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A P R I L 2 9 T H 2 0 0 0 [This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week’s chart]

In the last chart of 1999, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 2000, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 11 new entries, 1 re-entry, 1 climbers, 3 non-movers & 24 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 and 1 re-entry :

39 (43 – RE) Five – Don’t Wanna Let You Go

38 Hurley & Todd – Sunstorm

24 Shola Ama – Imagine

21 Eagle-Eye Cherry – Are You Still Having Fun?

19 Mary J Blige – Give Me You

15 Hanson – If Only

14 TQ – Daily

13 Cypress Hill – Rap Superstar

9 Ricky Martin featuring Meja – Private Emotion

6 True Steppers feat. Dane Bowers – Buggin’ Me

5 Toni Braxton – He Wasn’t Man Enough

4 Oasis – Who Feels Love :O === so the following dropped out :

40 Matt Darey presents DSP – From Russia with Love

39 Daniel O’Donnell – Light a Candle

38 M2M – Don’t Say You Love Me

37 ATB – Killer

36 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson – Movin Too Fast

34 Savage Garden – Crash and Burn

33 N+G featuring Kallaghan – Right Before My Eyes

31 Sting – After the Rain Has Fallen

30 Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango

29 Monie Love – Slice of Da Pie

24 R Kelly – Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy

20 Black Box Recorder – The Facts of Life 1 climbers :

27 (28) Geri Halliwell 3 non-movers :

1 Fragma

2 Craig David

3 Sisqo and 24 going down. Big fallers include :

17 (7) Jessica Simpson

18 (8) Sash!

28 (13) Point Break

35 (18) Sister 2 Sister New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

49 Nina Persson & David Arnold – Theme from Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

53 Da Slammin Phrogz – Something About the Music

69 Medway – Fat Bastard

71 Afro Celt Sound System – Release

73 Shelby Lynne – Leavin’

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

24 Shola Ama – Imagine
21 Eagle-Eye Cherry – Are You Still Having Fun?Two people with a second album on the horizon and hoping for a comeback,but it won’t be a happy one on the poor performance of these singles.

9 Ricky Martin featuring Meja – Private EmotionA not-half-bad ballad from the Latino king with guest vocals from Meja,whose only other hit in the UK was All About the Money (No.12, Oct 98).

A review of his DVD, “One Night Only” will be coming soon, but until thentake a look at the review for :The Ricky Martin Video Collection

4 Oasis – Who Feels Love :O ===Second single from their latest album and this is even more dull than”Go Let It Out”. Not a No.1 and I expect it to sink like a stone next week.Goodnight Oasis, get some decent tunes and stop ripping off the Beatles.

1 Fragma – Toca’s Miracle :O === *2nd Week at No.1*In November 1997 a band called Coco released a dance track which made scantimpression on the charts (a mere No.39), but was one which received a fair bitof airplay after it fell out of the chart.

As I wrote in May 1998 when it got a mention as one of my Top 50 singles of1997, I noted that “In these days of dance tracks being endlessly rereleasedI hope this one comes out again soon…as long as they leave it as it is though.”

The good news is that this is the same track. The bad news is that it’s beenremixed to the point where the background music that made it special has beenremoved and now replaced with something that completely goes against the grain.A perfect example of turning good to shit.

This single is the 13th in a row to go straight in at No.1.

1. Westlife – I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun

2. Manic Street Preachers – The Masses Against the Classes

3. Britney Spears – Born to Make You Happy

4. Gabrielle – Rise

5. Oasis – Go Let it Out

6. All Saints – Pure Shores

7. Madonna – American Pie

8. Chicane featuring Bryan Adams – Don’t Give Up

9. Geri Halliwell – Bag It Up

10. Melanie C – Never Be The Same Again

11. Westlife – Fool Again

12. Craig David – Fill Me In

13. Fragma – Toca’s Miracle

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New releases :

April (date unknown) :

April 17th :

April 24th :

May (date unknown) :

May 1st :

May 8th :

May 15th :

May 22nd :

Legal Man – Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)

May 29th :

Get Off – The Dandy Warhols (Capitol)

June (date unknown) :

June 12th :

Heart Failed – Saint Etienne (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)

June 19th :

Rehab – Manchild (One Little Indian)

June 26th :

[tba] – Roni Size/Reprazent (Talkin Loud)

July (date unknown) :

Sunday Morning School – Oasis (Big Brother)

August (date unknown) :

November (date unknown) :

[tba] – The Prodigy (XL)

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

13 Sash! – Trilenium
21 Status Quo – Famous in the Last Century
37 Elliott Smith – Figure 8
55 Joe – My Name is Joe
72 The Delgados – The Great Eastern

The top 5 goes like this :

1 Moby – Play
2 Tom Jones – Reload
3 Santana – Supernatural
4 Paul Weller – Heliocentric
5 Moloko – Things to Make and Do

New releases :

April (date unknown) :

April 17th :

April 24th :

May (date unknown) :

May 1st :

May 8th :

May 15th :

May 22nd :

May 29th :

For Your Ears Only – Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)

June (date unknown) :

June 5th :

June 12th :

Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia – The Dandy Warhols (Capitol/Parlophone)

July (date unknown) :

August (date unknown) :

[tba] – N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

September 4th :

[tba] – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own/V2)

November (date unknown) :

[tba] – New Order (London)

February 2001 :

Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned – The Prodigy (XL)

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999

17. Adam Rickitt – I Breathe AgainYes, despite his failings since and that the only job he can get these daysis as guest presenter on Channel 5’s “Exclusive”, I quite enjoyed his firstsingle which made No.5 in June last year.

He played Coronation Street’s second Nick Tilsley and the track was producedby Pete Waterman. It certainly shows it but that said it’s rather good. Hecould be our answer to Jason Donovan, in the nice way of producing jolly poptunes, and not in the bad way of becoming a drug addict and being accused ofbeing gay.

It was followed up by two singles that didn’t perform as well, EverythingMy Heart Desires (No.15, Oct 99) and Best Thing (No.25, Feb 2000),as well as an album Good Times, which experienced none of those goingstraight in at No.41 in October last year and then falling out of the chartnever to return…

If you think he made a mistake to leave a top soap for pop stardom, just waituntil you have to endure the shite offered by Sid Owen (aka Eastenders’Ricky Butcher).

The end bit :

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

Bye for now,

Dominator

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Dom Robinson

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.

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