28 Luniz – I Got 5 On It * (R) !!!

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

28 Luniz – I Got 5 On It * (R) !!!

This track first made No.3 in Feb 96 and I didn’t like it at all then, but itbecame a grower, and ended up as one of my favourite records of 1996, narrowlymissing the Top 10 of my faves would you believe. Why it’s been re-releasedI don’t know but I’m not complaining.

However, what is it they’ve got 5 on ?? They’re TV ? Perhaps they’ve finallygot their Channel 5 reception sorted out at last 🙂

18 Rose Royce featuring Gwen Dickey – Car Wash 1998 *

A remixed “Wishing On A Star” reached No.13 in February, and here’s another,partly issued to promote a 70’s dance album also named “Car Wash”.

5 Alanis Morissette – Thank U *

For the first time ever there’s six new entries in the Top 10 and five ofthem are occupying the Top 5, and all are the first tunes we’ve heard fromeach of the artists in a while, all promoting new albums.Alanis is at 5 and this one has a bizarre promo in which she’s naked all theway through. Most of it has some well-placed obscurings – usually her hair -although she uncovers the holiest of holies at the end, at least I presume shedoes as I presume MTV were covering it up 🙂

4 Culture Club – I Just Wanna Be Loved

Definitely the band who have stayed away for the longest. Not a bad record,but this reggae-tinged effort doesn’t really seem to be going anywhere.

3 U2 – Sweetest Thing *

Once a B-side to “Where The Streets Have No Name” (if I’m correct here),and now part of a ‘Best Of’ covering 1980-1990.

It’s a good song and has an interesting promo, featuring a brief appearancefrom Boyzone, all of which looks like it was done in one take but was it really?

2 George Michael – Outside *The track is a funky one, a la “Star People”, but I’m not sure if I’ll begetting the greatest hits album as owning the excellent “Listen WithoutPrejudice” and “Older” albums is enough for me, if there isn’t much newmaterial in there.

1 (NEW) Cher – Believe :O === *1st Week at No.1*

Cher goes Techno. The end result sounds like she’s singing through a toiletas a machine controls the inflection in her voice and makes her sound likeProfessor Stephen Hawking.

This is the fifteenth single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

Fourteen No.1’s in a row beats the record set in the chart at week endingApril 13th 1996 when the Prodigy rounded off 10 singles going in at No.1 in arow which began with Shaggy. Let’s see how many more are to follow…

The previous Top 10 No.1 list looks like this :

New releases :

October 19th :

Lies – 2 Shay (MCA)
Something Hot – Afghan Whigs (Columbia)
Black Kiss – Marc Almond (Echo)
Guess I Was A Fool – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
Game On – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
Believe – Cher (WEA)
Star Fruits Surf Rider – Cornelius (Matador)
I Just Wanna Be Loved – Culture Club (Virgin)
Gotta Be Movin’ On Up [rm] – PM Dawn (Gee Street/V2)
What’s Your Sign? – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
Made Ya Mine – Dr. Didg (Hannibal/Rykodisc)
Get In The Car – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Missing You – E’voke (Eternal/WEA)
Weekend World – E-Z Rollers (Moving Shadow)
The Hustling EP: The Hustle / Hustling Dub / Pipe Kids Shuffle –
Freeform Five (Glasgow Underground)
Warning – Freestylers (Freskanova)
I’d Rather Be A Doll – Fungus (Chapter 22/Food)
She Gave Me Love – The Getaway People (Columbia)
Bodyguard – Ghost (Jetstar)
A.M. 180 – Grandaddy (Big Cat/V2)
Sexy Cinderella [rm] – Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
Somethin’ Like You – Michael Head (Megaphone)
Steamin’ – Jack (Too Pure)
All That I Am / Sanctified Girl – Joe (Jive)
Say You Love Me – Johnson (1st Ave./Higher Ground/Columbia)
Little Bit Of Lovin’ – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
Terminus – Komputer (Mute)
Escape – Laidback (Bolshi)
Small Change – Lodger (Island)
20 Degrees – Jonny L. & Silvah Bullet (Citybeat/XL)
I Got 5 On It [rm] – Luniz (VC/Virgin)
She’s Gone – Matthew Marsden feat. Destiny’s Child (Viper/Columbia) * Inertian Creeps – Massive Attack (Virgin)
Outside – George Michael (Epic)
[tba] – Bette Midler (Atlantic/East West)
Thank U – Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
Holland 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel (Blue Rose/V2) * Responsibilities – NT (Response/Epic)
Up To Tha Wildstyle – The Porn Kings vs. DJ Supreme (All Around TheWorld)
Doomsday Boy – Prisoners Of Technology (Fresh Kutt)
All I Want – Puressence (Island)
Interference – Purity (Tommy Boy)
Roam (EP) – River (Instinctive)
The Ultimate Disco Groove – Robbie Rivera (Stoney Boy Music)
Car Wash 1998 – Rose Royce feat. Gwen Dickey vs. Monday Night Club (MCA)
Just Imagine – Salt’n’Pepa (ffrr)
O.K. – Talvin Singh (Island)
Shiver – S-J (React)
And You Don’t Stop – Sneekie & Toyboy (Eternal/WEA)
Happy To Be Here – Dave Stewart (Edel)
Motherman / Internal Call – Stroke (XL)
Five Tones – Sugarbabies (Viva!)
Make Up Your Mind – Swell (Beggars Banquet)
Hey Now Now – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
Fear Of A Wack Planet – The Third Eye Foundation (Domino)
Viva – Tin Star (V2)
GBI German Bold Italic – Towa Tei feat. Kylie Minogue(Arthrob/Coalition)
Sweetest Thing – U2 (Island)
Paranoid – Ultraviolence (Earache)
Kenny Hawkes pres. Space Vol. 1 Sampler – v.a. (Slip’n’Slide)
On Heat EP – Mixed By Stretch & Verne: Funkatarium [Jump] / Don’t
Be Afraid [Moonman / El Diablo [Fuego] – v.a. (Heat)
Irked EP – v.a. (Irksome)
Sexogroove ’98 – Joe T. Vanelli pres. Tony Bruno (Sharp)
[tba] – Jane Weaver (Manchester)

October 26th :

* Paralyse (EP) / Throwing The World Away / Say Something /
Room With A View – 3 Colours Red (Creation)
Falling In Love Again – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
Alright [rm] – Club 69 feat. Suzanne Palmer (Twisted UK)
Freon Shortwave – Cha Cha Cohen (Chemikal Underground)
True Colours – Phil Collins (Virgin)
Pray – Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc/Jive)
Love Like This – Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista)
To Earth With Love / Dimstar – Gay Dad (London)
Catching Ants – Gel (Ch=E9)
[tba] – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
Submission EP – II Tone Commiittee (Dope On Plastic)
Come As You Are (EP) / Voodoo Chile / Love Will Tear Us Apart – The King(EMI)
Sista Sista – Beverley Knight (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
Negative – Mansun (Parlophone)
The Dope Show – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope)
Blue Angels – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
IDF / The Big Sleep [intenet only] – Night Nurse (Better)
A Friend Of Mine – Kelly Price (Island)
Another One Bites The Dust – Queen & Wyclef Jean feat. Pras & Free(DreamWorks)
Pride – Rachid (Universal)
John Brown – Snowpony (Radioactive)
Time To Move On – Sparkle feat. R. Kelly (Jive)
If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) – The Tamperer feat.
Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
18 With A Bullet – Lewis Taylor & Carleen Anderson (Island)
Venera EP – Jimi Tenor (Warp)
Treat U Right – Truce (Big Life)
Pink & Blue – The Young Offenders (Columbia)

November 2nd :

Eurodisco – Bis (Wiiija)
4-Day Weekend – The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M)
The Lolipop EP – Cartoon (Shine)
Falling In Love Again – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
Angel – Cinnamon Smith (Mother)
Blame It On The Boogie – Clock (Media/Power Station/MCA)
I Feel Good Things For You – Daddy’s Favourite (Go.Beat/Mercury)
Underneath A Red Moon – N’dea Davenport (Gee Street/V2)
Illusions – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
Certainty Of Chance – The Divine Comedy (Setanta)
Straight From The Heart [rm] – Dolally (Chocolate Boy/Locked On/XL)
Each Time (We’re Alone) – E-17 [East 17] (Telstar)
You Got Me – Christian Fry (Mushroom)
Fashion ’98 – Glamma Kid (FutureFlex/WEA)
Hands – Jewel (Atlantic)
Because I Got To Like That – The Jungle Brothers (Gee Street/ffrr)
Home Alone – R. Kelly feat. Keith Murray (Jive)
Sensuality – Lovestation (Fresh)
It’s All About Me – Mya feat. Sisquo (Interscope/Universal)
You Send Me Flying – Billie Myers (Universal)
Loneliness Is Gone – Nine Yards (Virgin)
Peretty Fly – The Offspring (Epitaph)
Human Beings – Seal (Warnber Bros.)
[tba] – Simply Red (East West)
[tba] EP: Bad Days / The Unluckiest Man Alive / We’ve Gotta Get
Out Of This Place – Space (Gut)
Acme – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute)
Hey Now Now – Swirl 360 (Mercury)
If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) – The Tamperer
feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
Brand New Start – Paul Weller (Island)
Pink & Blue – The Young Offenders (Columbia)

November 9th :

So Young – The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
Best Friend’s Girl – Electrasy (MCA)
Comatose – Lisa Hall (-)
Battleflag – Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint)
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / No Matter What – Meat Loaf (Virgin)
The Airport Freete – Mucho Macho (Wiiija)
Tears Of Pearls – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Searchin’ My Soul – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
The Bartender & The Thief – Stereophonics (V2)
Pink Skunk Funk EP: P.I.L. – Supercharger (Indochina)

November 16th :

Until The Time Is Through – 5 (RCA)
War Of Nerves – All Saints (London)
Tropicalia – Beck (Geffen)
I’ll Never Fall In Love Agaiin – Emma Boundy (Chrysalis)
Touch Of Love – Cleopatra (WEA)
There Goes The Neighbourhood – Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
Take The Long Way Home – Faithless (Cheeky)
The North Star – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
The Everlasting – Manic Street Preachers (Epic)
Du Hast – Rammstein (London)
Try – Republica (Deconstruction)
Choke – Sepultura (Roadrunner)
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – v.a. (PolyGram TV)

November 23rd :

I Wish I Were You – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
Rescue Me – Leilani (ZTT)
You Blow Me Away – Paper Dolls (MCA)
No Regrets / Phoenix From The Flames – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)

November 30th :

Malibu – Hole (Geffen)
Butterfly Kisses – Cliff Richard (EMI)

December 7th :

Lean On Me – Kirk Franklin (Universal)
Waltz No. 2 (XO) – Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)
The Devil’s Trill – Vanessa-Mae (EMI)

December 14th :

Granada – Placido Domingo (WEA)

December 28th :

Postcards From Heaven – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)

Other forthcoming releases

OCTOBER :

Move Your Body – 2 Eivissa (Control/Edel)
Super Trouper – Abba 2000 (Clubscene)
Everybody Sometimes – Ahmen-Rah (Talkin Loud)
All I Need – Air (Source/Virgin)
Madagasca – Art Of Trance (Platipus)
Naxalite EP [rm] – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
Repeated Love – ATGOC (Wonderboy)
Keep In Touch – The Audience (eLLeFFe/Mercury)
Stop Messin’! – Ay Caramba starr. Buster (Innocent/Virgin)
All The Money’s Gone – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
So Tired Of Waiting – Bah Samba (Estereo)
One Week – Barenaked Ladies (-)
Always Looking For Something – B (Coalition)
Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key – Billy Bragg & Wilco (Elektra/East West)
Godspeed – B.T. (Renaisance)
Fried Funk & Microchips – Buckfunk 3000 (Language)
Bom Da De – Candy Girls (-)
Breathe Underwater [rr] – Carrie (Island)
Foxxy – Cassius (Virgin)
Slide – Cassius (Jerv/Epic)
La Isla – Chris Coco (Other)
The Silence – Mike Coglin (Multiply)
That Boy – Lloyd Cole (Fontana/Mercury)
Voices – Desert (Glow)
Zora Sourit – C=E9line Dion (Epic)
Everything Will Be Alright – Direct Disco (-)
The Word – Dope Smugglaz (-)
I Won’t Stop Rockin’ – Double Trouble (Thumpin’)
I Can Fly – Dream Girls (Almighty)
Sweetheart – Jermaine Dupri feat. Mariah Carey (SoSoDef/Columbia)
Girls On Film – Duran Duran (EMI)
Satisfy My Soul – Eclipse (Global Harmony)
Heavenly – E Dancer (KMS)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
No Fool No More – En Vogue (East West)
Strictly High – The Escort Agency (Pow!)
Happy Ever After – Julia Fordham (-)
Don’t Stop (You’re Killing Me) – Fuselage (Kahuna Cuts)
The Gallery – Lance Gambit (-)
Great Life – Goat (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Hairstyle – Gold Blade (Ultimate)
Showin’ Our Cinnamon / How Could He Do This To Me – Tammy Haywood (Almighty)
Night Images – Larry Heard vs. Swayzak (Mecca)
Feel The Love [rm] – High Society feat. Carol Leeming (Quality)
This Kiss – Faith Hill (Atlantic)
Feeling Good ’98 – Huff & Herb feat. Nina Simone (Killer Bee/Planet 3)
Moralita – Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Buena Vista – Inner City feat. Paris Grey (-)
You – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
Cheated (To All The Girls I Love) / What’s Clef Got To Do With It –
Wyclef Jean (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
You Only Have To Say You Love Me – Hannah Jones (Logic/Arista)
Soundtrack For The Streets – Kid Capri (Columbia)
Live It Up – K-Klass (Parlophone)
Time Changes – Little Green Man (Forensic)
No Mermaid – Sin=E9ad Lohan (Grapevine)
Lookin’ At Me – Mase (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Matron 3000 – Matron 3000 (Pleasure)
You’re My World – Jane McDonald (Focus)
Just My Imagination – The McGanns (-)
Your Life Is Now – John Mellencamp (Mercury)
I’m Alright – JoDee Messina (-)
Orion City – Vincent de Moor (Universal)
Testify – M People (M People/BMG)
Mambo #98 – Mucho Mambo (-)
Destiny – Myron (Island Black Music)
Be My Lover [rm] – Naomi (Gut)
Screem (Anthem ’98) / Adrenalin – N-Joy vs. Tact (Deconstruction)
Tears In The Rain – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Gimme The Night – DJ Phat (Sugar Daddy)
Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto – Philadelphia Allstars (-)
Fashion – Phunky Data (Edel)
[Untitled] – PM Factor (-)
High – Prophets Of Sound (Distinct’ive)
Cosa Della Vita (CAn’t Stop Thinkinh Of You) – Ramazotti & Tina Turner (BMG)
If We Try – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto/Mercury)
Heat Seeking – Rasco (Universal)
Sheper’s Delight / Shepherd’s Morning – Red Sky (Pod)
Feels Like A Lifetime – Reflective (Extatique)
Strawberry – Nicole Ren=E9e (Atlantic)
Answer My Prayer – Rhythm Street feat. Jeanie Tracy (Paral-lel)
Trumaster – Pete Rock (Loud/RCA)
Grass Ain’t Greener [rm] – Richard de Ryus vs. MJ Cole (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
Move Mania – Sash! (Multiply)
Future Music – Sci Fi Select (Mephisto)
May The Funk Be With You – Second Crusade (Filth/Arista)
Tell Me – Shamrock (Pinnacle)
Gym Tonic – Bob Sinclair (Yellow/East West)
Last Train To King’s Cross [rm] – Skinky Pink (Crosstrax/Positiva)
Friday – Skinny (Cheeky)
I Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby – Smash Mouth (Interscope)
[tba] – Snoop Doggy Dogg (Interscope)
Can’t Get Enough – Soulsearcher (Soulfuric)
Batacuda – Spiller (Peppermint Jam)
Get ‘Em Out Of Here – Sprung Monkey (Surfdog)
If You Could Read My Mind – Stars On 54 (Tommy Boy)
Talkin’ All That Jazz ’98 – Stetsasonic (Tommy Boy)
Le Spot On – Stretch & Verne (Spot On/ffrr)
Capital Rize / Snakes & Ladders – Structure-Rize (Universal)
Saturn – Tarantella IV (Whoop)
The Letter [ri] – Pauline Taylor (Cheeky)
Moskow Discow – Telex (SSR)
The Seduction Of Orpheus – Tilt (-)
From This Moment On – Shania Twain (Mercury)
Kill The Pain – U (London)
Stay With Me [rm] – Ultra High (Eternal/WEA)
Book & A Cover – Suzanne Vega (A&M)
Sunshine People – Venus (Barclay-Versatile/ffrr)
Round’n’Round – Zindy (Chrysalis)

NOVEMBER :

Cubik 98 [rm] – 808 State (ZTT)
True To Your Heart – 98=B0 feat. Stevie Wonder (Motown)
Converted – Alabama 3 (Elemental/One Little Indian)
Feelings – Alexia (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
Last Sunset In Amnesia – Jos=E9 Amnesia (Age One)
Jackie’s Strength – Tori Amos (Atlantic)
Wild Surf – Ash (Infectious/Mushromm)
Centrefold – Adam Austin (Media/MCA)
The Break ’98 – Arthur Baker (Groovilicious)
Hablame Luna – Basic Connection (ZYX)
Raise Your Hands – Big Room Girl (Junior Boy’s Own)
KCan’t Keep This Feeling In – Black Knight (-)
Put Your Hands Up – Black & White Brothers (Club Tools/Edel)
I Love The Way You Love Me – Boyzone (Polydor)
The Final Frontier (Return Of Captain Rock) – CRS Browski (Rumour)
The Timewarp – The Cast Of The New Rocky Horror Show (Damn It Janet!)
On The Phone – Celetia feat. Red Rat (Big Life)
Good Rhymes – The Click (Fifty First)
Candyman – Cornershop (Wiiija)
[tba] – Cuba (4AD)
Uninvited / My Heart Will Go On – D=E9j=E0 Vu feat. Tasmin (Almighty)
Paralysed Paradise EP – Digital Monkeys (Coded)
I’m Your Angel – C=E9line Dion & R. Kelly (Epic)
Sunrise – The Dream feat. Kenard (Twisted)
[tba] – Electronic (Parlophone)
Crazy You – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
An Official Christmas Song – Fat Les feat. Alex James & The London
Community Gospel Choir (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
Beat The Street – Feelin Soul feat. Sharon redd (Lovebreak)
There You Go – Flick (Columbia)
Skydive – Freefall (Stress)
What You Won’t Do For Love – Goldie (Metalheadz/ffrr)
Reputations (Just Be Good To Me) – Andrea Grant (WEA)
When You Believe – Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey (Arista-Columbia)
A Dog Named Snuggles – Jackknife (Pussyfoot)
Sit Down ’98 – James (Fontana/Mercury)
The Power Of Goodbye – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
La [rm] – Marc et Claude (Positiva)
Givin’ Up My Soul – Menage (Si)
Kind & Generous – Natalie Merchant (Elektra)
Goddess On A Hiway – Mercury Rev (V2)
CC Consciousness – Merz (Epic)
Well Done, Big Trak (EP) – The Mexican (Catskills)
Sacr=E9 Coeur – Lynn Miles (-)
If You Were Here Tonight – Tony Momrelle (Art & Soul)
Street Symphony – Monica (Arista)
Come On People – Mousse T. vs. Hot’n’Juicy (AM:PM/A&M)
Incredible – Keith Murray feat. LL Cool J (Jive)
Yakalelo – Nomads (Epic)
Musik – Nudge (Global Harmony)
B-Boy Hump – Old Skool Orchestra (East West)
Little Fluffy Clouds ’98 – The Orb (Island)
Black Angel – Mica Paris (Cooltempo)
Feelin’ You – Sara Parker (Devil May Care)
Peace Train [rm] – Dolly Parton (Bounce/Universal)
Timerider – DJ Quicksilver (Positiva)
Spellbound – Rae & Christian feat. Veba (Grand Central)
Image Of You – Red Snapper (Warp)
[tba] – Reef (Sony S=B2)
Break It Up – Rocket From The Crypt (Elemental)
You’re Still The One – Nia Shayne (Box 21)
What Ya Got 4 Me – Signum (Tidy Trax)
Sharks – Silver Sun (Polydor)
The Boy Is Mine / Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Sista 2 Sista /
2 AM (Box 21)
Miami – Will Smith (Columbia)
Monkey Magic – Soko (All Around The World)
Heartbeat – Steps (Jive)
So Pure – Subsola (Pow!)
Dan Cold Way O’ Loving – Super Collider (Wonderboy)
Let It Swing / Love In The First Degree – Sushi (Branded)
Come Get Wit Me – Keith Sweat feat. Snoop Dogg (Elektra)
Westside – T.Q. (Epic)
Dream – Trigger (Aegean/Virgin????)
Mind Horizon EP – v.a. (Mind Horizon)
Elvis Never Meant Shit To Me EP – v.a. (Filter)
Up & Down – Vengaboys (Positiva)
The Roof Is On Fire [rm] – Westbam (Low Spirit/Logic)
What Do You Hear In These Sounds – Dar Williams (-)
Quarantine Into The Waves – Witness (Valiant)

DECEMBER :

Just A Little More – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
Good Morning Sunshine – Aqua (Universal)
To You I Belong – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
[tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
Superstar – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
The Aeroplane Song – Straw (WEA)

JANUARY :

[tba] – Cuba (4AD)
To Earth With Love – Gaylad (-)
[tba] – Scritti Politti (Virgin)
[tba] – Utah Saints feat. Iggy Pop (Echo-East West)

FEBRUARY :

[tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)

MARCH :

[tba] – Geri Halliwell (EMI)

Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

New releases :

October 19th :

On A Day Like Today – Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
1965 – Afghan Whigs (-)
Fireworks City – Audioweb (Mother)
King Kong Groover – Babylon Zoo (EMI)
Honey To The Bee – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Bengali Bantam Youth Experience – Black Star Liner (WEA)
Kingsize – The Boo Radleys (Creation)
Dusk Till Dawn – The Best Of … – Capercaillie (Survival)
Grand Turismo – The Cardigans (Stockholm/Polydor)
Sultans Of Swing – The Very Best Of … – Dire Straits (Vertigo)
[tba] – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
Best Of … – En Vogue (East West)
You’ve Come A Long Way Baby – Fatboy Slim (Skint)
Small Soldiers OST – Jerry Goldsmith (Varese Sarabande)
I Sing The Body Electro – Kutis Mantronik (Oxygen Music Works UK)
Worldes Blysse – Mediaeval Baebes (Venture/Virgin)
Pavarotti & Friends – Pavarotti & Friends (Decca)
The Ultimate Collection – Cat Stevens (Island)
Ask Anybody – Swirl 360 (Mercury)

October 26th :

Another Level – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
Believe – Cher (WEA)
The Singles 81>85 [rem. ri] – Depeche Mode (Mute)
As Time Goes By – Neil Diamond (Columbia)
Skiffle Sensation – Lonnie Donegan (Castle Select)
Keep The Faith – Faith Evans (Arista)
They Cared A Lot – Faith No More (Slash/London)
Mysteries Of Funk – Grooverider (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Hope Is Important – Idlewild (Food/Parlophone)
My Life – The Greatest Hits – Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Instinct – Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin)
One Way Of Life – Best Of … – The Levellers (Jive)
Say Who – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
Ghetto Supastar – Pras Michel (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Happy Hour – N-Trance (All Around The World)
The Singles Collection – Roy Orbison (Monument/Columbia)
Dr. Doolittle – Original London Cast (First Night)
Up – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
Real As I Wanna Be – Cliff Richard (EMI)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall – Spiritualized (Dedicated)
[tba] – Sunship (Filter)
I’ve Been Expecting You – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
Pink & Blue – The Young Offenders (Columbia)

November 2nd :

Mutations – Beck (Geffen)
Emma – Emma Boundy (Chrysalis)
The Best Of … – Joe Cocker (Parlophone)
These Are Special Times – C=E9line Dion (Epic)
Lesley Garrett – Lesley Garrett (Conifer Classics)
The Ultimate Hits – Tom Jones (London)
Everybody’s Somebody – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
Wonsaponatime – John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
Wonsaponatime [4 CD box set] – John Lennon (Capitol/Parlophone)
The Best Of … – M People (M People/Deconstruction)
The Very Best Of … – Meat Loaf (Virgin)
Supposed Former Infatuation Junky – Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Sire)
The Masterplan – Oasis (Creation)
P.N.Y.C. / P.L.I.V.E. – Portishead (Go.Beat)
No Security – The Rolling Stones (Virgin)
Best Of … – Salt’n’Pepa (London)
The Best Of … – Volume One 1980-1990 – U2 (Island)

November 9th :

Greatest Moments – Culture Club (Virgin)
Greatest – Duran Duran (EMI)
Greatest Hits – Aretha Franklin (Global TV)
100% Ginuwine – Ginuwine (Epic)
Ladies & Gentlemen – The Best Of … – George Michael (Epic)
Tears Of Pearls – Savage Garden (Columbia)
Fan Mail – TLC (LaFace/Arista)
The Original Four Seasons – Vanessa-Mae (EMI Classics)

November 16th :

The Essence Of … – Tony Bennett (Columbia)
Live – Garth Brooks (Capitol/Parlophone)
Ones – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Wonder No. 8 – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
[tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)
Gravelands – The King (Chrysalis)
[tba] – Metallica (Vertigo)
[tba] – Busta Rhymes (Elektra)
Tracks – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)

December 7th :

There It Is – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)

Other forthcoming releases

OCTOBER :

II – 2 Unlimited (Big Life)
Adamski’s Thing – Adamski’s Thing (ZTT)
[tba] – The Art Of Noise (ZTT)
Box Of Chocolates – Kevin Aviance (Distinct’ive)
Stunt – Barenaked Ladies (-)
[tba] – Freak Power (Deconstruction)
Planet Of The Wolves – Guitar Wolf (Matador)
Demonstration – The High Fidelity (Plastique/Arista)
[tba] – Liquid (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Empathy – Mandalay (V2)
Best Of The Wailers – The Complete wailers 1967-1972 – Part One –
Bob Marley & The Wailers (JAP)
You & I – Shernette May (Virgin)
It’s Not Over – Debelah Morgan (VAZ/Motown)
My Early Burglary Years – Morrissey (Island)
Whistle Down The Wind – Original Cast (Really Useful/Polydor)
[tba] – Peshay (Mo Wax)
[tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
[tba] – R Public Announcement (A&M-Polydor)
It’s True – Queen Pen (Interscope)
[tba] – DJ Rap (Higher Ground/Columbia)
[tba] – Les Rhythmes Digitale (Wall Of Sound)
Material Girl – … Plays The Music Of Madonna –
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (MCI)
History Will Prove Us Right – Sigue Sigue Sputnik (-)
[tba] – Sonique (Serious)
[tba] – Straw (WEA)
Proverbs & Songs – John Surman (ECM)
Punch Drunkard – The Yellow Monkey (Funhouse/BMG)

NOVEMBER :

[tba] – Buffalo Springfield (-)
Dina Carroll – Dina Carroll (1st Ave./Mercury)
Journex To The Centre Of The Mind – The Chemical Pilot(Eruption/Creation)
The Gallery – Lance Gambit (-)
Jepp – Jepp (Hut/Virgin)
[tba] – Thomas Jules-Stock (Mercury)
Head Of The Sound – Lukan (Depth)
Vote The Pacifist Ticket Today – Magoo (Chemikal Underground)
[tba] – Tony Momrelle (Art & Soul)
In Due – Nek (Coalition)
[tba] – Seal (ZTT)
The Sebadoh – Sebadoh (Domino)
UV – The Shamen (Moksha)
[tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
Eyes Don’t Lie – Truce (Big Life)

DECEMBER :

Paradoxx – 666 (Danceteria)
[tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
[tba] – Black Lace (NOW)
[tba] – Malandra Burrows (warner.esp)
[tba] – Cast (Polydor)
[tba] – East 17 (Telstar)
[tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
Vibestation – Kulay (INCredible)
Jennifer Paige – Jennifer Paige (Edel)
How Cool Is That – Tzant (Logic)
Modern Classics – Paul Weller (Island)

JANUARY :

[tba] – Bis (Wiiija)
Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)
Recycle – New Order (London)
Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)

FEBRUARY :

Death By Cuba – Cuba (4AD)
Archive Crash – Roddy Frame (Independiente)
Class Reunion 1999 – Fugees (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
[tba] – Moby (Mute)
Where Do We Go From Here – Nine Yards (Virgin)
[tba] – Phoebe 1 (Mecca/Castle Comm.)
Anomie & Bonhomie – Scritti Politti (Virgin)

MARCH :

[tba] – Suede (Nude)

COMPILATIONS :

October 19th :

Elvis Didn’t Mean Shit To Me – v.a. (Filter)

October 26th :

More Monty – v.a. (BMG Conifer)
Still Crazy OST – v.a. (London)
Ultimate Club Mix Vol. 3 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)

November 2nd :

Mixed Emotions II – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
Swing! The Ultimate Big Band Album – v.a. (BMG Conifer)
The Acid House – v.a. (EMI)
The All Time Greatest Rock Songs Vol. 2 – v.a. (Sony TV)

November 9th :

Fantastic 80’s! – 3 – v.a. (Columbia)
Silence 2 – v.a. (Sony Classical)
The End – Vol. 1 – v.a. (XL)
Top Of The Pops III – v.a. (PolyGram TV)

November 16th :

The All Time Greatest Love Songs Vol. 3 – v.a. (Sony TV)

November 23rd :

Essential 98 – The Best Of The Year – v.a. (ffrr)
Funky Divas 2 – v.a. (Global TV)

November 30th :

Fun! – v.a. (Sony TV)
Massive Dance 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)
The All Time Greatest Classical Album – v.a. (Sony TV)

December 7th :

Smooth Grooves 99 – v.a. (PolyGram TV)

OCTOBER :

Adaptive Compilation 2 – v.a. (Truelove/positiva)
South Park – The Album – v.a. (Columbia)

NOVEMBER :

Anthems Of The Countryside – v.a. (Boys)
Prince Of Egypt OST – v.a. (Dreamworks)
The Best Christmas Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (Virgin)
The Very Best Of Love Album – v.a. (Virgin)
Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats – v.a. (Tommy Boy)

Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997

44. Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground

This first made No.15 in Oct 1996, but on rerelease made No.9 in June lastyear. Since then it had been used on the soundtrack for Val Kilmer’s film”The Saint”, and word has it that the soundtrack is infinitely better thanthe film. The film was terrible so that can’t be too hard. This would havebeen single of the week if Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android” hadn’t gone in thatweek as well.Other recent hits for the band have been “Spin Spin Sugar” (No.21, Mar 97)and “Post Modern Sleaze” (No.22, Aug 97)

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator