30 Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On

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This week: 9 new entries, 0 re-entering, 3 chart entries, 3 climbing, 0 not moving & 25 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…

9 new entries and 3 chart :
• 40 Klaus Badelt – He’s a Pirate
• 38 Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
• 37 Bullet 4 My Valentine – Tears Don’t Fall
• 36 Supermode – Tell Me Why
• 31 Wolfmother – Woman
• 30 Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On
• 25 Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
• 23 (50 CH) Chris Brown – Gimme That (Remix)
• 22 (48 CH) Sean Paul – Never Gonna Be The Same
• 18 Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man
• 16 (45 CH) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tell Me Baby
• 1 McFly – Please Please/Don’t Stop Me Now

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Richard Ashcroft – Words Just Get In The Way
• 39 Keane – Is It Any Wonder?
• 38 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
• 37 Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
• 36 Jamie T – Sheila
• 35 Beatfreakz – Somebody’s Watching Me
• 34 Paul Oakenfold feat. Brittney Murphy – Faster Kill Pussycat
• 33 Rooster – Home
• 32 Milburn – Cheshire Cat Smile
• 29 Nylon – Losing A Friend
• 20 Dirty Pretty Things – Deadwood
• 18 James Dean Bradfield – There’s No Way To Tell A Lie

3 climbing :

• 2 (16) Rihanna
• 5 (27) James Morrison
• 10 (23) Gnarls Barkley

0 not moving : and 24 going down. Big fallers include :

• 28 (14) Shayne Ward

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

• 41 The Flaming Lips – The W.A.N.D.
• 45 Madonna – Get Together
• 63 Gary Numan – In A Dark Place
• 66 Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Follow You In The Dark
• 69 Sleepy Jackson – God Lead Your Soul

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Franz Ferdinand:
Eleanor Put Your Boots On
[You Could Have
It So Much Better]

30 Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On

Christ almighty, what a dreadfully dull record. It’s further proof that they’ve had no new ideasfor their second album and it makes “Do You Wanna” sound like lyrical genius by comparison as halfof this song is “la la la”s and the rest is the singer sounding like he’s had a frontal lobotomy.

McFly: Please Please/
Don’t Stop Me Now

1 McFly – Please Please/Don’t Stop Me Now *1st Week at No.1*

Yet another No.1 for the boyband, and their lowest first-week sellingNo.1 to date with just 36,400 copies sold. And it’s rubbish too, one trackbeing a dire Queen cover, all in the name of Sport Relief, but I don’t careif it’s for charity as shit is the same colour whoever’s benefitting from thesales.

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New releases :

Pet Shop Boys: Minimal
[Fundamental]

July 24th:

Alex Gaudino feat Jerma – Reaction
Alexander O’Neal – Lord
Angels and Airwaves – It Hurts
At The Lake – I Made My Excuses And Left
Ben Westbeech – So Good Today
Bonnie Prince Billy – Cursed Sleep
Britt Black – Jet Black Heart
Cosmic Rough Riders – When You Come Around
Dogtooth – Abracadabra (Can’t Cool Down)
Duels – The Slow Build (EP)(2×7”)
Feeder – Save Us
Forward Russia! – Eighteen
Foy Vance – Watermelon Oranges (EP)
Helen Boulding – What A Fool
Holloways – Two Left Feet
Hoobastank – If I Were You
Hot Club De Paris – Sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachother… foreachother (7”)
J Bold feat I James Jones – Since We Said / Out For The Take
James Hunter – People Gonna Talk
Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
Kasabian – Empire
The Knife – We Share Our Mother’s Health
Madonna – Get Together
Metric – Monster Hospital
Metro Riots – When You’re Gone
Mumm Ra – Black Hurts Day And The Night Rolls On (EP)
New Master Sounds feat Corinne Bailey Rae – Your Love Is Mine
Nicolette – Wholesome (EP)
Obie Trice feat Akon – Snitch
Pendleton – You By Us (EP)
Pet Shop Boys – Minimal
Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
Robin Guthrie – Everlasting
Shapeshifters & Chic – Sensitivity
The Similou – All This Love
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Strokes – You Only Live Once
Supermode – Tell Me Why
Tah Mac – Get Up
Transmission – Noctolucent
Viva Voce –From The Devil Himself (7”) [Limited]
White Rose Movement – London’s Mine / Testcard Girl
The Who – Wire & Glass
Zero 7 – You’re My Flame

July 31st:

Alfa 9 – Deadman
Artful Dodger feat Vula – Flex
Basto – Rock With You
Black Grass – Don’t Leave Me This Way
Boy Kill Boy – Civil Sin
Camilla – Don’t Hold Back
Captain – Glorious
Cascada – Everytime We Touch
Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man
Claire Sproule – Flame
The Common Redstarts – Save It For Your Friends
Damien Marley – All Night
Duncan & Wilde – I Just Died
Element Vs Ben VP – Name And Number
Flanders – By My Side
Frank – I’m Not Shy On Mondays
Futureheads – Worry About It Later
Gigi D’Agostino – L’Amour Toujours
Grand Union – Jane Jane (EP)
Hughes Corporation – What A Feeling
The Immediate – Stop And Remember
Iron & Wine – Such Great Heights
Jakobinarina – His Lyrics Are Disastrous
Keyboard Rebel – My Lordship
Koufax – Isabelle
Lorraine – Transatlantic Flight (12”)
Midlake – Roscoe
Panic! At The Disco – Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Paris Hilton – Stars Are Blind
Polytechnic – Pep (2×7”)
Raconteurs – Hands
Reel People feat Angela Johnson – You Used To Hold me So Tight
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Stairway To Heaven
Seafood – Signal Sparks
Seth Lakeman – Lady Of The Sea
Skye – What’s Wrong With Me
Steve Adey – Find The Way
Terri Walker – I Am
Triniti – I Remember / Love Of Da Dancehall
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
Vitalic – You Are My Sun
Winnebago Deal – Spider Bite (7”)
The Yell – My Baby’s Into Witchcraft

August 7th:

Adem – Launch Yourself
Cerys Matthews – Open Roads
Clearlake – It’s Getting Light Outside (7”)
Dragonforce – Ground & Pound
Duke Special – Portrait
Francesca Berlin – Colours Faded
Hayley Sanderson – Something In The Air
Inner City Playboys – Jet Setter
Jamie Lewis & Michael Watford – Its Over
Joan As Police Woman – Eternal Flame
Karmah – Just Be Good To Me
Mandy – Body Language
Michael Gray – Borderline
Mickey Modelle vs Jessy – Dancing In The Dark
Mousse T vs Dandy Warhols – Horny As A Dandy
Orson – Happiness
Outkast – The Mighty O
Primal Scream – Dolls (Sweet Rock And Roll)
Ray J – What I Need
Tina Dico – Give In
Tom Novy feat Lima – Take It (Closing Time)
Vega 4 – You And Me
The View – Wasted Little DJs

August 14th:

Alesha – Lipstick
Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before The Lights Come On
Beenie Man feat Akon – Girls
Bell X1 – Rocky
Betty Curse – God This Hurts
Calexico – Cruel
Cassie – Me And U
Chamillionaire feat Krayzie Bone – Ridin’
Chenai – Reason (Say you will)
Chocolate Puma – Always And Forever
Dario G – Ring Of Fire
David Guetta vs The Egg – Love Don’t Let Me Go (Walking Away)
Divine Comedy – To Die A Virgin
Fort Minor – Where’d You Go
Ghostface Killah feat Ne-Yo & Kayne West – Back Like That
Iron Maiden – The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Jessica Simpson – A Public Affair
Junior Boys – In The Morning (12”)
Kate Ryan – Je T’adore
Lilys – A Diana’s Diana / With Candy
Lola – No Strings (Let’s Have Sex)
Maria Lawson – Sleepwalking
Morning Runner – Oceans
Mystery Jets – Diamonds In The Dark
Revl9n – Someone Like You
Ronan Keating – Iris
Spinto Band – Oh Mandy
The Sunshine Underground – Put You In Your Place
Taking Back Sunday – Twenty Twenty Surgery
X-Press 2 – Kill 100
Young Knives – Hot Summer

August 21st:

Beyonce – Déjà Vu
The Boy Least Likely To – Hugging My Grudge
Coldcut – Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Dashboard Confessional – Don’t Wait
Dears – Ticket To Immortality
DJ Shadow – Enuff
DMX – Lord Give Me A Sign
Field Mob feat Ciara – So What
Hound Dogs – She’s Candy
Jealousy – Lucy
Keane – Crystal Ball
Laura Michelle Kelly – Communication
Little Man Tate – House Party At Boothy’s
Matt Willis – Hey Kid
Mekon – Boy Bitten / Blood On The Moon
Missy Elliott – We Run This
Peter Brame – Wake Up
The Rapture – Get Myself Into It
Rietta – Madness
Rolling Stones – Biggest Mistake
Stacie Orrico – I’m Not Missing You
Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill (12”)
The Upper Room – Never Come Back

August 28th:

Basement Jaxx – Hush Boy
The Feeling – Never Be Lonely
Fratellis – Chelsea Digger
I’m From Barcelona – We’re From Barcelona
JoJo – Too Little Too Late
Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
Karen Overton – Your Loving Arms
Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous
Pink – U + Ur Hand

September 4th:

Big Bass vs Michelle Narine – What You Do
Blazin’ Squad – All Night Long
Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
Diddy – tba
Fergie – London Bridge
Goldfrapp – Satin Boys, Flaming Chic (7”) [Limited]
Lemar – Its Not That Easy
Muse – Starlight
Natasha Bedingfield – I Want To Have Your Babies
Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
Terri Walker – Alright With Me

September 11th:

Battle – Demons
Billy Talent – Red Flag
Janet Jackson – Call On Me
Nathan – Cold As Ice
Right Said Fred – Where Do You Go To My Lovely
Route 33 – Looking Back
Tasmin Archer – Every Time I Want It (Effect Is Monotony)
Walkmen – Louisiana

September 18th:

Chris Lake – Changes
Killers – When You Were Young
Lady Sovereign – Love Me Or Hate Me

TBA:

Absentee – We Should Never Have Children
Antony Costa – Half The World Away
Ashlee Simpson – Invisible
Audioslave – Original Fire
Beth Orton – Heart Of Soul
Black Eyed Peas – Gone Going
Black Fras – Moving Into Light
The Blood Arm – Suspicious Character
Bromheads Jacket – Trip To The Golden Arches [Sep]
Busta Rhymes – New York
Cheeky Girls – I’m Too Sexy / Farm Yard Hookey
Cherish – Do It To It [Aug]
Chris Brown – Say Goodbye
Colours feat Domino – Holding Me Kissing Me
Cord – Sea Of Trouble
Corinne Bailey Rae – Like A Star [Oct]
The Crimea – Baby Boom
Dancing DJs feat Victoria – Right Beside You
Danielle Bollinger – When The Broken Hearted Love Again
Danielson– Sloppy Soft
Disturbed – Just Stop
Dizzee Rascal – Waste Man
DJ Project – Before I Sleep [Oct]
DMC feat Sarah McLachlan – Just Like Me
Eamon – How Could You Bring Him Home?
Elton John – tba [Aug]
Eminem feat Bizzare – We Need a Change
Evanescence – Call Me When You’re Sober
The Fat Cowboy and DJ Dog – Do Dat Diddly Ding Dang
Freeloaders – Freefallin’ (Now I’m Free)
Frisco – The Summer Is Magic [Aug]
Gina G – Tonight Is The Night
Gledhill – Good Times Ahead
Go! Team – Doing It Right [Sep]
Gogol Bordello – Not A Crime
Hot Chip – Colours
Howling Bells – Setting Sun [Aug]
Hypo Psycho – Somebody Someday
Imogen Heap – Headlock
Inaya Day – Hold Your Head Up High
Jet – I Only Like You When I’m High [Sep]
John Legend – tba [Sep]
Josh Rouse – Quiet Town
Karen Parry – Against All Odds
Karmah – Just Be Good To Me [Jul]
Keisha White – I Choose Life
Kelis – Bossy
Kelly Llorenna – Nobody Like You
LeAnn Rimes & Brian McFadden – Everybody’s Someone [2nd Oct]
Life Like & Kris Menace – Discopolis
Linus Loves – One More Chance
Lionel Richie – I Call It Love
Lostprophets – A Town Called Hypocrisy
Louie – tba [Aug]
Ludacris – War With God
Ludes – Never Had A Chance
Major Players – Come With Me
(Matthew) Herbert – Moving Like A Train (EP)
Max Graham – Talk
Memphis Bleek – Like That
Merchants Of Dance – Let Me Be The One (Waterfall)
Michael Jackson & Friends – I Have This Dream
Michelle McManus – Breaking Free
Milburn – What You Could’ve Won [Aug]
The Modern – Discotheque Francaise
Morandi – Oh La La [Sep]
Muthafunkaz feat Marc Evans – I Don’t Want You Anymore
MVP – All The Little Things You Do [Jul]
Ne-Yo – When You’re Mad
Nerina Pallot – Idaho
Oceanlab – Sirens Of The Sea
Open Air feat Gran’ma Funk – Hi Roller
Original – I Luv U Baby 06
The Others – Desolate
Pakito – Living On Video
Peter Andre & Jordan – A Whole New World
Pharrell feat Kanye West – Number 1
Pianoman – Blurred 2006
Placebo – Song To Say Goodbye
Plus-44 – No It Isn’t
Psapp – High [Sep]
Pussycat Dolls – I Don’t Need a Man
Razorlight – America
Ricky Martin– Its Alright
Rob Thomas – Ever The Same
Robert Post – Come Home
Rockefeller – Do It 2Nite
Sandi Thom – What If I’m Right
September – Satellites
SJB feat Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
Son of Dork – Sick
Soul Asylum – Stand Up And Be Strong
Sparks – Dick Around / Waterproof [Sep]
Steve Miller Band vs Gauzz – Abracadabra
Strike – U Sure Do 2006
Tabby Callaghan – tba [Jul]
Tatu – Gomenasai
Tiefschwarz feat Tracey Thorn – Damage
Union Of Knives – Taste Of Harmony [Jul]
Veronicas – 4ever
Westlife – The Dance
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Cheated Hearts
Yusuf Islam – Heaven
Zebrahead – Anthem

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Lily Allen: Alright Still

This week there are new entries for :
• 1 Razorlight – Razorlight
• 2 Lily Allen – Alright Still
• 3 Paolo Nutini – These Streets
• 34 Ali Farka Toure – Savane
• 41 The Pipettes – We Are The Pipettes
• 46 The Beach Boys – Very Best Sounds Of Summer
• 68 The Rifles – No Love Lost

Razorlight: Razorlight

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 Razorlight – Razorlight
• 2 Lily Allen – Alright Still
• 3 Paolo Nutini – These Streets
• 4 The Kooks – Inside In/Inside Out
• 5 Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
• 6 Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
• 7 Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
• 8 Nina Simone: The Very Best Of
• 9 Rihanna – A Girl Like Me
• 10 The Zutons – Tired of Hanging Around

New releases :

James Dean Bradfield:
The Great Western

July 24th:

All Time Low – Put Up Or Shut Up
• The Bellrays – Have A Little Faith
• Bill Withers – Lovely Day: The Very Best Of
• Blood Meridian – Kick Up The Dust
• Bugz In The Attic – Back In The Doghouse
• Crosbi – All In
• The Freelance Hellraiser – Waiting For Clearance
• Frost – Milliontown
• Harvey Danger – Little By Little
• Heather Small – Close To A Miracle
• Hot Puppies – Under The Crooked Moon
• Humanzi – Tremors
• James Dean Bradfield – The Great Western
• Jimmy Page & Friends – Wailing Sounds
• Jurassic 5 – Feedback
• Khia – Gangstress
• Lisa Germano – In The Maybe World
• Liza Minelli – Complete Capital Collection
• Lupen Crook – Accidents Occur Whilst Sleeping
• Mark Erelli – Hope & Other Casualties
• Meat Purveyors – Someday Soon Things Will Be Much Worse
• Michael Franti & Spearhead – Yell Fire!
• Mishka – One Tree (EP)
• New York Dolls – One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
• Nitzer Ebb – Body Reword: Remixes
• OPM – California Poppy
• Pharrell – In My Mind
• Puppetmastaz – Creature Shock Radio
• Quantic – An Announcement To Answer
• Reamonn – Wish
• Roddy Woomble – My Secret Is My Silence
• Roger Sanchez – Come With Me
• Rogue Traders – Here Comes The Drums
• The Sleepy Jackson – Personality: One Was A Spider One Was A Bird
• She Wants Revenge – She Wants Revenge
• Sophie Auster – Sophie Auster
• Steve Marriott & The Official Receivers – Some Kind Of Wonderful
• System F & Gouryella – Best Of
• Tapes’n’Tapes – The Loon
• Tom Petty – Highway Companion
• Venus Hum – Colors In The Wheel
• Xray Spex – Let’s Submerge: The Anthology
• NOW 64

July 31st:

Captain Beefheart – Blue Jeans & Moonbeams (remastered with bonus tracks)
• Daniel Wylie – High Cost Of Happiness
• Daryl Hall & John Oates – Back in Love Again: The Philadelphia Years
• DJ Shadow – The outsider
• DMX – Year of the Dog … Again
• Eamon – Love & Pain
• Electric Light Orchestra – The Harvest Years 1970-1973
• Five For Fighting – Two Lights
• Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 10 (US)
• Kula Shaker – Revenge of the King
• Obie Trice – Second round’s on me (EU)
• Renee Olstead – Skylark
• Robin Thicke – The Evolution of Robin Thicke (US)
• Stone Sour – Come What(ever) May
• Vaux – Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice

August 7th:

Ani Di Franco – Reprieve
• Art Of Noise – What Have You Done With My Body, God ? (with bonus dvd)
• Barry Manilow – One Voice (reissue with bonus tracks)
• Comets on Fire – Avatar (US)
• Ferry Corsten- L.E.F.loudelectronicferocious (US)
• Gin Blossoms – Major Lodge Victory
• Kelis – kelis was here (US)
• Lillix – Inside the Hollow (US)
• Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor (US)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gold
• Matthew Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) – Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School
• Paris Holton – Paris
• Slayer – Christ Illusion
• Tears For Fears – Gold (US)
• The Cure – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me:Deluxe (reissue with bonus cd)
• The Cure – The Head On The Door:Deluxe (reissue with bonus cd)
• The Cure – The Top: Deluxe (reissue with bonus cd)
• The Delgados – Complete BBC Sessions (US)
• The Glove (Robert Smith & Steve Severin) – Blue Sunshine (reissue with bonus cd)
• OST – Phat Girlz

August 14th:

Billie Dean – The best of Billie Dean (US)
• Christina Aguilera – Back II Basics
• Leigh Nash (Six Pence None The Richer) – Blue on Blue
• Lil’J Xavier – Young Prince from the South (US)
• Pete Yorn – Nightcrawler
• Sarah Kelly – When the Past Meets Today
• The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations – 40th Anniversary (with bonus dvd)

August 21st:

3 Doors Down – TBA
• Billy Ray Cyrus – Wanna Be Your Joe
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• DJ Shadow – Outsider
• Jojo – the high road
• Kasey Chambers – Carnival
• Lambchop – Damaged
• Method Man – 4:21 … The Day After
• OutKast – Idlewild OST [dualdisc]
• Prince – Ultimate
• Sophie B. Hawkins – Live: The Bad Kitty Board Mix
• Skye – Mind How You Go (US)
• VA – Radiodread: A Complete Reggae Version of

August 28th:

Beenie Man – Undisputed
• Bob Dylan – Modern Times
• Jessica Simpson – A Public Affair
• John Lithgow – The Sunny Side of the Street
• Jordan Knight – Love Songs
• Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
• Motörhead – Kiss of death
• Persephone’s Bees – Notes From the Underworld
• R.E.M. – And I Feel Fine: best of R.E.M.
• Sam Moore – Sam Moore: Overnight Sensation
• Style Council – Our Favourite Shop: Deluxe
• The Lost Crowes – The Lost Crowes (reissue with bonus cd)
• The Dears – Gang of losers (US)
• The Gates – Gravity Won’t Get You High
• The Roots – Game theory
• Wolfman – Beyond Deliverance

Sept 4th:

Beyonce – B-Day
• Blind Guardian – A Twist in the Myth
• Blow Off – Blow off
• Julio Iglesias – Romantic classics
• Kasabian – Empire
• Matt Willis – Matt Willis
• Missy Elliott – Respect Me: Best Of
• Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) – Angel down
• Tina Cousins – Mastermind

Sept 11th:

Barenaked Ladies – TBA
• Common – Finding Forever (TBC)
• Deftones – TBA
• Diana Krall – TBA
• Jane’s Addiction – Up From the Catacombs: The Best of Jane’s Addiction
• Jordan Knight – Love songs
• Lemar – TBA
• Madeline Peyroux – TBA
• Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife/Further Listening [1998-2000] (TBC)
• Peter Frampton – Fingerprint
• Sting – TBA
• The Album Leaf – Into the blue again
• The Panic Channel – (ONe)
• Willie Nelson – TBA

Sept 18th:

Adult Swim – Adult Swim presents Stone throw [dualdisc]
• Bonny Prince Billy – Then The Letting Go
• Cradle of Filth – Thornography
• Diddy – TBA
• Indigo Girls – TBA
• Kasabian – British legion
• Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead
• Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah!
• The Killers – TBA
• VA – Ultimate boy bands

Sept 25th:

Ak’sent – International (US)
• America – TBA
• Daddy Yankee – tormenta Tropical vol. 1
• Janet Jackson – 20 years old
• Jet – TBA
• Lemonheads – Lemonheads
• Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah! (US)
• Solomon Burke – TBA
• The Servants – How to destroy a relationship
• Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic

Oct 2nd:

Evanescence – The Open Door
• John Legend – TBA
• Robbie Williams – TBA (TBC)
• Split Enz – Collection
• The Decemberists – The Crane Wife

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2006.

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