74 (65) Madonna & Justin – 4 Minutes *4th Week at No.1*

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[Chart archive – March 1997 to date]

This week: 6 new entries, 1 re-entering, 0 chart, 10 climbing, 5 not moving & 18 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…

    6 new and 1 re-entering and 0 chart entries :

    • 10 Will Young – Changes
    • 15 Jennifer Hudson – Spotlight
    • 33 Jay-Z feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne – Swagga Like Us
    • 34 (58 RE) Take That – Rule The World
    • 37 The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
    • 39 Chris Brown feat. T-Pain – Kiss Kiss
    • 40 Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care

    so the following dropped out :

    • 40 Sonny J – Can’t Stop Moving
    • 39 Basshunter – All I Ever Wanted
    • 38 Little Jackie – The World
    • 35 Elbow – One Day Like Thisd Should Revolve Around Me
    • 30 Glasvegas – Daddy’s Gone
    • 33 Queen & Paul Rodgers – C-Lebrity
    • 26 Artists – Stand Up To Cancer Just Stand Up!

    10 climbing :

    • 3 (4) 3 Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up
    • 4 (23) 2 McFly Lies
    • 6 (12) 3 Gym Class Heroes Cookie Jar
    • 7 (8) 6 Madcon Beggin
    • 9 (14) 4 Ne-Yo Miss Independent
    • 14 (21) 2 Iglu & Hartly In This City
    • 22 (24) 3 Basshunter Angel In The Night
    • 23 (37) 3 MIA Paper Planes
    • 26 (27) 20 Ne-Yo Closer
    • 30 (31) 7 Taio Cruz She’s Like A Star

    5 not moving :

    • 1 Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
    • 2 Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
    • 5 Rihanna – Disturbia
    • 18 Flobots – Handlebars
    • 32 Chris Brown – Forever

    and 25 going down. Big fallers include:

    • 16 (11) Miley Cyrus – See You Again
    • 17 (10) Biffy Clyro – Mountains

    New entries from No.41-100 :

    • 50 James Doman – Alright
    • 60 T.I – Whatever You Like
    • 67 Sway Feat. Lemar – Saturday Night Hustle
    • 71 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle – The Galway Girl
    • 78 Ladyhawke – Dusk Till Dawn
    • 84 Kanye West – Love Lockdown

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Madonna: 4 Minutes
[Hard Candy]

74 (65) Madonna & Justin – 4 Minutes *4th Week at No.1*

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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Duffy: Mercy
[Rockferry]

62 (56) Duffy – Mercy

They say she’s the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn’t work for me.

The Ting Tings:
That’s Not My Name
[We Started Nothing]

54 (49) The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name

Very mediocre.

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Gabriella Cilmi:
Sweet About Me
[Lessons To Be Learned]

47 (42) Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me

Quite a decent, jaunty little track and one that sounds like an old Motown tune.

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Rihanna: Take A Bow
[Good Girl Gone Bad]

43 (45) Rihanna – Take A Bow

YAWN! What a tedious ballad!

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Sam Sparro: Black & Gold
[Sam Sparro]

38 (36) Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

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.

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Ne-Yo: Closer
[Year of the Gentleman]

26 (27) Ne-Yo – Closer

Predictable and uninteresting.

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Coldplay: Viva La Vida
[Viva La Vida…]

25 (17) Coldplay – Viva La Vida *1st Week at No.1*

Yaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn! What a bunch of pompous, stuck-up arseholes!

Dizzee Rascal: Dance Wiv Me

19 (13) Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome – Dance Wiv Me

This track made No.1 originally based on downloads alone, but it’s rather mediocre anddidn’t deserve the top slot.

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Kid Rock: All Summer Long
[Rock ‘n’ Roll Jesus]

13 (9) Kid Rock – All Summer Long

Lazy dance-ish track to the tune of Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of London.

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Eric Prydz: Pjanoo

11 (6) Eric Prydz – Pjanoo

Rather average and, wot, no fit women in much of the video??

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Will Young: Changes
[Let It Go]

10 Will Young – Changes

Hmmm… he normally does fairly decent tracks since he shook off the ‘PopIdol’ beginnings, but this track started off okay and then just didn’t seemto know which musical direction to head off in!

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Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
[One of the Boys]

2 (2) Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl

“Oh, look, I’m pretending to be a lesbian”. Bollocks.

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Kings Of Leon:
Sex On Fire
[Only By the Night]

1 Kings Of Leon: Sex On Fire *2nd Week at No.1*

Great band. Not a bad track, either and great to see them at the top slot.Certainly more deserved than most things that get there.

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    Saint Etienne: Burnt Out Car
    [London Conversations:
    Best Of]

    Sept 22nd:

      The Academy Is – About A Girl
      The Aliens – Magic Man (7”)
      Anthoney Wright – Reset To Zero
      Avenue – Last Goodbye
      BWO – Will My Arms Be Strong Enough
      Carbon/Silicon – The News
      Crystal Castles – Crimewave
      Five O’Clock Heroes – Alice
      Frightened Rabbit – I Feel Better / The Twist (7”)
      Guillemots – Kriss Kross / Clarion
      Hot Club De Paris – My Little Haunting (7”)
      Idina Menzel – Brave
      Imperial Vipers – Check This
      Innerpartysystem – Die Tonight Live Forever
      Ironik – I Wanna Be Your Man
      Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Come On Over (And Turn Me On)
      Ivyrise – Disguise
      James Morrison – You Make It Real
      Jennifer Hudson – Spotlight
      Joan As Police Woman – Holiday (7”)
      Jonas Brothers – Burnin’ Up / When You Look Me In The Eyes
      Kooks – Sway
      Ladytron – Runaway
      Laurel Collective – International Love Affair
      The Lazarus Plot – Do You Want To Be Someone?
      Little Man Tate – Hey Little Sweetie
      Michelle Williams – We Break The Dawn
      Montt Mardié – Names Not Forgotten
      Natty – Bedroom Eyes
      N*E*R*D – Sooner Or Later
      Oh Atoms – Sugar Mouse
      OneRepublic – Mercy
      Paul Van Dyk – Hands On In Between (EP)
      Polly Scattergood – I Hate The Way (10″)
      Primal Scream – Uptown
      Rihanna – Disturbia
      R.I.O. – Shine On
      Roots Manuva – Let The Spirit
      Saint Etienne – Burnt Out Car
      Skepta – Rolex Sweep
      White Lies – Death
      Wiley – Summertime
      Will Young – Changes
      Yo Majesty – Club Action

    Sept 29th:

      Attack! Attack! – This Is A Test
      Ava Leigh – La La La
      Axwell & Bob Sinclar feat Ron Carroll – What A Wonderful World
      Björk – The Dull Flame Of Desire
      Boyzone – Love You Anyway
      Chase & Status feat Plan B – Pieces
      The Courteeners – Last Kiss
      The Datsuns – Human Error (7”) [Limited]
      Duncan Lloyd – Suzee (7”) [Limited]
      Disturbed – Indestructible
      Everlast – Folsom Prison Blues
      Flipron – Book Of Lies/ Mess It Up
      Foals – Olympic Airways
      Funeral For A Friend – Kicking And Screaming
      Ne-Yo – Miss Independent
      Oasis – The Shock of The Lightning
      Pink – So What
      Platnum – Love Shy (Thinking About You)
      Roisin Murphy – Movie Star / Slave To Love
      Roll Deep – Do Me Wrong
      Sara Bareilles – Bottle It Up
      Sash! feat Stunt – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)
      Scratch – Let’s Go
      Sharleen Spiteri – Stop I Don’t Love You Anymore
      The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
      Those Dancing Days – Home Sweet Home
      Tindersticks – Boobar Come Back To Me (7”)
      Towers Of London – Naked On The Dance Floor (7”)[Limited]
      Van Tramp – Something
      Vines – He’s A Rocker
      Weezer – Troublemaker
      You Me At Six – Jealous Minds Think Alike

    Oct 6th:

      AC/DC – Rock ‘N’ Roll Train
      Antony & The Johnsons – Another World (EP)
      Attic Lights – Wendy
      Basshunter – Angel In The Night
      Cage The Elephant – In One Ear
      Calexico – Two Silver Trees
      Deerhunter – Nothing Ever Happened (7”) [Limited]
      Ida Maria – Oh My God
      Islands – Creeper
      John Legend feat Andre 3000 – Green Light
      Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat
      Keri Hilson – Energy
      Kid Rock – Roll On
      Late Of The Pier – Bathroom Gurgle
      The Little Ones – Tangerine Visions
      MGMT – Kids
      Scars On Broadway – World Long Gone
      Shwayze – Buzzin’
      Sugababes – Girls
      Ting Tings – Be The One

