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In the last chart of 1997, I posted my Top 50 singles of theyear, picking out the Top 10 first. During 1998, I’ll be going through thelist one by one.
This week : 12 new entries, 2 climbers, 2 non-mover & 24 downers
It’s goodbye to :
And hello to :
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…
12 new entries this week, 2 climbers (Robbie Williams from 9 to 7, andLighthouse Family from 7 to 4), 2 non-movers (Janet Jackson at 8, andAll Saints at 2), and 24 going down.
Big fallers include Ian Brown (5 to 16), Radiohead (4 to 22), Goldie(13 to 33), and Kaleef (26 to 38).
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
11 Green Day – Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) *
Although last in the chart in October 1997 at No.25 with “Hitchin’ A Ride”,their biggest hit to date remains the frantic “Basket Case” which made No.7in January 1995.
By complete contrast, this latest hit is a slow, acoustic-guitar effortand rather good indeed.
10 Chumbawamba – Amnesia :O ===
In 1993, Chumbawamba just missed the chart in a collaboration with Credit ToThe Nation for the gay anthem, “Enough is Enough”, which wasn’t a bad record.
What was a bad record though was “Tubthumping”, which made No.2 late last year,which I liked at first, but really grew tired of it as it was played to deathon the radio. This latest effort is more of the same, and just as inane.
3 Catatonia – Mulder and Scully * !!!
Surprisingly this is only Catatonia‘s third Top 40 hit, the others beingthe superb “You’ve Got A Lot To Answer For” (No.35, Sept 96) and “I Am The Mob”(No.40, Oct 97).
This song, apart from being excellent, has nothing to do with The X-Files,but instead lends part of the lyric to comparing something weird with thesort of thing that (Fox) Mulder and (Dana) Scully would investigate.
1 (NEW) Usher – You Make Me Wanna… *1st Week at No.1*
As Oasis fall to No.5, a newcomer to the charts makes his debut at the topslot. Not a bad soul song either.
(* – my current favourites)
January 19th :
BLACK HOLE……………………………………………16B (Eye-Q) THE BOTTLE………………………………7th District Inc. (Exit 8) FOGHORN…………………………………………A (Tycoon/London) UNDER THE BRIDGE……………………………….All Saints (London) BLUE SUBURBAN SKIES………………………………..Bag (Universal) MULDER & SCULLY………………………….Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro) ESCAPE FROM THE BOX EP……………………………….Chaser (Quad) AMNESIA…………………………………………Chumbawamba (EMI) NIGHTBIRD……………………………………..Convert (Wonderboy) STRANGE SKIES……………………………….Mr. Dan (Dust II Dust) JAZZIN’ THE HOUSE…………….Dimitri From Paris (NRK Sound Division) WE ARE E-MALE……………………………E-Male (Connect/East West) CASUAL SUB (BURNING SPEAR) [rm]……………..E.T.A. (East West Dance) SPREAD IT ALL AROUND………………………….Foil (13th Hour/Mute) MY HERO……………………………..Foo Fighters (Roswell/Capitol) LIGN……………………………………………..Fridge (Output) BEELINES TO HEAVEN………………………….Garageland (Discordant) TIME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDANCE)………………..Green Day (Reprise) SPIRITUAL ANTISEPTIC / CLARITY FROM DEEP FOG………………………. ……………………….Hallucinogen / Prometheues Process (Twisted) BELO HORIZONTI [rm]……………………………..The Heartists (VC) CHANDELIER…………………………………Idlewild (Fierce Panda) FOOLISH GAMES…………………………………….Jewel (Atlantic) OVERTHROWN………………………………………….Libido (Fire) RIDE ON THE RHYTHM…………Little Louie & Marc Anthony (Perfecto Red) GOLD…………………………………………….Lush (Freerange) HOGGIN’ A DUB…………………………………..Manna (Apollo/R&S) PUSH……………………………………….Matchbox 20 (Atlantic) ALL FALL DOWN………………………..Midget (Pet Sounds/Radarscope) FEELS REAL………………………………….The Mudmen (Extatique) RANDOM 2.3 / WARRIORS / ARE `FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC / REMEMBER I WAS VAPOUR.. ……………………………….Gary Numan (Random/Beggars Banquet) THE VAMP RE-VAMPED…………………………………Outlander (R&S) GIVEN TO FLY……………………………………..Pearl Jam (Epic) NEW YEAR’S DAY………………………………………Prima (Klone) PRIDE………………………………………..Pure Gossip (Grilli) SO GOOD……………………………..Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA) SYLVIE……………………………Saint Etienne (Heavenly/Creation) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU…………………………Solid Harmonie (Jive) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL)…………….Byron Stingily (Manifesto) FLY [ri]………………………..Sugar Ray feat. Supercat (Atlantic) YOU MAKE ME WANNA ……………………………Usher (LaFace/Arista) STEALTHS…………………………………………..Vagrant (Fuze) THE BAND……………………………Marco Zaffarano (Silver Planet)
January 26th :
LOOPS OF LIFE (EP)……………………………Acme (Tag/Contagious) HOW MUCH I FEEL………………………………Alibi (Urgent/Arista) MAYBE I’M AMAZED / GHOST IN MY BED…….Carleen Anderson (Circa/Virgin) DR. JONES………………………………………..Aqua (Universal) BLUE FEAR…………………………………Armin (Xtravaganza/Edel) DESIRE…………………………………………….BBE (Positiva) STRANDED…………………………………..Johann Bley (Blue Room) CHASE EP………………………………………de Bos (Playground) CRAZY LITTLE PARTY GIRL…………………Aaron Carter (Ultrapop/Edel) GIRL TALK…………………………..Cosa Nostra (Arthrob/Coalition) FLAME…………………………………………..Crustation (Jive) MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE……………………..Da Hool (Manifesto) GEMINI EP: OHH BABY / CRAZY…………………Da Stylus (Mecca/Castle) CANDLEFIRE……………………….Dawn Of The Replicants (East West) I WILL BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND………………….Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) COME TASTE MY MIND…………………….Earl Brutus (Fruition/Island) DAYS LIKE THESE………………………..Family Of Free Love (Virgin) CRYSTALISE / VIVID……………………Flytrapp (Limbo/23rd Precinct) ADVENTURES IN FREESTYLE (REVENGE OF THE B-BOY) EP: B-BOY STANCE / FEEL DA PANIC / BREAKER BEATS……..Freestylers feat. Tenor Fly (Freskanova) DRUM LESSON………………………………….Freddy Fresh (Eye UK) DEMONISED SOUL………………………..Fun-Da-Mental (Mantra-Nation) MIX GENTLY…………………………………Gentle People (Rephlex) FAR AWAY………………………………….Ronan Hardiman (Polydor) THE BEST THING…………………………………….Ivy (East West) SO HOT / TRUST ME……………………………J.C. (East West Dance) RECOVER YOUR SOUL……………………….Elton John (Rocket/Mercury) PLAYER’S CALL……………Oran Juice Jones feat. Stu Large (Tommy Boy) ONE STEP……………………………………Killah Priest (Geffen) I DO…………………………………………..Lisa Loeb (Geffen) SCHANEBERG [rm]………………………….Marmion (Hooj Choons-ffrr) TRY………………………………………………Must*ard (Goo!) CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT [rm]…………………Nakatomi (Peach/PWL Int.) MILLION MILES…………………………………….Novocaine (Fire) SOMEBODY ELSE’S GUY………………………Ce Ce Peniston (AM:PM/A&M) PING PONG (YOUR SERVE)……………….Mrs. Ping & Mr. Pong (Enriched) IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS..Puff Daddy vs. Dave Grohl (P’Daddy/Arista) SAINT OF ME…………………………….The Rolling Stones (Virgin) DON’T STOP [rm]?…………………………….Ruff Driverz (Inferno) BREAK OUT…………………………Seventh Sense feat. TJ (Domestic) GETTIN’ JIGGY WIT IT………………………….Will Smith (Columbia) UNRELEASED PROJECT…………………….Smokin’ Beats (Smokin’ Beats) MY LOVE IS THE SHHH!……………………….Somethin’ For The People ……………………………….feat. Trina & Tamara (Warner Bros.) CARRY ON………………………………………Spacehog (Sire/WEA) EVERYTHING I DO IS WRONG……………………….Speeder (Discordant) STORM (EP)………………………………………….Storm (Storm) EVERYDAY I FALL APART………..Superstar (Camp Fabulous/Deconstruction) THE ONLY ONE………………………………………Thunder (Eagle) BUTTERFLY………………………………..Tilt feat. Zee (Perfecto) THE LAST TIME I SAW SADIE…………………Emma Townshend (East West) COBRA……………………………………….Trinkwasser (Harvest) ROCK…………………………………………..Utah Saints (Echo) USSR RECONSTRUCTION (PART 2) (EP)………………DJ Vadim (Ninja Tune) DON’T EVER STOP / BRING THE BEAT BACK………………Tony de Vit (TdV) ALANE……………………………….Wes Madiko (Saint George/Epic) IN LOVE WITH THE FAMILIAR………………………Wireless (Chrysalis) THE SCREAMER [rm]…………………………Yosh [sans Akemi?] (Meag) THAT’S WHY WE LOSE CONTROL…………….The Young Offenders (Columbia)
February 2nd :
KEEP THAT DREAM………………………………………..Akin (WEA) POOLS………………………………………Aqua Bassino (F Comm.) ALL I HAVE TO GIVE…………………………..Backstreet Boys (Jive) MARBLES………………………………….Black Grape (Radioactive) INTRAVENUS…………………………………….Boom Unit (Jackpot) DIVE IN……………………………………………Catch (Virgin) C.L.E.O.P.A.T.R.A.’S THEME (GONNA BLOW IT)……………Cleopatra (WEA) HIDEAWAY 1998………………….De’Lacy (Slip’n’Slide/Deconstruction) LE DISC-JOCKEY………………………………..Encore! (Tasted/Sum) OILY RAG…………………….Groop Dogdrill (Mantra/Beggars Banquet) TOURNIQUET………………………………………..Headswim (Epic) WISHING ON A STAR…………….Jay-Z feat. Gwen Dickey (Northwestside) DON’T STOP………………………………NA No Authority (MJJ/Epic) GOIN’ TO VEGAS…………………………………Jimmy Ray (Sony S2) SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE…………………….Chris Rea (East West) HARD TIMES COME EASY……………………….Richie Sambora (Mercury) Y (HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE)………………..DJ Scott Project (Perfecto) THE IMPRESSIONS EP: DAY BY DAY / SO CLEAR / THE CALLING…………….. ………………………………………..Solar Stone (Hooj Choons) HIGHER THAN REASON……………….The Unbelievable Truth (Hut/Virgin) NEVER NEVER [ri]……………………………Warm Jets (This Way Up)
February 9th :
SEXY BOY…………………………………………….Air (Virgin) MA SOLITUDA…………………………The Catherine Wheel (Chrysalis) PURPLE EP: POLYESTERDAY [ri]………………………….Gus Gus (4AD) ONLY THE STRONGEST WILL SURVIVE………………Hurricane #1 (Creation) [tba]………………………………………………Pulp (Island) ENERVATE………………………………….Transa (Perfecto Fluoro)
February 16th :
IF YOU CAN’T DO IT WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG……The Audience (eLLeFFe/Mercury) SOLOMON BITES THE WORM…………..The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M) BRIMFUL OF ASHA [rm] [ri]……………………….Cornershop (Wiiija) EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY………………….The Dandy Warhols (-) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU………………………Gail & Ice (Eternal/WEA) IS THIS REAL?………………………………….Marsha (Diesel/WEA) GOT MY HAND IN YOUR HEAD [rm]……………………Money Mark (Mo Wax) NAKED & SACRED…………………….Maria Nayler (Deconstruction/RCA) SHOW ME LOVE………………………………………….Robyn (RCA)
February 23rd :
BIG MISTAKE………………………………..Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) NOW………………………………………………The O (Polydor) STREETLIGHT………………………………………Pelvis (Setanta) THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES……………..Space feat. Cerys Matthews (Gut)
March 2nd :
LOVE THEME FROM SPARTACUS………………..Terry Callier (Talkin Loud) MY OWN SUMMER (SHOVE IT)………………………………Deftones (-) DESTINY – DESTINY CALLING……………………James (Fontana/Mercury) THE WANTING SONG………………………….Pecadiloes (Fine Art/A&M) [tba]………………………………………..Radiator (Chrysalis) CHURCH OF NOISE…………………………………….Therapy? (A&M)
March 16th :
CORPSES (IN THEIR MOUTHS)……………………….Ian Brown (Polydor)
March 23rd :
SUPERSTAR [ri]……………………………Superstar (Camp Fabulous)
March 30th :
[tba]……………………………….Black Box Recorder (Chrysalis) [tba]……………………………………………….Suede (Nude) The first single from a new album; this release & the commitments to promote the album clashed with the planned charity release (s.a.)
Other forthcoming releasesJANUARY :
MAGNIFICENT…………………………………….Agent 00 (Inferno) WOMAN ROLLS……………………………………Aladdin (Aphrodite) MUCH LOVE………………………………Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) [tba]……………………………Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr/London) AUTOPSY IN B FLAT…………………………………..Attaboy (Toko) A PESSIMIST IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED………The Audience (eLLeFFe/Mercury) BABY……………………………………………………Baby (-) OFF THE ROCKS……………………………Beatnuts (Relativity/Epic) I’M NOT A PLAYER……………………………Big Punisher (Loud/RCA) DANCE………………………………..Black Magic (Strictly Rhythm) LOVE SHY……………………………………….Kristine Blond (-) ~ DEATH OF A PARTY…………………………….Blur (Food/Parlophone) DEADWOOD STAGE……………………………….Becky Brown (Optical) LET ME SHOW YOU………………………………………Camisra (VC) MOLLY…………………………………………….Carrie (Island) CASTRO EP……………………………………….Castro (Handmade) NO CHORUS………………………..Michael John Charles (Good Groove) COMBAT ASSAULT……………………………..Combat Force (Sub Zero) EVERYBODY…………………………..Continental Trash (Continental) RAIDERS…………………………………..Lara Croft (Dance Naked) HERO……………………………………….Suzanne Dee (Energise) WOMAN IN LOVE FUNNY GIRL / RIGHT BESIDE YOU…….Suzanne Dee (Energise) NO NO NO………………………………..Destiny’s Child (Columbia) CONTAGIOUS LOVE………………………….Charles Dockins (Fatt Boy) HAPPY SONG……………………………..Charles Dockins (Groove On) COSMIC FUNK………………………………….Joey Ducane (Montana) WHAT TIME IS IT………………………………Dust Junkys (Polydor) – MIGHT AS WELL BE ME………………………….Eternal (1st Ave./EMI) – THE MIX……………………………..Eternal vs. DMC (1st Ave./EMI) [tba]………………………………Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista) MUSIC IN MY MIND………………………Adam F. (Feverpitch/Positiva) RECORD SHOP EP………………..Funky DL & DJ Stix (Wild Card/Polydor) YOU2NITE……………………………………Green Fridge (Estereo) IS IT SCARY……………………………..Michael Jackson (MJJ/Epic) SOLID GROUND……………………….Jasper Street Company (Basement) WHEN SHE SHAKES HER THING……………………………Jeff (Polydor) BUSINESS……………………………………….Kinane (Coalition) IF YOU THINK I’M JUGGY…………………..The Lox (Puff Daddy/Arista) MASSIVE………………………………………………Massive (-) HOT STUFF…………………………………..Men Of Steel (Branded) LYING IN THE HALL…………………………..Monkey Mafia (Heavenly) SO FLY………………………………….Myron (Island Black Music) BEACHBALL [rm]……………………………..Nalin & Kane (Superfly) MOURN YOU TILL I JOIN YOU………………Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy) THE BEST……………………………………..NTT (Academy Street) [tba]……………………………………..Photek (Science/Virgin) SOME DAY……………………………………..Roachford (Columbia) LOVE, LOVE, LOVE – HERE I COME [rm]………..Rollo Goes Mystic (Cheeky) THE PRESSURE……………….The Sounds Of Blackness (Perspective/A&M) TEMPTATION……………………………………….Staxx (Champion) DJANGO / STANDBY………………………………The Swimmer (Spirit) BREAKBEAT FEVER…………………………………..Thinkhead (ffrr) HERE I COME…………………………………….Thriller U (Adept) WHAT ABOUT US………………………………..Total (LaFace/Arista) SET IT DOWN………………………………….Vitro (Independiente) WOMBLING SONG……………………………………..The Wombles (-) INFECTIOUS………………………………………….X-Cabs (Hook) GOTTA KEEP PUSHIN’……………………………………Z Factor (Z)
FEBRUARY :
[tba]……………………………………………………5 (RCA) ANGELS FLY ’98 / BOLIVIAN ANGELS ’98…………..Agnelli & Nelson (RGB) BE ALONE NO MORE……………..Another Level (Satellite/Notrhwestside) TAKE IT…………………………………………Ballroom (Mother) [tba]…………………………………………..Gary Barlow (RCA) GIVE ME RHYTHM…………………..Black Connection (Xtravaganza/Edel) TASTE OF THINGS TO COME………………………Barry Boom (Universal) REAL BASE…………………………Brooklyn Bounce (Club Tools/Edel) TORN……………………………………..Natalie Brown (Almighty) ASTRAL DOMINOES……………….The Chemical Pilot (Eruption/Creation) FATHER’S EYES…………………………..Eric Clapton (Warner Bros.) TIMBER……………………………………….Coldcut (Ninja Tune) COMING BACK……………………………………DJ Dado (ffrreedom) REVOLUTION 909……………………………..Daft Punk (Soma/Virgin) MY BEATBOX……………………………….Deejay Punk Rock (Airdog) MADAZULU……………………………Deep Forest (Saint George/Epic) FIRST DEGREE FUNK………Desert Eagle Discs (Boiler House!/Rhythm King) [tba]…………………………………………………………. ..Devox feat. Angie B. Stone[Angie Stone for the Devox Project] (Arista) BOOGIE………………………………………………..Dive (WEA) – MARVELLOUS PARTY……………………………..The Divine Comedy (-) It’s unclear whether this release in aid of AIDS charity Red Hot will go ahead as the originally intended a-side (Suede’s `Poor Little Rich Girl’ ) had to be abandoned. [tba]………………………………………….D*Note (Dorado/VC) FURIOUS……………………………………….Rob Dougan (Cheeky) [tba]…………………………Dreem Teem (4 Liberty/Deconstruction) SO IN LOVE WITH YOU [rm]………………………………Duke (Pukka) THE PROMISE…………………………………….Essence (Innocent) [tba]……………………………………….Gloria Estefan (Epic) PLAYA…………………………………………….Filo (Rotating) MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE…………………………….Cevin Fisher (IDNY) [tba]……………………………………….Floorshow (Banana/V2) MOVE IT…………………………………Frantic Language (Arthrob) NO WAY…………………………………Freakpower (Southern Fried) GOT FUNK………………………………The Funk Junkeez (Evocative) TWISTED…………………………………..Wayne G. (It’s Fabulous) SCARED OF ALL WORLDS………………………….Glitterbox (Atlantic) KEEP SLIPPIN’……………………………..Green Killa Buds (Sharp) CLUB LONELY…………………………………Groove Connektion (XL) DO I QUALIFY?…………………………Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo) FROM THE DAT VOL. 2 EP……………..Heller & Farley (Junior Boys Own) LIFE OF DANCE………………………………Hibee-Nation (Eruption) IF YOU WANT ME / WHEN YOU TOUCH ME THERE…………Hinda Hicks (Island) DELICIOUS…………………………Deni Hines feat. Don-E (Mushroom) THE WEEKEND……………………………..Dave Hollister (Tommy Boy) THE CROWN……………………………………..Hooch (Eternal/WEA) [tba]……………………………………….Steven Houghton (RCA) SLIDE……………………………………………..Junkster (RCA) L-L-LIES………………………………..Diana King (Work/Columbia) [tba]……………………………..The Kings Of Infinite Space (V2) YOU EITHER LIKE IT OR YOU DON’T………………………………….. ……………………….Christine Levine (Boiler House!/Rhythm King) RUDE BWOY ROCK……………………………Lionrock (Deconstruction) 4, 3, 2, 1……………………………………………..LL Cool J ……………feat. Method Man, Redman, DMX & Canibus (Def Jam/Mercury) MY BODY…………………………………………..LSG (East West) YOUNG SAD & BLUE…………Lysette & `Ghetto Superstar’ Joi (Freeworld) FROZEN……………………………………..Madonna (Warner Bros.) MUSIC IN THE STREETS……………………….Main Connection (Rumour) [tba]…………………………………………Mansun (Parlophone) YOU THINK YOU’RE A MAN……………………………..Massive Ego (-) MOVE ON UP…………………………………….Curtis Mayfield (-) [tba]……………………………..Will Mellor (Unity/Eastern Bloc) I LIKE IT LIKE THAT…………………….Miami Allstars (Eternal/WEA) SANTA MARIA……….DJ Milano feat. Samantha Fox (All Around The World) GOOD ENOUGH (LA VACHE)…………………..Milk Incorporated (Malarky) [tba]……………………………….Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction) [tba]……………………………….The Montrose Avenue (Columbia) NOBODY BETTER……………………………Tina Moore (Delirious/RCA) THE SEA……………………………………..Morcheeba (Indochina) EVERYDAY………………………………………….MQ3 (Noo Trybe) BE MY LOVER…………………………………………..Naomi (Gut) A NEW DAY……………………………Native Soul (Junior Boy’s Own) SKY’S THE LIMIT / KICK THE DOOR / GOING BACK TO CALI……………….. …………………………..The Notorious B.I.G. (Puff Daddy/Arista) TELEFUNKIN’………………………………………N-Tyce (Telstar) RELEASE YOURSELF [rm]……………….Paganini Traxx (Moolite/Sony S3) CHERISH……………………Papa Bear feat. Van Der Toorn (Universal) SISTER SISTER………………………..Philadelphia Bluntz (Autonomy) LADIES IF YOU’RE WITH ME…………………………..Phoebe 1 (Mecca) ROCK ME…………………………………………..Pills (Mercury) ONLY YOU………………………………Portishead (Go.Beat/Polydor) JOJO ACTION……………………………………Mr. President (WEA) IF THEY MOVE KILL ‘EM………………………Primal Scream (Creation) ADRENALIN / POLLEN………………………………Purity (Tommy Boy) [tba]……………………………………………..DJ Q (Go.Beat) PLANET LOVE…………………….DJ Quicksilver (Dos Or Die/Positiva) SILVER SHADOW……………………………….Rising Starr (Pop Top) DON’T GO LOSE IT BABY……………………………….Rozalla (R.M.) IT’S LIKE THAT [ri]…………Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins (Sm:)le/Profile) DON’T STOP……………………………………………Johan S (-) ANGELS LANDING……………………………Salt Tank (Internal/ffrr) LA PRIMA VERA…………………………………….Sash! (Multiply) TRULY MADLY DEEPLY…………………………Savage Garden (Columbia) STAR………………………………………..The Shaker (Ugly Bug) [tba]…………………………………….Simple Minds (Chryslais) QUESTION MARK PART 1………………………………..Skylab (Eye-Q) SAY SOMETHING…………………………………….The Smiles (A&M) SPIN SPIN SUGAR [rm]……………………….Sneaker Pimps (Clean Up) DUBPLATE CULTURE…………………………….Soundscape (Satellite) I THINK I’M IN LOVE……………………….Spiritualized (Dedicated) EASE YOUR MIND…………………………………..Sunburst Band (Z) HORNS OF JERICHO…………………..DJ Supreme (All Around The World) AVERAGE MAN…………………………………Symposium (Infectious) ~ SAY WHAT YOU WANT [rr]……………………………..Texas (Mercury) NO WAY OUT…………………………….Three’n’One (Low Sense/ffrr) [tba]………………………………………………Tin Star (V2) MIND………………………………………….DJ Tomcraft (Kosmo) FUNNY THING (EP) / LUV / MORE THAN US………….Travis (Independiente) BEST WISHES……………………………………..Ultrasound (Nude) DISCO CONNECTION EP……………………………….v.a. (Polyester) SONNET……………………………………………The Verve (Hut) This album track receives considerable amounts of airplay currently, but its actual release as a single is unlikely; Ashcroft recently said that there were no further singles planned from `Urban Hymns’. THE WORD IS LOVE…………………………….Voices Of Love (AM:PM) WINDS OF CHANGE……………………………Byron Wallen (Melt 2000) IT’S RAINING MEN…………………..Martha Wash feat. Ru Paul (Logic) I WILL ALEAYS LOVE YOU ’98……………….Sarah Washington (Almighty) OFF THE HOOK………………………………..Jody Watley (Atlantic) PETAL…………………………………………Wubbel-U (Indolent) THE FALL…………………………………………Zanzibar (Whoop)
MARCH :
THE SPACE BETWEEN US……………………Craig Armstrong (Melankolic) [tba]…………………………….Bowery Electric (Beggars Banquet) SURRENDER……………………….The Brand New Heavies (ffrr/London) [tba]……………………………Tina Campbell (Unity/Eastern Bloc) [tba]………………………………………..Cinerex (Zomba/Jive) WORLD AT YOUR FEET………………………….Cinnamon Smith (Mother) [tba]…………………………………………..Damage (Big Life) [tba]………………………………….Dario G (Amato/Eternal/WEA) [tba]………………………………………….Delakota (Go.Beat) SUMMER WIND……….Echo & The Bunnymen & Fun Lovin’ Criminals (London) [tba]…………………………………………..Eels (Dreamworks) SHOUT TO THE TOP..Fire Island feat. Loleatta Holloway (Junior Boy’s Own) [tba]……………………………………………Glamma Kid (WEA) COMES AGAIN………………………………High Fidelity (Plastique) STAY AHEAD………………………………..The Hormones (Banana/V2) [tba]…………………………………Thomas Jules-Stock (Mercury) PICK UP YOUR GUN……………………………Jupiter 6 (Eternal/WEA) [tba]…………………………………………..Laguna (Positiva) BLUE EARTH ANGEL…………………………………..Lovebabies (V2) [tba]…………………………………Magicdrive (Mercury-Fontana) [tba]……………………………..Jez Medcalf (Unity/Eastern Bloc) [tba]…………………………………….Nail (Perverted/Telstar) I DON’T NEED YOUR LOVE………………………New Sweet Thing (Pukka) VOYEURS BLUES [rm]……….Penthouse (World Domination/Beggars Banquet) PAPARAZZI………………………………………..Product (Arista) [tba]……………………………….Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound) THE TRUTH………………………………………Qattara (Positiva) NOBODY BUT YOU……………………..Conner Reeves (Wildstar/Telstar) NAKED WITHOUT YOU……………………………..Roachford (Columbia) GRASS AIN’T GREENER (ON THE OTHER SIDE)………Richard de Ryus (Arista) SHE LEFT ME ON A FRIDAY………………………..Shed Seven (Polydor) [tba]………………………………………Sister Nature (Arista) [tba]…………………………Six By Seven (Mantra/Beggars Banquet) GLAM RAID……………………………………Space Raiders (Skint) [tba]……………………………………………….Steps (Jive) DA JONESEZ………………………………Structure-Rize (Universal) [tba]…………………………………………..Superior (Virgin) [tba]………………………………….Thunderbugs (1st Ave./Epic) LOOK WHO’S PERFECT NOW………………………….Transister (Virgin) WHERE DO WE GO?…………………..Wamdue Project (Eruption/Creation) LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU…………………….Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
APRIL :
LOVE LETTERS……………………………….Ali (Wild Card/Polydor) LEOPARDS IN THE CASTLE…………………….Carleen Anderson (Virgin) [tba]……………………………………………Cooler (Polydor) [tba]………………………………………..Embrace (Hut/Virgin) STONED ISLAND ESTATE……………………Glamorous Hooligan (Arthrob) RENDEZ-VOUS……………………………………..Jean Michel Jarre …………………….feat. Apollo Four Forty & Tetsuya Komuro (Sony) BEST DAYS……………………………………….Juice (Chrysalis) [tba]…………………………………Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) LA COUPE DE LA VIE (THE CUP OF LIFE)……………..Ricky Martin (Sony) ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED…………………………..Shernette May (-) MY SIDE OF TOWN…………………..Lutricia McNeal (Wildstar/Telstar) [tba]…………………………………..Monk & Canatella (Sony S2) KISS THE RAIN……………………………..Billie Myers (Universal) LA COUR DES GRANDS (DO YOU MIND IF I PLAY?)……………………….. ………………………………..Youssou N’Dour & Axelle Red (Sony) SERIAL THRILLER…………………………………..The Prodigy (XL) PSYCHO……………………………………Satellie Beach (Polydor) [tba]……………………………………………….Skanga (A&M) [tba]……………………………………..Tanita Tikaram (Mother)
This week there are new entries for Air (Moon Safari, 6), Lionel Richie(Truly: The Love Songs, 7), Chris Rea (The Blue Cafe, 10) and James Horner(Titanic OST, 29). The Top 5 keeps the Verve at the top followed by All Saints,Robbie Williams, Lighthouse Family and Radiohead.
Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997
5. Eels – Susan’s House
This was the second single released last year for this American band and wasquite a weird record which is partly spoken, and when I first heard it I wassure it was Sting, but it’s not. “Susan’s House” made No.9 in May.
Their other singles were “Novacaine For The Soul” (No.10, Feb) and“Your Lucky Day In Hell” (No.35, Sept).
The end bit :
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Dominator
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.