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( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)
A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 3 new and 0 re-entering and 3 chart entries :
- 40 (65 CH) Fall Out John – Beat It
- 39 (42 CH) Lil Wayne – Lollipop
- 35 Royworld – Dust
- 30 (54 CH) Taio Cruz – I Can Be
- 2 Rihanna – Take a Bow
- 1 The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
- 40 Basshunter – Now You’re Gone
- 39 Robyn – Who’s That Girl
- 38 Jay Sean – Maybe
- 32 Wideboys feat Shaznay Lewis – Daddy-O
- 29 Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French
- 15 James Fox & Cardiff City FC – Bluebirds Flying High
- 13 (17) Duffy – Warwick Avenue
- 14 (24) Pigeon Detectives – This is an Emergency
- 16 (19) Nelly – Party People
- 19 (23) Gabrielle Cilmi – Sweet About Me
- 23 (30) Sara Bareilles – Love Song
- 26 (36) Ashlee Simpson – Outta My Head
- 27 (37) Santogold – LES Artistes
- 32 (35) One Republic – Stop and Stare
- 4 Will I Am feat Cheryl Cole – Heartbreaker
- 8 Coldplay – Violet Hill
- 33 (20) Script – We Cry
- 48 Cure – The Only One
- 49 Neil Diamond – Pretty Amazing Grace
- 52 Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
- 53 Hot Chip – One Pure Thought
- 54 Gusto – Disco’s Revenge
- 59 Sandi Thom – The Devil’s Beat
- 63 Chanelle Hayes – I Want It
- 68 David Jordan – Move On
so the following dropped out :
8 climbing :
2 not moving :
and 24 going down. Big fallers include:
New entries from No.41-75 :
[Dreaming Out Loud]
Stop and Bore, morelike. Gordon Bennett, this tedious rubbish never seems to end.
Click here to see the video
Footprints In The Sand
[Spirit]
A new single for the X-Factor winner and one that missed out on the No.1 slot.
Sweet About Me
[Lessons To Be Learned]
Quite a decent, jaunty little track and one that sounds like an old Motown tune.
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[Rockferry]
They say she’s the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn’t work for me.
American Boy
[Shine]
Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn’tmissed and I can’t see what the big deal is.
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[Viva La Vida…]
Well, it was free so I downloaded it. Given how their music’s gone in thelast few years, it’s true that you get what you pay for(!)
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[Sam Sparro]
Funky as hell, this is a wonderful piece of music and the kind of thing that,when it does get released, normally gets overlooked, but here it’s all payingoff in spades.
I’ve never heard of Sam Sparro before, but here’s hoping we hear a lot morefrom him in the near future.
[Hard Candy]
Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn’tmissed and I can’t see what the big deal is.
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That’s Not My Name
[We Started Nothing]
Very mediocre.
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I Want It All
May 19th:
- A Fine Frenzy – Almost Lover
Amy MacDonald – Poison Prince
Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles
Beth Rowley – So Sublime
Black Mountain – Stormy High
Chanelle Hayes – I Want It All
The Clik Clik – Did You Wrong
The Displacements – Down & Out
Edwyn Collins – Home Again
Futureheads – Radio Heart
Garage Jams feat Clare Evers – Snowflake
Hazey Janes – New York (7”) [Limited]
Hercules & Love Affair – You Belong
Ironik – Stay With Me
Jerry Ropero feat Cozi – The Storm
Johnny Flynn – Tickle Me Pink (7”)
Kid Sister – Pro Nails
Late Of The Pier – Space And The Woods / Fokker
The Mae Shi – Lamb & Lion
Manu Chao – Politik Kills
Mark Morriss – I’m Sick
Michael Jackson with Akon – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008
Morrissey – All You Need Is Me
Noisea feat Bex Riley – Gutterpunk (12”)
Pivot – In The Blood
Puressence – Don’t Know Any Better [Limited]
Rihanna – Take A Bow
Sandi Thom – The Devils Beat
Sirens – Club La La
Spiritualized – Soul On Fire (7”)
Supergrass – Rebel In You
Troubadours – I’m Not Superstitious
Young Knives – Turn Tail
May 26th:
- Alanis Morissette – Underneath
Alphabeat – 10,000 Nights
BWO – Give Me The Night
Daniel Merriweather – Chainsaw
DJ Disciple – Work It Out
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song
Duffy – Warwick Avenue
Flo Rida feat Timbaland – Elevator
Foals – Red Sox Pugie
Fratellis – Mistress Mabel
Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood (7”)
Go Audio – Made Up Stories
Guillemots – Falling Out Of Reach
Hot Club De Paris – Hey Housebrick
Hot Puppies – Somewhere
Jaymay – Ill Willed Person
Joseph Arthur – Vagabond Skies (EP)
Land Of Talk – Young Bridge
Lights And Sounds – By The City Lights (7”)
Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone
Magic Wands – Black Magic (7”)
Nickelback – Photograph
Oh Laura – Release Me
Paul Weller – Echoes Round The Sun
Red Light Company – With Lights Out [Limited]
Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle – Galway Girl
Sonny J – Hands Free
Speck Mountain – Blood Is Clean / Blackside
The Splendour – Audio
Taio Cruz feat Estelle – I Can Be
Urbnri – Back Me Up
Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps
Zutons – Always Right Behind You
June 2nd:
- Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair
Billiam – My Generation
Duran Duran – Skin Divers
Elbow – One Day Like This
Estelle – Substitute Love
Feeder – We Are The People
Iron And Wine – Lovesong Of The Buzzard
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jeremy Warmsley – The Boat Song / Temptation (7”)
Jesse McCartney – Leavin’
Joan As Police Woman – To Be Loved (7”) [Limited]
Kat DeLuna feat Busta Rhymes – Run The Show
Lil Wayne – Lollipop
Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat
Little Man Tate – What Your Boyfriend Said
Magnetic Fields – Please Stop Dancing
Melee – Built To Last
Metros – Last Of The Lookers
Missy Elliott – Best Best
Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down
OneRepublic – Say (All I Need)
Panic At The Disco – That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
The Rascals – Freakbeat Phantom
REM – Hollow Man
Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad – Cola Coka (7”)[Limited]
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Subways – Alright
Sugars – Black Friday
SugaRush Beat Company – L-O-V-E
Tinchy Stryder – Stryder Man
We Are Scientists – Chick Lit
Weezer – Pork And Beans
June 9th:
- Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Annie – Girlfriend
Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
Captain Black – Sister (7”)
Craig David – Officially Yours
Denise Lopez – Don’t You Wanna Be Mine
The Duke Spirit – My Sunken Treasure
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
Metronomy – Heartbreaker
The Music – Strength In Numbers
Presets – This Boy’s In Love
Ricki-Lee – U Wanna Little Of This
Secret Handshake – Summer of 98
June 16th:
- Ava Leigh – Mad About The Boy
Blood Red Shoes – This Is Not For You
Bobby Digital – You Can’t Stop Me Now
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
Maybes? – Boys
June 23rd:
- Black Kids – Hurricane Jane
Courteeners – No You Didn’t No You Don’t
Doug Walker – Obstacles
Kooks – Sway
Sharleen Spiteri – All The Times I Cried
TBA:
- Akala – Comedy Tragedy History
Akon – I Can’t Wait
Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela & Fallon – Nightwatcher (Show Me) [30th Jun]
Alex C feat Y-Ass – The Sweetest Ass In The World
Aly & AJ – Like Whoa
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Apocalyptica – SOS (Anything But Love)
Audio Bullys – Gimme That Punk
Basshunter – Please Don’t Go
Beat Players feat Lara McAllen – Piece Of Heaven
Black Affair – It’s Real [Apr]
Black Affair – Japanese Happening [Jun]
Bob Sinclar presents Fireball – What I Want [14th Jul]
Boyzone – tba
Busta Rhymes & Linkin Park – We Made It
Cassie – Is It You
Christian Silva – Great To Begin
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Coldplay – 42
David Guetta feat Tara McDonald – Delirious
David Rubato – Deep Inside
DC Roc – Buffalo Stance
Def Leppard feat Tim McGraw – Nine Lives [Apr]
DJ NG feat Katy B & MC Versatile – Tell Me
Donna Summer – I’m A Fire [30th Jun]
Eric Prydz – Pjanno
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Example – Me & Mandy
Filly – Sweat (The Drip Drop Song)
Frankmusik – In Step
Gabriella Cilmi – Save The Lies
Grammatics – New Franchise
The Great Northwestern Hoboes – tba [Jun]
Herve – Cheap Thrills [Jun]
Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked [28th Jul]
Ivy Rise – Disguise [30th Jun]
J Majik & Wickaman presents Kathy Brown – Crazy World
Janet Jackson – Luv
Jonas Brothers – SOS [Jun]
Jordin Sparks feat Chris Brown – No Air
Joseph Arthur – tba (EP) [30th Jun]
Kenna – Say Goodbye To Love [Jul]
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down
Keyshia Cole feat Missy Elliott & Lil Kim – Let It Go
The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
The Kills – Last Day of Magic
Kirsty Hawkshaw Vs Kinky Roland – Fine Day 2008
KLM Music feat Coco Star – I Need A Miracle
Kristine W – The Boss
Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl [May]
Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning [30th Jun]
Late Of The Pier – Heartbeat Flicker [28th Jul]
Lily Allen – Everyone’s At It
Little Jackie – The World Should Revolve Around Me [Jun]
Mac Project feat Therese – Another Love
Malakai – Snowflake
Manda Rin – DNA
Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
McFly – tba [14th Jul]
MGMT – Electric Feel
Mihai – Tornero [May/Jun]
Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You
N-Force v Darren Styles – Right By Your Side
Nate James – Choke / Back To You
Ne-Yo – Closer
Neils Children – What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly feat Fergie – Party People
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
Palladium – White Lady
Peyton – A Higher Place ‘08
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private – Crucify My Heart
Pulse – tba
Red Blooded Women – You Made Your Bed
Roisin Murphy – Movie Star
Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
Rubies – Stand In A Line
Ruby Suns – Kenya Dig It? [May]
Same Difference – Breaking Free
Sash! feat Tina Cousins – Mysterious Times ’08
The Saturdays – If This Is Love [May]
Scarlet BLONDE – There Is No Black & White [May]
The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved [28th Jul]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Girlfriend [Apr]
Sergio Mendes feat Fergie – The Look Of Love
Sheryl Crow – Out Of Our Heads
Supafly Inc – Be Together
Toyah – Sensational
Will Young – Changes
Yeti – tba (7”)[Limited]
Somewhere Back in Time
- This week there are new entries for :
- 1 Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
- 2 Pendulum – In Silico
- 6 Jay Sean – My Own Way
- 10 Frank Sinatra – Nothing But The Best
- 11 Searchers – Very Best Of
- 14 Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back in Time: Best Of
- 18 Bobby Vee – Very Best Of
- 22 Josh Groban – Live Awake
- 23 Kelly Rowland – Ms Kelly Deluxe Edition
- 24 Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
- 26 Santogold – Santogold
- 28 Moby – Last Night
- 29 Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too
- 31 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles
- 32 Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
- 38 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday at Devil Dirt
- 39 Charlatans – You Cross My Path
- 43 Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago
Home Before Dark
- The top 10 goes like this :
- 1 Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
- 2 Pendulum – In Silico
- 3 Scooter – Jumping All Over the World
- 4 Duffy – Rockferry
- 5 Madonna – Hard Candy
- 6 Jay Sean – My Own Way
- 7 Scouting For Girls – Scouting For Girls
- 8 Gabriella Cilmi – Something to be Learned
- 9 Platters – The Very Best Of
- 10 Frank Sinatra – Nothing But The Best
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The Singles
May 19th:
- A.Human – Third Hand Prophecy
Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World
Ben Onono – Native Stranger
Captain – Distraction
Cazals – What Of Our Future
Curt Smith – Halfway Pleased
El Perro Del Mar – From The Valley To The Stars
The Explorers Club – Freedom Wind
Hall & Oates – The Singles
Hucknall – Tribute To Bobby
J Walk – Rumpshakers & Heartbreakers
Lodger – Life Is Sweet
Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones
The Postmarks – The Postmarks
Scarlett Johansson – Anywhere I Lay My Head
Sparks – Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
Subtle – ExitingARM
Thea Gilmore – Liejacker
Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
Vetiver – A Thing Of The Past
May 26th:
- 36 Crazyfists – The Tide And Its Takers
Andy Abraham – Even If
Beth Rowley – Little Dreamer
Futureheads – This Is Not The World
The Herbaliser – Same As It Never Was
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – tba
John Hiatt – Same Old Man
Johnny Flynn – A Larum
Kids In Glass Houses – Smart Casual
Malakai – Ugly Side Of Love
Pigeon Detectives – Emergency
P.O.D. – When Angels & Serpents Dance
Sandi Thom – Pink And The Lily
Sennen – Where The Light Gets In
Spiritualized – Songs In A&E
Usher – Here I Stand
Wedding Present – El Rey
Zombies – The Zombies and Beyond
June 2nd:
- Alanis Morissette – Flavours of Entanglement
Alphabeat – This Is Alphabeat
Babyshambles – Oh What A Lovely Tour
Don Henley – Very Best Of
Dr John – City That Care Forgot
Dresden Dolls – No Virginia
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Gavin Rossdale – Wanderlust
Ladytron – Velocifero
Lazenby – The Loft Years
Lykke Li – Youth Novels
Mark Morriss – Memory Muscle
Mattafix – Rhythm & Hymns
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Oh Laura – A Song Inside My Head A Demon In My Bed
Opeth – Watershed
Oppenheimer – Take The Whole Mid-Range And Boost It
Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
Radiohead – The Best Of
Royworld – Man In The Machine
Semifinalists – 2
Sonny J – Disastro
Will Martin – A New World
Zutons – You Can Do Anything
June 9th:
- Ashanti – The Declaration
BWO – Pandemonium – The Singles Collection
Cortes – When You Say You Love Me
Doug Walker – Fear Together
Fratellis – Here We Stand
Jason Mraz – We Sing We Dance We Steal Things
Jesse McCartney – Departure
Joan As Police Woman – To Survive
Kid Carpet – Casino Royale
Rascals – Rascalize
The Twilight Sad – Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did
Will Hoge – Draw The Curtains
June 16th:
- A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In The Sea
Busta Rhymes – I’m Blessed
Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends
Feeder – Silent Cry
Helicopter Girl – Metropolitan
Hot Club De Paris – Live At Dead Lake
Infadels – Universe In Reverse
Missy Elliott – Phenomenal
The Music – Strength In Numbers
Sara Bareilles – Little Voice
Subways – All Or Nothing
Sugars – The Curse Of The Sugars
Weezer – Weezer
X-Press 2 – Raise Your Hands: Best Of
June 23rd:
- Albert Hammond Jr – Como Te Llama
Camper Van Beethoven – Popular Songs
Donna Summer – Crayons
Durutti Column – Sunlight To Blue… Blue To Blackness
The Game – L.A.X. (Los Angeles Times)
Jonas Brothers – Jonas Brothers
Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
Nelly – Brass Knuckles
Presets – Apocalypso
White Denim – Workout Holiday
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.
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.