38 Da Click – We Are Da Click

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

38 Da Click – We Are Da Click

Sounds plausible.

33 (16) Skunk Anansie – Secretly

I heard this for the first time on Top of the Pops this week. Looking at whatthey were wearing, they’ve clearly completely disappeared up their ownarses now.

21 Beastie Boys – Remote Control

Why do the Beastie Boys produce such absolute bollocks these days?Where’s the next “Sabotage” or “Fight For Your Right” ?

14 NAS featuring Puff Daddy – Hate Me Now :O ===

Well they’ve got my vote!

11 The 1999 Manchester United Squad – Lift It High (All About Belief)

I’d rather listen to Ben Dover singing “Lift It High – It’s all about RELIEF!”Still, at least it sold more than Newcastle United’s effort :Mungo Jerry & Toon Travellers – Support The Toon, which made No.57

10 Sugar Ray – Every Morning * !!! (joint)

This is a top tune from a new band, but I can never remember how it goes untilI hear it again.

8 Hepburn – I Quit *

A new girl band with a very funky tune and rather good too.

6 Precious – Say It Again *

A new girl band with a very funky tune and rather good too.

But this one is the UK’s Eurovision entry. Let’s just hope that whoever winsthis year at least knows which bus they’re on and are not Hayley fromCoronation Street.

5 (2) Geri Halliwell – Look At Me

Uh-oh, that two million quid *was* a bad investment…

4 Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me * !!! (joint)

Another new band, this time from America, with a jingly-jangly sound thatbecame the love theme to a film released over there months ago, but onlycoming out this weekend just gone, “She’s All That”.

1 Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate :O ===*1st Week at No.1*

What the hell is this? Apparently it’s sold many times more copies thananything out in the past week, but it’s a very average dance tune with acrap promo that looks like a Coronation Street intro.

Shanks and Bigfoot? Armitage Shanks and Bigfoot morelike.

This is the 15th single to go straight in at No.1.

New releases :

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

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)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

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New releases :

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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)

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

22. Fastball – The Way

When this made No.21 in the charts last October I hadn’t heard it, butsaw the video several times afterwards. Since then we’ve not heard a beanfrom them apart from an album release, but “The Way” deserved a Top 10 placingfor sure, reminding me, in the main, of some songs from the late 80’s whilethe guitar solo was reminscent of the early 80’s (1982 to be precise)”Abracadabra” by The Steve Miller Band.

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator