22 Wombles With Roy Wood – I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Christmas :O ===

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[This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week’s chart]

The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I’ve posted my Top 50 singles of the year,starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I’ll be going through the list one byone starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 5 new entries, 3 climbers, 6 non-movers & 26 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…

    5 new entries :

    • 26 Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price – Heartbreak Hotel
    • 22 Wombles With Roy Wood – I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Christmas :O ===
    • 12 Sugababes – New Year
    • 6 Oxide & Neutrino feat. Megaman – No Good 4 Me
    • 2 Westlife – What Makes a Man :O ===

    so the following dropped out :

    • 40 Melanie C – If That Were Me
    • 39 True Party – Wazzup
    • 37 Robbie Williams/Kylie Minogue – Kids
    • 36 Keith ‘n’ Shane – Girl You Know It’s True
    • 34 Lionel Richie – Don’t Stop The Music

    3 climbers :

    • 8 (9) Tweenies
    • 20 (22) Toploader
    • 30 (32) Bomfunk Mc’s

    6 non-movers :

    • 1 Bob The Builder
    • 5 Baha Men
    • 15 Craig David
    • 19 Wu-Tang Clan
    • 23 Ronan Keating
    • 38 A1

    and 26 going down. Big fallers include :

    • 10 (4) Robbie Williams
    • 18 (10) Kylie Minogue
    • 21 (14) Craig
    • 37 (25) Billie Piper
    • 39 (21) Storm
    • 40 (27) Green Day

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

    • 51 Sir Killalot Vs Robo Babe – Robot Wars

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

22 Wombles With Roy Wood – I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Christmas :O ===Yes, it is as bad as the title suggests.

1 (1) Bob The Builder – Can We Fix It? *2nd Week at No.1*

This TV show is narrated by Neil Morrissey, but what the hell is it doingat the top of the charts? Still, at least it stopped Westlife getting their8th No.1 in a bloody row!

This single broke the chain of new entries shooting in at No.1 whichreached the grand total of 42 :

  • 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
  • 14. Oxide & Neutrino – Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)
  • 15. Britney Spears – Oops! I Did It Again
  • 16. Madison Avenue – Don’t Call Me Baby
  • 17. Billie Piper – Day & Night
  • 18. Sonique – It Feels So Good
  • 19. Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me
  • 20. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around
  • 21. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
  • 22. The Corrs – Breathless
  • 23. Ronan Keating – Life is a Rollercoaster
  • 24. Five & Queen – We Will Rock You
  • 25. Craig David – 7 Days
  • 26. Robbie Williams – Rock DJ
  • 27. Mel C – I Turn To You
  • 28. Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  • 29. Madonna – Music
  • 30. A1 – Take On Me
  • 31. Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
  • 32. Mariah Carey & Westlife – Against All Odds
  • 33. All Saints – Black Coffee
  • 34. U2 – Beautiful Day
  • 35. Steps – Stomp
  • 36. Spice Girls – Holler/Let Love Lead the Way
  • 37. Westlife – My Love
  • 38. A1 – Same Old Brand New You
  • 39. LeAnn Rimes – Can’t Fight The Moonlight
  • 40. Destiny’s Child – Independent Women Part 1
  • 41. S Club 7 – Never Had a Dream Come True

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New releases :

December (date unknown) :

