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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…

15 new entries this week, no climbers, and three non-movers (Gala at 5,Chumbawamba at 2, and Will Smith at 1).

Big fallers include OTT (11 to 21), and Suede (9 to 35).

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

39 Soul II Soul – Represent

Soul II Soul haven’t had a new song in the charts for a while, and this newone makes a disappointing appearance on its first week out. Then again, it’s hadno airplay on any station I’ve listened to.

31 Beloved – The Rising Sun

Erm..is this a remix or a new song? I’ve not heard it, but the title sounds likeit’s suspiciously close to their 1989 No.26 debut single, “The Sun Rising” whichbrought them to the fore.

14 UB40 – Tell Me Is It True * !!!

The main song from the action sequel “Speed 2: Cruise Control”, and not onlyis it a damn good gentle reggae tune, but the band also have a part in thefilm itself as Sandra Bullock, and new beau Jason Patric (who replaced KeanuReeves as he went off to play with his crap band Dogstar, and star in evencrappier films like Chain Reaction and Johnny Mnemonic), where they provide theon-boat entertainment in the evening performing this song, as well as theircover of “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You”, recorded by the band in 1993for the Sharon Stone flop film, “Sliver”.

So, is “Speed 2” worth going to see? The answer is most definitely yes. Don’tlisten to all the newspapers who all had something against it, if you liked thefirst film, this one still has the pace, as well as more action before andafter the main boat sequence, in similar fashion to the first film. Willem Dafoeisn’t quite as evil an enemy as Dennis Hopper, but then who could be afterHopper’s performance in “Blue Velvet”.

12 Connor Reeves – My Father’s Son *

First hit ever in the charts for singer-songwriter Connor Reeves, who haswritten some big hits previously apparently, but I can’t remember those hewrote 🙂

1 (1) Will Smith – Men In Black *3rd Week at No.1*

Title track from the new Barry Sonnenfeld (Addams Family 1 and 2, Get Shorty)film, and what an excellent film it is. I saw it last week and expected not toomuch, but it’s one of the few films that actually offers more than what yousee in the trailer.

I didn’t much care for Smith’s performance in “Independence Day” as I wasn’tready for him turning that film into a comedy. He works very well in thissci-fi/comedy though, along with an excellent (as always) performance fromTommy Lee Jones, plus support from Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction),Vincent D’Onofrio (Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket) playing the bad guy,and Rip Torn as Agent Z.

As for this song, I’ll pass. It’s a standard rap affair which doesn’t havehalf the impact that “Boom! Shake the Room” had, and wouldn’t have done as wellhad it not been attached to a film.

New releases :

(* – my current favourites)

August 18th:

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING………..4 PM (For Positive Music) (Next Plateau) FOUR PAGE LETTER……………………..Aaliyah (Blackground/Atlantic) SEXUAL HEALING……………………………….Alibi (Urgent/Arista) I KNOW WHERE IT’S AT……………………………All Saints (London) YOU’RE THE ONE I LOVE [ri]……………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) ICE CREAM………………………..Ambakaila feat. Coalition (London) TWIST…………………………………………..Arnold (Creation) PICK UP THE PIECES / LET’S GO ROUND AGAIN / QUEEN OF MY SOUL………… ………………………………..Average White Band (Club Classics) JACK-ASS (EP)……………………………………….Beck (Geffen) THE SUN RISING [rm]…………………………The Beloved (East West) QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS…………………..Jon Bon Jovi (Jambco/Mercury) ON THE RUN…………………………………….de Bos (Playground) SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET……………………………..David Bowie (RCA) STRANGE LOVE – UNDERWORLD……………………….Breaker (Coalition) CAMELOT IN SMITHEREENS…………………Peter Bruntnell (Almo Sounds) JINGO……………………………………..Candido (Club Classics) BE MY BABY / TURN IT UP & DOWN……………………Cappella (Nukleuz) CHANGE OF HEART……………………………..Change (Club Classics) CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT……….Jackie Clune (Rumour) TEN PENNY SINGER EP – TEN A PENNY EP……………Colein (More Protein) BRIMFUL OF ASHA………………………………..Cornershop (Wiiija) VIOLENT SUNDAYS EP………………..Dawn Of The Replicants (East West) SUMMER SMASH………………………………………Denim (Emidisc) TONIGHT…………………………..Denosh (Rhythm Series/Parlophone) PRETTY DEEP……………………………………Tanya Donelly (4AD) 17…………………………………………..Duffy (Indolent/RCA) STEPPIN’ OUT………………………………………..Earl 16 (WEA) THE RAIN (SUPA DUPA FLY)………..Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott (Elektra) ANOTHER LONELY DAY………………………….Eruption (United Dance) WE BELONG TOGETHER………………………..FAB! (Break Records 2000) EVERLONG…………………………….Foo Fighters (Roswell/Capitol) DO I?…………………………………………..Gifted (Perfecto) WHISPER YOUR NAME………………………………Human Nature (Epic) CAUGHT UP IN DA GAME…………………..Infinite Mass (Roof Top/Edel) LOVE COMMANDMENTS………………………..Gisele Jackson (Manifesto) HEAVEN……………………………………………Jai (M&G/Wired) KALEIDOSCOPE SKIES / I PULL MY GUN………………..Jam & Spoon (Epic) INNER PEACE………………………………Denise Johnson (Hologram) EVOLUTION-REVOLUTION…………………………….Ju-Ju (Digital UK) WALK ON WATER……………………..Katrina & The Waves (Eternal/WEA) GROOVE ME………………………………Fern Kinney (Club Classics) EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE………Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers (Elektra) CRAZY…………………………………..Yvette Michelle (Loud/RCA) NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO……………………Tina Moore (Delirious/RCA) MOVE CLOSER………………………….Phyllis Nelson (Club Classics) (I WANNA) KISS YOU ALL OVER……………………….No Mercy (Arista) SPICE GIRLS (WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?).The Period Pains (Damaged Goods) LITTLE PINK STARS…………………………………Radish (Mercury) CLAUSTROPHE………………………………….Redwood (Almo Sounds) MY FATHER’S SON…………………….Conner Reeves (Wildstar/Telstar) WALKING ON SUNSHINE.Rocker’s Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin (Club Classics) YEAH YEAH………………………………………….Salad (Island) WAVE INTRUDER / PI………………………..Salt Tank (Internal/ffrr) SCANNER VS. SIGNS OV CHAOS EP…….Scanner vs. Signs Ov Chaos (Earache) THE AGE OF LOVE [rm]………………………Scooter (Club Tools/Edel) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK……………….Phyllis Shalamar (Club Classics) YOUR FACE……………………………………..Slacker (Loaded/XL) POST MODERN SLEAZE…………………………Sneaker Pimps (Clean Up) DARK SKY……………………………………Jimmy Somerville (Gut) REPRESENT……………………………………Soul II Soul (Island) CATCH (ME I’M FALLING)……………………..Sunscreem (Pulse-8-Sony) FAIRWEATHER FRIEND…………………………..Symposium (Infectious) MAGIC FLY…………………………Tance Atlantic Air Waves (Virgin) PALLAS ATHENA………………………………..Tao Jones Index (RCA) A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION………………Technical Itch (Second Movement) I DON’T WANT CONTROL OF YOU……………….Teenage Fanclub (Creation) HELLO DARLIN’ [ri]……………………………Fuzz Townshend (Echo) PROPHASE………………………………………..Transa (Perfecto) THE JAM (EP)……………………………A Tribe Called Quest (Jive) TELL ME IS IT TRUE…………………………..UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin) BENJAMIN………………………………Veruca Salt (Outpost/Geffen) BLUE…………………………………Way Out West (Deconstruction) INVASION EP…………………………………Will Web (Astralwerks) LET’S ALL CHANT…………………..Michael Zager Band (Club Classics) CRUSH………………………………………Zhane (Illtown/Motown) F.U.N.K………………………………………………Zum (Pharm)

August 25th:

BAD BOYS MOVE IN SILENCE………………….A Baffled Republic (Catch) FLAT 29……………………….Bedlam A Gogo (Friendly Fire/Sony S2) BENTLEY’S GONNA SORT YOU OUT / RUN ON THE SPOT…………………….. ……………………………..Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone) REMEMBER………………………………………….B.T. (Perfecto) CUCKOO………………….The Cardigans (Stockholm/Trampolene/Polydor) HONEY……………………………………..Mariah Carey (Columbia) LIVE THE DREAM……………………………………..Cast (Polydor) ELEKTROBANK…………….The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin) OFFSHORE [rm]……………………………Chicane (Xtravaganza/Edel) ALL-STAR………………………………….Coco & The Bean (Mantra) BUSY CHILD…………………………….The Crystal Method (Sony S3) LITTLE ARITHMETICS [ri]………………………………Deus (Island) I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN YOU COME…………Echo & The Bunnymen (London) CIRCLES…………………………………………Adam F (Positiva) GIMME SOME LOVE……………………………….Gina G (Eternal/WEA) CONGO……………………………………………Genesis (Virgin) WHERE’S THE LOVE………………………………….Hanson (Mercury) I LIKE THE WAY……………………………….Deni Hines (Mushroom) CHAIN REACTION……………………………..Hurricane #1 (Creation) GUANTANAMERA………..Wyclef Jean feat. Celia Cruz (Ruffhouse/Columbia) MARIA [rm]…………………………………Ricky Martin (Columbia) DEVIL IN SPORTS CASUAL……………………..Midfield General (Skint) TRAVELLER’S TUNE…………………………..Ocean Colour Scene (MCA) I GIVE YOU MY HEART…………………………….Mr. President (WEA) KARMA POLICE………………………………..Radiohead (Parlophone) THE SWEETEST THING…………………………..Refugee Camp Allstars …………………………….feat. Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia) BAD BOY……………………………………Ruffneck Trilogy (ffrr) THIS TIME I’M NOT WRONG…………..Sub Sub with Bernard Sumner (Rob’s) CHAMELEON………………………………….Trigger (Aegean/Virgin) YOU SEXY THING……………………………….T-Shirt (Eternal/WEA)

September 1st :

ALL MINE……………………………………..Portishead (Go.Beat) SEMI-CHARMED LIFE…………………………Third Eye Blind (Elektra) DRUGS DON’T WORK…………………………………..The Verve (Hut)

September 8th :

SUNCHYME…………………………………….Dario (Amato/Eternal) SOME KIND OF BLISS……………………Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction) WHO’S THE MACK…………………………………Mark Morrison (WEA) BUTTERFLY……………………………Sylvia Powell (Deconstruction) LOVE ANYWAY…………………………………Mike Scott (Chrysalis) SUMMERTIME………………………………..The Sundays (Parlophone)

September 15th :

STRANDED……………………………………The Hybrids (Heavenly) BEEN AROUND THE WORLD……..Puff Daddy & The Family (Puff Daddy/Arista)

September 22nd :

I.O.U. EVERYTHING……………………………………..Dweeb (WEA) [tba]……………………………………….Morcheeba (Indochina)

October 3rd:

[tba]………………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin)

Other forthcoming releases

AUGUST

[tba]………………………………………….911 (Ginga/Virgin) TRAPPED ’97…………………….Colonel Abrams (Club Culture/Warner) PRIVATE PARTY………………………………………….Akin (WEA) [tba]……………………………………………..Altan (Virgin) – DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW……………………………..Ash (Infectious) ONE SHOT CHILLA……………………..Aswad feat. Apache Indian (Gut) STONE CRAZY EP…………………………………….Beatnuts (Epic) NEED YOUR LOVE……………………………Big Bub (Kedar/Universal) LET IT GO…………………………….Black Magic (Strictly Rhythm) THE SANDMAN [rr]………………………………The Blue Boy (Pharm) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH………………………………………….. ………………..Boris Dlugosch pres. Boom! (Peppermint Jam/Positiva) ON THE RUN / GROVETRAIN………………………………de Bos (Jive) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND…………………….The Brand New Heavies (ffrr) KISS & TELL………………………………….Brownstone (MJJ/Epic) [tba]………………………………………Joanna Bryant (Aegean) ANSWER MY PRAYER…………………………..Danny Campbell (Jackpot) BUTTERFLY KISSES……………………………….Bob Carlisle (Jive) ALL THIS LOVE THAT I’M GIVING……………….Central Park (Indochina) TIC TIC TAC (DANCE TO BOI BUMBA!)……………………Chilli (Arista) GHOSTS……………………………………..Chris & James (Stress) SUNNY CAME HOME…………………………….Shawn Colvin (Columbia) GET YOURSELF TOGETHER…………………Janelle Corbin (Sweet & Wharm) ANGEL………………………………….Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc) CHINESE BURN…………………………………….Curve (Universal) SOURVENIR DE PARIS……………………Dimitri From Paris (East West) MONKEY IN A CAGE………………………………The Driven (Polydor) HALO…………………………………Karen Dunbar (Academy Street) YOUR LUCKY DAYS IN HELL…………………………..Eels (Dreamworks) LEARN II LOVE…………………………Kim English (Hi-Life/Polydor) A LITTLE BIT OF ECSTASY…………………Jocelyn Enriquez (Tommy Boy) SEEIN’ IS BELIEVING…………………….Adriana Evans (PMP/Loud/RCA) BURN…………………………………….Fear Factory (Roadrunner) JUST AS YOU ARE…………………………………Feline (Chrysalis) STRICTLY ROLLIN’…………………………………First Class (RCA) YOUR CARESS (ALL I NEED)…………..DJ Flavours (All Around The World) BLACKEYE…………………………………………Fluffy (Enclave) GONNA GET………………………………..Forthright (Hoedown City) WHY DON’T YOU DANCE WITH ME……………………Future Breeze (AM:PM) PEOPLE MAY COME………………………………..Gabrielle (Go.Beat) EVERYTHING I OWN………………………………..David Gates (Jive) MR. MANIAC……………………………..Genaside II (Northwestside) WHEN DOVES CRY…………………………………….Ginuwine (Epic) TURN OFF THE LIGHTS………………………….Martine Girault (Opaz) FUDGI [ri]…………………………………….Goofi (Main Street) RITMO DE LA NOCHE / GUITTARA……………………..Grand Fiesta (RCA) DISTY TRAX………………………………….J. Grau (Pro-zak Trax) DA SOUL EP………………………Green Flame & Mr. G (Northwestside) LOVERWOMAN………………………………….Groove Kittens (Pukka) BLOW YOUR OWN………………………………Happy Human (Sugarcube) DISCORDER…………………………………………..Havana (Hook) ULTRAFUNKULA………………………………Armand van Helden (ffrr) WITCH DOKTOR……………………………….Armand van Helden (ZYX) DOES YOUR HEART GO BOOM?………………….Helen Love (Damaged Goods) WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?………………………..Ronnie Hewson (Motown) THE KEY TO THE HOUSE OF LOVE (GIES IT)………………Hibee-Nation (-) DISTANT LOVER…………………………………Taral Hicks (Motown) SWEETEST THING………………………………Lauryn Hill (Columbia) HEY LITTLE GIRL [rm]………………………..Icehouse (Control/Edel) LET ME LOVE YOU………………………The Incredible Kraze (W2/Edel) [tba]……………………………………..James (Fontana/Mercury) PLASTIC DREAMS……………………………………….Jaydee (R&S) NINEWAYS…………………………………………….JDS (London) ROCK THE BELLS [rm]…………………….Kadoc (Dos Or Die/Manifesto) I BELIEVE I CAN FLY…….Kamouflage feat. Louise Ennis (Branded/Rumour) I CAN’T SLEEP BABY (IF I)…………………………..R. Kelly (Jive) ISN’T IT TIME [rm]………………………………….Kuva (Malarky) SAY YEAH / DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE……………Elisha Laverne (Adept) [tba] EP…………………………………The Lemonheads (Atlantic) INTO THE SUN / OUT OF THE FIRE……………………..Lock (Axiomatic) THE DISTANT VOICES EP: ANGEL / GAMEMASTER / MY SOUL………………… …………………………………………Lost Tribe (Hooj Choons) TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE…………………………………Mansa (Riff) IS IT REAL?……………………………………….Marsha (Diesel) JUST A LITTLE BOT OF LOVE……………..Curtis Mayfield (Warner Bros.) AIN’T THAT JUST THE WAY……………………Lutricia McNeal (Telstar) SHINE……………………………………………Monaco (Polydor) V.O.A.T……………………………………..Moonchild (East West) FEELS SO GOOD / JOANNA [rm]……………………….Mrs. Wood (React) CLOSER…………………………………………..Nitebredd (Wyze) ANYTIME…………………………………………….Nu-Birth (XL) MY WORLD……………………………………….O.C. (Payday/ffrr) MOVE ME……………………………Open Arms (All Around The World) THE PASSAGE……….DJ Scott’s Outer Rhythm (Cuckoo Land/Steppin’ Out) [tba]……………………………………………..The Pastels () FINALLY [rm]………………………………..Ce Ce Peniston (AM:PM) GOTTAMAN……………………………………….Pizzaman (Pulse-8) HAPPY DAYS…………………………………….PJ (Deconstruction) BAMBA IBIZA!…………………………………Planet Groove (Chase) SUGAR SUGAR…………Platinum Radics feat. Governor Tiggy (Relentless) A PACO DI BANGO’S WORLD………………………………Playboy (Tag) TURN ME OUT (TURN TO SUGAR) [rm]………Praxis feat. Kathy Brown (ffrr) IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BANJAMINS.Puff Daddy & The Family (Puff Daddy/Arista) 7498 EP…………………………………………….DJ Q (Filter) EXTRA TIME………………………………….Quivver (Perfecto Red) SHOT…………………………Ragga & The Jack Magic Orchestra (EMI) WHATEVER MAN………………………………Redman (Def Jam/Mercury) SHOUT……………………………………Red Rhythm (Steppin’ Out) HEROES………………………Reprazent feat. Roni Size (Talkin Loud) HOUSE OF JOY…………………………….Vicki Sue Robinson (Logic) DON’T STOP THE LOVIN’……………………………….Rozalla (R.M.) FEAR OF FLYING [2nd ri]…………………………………Ruth (Arc) YOU / GET LOOSE………………………………….Sex-O-Sonique (-) INFIDELITY (ONLY YOU)………………Skunk Anansie (One Little Indian) DANCE TO THE MUSIC………..Smokin’ Vibes feat. Deborah Woodson (Kosmo) SYR 1 EP: ANAGRAMA / IMPROVISATION AJOUT=C9E / TREMERIS / MIEUX: DE CORROSION…………………………………Sonic Youth (SYR/Geffen) I’LL MAKE YOU MINE……………………………..Spank 5.0 (Bullion) U CAN’T SING R SONG…………………………….Spearhead (Capitol) RADIATION (EP): RADIATION / CAN’T STOP THE GROOVE / FREE……………. …………………………………………….DJ Stealth (Bullion) ALL ABOUT US………………Keith Sweat feat. Montell Jordan (Elektra) SOMEONE…………………………………SWV feat. Puff Daddy (RCA) YOU GOT THE LOVE………………………..T2 feat. Robin S (Champion) WATERS…………………………………………….Taucher (Quad) LUCKY [ri]…………………………………..Lewis Taylor (Island) IN THE SUNSHINE………………………..Shawnee Taylor (King Street) SOUL FREAK…………………………….Three’n’One (Low Sense/ffrr) ALRIGHT………………………………….Tour De Force (East West) PROPHASE………………………………….Transa (Perfecto Fluoro) JUST GETTIN’ BETTER [rm]…….Tuff Jam Republic feat. Xavier (Multiply) SUMMERTIME…………………………………………UDG (Domestic) MOANER……………………………….Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own) WHAT DO I GOTTA DO…………………………Urban Soul (King Street) TRIPO DE BRASIL EP…………………………………v.a. (Rhythmix) PAST & PRESENT……………………………….Vadis (Skimmymalinky) DUBS IN LIMBO………..v.a. [Tipple, Poloco, Snowbaby, Flytrap] (Limbo) THE FRESHMEN………………………………….The Verve Pipe (RCA) WHOOSH…………………………………………Whoosh (Wonderboy) URGE………………………………The Wildhearts (Round/East West) DON’T KNOW…………………………………..Mario Winans (Motown) NO FEAR……………………………………..X-Avia (Pressure/FXU) BALL & CHAIN…………………………….Paul Young (CBL/East West)

SEPTEMBER

GUNMAN……………………………………..187 Lockdown (Nu Jack) SWITCH………………………………………….Howie B (Polydor) AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME……………………….Backstreet Boys (Jive) SONG FOR MY BROTHER [US imp]………….George Benson (Giant Step [US]) BERGAMOT…………………………………….Bergamot (Chromatone) [tba]……………………………………Bjork (One Little Indian) D. DISCO / THE LINE…………………………………………….. ………………Black Science Orchestra vs. Lisa Stansfield (Big Life) I BRING YOU LOVE…………………………………Blu Peter (React) – MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE / EXPERIENCIA RELIGIOSA…………Boyzone (Polydor) I’M NOT FOLLOWING YOU……………………….Edwyn Collins (Setanta) GLOBAL HOUSE………………………………..Coloured Oxygen (Glow) GABRIEL………………………………………..Roy Davis Jr. (XL) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE / THE AVENGERS………………………………… ………………………….Dimitri From Paris / Impulsion (Concrete) FEVER………………………………D’jaimin & Djaybee (Suntime/XL) LOST & FOUND……………………………………DNote (Dorado/VC) TOO LONG, TOO GONE……………………..En Vogue (East West America) SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) [tba]………………………………………………Goldie (ffrr) FALLING INTO YOU……………………………..Guess Who? (Neoteric) TOURNIQUET………………………………………..Headswim (Epic) STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN / AMOUREUSE………………….Illusive (Klone) [tba]………………………………………Janet Jackson (Virgin) THE HUSTLERS EP………………………………Jay-Z (Northwestside) SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOVE………….Elton John (Rocket/Mercury) PIPER……………………………………………….Jonny L (XL) TILL THE HEART CAVES IN………………….kd Lang (Sire/Warner Bros.) RAINCLOUD……………………..Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) VISION INCISION………………………..Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) EVERYIME…………………………………….Lustral (Hooj Choons) [tba] STRANGEST THING…………………George Michael (Aegean/Virgin) [tba]…………………………………Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA) IN THE CITY…………………………….Montage (Wild Card/Polydor) JUST FOR YOU………………………………………M People (Epic) VIDEO 586……………………………………….New Order (Touch) FAR FROM YOURS………………O.C. feat. Yvette Michelle (Payday/ffrr) C LINE WOMAN……………………………The People Movement (Eye-Q) ICEOLATION…………………………….The Priest (Plastic Surgery) BURNING WHEEL……………………………..Primal Scream (Creation) SMACK MY BITCH UP…………………………………The Prodigy (XL) EVEN AFTERALL…………………………….Finlay Quaye (Haiku/Epic) LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING………………….Fatima Rainey (Coalition) I BELIEVE IN DREAMS………………………….Jackie Rawe (Almighty) ONE MORE TIME…………………………The Real McCoy (Logic/Arista) [tba]………………………………………Sleeper (Indolent/RCA) [tba]……………………………….Sly & Robbie & Simply RTed (-) DOGGUMENTARY………………………….Snoop Doggy Dogg (Interscope) X-RAY………………………………………..Space Frog (Sony S3) TINTED EYES…………………………….Sprinkler (Fourth&Broadway) TALLER THAN GOD…………………………………Strawpeople (Epic) CAN YOU FEEL IT…………………………………..Uncle Sam (Epic) EVERYTHING IS LARGE……………….Underground Distortion (Satellite)

OCTOBER

[tba]………………………………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) TELLIN’ STORIES…………………….The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet) [tba]…………………………………………Howard Donald (RCA) [tba]……………………………………….Steven Houghton (RCA) [tba]……………………………………..Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) CRY ME A RIVER…………………………………….Jai (M&G/Wired) STAND BY ME………………………………………Oasis (Creation) [tba]…………………………………..Triple A [Jimmy Cauty] (-)

NOVEMBER :

[tba]………………………………………….The Cure (Fiction)

DECEMBER :

ALL ROUND THE WORLD……………………………….Oasis (Creation)

Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

Just one new entry in the Top 10 for Oasis unsurprisingly going straight inat No.1 with “Be Here Now”, deposing Texas from the top slot.Some prat on a local radio station asked if there’s anyone at all who HASN’Tbought the album yet.. Well I haven’t, and I’m not planning to either, so there.

Elsewhere some of the Top 10 shuffles about a bit but nothing revolutionary.

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1997

35. Queen – You Don’t Fool Me (The Remixes)

Queen’s long-awaited “Heaven For Everyone” album spawned the title trackand “A Winter’s Tale” as singles before the end of 95, but of the singlesreleased in 1996, this one was far and away the best, as the other two,“Let Me Live”, and a new, crappy version of “Too Much Love Will Kill You”which I never liked in any form before.

“You Don’t Fool Me (remix)” made No.17 at the end of November 96.

The end bit :

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

Bye for now,

Dominator