    Oct 13th:

      The Bishops – City Lights
      CSS – Move
      Keane – Lovers Are Losing
      Laura Marling – Night Terror
      Leon Jackson – Don’t Call This Love
      The Organ – Thieves (EP)
      Outsiders feat Amanda Wilson – Keep This Fire Burning
      Raghav feat Redman – My Kinda Girl
      Red Light Company – Scheme Eugene
      Snow Patrol – Take Back The City
      Wild Beasts – Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants (7”) [Limited]

    Oct 20th:

      Charlatans – Oh Vanity
      David Guetta – Tomorrow Can Wait
      Dee Grees Vs The Real Booty Babes – Apologize
      Fall Out Boy – tba
      Foo Fighters – tba
      Frank Turner – Long Live The Queen
      Grace Jones – William’s Blood
      Jeremy Warmsley – Dancing With The Enemy
      The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You

    Oct 27th:

      Eugene McGuinness – Moscow State Circus (7”)
      Leona Lewis – Forgive Me
      Little Jackie – The Stoop
      Twisted Wheel – Lucy In The Castle
      VV Brown – Crying Blood

    Nov 3rd:

      Alesha Dixon – The Boy Does Nothing
      David Jordan – Only Living Soul
      Enter Shikari – We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us To Escape
      Herve feat Plastic Little – Cheap Thrills
      Madcon – Liar

    TBA:

      Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela & Fallon – Nightwatcher (Show Me)
      Alicia Keys & Jack White – Another Way To Die
      Alphabeat – What Is Happening [17th Nov]
      Anastacia – I Can Feel You [Oct]
      Annagrace – You Make Me Feel
      Atlanta – 5 Star Lover [Sep]
      The Automatic – Magazines
      Azzido Da Bass – Doom’s Night 2008
      Beat Players feat Lara McAllen – Piece Of Heaven
      Black Affair – Japanese Happening
      Blue Lagoon – Break My Stride
      Brian McFadden – Room To Breathe
      Bromheads Jacket – Speaker Box [Oct]
      Buzz Junkies feat Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives
      Captain – Echoes Of Fashion
      Caramell – Caramelldansen
      Cassie – Official Girl
      Celine Dion – My Love
      Champagne Riot – Paris & I (EP)
      Christian Silva – Great To Begin
      Clocks – She Wants Something Else
      Coldplay – Viva La Vida
      Connected feat Max C – A Feeling
      Danny Bond feat Jennifer Jones – 3 Is Family
      David Rubato – Deep Inside
      Death Cab For Cutie – No Sunlight [17th Nov]
      Dido – Don’t Believe In Love [Oct]
      Dizzee Rascal feat Lily Allen – Wannabe
      Doug Walker – Obstacles
      E-Type – True Believer
      Echo & The Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
      Electrovamp – The Drinks Taste Better When They’re Free [Oct]
      Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
      Eye Witness feat Charlene Oliver – I’ve Never Been To Me
      Foxboro Hot Tubs – The Pedestrian
      The Game feat Keisha Cole – Game’s Pain
      Gianluca Motta feat Molly – Not Alone
      Goldfrapp – Clowns
      The Great Northwestern Hoboes – Won’t Let This Love
      Inhaler – Something About You
      Jem – It’s Amazing
      Jim Noir – Don’t You Worry
      John Barrowman – What About Us? [17th Nov]
      Jordin Sparks – Tattoo
      K-Klass – Getting Ready
      Kano – Hustler
      Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
      Kenna – Say Goodbye To Love
      Kerry Leatham – Run Dry [Sep]
      The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
      Kidda – Under The Sun
      The Kills – Black Balloon [Sep]
      Kim Leoni – Medicine
      Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl (Bittersweet)
      Laura – Your Loving Arms
      Liam Finn – Better To Be [10th Nov]
      Madonna – Miles Away
      Malakai – Snowflake
      Mara Carlyle – Weird Girl
      Mark Morriss – Lay Low
      Maroon 5 – Goodnight Goodnight
      Meck feat Dino – So Strong
      Metallica – The Day That Never Comes [Sep]
      Micky Modelle vs Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You
      Mihai – Tornero
      Miley Cyrus – 7 Things [10th Nov]
      Missy Elliott – Best Best
      Mongrel – Silence Is Talking
      N-Dubz – Ouch [Sep]
      Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
      Oasis – I’m Outta Time [10th Nov]
      Out Of Office – Insatiable
      Panic At The Disco – Northern Downpour
      Poppy & The Jezebels – Rhubarb & Custard
      Private – Crucify My Heart
      Raconteurs – Many Shades Of Black
      The Rasmus – Livin’ In A World Without You [Sep]
      The Revelations – Its You [Sep]
      Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
      Same Difference – Turn It Into Love [17th Nov]
      Saturdays – Up
      Scarlet BLONDE – Bedroom Superstar
      Scooter – I’m Lonely
      Scouting For Girls – James Bond
      The Script – Break Even [10th Nov]
      Sirens – Dreams
      Stereophonics – You’re My Star [Nov]
      The Verve – Judas [Oct]
      Vogue – Another Night

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Queen & Paul Rodgers:
The Cosmos Rocks

    This week there are new entries for :

    • 2 Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
    • 5 Queen & Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks
    • 7 The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
    • 13 The Coral – Singles Collection
    • 16 Bryn Terfel – First Love: Songs From The British
    • 20 Nelly – Brass Knuckles
    • 23 David Essex – All The Fun Of The Fair
    • 41 Gym Class – Heroes The Quilt
    • 42 Avenged – Sevenfold Live
    • 43 Daniel Powter – Under The Radar
    • 52 Flotbots – Fight With Tools
    • 59 Lindsay Buckingham – Gift Of Screws

Metallica: Death Magnetic
Ltd Edition Coffin Box

    The top 10 goes like this :

    • 1 Metallica – Death Magnetic
    • 2 Ne-Yo – Year Of The Gentleman
    • 3 Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
    • 4 Duffy – Rockferry
    • 5 Queen & Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks
    • 6 Glasvegas – Glasvegas
    • 7 The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
    • 8 Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
    • 9 The Script – The Script
    • 10 The Verve – Forth

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Pussycat Dolls:
Doll Domination

    Sept 22nd:

      Absentee – Victory Shorts
      Cold War Kids – Loyalty To Loyalty
      Connie Fisher – From Connie With Love
      Constantines – Kensington Heights
      David Gilmour – Live In Gdansk
      Flobots – Fight With Tools
      Gary Moore – Bad For You Baby
      Grantura – In Dreams And Other Stories
      Henry Priestman – The Chronicles Of Modern Life
      Howard Goodall – Eternal Light: A Requiem
      Idina Menzel – I Stand
      Iglu & Hartly – And Then Boom
      Jazmine Sullivan – Fearless
      John Foxx – Glimmer: The Best Of
      Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer
      Josh Rouse – The Best Of The Rykodisc Years
      Katy Perry – One Of The Boys
      Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
      Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
      McFly – Radio:ACTIVE
      Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling
      The Monroe Transfer – Take A Worm For A Walk Week
      Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Shoot The Neds
      Plain White T’s – Big Bad World
      Pretty Ricky – 80’s Babies
      Pumajaw – Curiosity Box
      Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination
      Ra Ra Riot –The Rhumb Line
      The Spinto Band – Moonwink
      Tori Amos – Live At Montreux 1991/92
      TV On The Radio – Dear Science,
      The Undertones – An Anthology
      Will Martin – A New World
      Zoe & Idris Rahman – Where Rivers Meet |

    Sept 29th:

      The Aliens – Luna
      Andrew Johnson – One Voice
      Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year
      Audio Bullys – Sunday Night Fever
      Ben Folds – Way To Normal
      Bette Midler – Jackpot: The Best Bette
      Blake – And So It Goes
      Bromheads Jacket – On The Brain
      The Faint – Fasciination
      Hot Puppies – Blue Hands
      Innerpartysystem – Innerpartysystem
      Ironik – No Point In Wasting Tears
      James Morrison – Songs For You, Truths For Me
      Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
      Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
      The Jesus & Mary Chain – The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD)
      Kano – 140 Grime St
      Keri Hilson – In A Perfect World
      Lou Reed – Berlin: The Soundtrack
      Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
      Michelle Williams – Unexpected
      Natalie Cole – Still Unforgettable
      Neil Young – Sugar Mountain
      Nicola Benedetti – Art Of
      Qemists – Join The Q
      The Rasmus – Black Roses
      Saint Etienne – London Conversations: The Best Of
      Sam Beeton – No Definite Answer
      Sam Roberts – Love At The End Of The World
      Seasick Steve – I Started Out With Nothing And I’ve Still Got Most Of It Left
      Sophie Cashell – Debut
      Sound And Fury – Sound And Fury
      Sportsday Megaphone – So Many Colours / So Little Time
      SugaRush Beat Company – SugaRush Beat Company
      Sway – The Signature
      T.I. – Paper Trail
      Tina Turner – Tina!
      Towers Of London – Fizzy Pop
      Travis – Ode To J. Smith
      Trivium – Shogun
      The Walkmen – You And Me
      Will Young – Let It Go
      Yo Majesty – Futuristically Speaking Never Be Afraid

    Oct 6th:

      Asian Dub Foundation – Punkara
      Ava Leigh – Rollin’
      The Bamboos – Side Stepper
      Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs [Bootleg Series Vol 8]
      Brian Wilson – A World Of Peace Must Come
      The Clash – Live At Shea Stadium
      Common – Invincible Summer
      Cut Off Your Hands – tba
      The Datsuns – Head Stunts
      Deerhoof – Offend Maggie
      Department Of Eagles – In Ear Park
      Duncan Lloyd – Seeing Double
      Fields – Lost Frequencies
      Jeremy Warmsley – How We Became
      Jolie Holland – The Living And The Dead
      Jonathan Ansell – Forever
      Juana Molina – Un Dia
      Lambchop – Oh (Ohio)
      Land Of Talk – Some Are Lakes
      Misty’s Big Adventure – Television’s People
      Napoleon – Bohemians
      Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
      Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
      Peter Bjorn & John – Seaside Rock
      P.O.D. – When Angels & Serpents Dance
      Secret Machines – Secret Machines
      The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
      Those Dancing Days – In Our Space Suits
      Uh Huh Her – Common Reaction
      Vines – Melodia
      You Me At Six – Take Off Your Colours

    Oct 13th:

      Attic Lights – Friday Night Lights
      Boyzone – Greatest Hits
      Chase & Status – More Than A Lot
      Chris Cornell – Scream
      The Cure – 4:13 Dream
      Deacon Blue – Live
      Eugene McGuinness – Eugene McGuinness
      f***ed Up – Chemistry Of Common Life
      Funeral For A Friend – Memory And Humanity
      John Mellencamp – Life Death Love & Freedom
      Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads
      Keane – Perfect Symmetry
      Los Campesinos – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
      MacDonald Bros – Young Celts
      Nitin Sawhney – London Undersound
      Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
      Q-Tip – The Renaissance
      Ralfe Band – Attic Thieves
      Rifles – tba
      Robin Thicke – Somethin’ Else
      Shelleyan Orphan – We Have Everything We Need
      Tilly & The Wall – O
      Tony Bennett feat Count Basie Big Band – A SwinginÂ’ Christmas
      Wiley – I See Clear

    Oct 20th:

      AC/DC – Black Ice
      Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot Son Of Chico Dusty
      Bonnie Prince Billy – Is It The Sea?
      The Dears – Missiles
      John Legend – Evolver
      Katherine Jenkins – Sacred Arias
      Leon Jackson – Right Now
      The Long Blondes – Singles
      Marillion – Happiness Is The Road
      Scratch – Loss 4 Wordz
      Sugababes – tba
      High School Musical 3 (OST)

    Oct 27th:

      Anastacia – Heavy Rotation
      Bloc Party – Intimacy
      Celine Dion – My Love: Essential Collection
      Courtney Love – Nobody’s Daughter
      Cradle Of Filth – Godspeed On The Devil’s Thunder
      Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees
      Daniel OÂ’Donnell – Country Boy
      Das Pop – Das Pop
      Deerhunter – Microcastle
      Doug Walker – Fear Together
      Fron Male Voice Choir – Voices Of The Valley Home
      Grace Jones – Hurricane
      Jennifer Lopez – Greatest Hits
      Katie Melua – The Collection
      Pink – Funhouse
      Psapp – The Camel’s Back
      Razorlight – tba
      Red Hot Chilli Pipers – Blast
      Snow Patrol – One Hundred Million Suns
      Squarepusher – Just A Souvenir

    Nov 3rd:

      Attack! Attack! – Attack! Attack!
      Cliff Richard – The 50th Anniversary Album
      Dido – Safe Trip Home
      Escala – tba
      Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
      Hayley Westenra – River Of Dreams: The Very Best Of
      Mavis Staples – Hope At The Hideout
      The Smiths – Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of
      Status Quo – Pictures: 40 Years Of Hits

    Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008.

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