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This week: 3 new entries, 2 chart, 2 re-entering, 3 climbing, 3 not moving & 27 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...

3 new and 2 re-entering and 2 chart entries :

• 38 (44 RE) Kanye West - Stronger
• 31 Gallows - Staring At The Rude Bois
• 24 (53 CH) Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
• 23 (57 CH) Dizzee Rascal - Flex
• 17 (RE) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
• 9 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
• 6 Shayne Ward - Breathless

so the following dropped out :

• 39 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
• 38 Rihanna - Umbrella
• 35 Akon - Sorry Blame It On Me
• 34 McFly - The Heart Never Lies
• 33 Lahayna - In The City
• 30 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
• 16 Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

3 climbing :

• 2 (14) T2 & Jodie Heartbroken
• 11 (23) Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)
• 36 (40) Foo Fighters - The Pretender

3 not moving :

• 1 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
• 5 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie
• 10 Sugababes - About You Now

and 27 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 13 (8) Bloc Party - Flux
• 19 (9) Runrig/Tartan Army - Loch Lomond

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 46 (RE) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
• 50 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face
• 51 Michael Buble - Lost
• 64 The Killers - Mr Brightside
• 65 Reverend & The Makers - Open Your Window
• 66 Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia - Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
• 73 Michael Buble - Home/Song For You
• 75 Nelly Furtado - Do It

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

James Blunt: 1973 [All The Lost Souls] 49 (51) James Blunt - 1973 I wish he *would* go back to 1973. Click here to see the video

Sean Kingston: Beautiful Girl [Sean Kingston] 43 (39) Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girl No idea what this is about, but it's not had many good write-ups on Amazon (click on the cover art). Click here to see the video

Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven [Mothership] 39 (37) Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Yes, Led Zeppelin finally release a single after 40 years, but it's to plug their new compilation, Mothership.

Scouting For Girls: She's So Lovely [Scouting For Girls] 32 (31) Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Love this song, and the hottie in the video is a model called Louise Glover (google for her images, but not from work!). See the video here.

Phil Collins: In The Air Tonight [Hits] 27 (25) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Brought back into the charts as a result of a man in a gorilla suit playing the drums, all apparently advertising Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Surely, the reason people eat Cadbury's Dairy Milk is because it tastes yummy and it's the kind of thing that used to be played during Miami Vice? Click here to see the video

Britney Spears: Gimme More [Black Out] 18 (13) Britney Spears - Gimme More A dreadful comeback at the MTV Music Awards resulted in a most unsexy performance and you could tell she didn't even know the words early on as she covered her mouth. Pass. "It's Britney, bitch"? Very enticing... not! Click here to see the video

Craig David: Hot Stuff [Trust Me] 14 (11) Craig David - Hot Stuff His first single in a long time takes David Bowie's wonderful 1983 classic Let's Dance and rapes it for all it's worth. Fuck Craig David and fuck his shitty music and just play the original. Compare the two: Craig David - Hot Stuff David Bowie - Let's Dance

Spice Girls: Headlines [Greatest Hits] 11 (23) Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) The Spice Girls return for no particular reason other than to make a shedload of cash from the saps who buy this shit. Or is it shit? I saw the video and couldn't remember the song afterwards, not because, say, Posh looked sexy, but because it was just bizarre. And Geri doesn't have a six-pack, she has a big flabby belly she's trying to hold in. In fact, Mel C looked the most sexy and she had the most clothes on! Whereas Posh looked like she had a top that had been ripped apart by a rabid dog. And to cap it all, I couldn't beieve this was a children in Need video! Click here to see the video

Sugababes: About You Now [Changes] 10 (10) Sugababes - About You Now Not a bad track, but they've done better. Still, at least it stopped Shayne Ward getting to No.1. Click here to see the video

Girls Aloud: Call The Shots [Tangled Up] 9 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots Very mediocre track that doesn't know whether it should actually get going or not. In the end, it doesn't. Click here to see the video

Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts [X] 8 (4) Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts Her comeback single with a Marilyn Monroe look and... well, it's okay but far from outstanding. Click here to see the video

Leona Lewis: Bleeding Love [Spirit] 1 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love *5th Week at No.1* Is this what we've waited a whole year to hear? She says she's spent months in America recording her album with "top producers" but over 10 months after winning the contest, will enough people care to give her a long career? Sure, she's got a No.1 single and album now while she has appearances on X-Factor on which to promote herself, but will her success last beyond these releases? Click here to see the video

New releases :

Katie Melua: Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses) [Pictures]

November 26th:

Ali Campbell & Bitty McLean – Would I Lie To You
Alison Moyet – A Guy Like You
Bearsuit – Foxy Boxer (7”) [Limited]
Bonde Do Rolκ - Marina Gasolina (7” + 12”)
Captain Phoenix – Loneliness
Che’Nelle - I Fell In Love With The DJ
Darren Day – Wired For Sound
Deerhoof - Matchbook Seeks Maniac (7”) [Limited]
DJD feat Philippa Alexander - Ball & Chain
Editors - The Racing Rats
Electrelane – In Berlin (7”)
Elevator Suite – The Wheel
Elvis Presley – An American Trilogy
Emma Pollock – Paper & Glue
Girls Aloud – Call The Shots
Good Shoes - Small Town Girl
Ian Hunter - When The World Was Round
Joey Nightmare – Was Young Once
Katie Melua – Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses)
Mark Brown feat Elena Kats-Chernin - The Journey Continues
Middleman – Good To Be Back
Ox Eagle Lion Man – Motherhood/Fatherhood (7”)
Paramore – CrushCrushCrush
Paul Van Dyk feat Rea Garvey – Let Go
Pendulum – Granite
PJ Harvey – The Piano (7”) [Limited]
Queens Of The Stone Age - Make It Wit Chu (7”) [Limited]
The Rapture – The Sound (12”)
Rascals - Out Of Dreams (EP)
Remi Nicole – Rock N Roll
Rilo Kiley - Breakin' Up
Roll Deep - Racist People
Rosalita – Manga Girl
RyanDan – High
Sean Kingston – Me Love
Shy Child – Drop The Phone (7”)
Silversun Pickups – Lovers
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Spoon - You Got Your Cherry Bomb
St Vincent – Jesus Saves I Spend (7”)
Stonebridge feat Kenny Thomas – You Don’t Know
Thomas Bromley – Need You So Bad / Nothing To Do Or Say
Todd Terry Allstars – Get Down
The Twang – Push The Ghosts
Uniting Nations – Do It Yourself
Will I Am – One More Chance

December 3rd:

The Ads – Maybe Tonight (7”)
Annie Lennox & Friends – Sing
Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
Babyshambles – You Talk
Black Lips - Veni Vidi Vici (7”) [Limited]
Blake – White Christmas
Bon Jovi – Lost Highway
BWO – Sunshine In The Rain
Cascada – What Hurts The Most
Connie Talbot – Over The Rainbow
Dannii Minogue vs Jason Nevins - Touch Me Like That
Dashboard Confessional – These Bones
Duffy - Rockferry (7”)
Elvis Presley – Burning Love
Emmy The Great – Gabriel (7”) [Limited]
The Enemy – We’ll Live And Die In These Towns
Fightstar – Deathcar
Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin
Future Of The Left – Manchasm
Gabrielle - Every Little Teardrop
Ian Brown – Sister Rose
Interpol - No I In Threesome
J Holiday – Bed
James Blunt – Same Mistake
Jesse Malin – Tomorrow Tonight
Kano – Feel Free
Kate Walsh – Tonight
Lee Mead - Gonna Make You A Star
Marvin The Martian - Get By (Be Good)
Mary J Blige - Just Fine
Maximo Park - Karaoke Plays
My Little Problem – Elephants
Peter Gelderblom - Waiting 4
Shins – Sea Legs (7”) [Limited]
Stars – The Night Starts Here
Stereophonics – My Friends
Tom Baxter – Better
Turisas – Rasputin

December 10th:

Amsterdam - Home
Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game
Andy Williams - Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Asobi Seksu – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
Circuits - City Of Lights / Before It’s Over (7”)
David Guetta feat Cozi – Baby When The Light
Elektrons – Classic Clichι
Enrique Iglesias – Somebody’s Me
Foals – Balloons
Jack Penate - Have I Been A Fool
Jill Scott – Hate On Me
Little Man Tate - Boy In The Anorak
Plain White T’s - Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
Shaun The Sheep – Life’s A Treat
Young Galaxy – Outside The City (7”)

December 17th:

The Displacements – Lazy Bones
Filo & Peri – Anthem
Jill Scott – Hate On Me
Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
Mum – Marmalade Fires (7”) [Limited]
Mutya Buena – B-Boy Baby
Newton Faulkner – Teardrop
Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead
Soulja Boy - Crank That
Sugababes – Change
X-Factor Winner – tba

December 24th:

Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush

December 31st:

Mika – Relax (Take It Easy) / Lollipop
White Stripes – Conquest

January 7th 2008:

Amy MacDonald – Youth Of Today
Bodyrox feat Luciana - What Planet You On?
British Sea Power – Waving Flags
Dave Armstrong & Redroche feat H-Boogie - Love Has Gone
DJ Jeroenski – Back Once Again
Lightspeed Champion – Tell Me What It’s Worth
Robots in Disguise - We're In The Music Biz

January 14th:

Blood Red Shoes - Say Something
Client - Lights Go Out
Dave Gahan - Saw Something / Deeper And Deeper
David Ford – I’m Alright Now
Jay Sean - Ride It
The Little Ones – Ordinary Song
Madness feat Sway – NW5
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place

TBA:

Adele – Chasing Pavements [21st Jan]
Alan Connor – Dance Away [Jan]
Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Amerie – Crush
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Apples In Stereo – Can You Feel It
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Asa – Fire On the Mountain [11th Feb]
Athlete – The Outsiders
Atomic Kitten – Anyone Who Had A Heart [Jan]
Beck – Timebomb (12”)
Bedouin Soundclash – St Andrews
Britney Spears – Piece Of Me
Cheeky Girls – I’m Too Sexy
Christina Aguilera – Oh Mother
Congress – 40 Miles ‘07
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Live)
Dan Deacon – Wham City
Darren B – Stand By You
Daz Sampson – Goodbye
Deepest Blue – DJ Play That Record
Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny [Jan]
DJ Sammy feat Nyah - Everybody Hurts
Doug Walker – The Mystery [Jan]
Dropkick Murphys - The State Of Massachusetts (EP) [11th Feb]
Dykeenies – tba [Jan]
Evanescence – Good Enough
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Faithless feat Cat Power - A Kind Of Peace
Goldfrapp – A and E [11th Feb]
Helen Boulding – Way To Go [4th Feb]
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
hellogoodbye – Oh It Is Love
Hoosiers – Worst Case Scenario [28th Jan]
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor [21st Jan]
Howard Murphy – Friend Like You [Feb]
Iwasacubscout – Pink Squares / Echoes [28th Jan]
Jamie Scott & The Town – Standing In The Rain [Jan]
Josh Ritter – Right Moves
Joss Stone – Baby Baby Baby
Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Waste Your Time
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Kindred Spirits – Fix You [Dec]
Koopa - Why?
Listen… Tanks – Silver And Black
LMC vs Marvin - Grapevine
Luke Dzierzek - Echo
M&C feat Rebecca Rudd – Magic Touch
Manian feat Aila – Turn The Tide
Marilyn Manson - Putting Holes In Happiness
Mario - Crying Out For Me
The Mars Volta – Wax Simulacra [Jan]
MIA – Paper Planes [Dec]
Modest Mouse – Missed The Boat
My Chemical Romance – Mama
Neils Children - What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nono feat Huski - Three More Days
One eskimO – Hometime
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines [28th Jan]
Pigeon Detectives – tba [Jan]
Plumb – In My Arms
Riot In Belgium - La Musique
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better [Feb]
Russell Watson & Denise Van Outen – Baby Its Cold Outside [Dec]
Sergey – Everytime
Shaggy feat Rik Rok – Bonafide Girl
Silverlake – Wide Open Space
Siobhan Donaghy - Medevac
Sugababes - Never Gonna Dance Again
Sweet Delite – Millionaire
Tabby Callaghan – King Of The Town [4th Feb]
Taio Cruz – tba [Jan]
Those Dancing Days – Hitten [Jan]
Tim Deluxe – You Got Tha Touch
Ultrabeat – I Wanna Touch You
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk [18th Feb]
Velvet Revolver - The Last Fight
Willy Mason – Gotta Keep Walkin’
Youssou N’Dour feat Neneh Cherry – Wake Up (It’s Africa Calling)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Katherine Jenkins: Rejoice This week there are new entries for : 3 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice 4 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 11 Fron Male Voice Choir - Voices Of The Valley: Encore 14 Alicia Keys - As I Am 16 Lee Mead - Lee Mead 44 Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre 61 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City 63 Gorillaz - D-Sides 73 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same Special Edition

Leona Lewis: Spirit The top 10 goes like this : 1 Leona Lewis - Spirit 2 Westlife - Back Home 3 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice 4 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 5 Led Zeppelin - Mothership: Best Of 6 The Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden 7 Spice Girls Greatest Hits 8 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere: Greatest Hits 9 Take That - Beautiful World Special Edition 10 Celine Dion - Taking Chances

New releases :

Kylie Minogue: X November 26th: All Angels – Into Paradise Billy Talent – 666 Connie Talbot – Over The Rainbow Damien Rice - Live From The Union Chapel Genesis – Live Over Europe 2007 Jean-Michael Jarre – Oxygene [30th Anniversary Edition] Jim Bob – A Humpty Dumpty Thing Kylie Minogue – X Nine Inch Nails - Y34rz3r0r3mix3d (Year Zero Remixed) Richard Fleeshman – Neon Russell Watson – Outside In The Shaky Hands – The Shaky Hands Shayne Ward – Breathless Teatro – Teatro Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams Wyclef Jean – The Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant Live Earth (1CD + 2CD versions) December 3rd: Busta Rhymes – Back On My BS Cascada – Perfect Day The Choirboys – The Carols Album Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab Kindred Spirits – Kindred Spirits Muse - The Haarp Tour : Live From Wembley N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton [20th Anniversary Edition] Remi Nicole – My Conscience & I Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall U2 – The Joshua Tree [20th Anniversary Edition] December 10th: Karine Polwart – The Fairest Floo'er Mario - Go! Nelly – Brass Knuckles Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings Of Wu-Tang Clan – The 8 Diagrams December 17th: Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood Montag – Going Places December 31st: Radiohead – In Rainbows January 7th 2008: Shapeshifters – Do Not Disturb Tom Baxter – Skybound January 14th: British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? Eve – Here I Am Magnetic Fields – Distortion Stalkers - Yesterday Is No Tomorrow Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2007. [Up to the top of this page] DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier. PC games reviewed by the editor are on: Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP