      ~ [tba] – Oasis (Creation)

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    Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

  • 1 Texas – The Hush
  • 4 Basement Jaxx – Remedy The top 5 goes like this :
  • 1 Texas – The Hush
  • 2 Abba – Abba Gold: Greatest Hits
  • 3 Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
  • 4 Basement Jaxx – Remedy
  • 5 Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

    New releases :

    If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know

    May 10th :

      Supreme Clientele – Ghostface Killah (Epic)

    Other forthcoming releases

    MAY :

      [tba] – Archive (Independiente)
      [tba] – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
      [tba] – The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy’s Own/V2)
      [tba] – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
      [tba] – Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
      [tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
      [tba] – Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
      Leisurenoise – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
      To The Surface – NT (Response/Epic)
      [tba] – Ocean Colour Scene (MCA)
      [tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
      [tba] – Seafruit (Electric Canyon/Telstar)
      By 7:30 – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
      [tba] – Miriam Stockley (Virgin)
      [tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      Lexicon Of Melody – T-Spoon (Control/Edel)

    JUNE :

      [tba] – Baby Bird (Echo)
      [tba] – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
      God’s Big Spaceship – Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] – Hepburn (Columbia)
      [tba] – Lolly (Polydor)
      [tba] – Monaco (Polydor)
      [tba] – Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
      Cocked – Supergrass (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Paul Weller (Island)

    JULY :

      [tba] – Aqua (Universal)
      [tba] – No Doubt (Interscope)

    AUGUST :

      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
      [tba] – Tom Jones (Gut)

    SEPTEMBER :

      [tba] – Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics)

    OCTOBER :

      [tba] – Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury)
      [tba] – Oasis (Creation)
      [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)
      [tba] – U2 (Island)

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    Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

    21. Eric Clapton – My Father’s Eyes

    This excellent and much-played on the radio track made No.33 in April last year,but the follow-up, “Circus” (No.39, July 98) was basically ignored by radiostations.

    The end bit :

    Well, that’s it for now. If you want to be added to the WidescreenVideo and Laserdisc lists, just mail me atCharts Request to tell me.

    Bye for now,

    Dominator

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