    In The Air – 2 DJs (-)
    Invincible – 5 (RCA)
    Warmer Than Fire – Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)
    [tba] – Richard Ashcroft (Hut/Virgin)
    The Fields Of Love [D imp] – A.T.B. feat. York (Kontor)
    Bag Lady – Erykah Badu (Motown)
    Beautiful Strange – Bedrock (Bedrock)
    Boys – B.O.N. (Epic)
    Afrodizziact – Bushwacka vs. Cry Cisco (Underdog)
    The Sermon – Ron Carroll (Subliminal)
    All Night Party – Cristoff (R*senal)
    Liberation (Temptation – Fly Like An Eagle) [rm] – Matt Darey pres. Mash Up feat. Marcella Woods (Good:As/Incentive)
    You Are My High – Demon vs. Heartbreaker (-)
    He Loves U Not – Dream (Puff Daddy/Arista)
    Lowriders – Dynamic Shadows (Mob)
    A Revelation – Espionage (Rosenberg)
    It’s A Good Life – Cevin Fisher feat. Ramona Keller (Wonderboy)
    Scattered – Fortress vs. Lemon Soul (Superstition)
    Blow Ya Brainz – Freestylers (Freskanova)
    Hootin’ Harry [rm] – Nigel Gee (Neo)
    Free – Gimmick (Global Cuts)
    Only You – Godwin (Sound Design)
    Gonna Catch You (Gordon’s Groove) – Lonnie Gordon (VC/Virgin)
    The 6400 Crew EP – Halo, Hipp-e & Tony (Yoshitoshi)
    Nostalgia / Props / Strictly A Vibe Thing – Hil Street Soul (Dome)
    Hello – Ice Cube feat. Dr. Dre & MC Ren (Priority/Virgin)
    Wiggle While We Work – Iz & Diz (Classic)
    After Party – Koffee Brown (Arista)
    Home Cookin’ EP – Hakan Lidbo (Loaded)
    Black Russian – La Liga (Carbon)
    Playa No Mo’ – Lina (Atlantic/East West)
    Play Some Rock – Liquido (Liberty/EMI-Virgin)
    Same Ol Thing – Love Rush (Credence/EMI)
    New Out There – Lucid (Delerious)
    Show Me – A Man Possessed (Prognosis)
    On The Radio – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
    Sweet Surrender / I Love You – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista)
    Reap What You Sow – Menace (Plastica)
    Believe [rm] – Ministers De La Funk feat. Jocelyn Brown (Subliminal/Defected)
    The Remixes – Minus 8 (Compost)
    Why? [rm] – Mis-Teeq (Inferno)
    Find My Baby – Moby (Mute)
    Straight Up – Chant‚ Moore (MCA/Universal-Island)
    Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna) – M & S pres. (Public Demand/ffrr)
    New Year’s Dub – Musique (-)
    Bushes [rm] – Markus Nikolai (Classic)
    You Make Me Sick – Pink (LaFace/Arista)
    Aus Musika – Pizza Connection (Shoreline)
    One Last Time – Quivver (VC/Virgin)
    Heaven & Earth – Red (Slinky)
    Pistolwhip – Joshua Ryan (NuLife/Arista)
    Played-A-Live – Safri Duo (Serious/AM:PM)
    Camels [rm] – Santos (Incentive)
    Glass Garden – Sonorous (Colourbox)
    The Bells – Terpsichord (Cream)
    Raining – Todd Terry (Inhouse)

December 18th :

    Expo 2000 — Remixes – Kraftwerk (Kling Klang/EMI)
    I Kiss You – Mahir (Liberty/EMI)
    No Good 4 Me – Oxide & Neutrino feat. So Sold Crew (Oxide Neutrino/East West)
    Seven Day Weekend EP – Silicone Soul (Soma)
    Touch Me – Ru¡ da Silva feat. Cassandra (Kismet/Arista)
    Robot Wars (Android Love) – Sir Killalot vs. Robo-Babe 069 (Polydor)
    New Year – Sugababes (London)
    Let Us Love In Peace – Josie Walker with The Omagh Community Youth Choir (Telstar)
    What Makes A Man – Westlife (RCA)
    I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Christmas Everyday – The Wombles feat. Roy Wood (Dramatico)

December 25th :

    Inner Smile – Texas (Mercury)
    Twisted Nerve Xmas EP December 2000: God Bless You MerryGentlemen [Andy Votel] / [Misty Dixon] / [Cherrystone] / [Lost Children’s Desk] – v.a. (Twisted Nerve)

January 2001 (date unknown) :

    Shine – Vanessa Amorosi (Mercury/Universal-Island)
    My Beat – Blaze feat. Palmer Brown (Kickin’)
    Comin’ Down – Bleachin’ feat. Bush (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
    B-Boys & Flygirls – Bomfunk MC’s (Dancepool/Sony Sý)
    Invincible Y’All Don’t Wanna – Capone N Noraga (Tommy Boy)
    M s Que Nada – Colour Girl feat. PSG (4 Liberty)
    Who’s The Better Man – Robbie Craig & Gerideau (ffrr)
    Dream To Me – Dario G (Manifesto/Mercury)
    Tomorrow – Dumonde (VC/Virgin)
    The Search – Francesco Farfa (Plastic Fantastic)
    Spaced Invader – Hatiras (Defected)
    American Booty – Jakatta (Z Recs.)
    That Girl Ain’t Right – Junior Sanchez (R*Senal)
    Higher & Higher – DJ Jrgen (AM:PM)
    The Phantom – Layo & Bushwacka (10 Kilo)
    Everything I Play – Lost’n’Alive (Rulin’)
    Better Like This – Nipster feat. Jane Vaughan (Epic)
    Once More … – The Orb (Island/Universal-Island)
    Feel The DRums – Peace Division (Fuju)
    If I Ever Feel Better – Phoenix (Source/Virgin)
    Mine To Give – Photek feat. Robert Owens (Science/Virgin)
    Fingers Burnt – Pitch Black (Rhythm Syndicate)
    Road Trippin’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)
    Subterfuge I.D. – Sanctuary (React)
    Las Vegas – Scanty Sandwich (Southern Fried)
    My Love – Smokin’ Beats (Smokin’ Beats)
    If You Wanna Have Some Fun – Spice Girls (Virgin)
    Thing’s I’ve Seen – Spooks (-)
    Humanoid – Stakker (Jumpin’ & Pumpin’)
    State Of Grace – Swayzak (Higher Ground/Columbia)
    Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads (-)
    Synaesthesia (Fly Away) – Thrillseekers feat. Sheryl Dean (Neo)
    Sweetness – Xstasia (Liquid Asset)

January 1st :

    Black Jesus – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
    Every Time You Need Me – Fragma feat. Maria Rubia (Positiva)
    Where I’m Headed – Lene Marlin (Distinct’ive/Virgin)
    Komodo (Save A Soul) [rm] – Mauro Picotto (Nukleuz/VC/Virgin)
    Renegades Of Funk – Rage Against The Machine (Epic)

January 8th :

    Always Remember To Respect & Honour Your Mother – Dusted (Go.Beat/Polydor)
    Tracey In My Room – Everything But The Girl vs. Soul Vision (VC/Virgin)
    Needin’ U II – David Morales pres. The Face feat. Juliet Lewis (Manifesto/Mercury)
    Demons – Fatboy Slim feat. Macy Gray (Skint)
    Buck Rogers – Feeder (Echo)
    My Love Don’t Cost A Thing – Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
    The Way You Make Me Feel – Steps (Ebul/Jive)

January 15th :

    All Hooked Up – All Saints (London)
    The Fields Of Love – A.T.B. feat. York (Club Tools/Edel)
    The Next Episode – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg (Aftermath/Interscope)
    Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle) – Limp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal-Island)
    Everything You Need – Madison Avenue (VC/Virgin)
    D’You Wanna Go Faster – Terrorvision (Total Vegas/Papillon/Chrysalis:EMI)
    Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – U2 (Island/Universal-Island)
    Pop Ya Collar – Usher (LaFace/Arista)

January 22nd :

    Celebrate Your Love – Alice Deejay (Violent/Positiva)
    [tba] – Dru Hill (Def Soul/Def Jam)
    Army Of Two – Dum Dums (Good Behaviour/Wildstar/Telstar)
    So You Wanna Have Sex? – Girl Thing (Cowell/RCA)
    Million Miles Away – The Offspring (Epitaph/Columbia)

January 29th :

    Fight Song – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope/Polydor)

February (date unknown) :

    The Riddle – Gigi d’ Agostino (RCA)
    Shining Light – Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)

February 19th :

    Loaded – Ricky Martin (Columbia)

March (date unknown) :

    Flowers In The Window – Travis (Independiente)

April (date unknown) :

    Another Way – Gigi d’ Agostino (RCA)
    Sometime – Ash (Infectious/Mushroom)

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

  • None

The top 5 goes like this :

  • 1 The Beatles – 1
  • 2 Westlife – Coast to Coast
  • 3 Robbie Williams – Sing When You’re Winning
  • 4 Madonna – Music
  • 5 Texas – Greatest Hits

New releases :

December (date unknown) :

    Blood Sweat & Tears – Blood Sweat & Tears (Legacy/Columbia)
    Child Is Father To THe Man – Blood Sweat & Tears (Legacy/Columbia)
    Greatest Hits – Blood Sweat & Tears (Legacy/Columbia)
    Flashback – E.L.O. (Legacy/Epic)

January 2001 (date unknown) :

    [tba] – Jeff Beck (Epic)
    The Passionate Journey – Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
    The Lost Session – NAS (Columbia)

January 15th :

    La Luna – Sarah Brightman (Coalition)
    Toca – Fragma (Positiva)
    Good To Go – Terrorvision (Total Vegas/Papillion/Chrysalis:EMI)

January 29th :

    Cydonia – The Orb (Island/Universal-Island)

February (date unknown) :

    L’Amour Toujours – Gigi d’ Agostino (-)
    [tba] – Air (Source/Virgin)
    Life In Transition – Clint Boon Experience (Artful)
    Echo Park – Feeder (Echo)
    [tba] – Garbage (Mushroom)
    Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned – The Prodigy (XL)

February 12th :

    Swedish Reggae – Stephen Malkmus (Domino)

March 2001 :

    [tba] – New Order (London)
    [tba] – Oasis (Big Brother)
    Badagary Beach – Ben Onono (Polydor)
    [tba] – Orbital (ffrr)

April 2001 :

    [tba] – The Black Crowes (Columbia)
    [tba] – Cast (Polydor)
    [tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
    We Want Our Money Back – James (Fontana/Mercury)
    [tba] – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
    Let Me Have It – Crispian Mills (-)
    [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)

April 9th :

    J.E.E.P. (Just Enough Education To Perform) – Stereophonics (V2)

May 2001 :

    [tba] – The Black Crowes (Columbia)
    [tba] – Cast (Polydor)
    [tba] – Embrace (Hut/Virgin)
    We Want Our Money Back – James (Fontana/Mercury)
    [tba] – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
    Let Me Have It – Crispian Mills (-)
    [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)

June 2001 :

    [tba] – Massive Attack (Wild Bunch/Virgin)

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 2000

The Top 10

  • Air: All I Need
  • Eels: Flyswatter
  • Ian Brown: Golden Gaze
  • Idlewild: These Wooden Ideas
  • JJ72: Long Way South
  • Korn: Make Me Bad
  • Morgan: Flying High
  • Muse: Muscle Museum
  • Saint Etienne: Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)
  • Soulwax: Much Against Everyone’s Advice

And the rest

  • A Perfect Circle: Judith
  • A-Ha: Summer Moved On
  • And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead: Mistakes and Regrets
  • Baby Bird: Out of Sight
  • Badly Drawn Boy: Disillusion
  • Beck: Mixed Bizness
  • Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed
  • Coldplay: Shiver
  • Coldplay: Trouble
  • Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You
  • Dandy Warhols: Get Off
  • David Bowie: Survive
  • Death In Vegas: Dirge
  • Doves: Catch the Sun
  • Doves: The Man Who Told Everything
  • Element Four: Big Brother UK TV Theme
  • Foo Fighters: Breakout
  • Handsome Boy Modelling School: Sunshine
  • Ian Brown: Dolphins Were Monkeys
  • Idlewild: Roseability
  • The Infesticons: Hero Theme
  • Lightning Seeds: Sweetest Soul Sensations
  • Maxim and Skin: Carmen Queasy
  • Melanie C: I Turn To You
  • Metallica: I Disappear
  • Moby: Natural Blues
  • Moloko: Pure Pleasure Seeker
  • Moloko: The Time Is Now
  • Muse: Unintended
  • No Doubt: Ex-Girlfriend
  • Pet Shop Boys: You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
  • Placebo: Taste in Men
  • R.E.M.: The Great Beyond
  • Rage Against The Machine: Sleep Now In The Fire
  • Soulwax: Too Many DJ’s
  • Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Baxtor: Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  • Super Furry Animals: Do Or Die
  • Toploader: Achilles Heel
  • Travis: Coming Around
  • VAST: Free

Plus the spares

  • All Saints: Black Coffee
  • All Saints: Pure Shores
  • Artful Dodger feat. Romina Johnson: Movin’ Too Fast
  • Baby Bird: The F-Word
  • Badly Drawn Boy: Once Around the Block
  • Basement Jaxx: Bingo Bango
  • Beautiful South: Closer Than Most
  • Blink 182: All The Small Things
  • Bloodhound Gang: The Bad Touch
  • Chicane feat. Bryan Adams: Don’t Give Up
  • Dr. Dre feat. Eminem: Forget About Dre
  • Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg: Still D.R.E.
  • Dum Dums: Everything
  • Eels: Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
  • Foo Fighters: Next Year
  • JJ72: October Swimmer
  • JJ72: Oxygen
  • kd lang: Summerfling
  • Lit: Over My Head
  • Mansun: I Can Only Disappoint You
  • Melanie C. feat. Lisa `Left Eye’ Lopes: Never Be The Same Again
  • Midfield General feat. Linda Lewis: Reach Out
  • Mint Royale feat. Lauren Laverne: Don’t Falter
  • Moby: Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
  • Modjo: Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
  • Morcheeba: Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
  • My Vitriol: Cemented Shoes
  • Offspring: Original Prankster
  • Paul van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne: Tell Me Why (The Riddle)
  • Placebo: Slave To The Wage
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
  • Richard Ashcroft: A Song For The Lovers
  • Ricky Martin feat. Meja: Private Emotion
  • S Club 7: Two In A Million
  • Santana feat. Rob Thomas: Smooth
  • Sash! feat. Tina Cousins: Just Around The Hill
  • Sugababes: Overload
  • Tom Jones & Stereophonics: Mama Told Me Not To Come
  • U2: Beautiful Day

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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