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This week: 2 new entries, 2 chart, 1 re-entering, 8 climbing, 6 not moving & 21 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...

2 new and 2 re-entering and 1 chart entries :

• 37 (42 RE) Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me
• 34 Bullet For My Valentine Scream Aim Fire
• 28 (47 CH) Mary J Blige - Just Fine
• 22 (56 CH) David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
• 11 Jay Sean - Ride It

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Bloc Party - Flux
• 38 Timbaland feat. Doe/Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
• 30 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
• 24 Madness - NW5
• 20 The Courteeners - What Took You So Long

8 climbing :

• 3 (6) Nickelback - Rockstar
• 4 (5) Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
• 7 (31) Kelly Rowland - Work
• 15 (21) Alicia Keys - No One
• 16 (17) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
• 26 (27) Kylie Minogue - Wow
• 31 (33) Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life
• 33 (37) Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

6 not moving :

• 1 Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theos - Now You're Gone
• 2 Adele - Chasing Pavements
• 8 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
• 10 Robyn - Be Mine
• 25 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
• 39 Robyn With Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat

and 21 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 18 (13) The Wombats - Moving To New York

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 44 Michael Jackson feat. will.i.am The Girl Is Mine
• 49 One Night Only - Just For Tonight
• 72 Jennifer Lopez - Hold It, Don't Drop It

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts [X] 64 (49) 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

Sugababes: About You Now [Changes] 29 (26) 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

Scouting For Girls: She's So Lovely [Scouting For Girls] 25 (25) 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.

Cascada: What Hurts The Most [Perfect Day] 23 (22) Cascada - What Hurts The Most The dance remix of this track really works well, given that the original was by Celebrity Big Brother racist scum Jo O'Meara from S Club 7 as her dreadful attempt to restart her solo career. Well worth a listen! Click here to see the video

Girls Aloud: Call The Shots [Tangled Up] 20 (16) 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

Basshunter: Now You're Gone 1 (1) Basshunter - Now You're Gone *3rd Week at No.1* Total crap. Click here to see the video

New releases :

Hot Chip: Ready For The Floor [Made in the Dark]

January 28th:

Atomic Kitten – Anyone Who Had A Heart
Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
Bob Mould – The Silence Between Us (7”)
Cajun Dance Party – The Race (7”)
Cassie – Is It You
Cobra Dukes – Airtight (12”)
Dominatorz – Do You Love Me?
The Duke Spirit – The Step And The Walk
Elliot Minor - Still Figuring Out
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
Kelly Rowland – Work
Laura Marling – Ghosts
The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave (7”) [Limited]
Mary J Blige - Just Fine
Matchbox Twenty – These Hard Times
Michael Jackson feat Will.I.Am - The Girl Is Mine 2008
New Sins - It Doesn't Work Like That
One Night Only – Just For Tonight
Operahouse – Born A Boy (7”) [Limited]
Primary 1 – Hold Me Down (12”)
Rascal Flatts – What Hurts The Most
Richard Hawley – Valentine
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Please Read The Letter
School Of Language – Rockist (7”)
Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix) (12”)
Those Dancing Days – Hitten
Tin Man – Tonight
Urbnri – Young Free & Simple
Van Tramp - Help Me Make It
Wallis Bird – Counting To Sleep

February 4th:

30 Seconds To Mars – From Yesterday
Attic Lights – Never Get Sick Of The Sea
Badly Drawn Boy - Time Of Tides
Biffy Clyro - Who’s Got A Match
Blood Red Shoes – You Bring Me Down
Boy Kill Boy – Promises
Carbon/Silicon – Why Do Men Fight? [Limited]
David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
Fischerspooner – The Best Revenge (12”)
Heist – Don’t Hold Back
Helen Boulding – Copenhagen
Iwasacubscout – Pink Squares / Echoes (3x7”)
Jody Watley – I Want Your Love
Kanye West feat Chris Martin – Homecoming
Los Campesinos! - Death To Los Campesinos!
Man From Michael – Heart Of Glue (7”)[Limited]
Mark Brown feat Sarah Cracknell - The Journey Continues
Morrissey – That’s How People Grow Up
Natasha England – Iko Iko
The Opiates – Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
Ruarri Joseph – Won’t Work
Rubies – I Feel Electric
Shaun Anthony – Come On Over
Tabby Callaghan – King Of The Town
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (The Bug Remix) (12”)
Todd Terry – Get Down
Wet Wet Wet – Weightless
White Light Parade - Wait For The Weekend
Willis – Get In The Ring

February 11th:

Alan Connor – Dance Away
Alphabeat – Fascination
Andy Scott-Lee – Unforgettable
Armand Van Helden – Je T’Aime
Asa – Fire On The Mountain
Black Francis – The Seus
Chromeo – Needy Girl
Cicada – Same Old Scene
Colin MacIntyre – tba
The Coral – Put The Sun Back
Correcto – Do It Better (7”)
Dropkick Murphys - The State Of Massachusetts (EP)
Estelle – American Boy
Feeling - I Thought It Was Over
Glasvegas – Its My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (7”)
Goldfrapp – A & E
iLiKETRAiNS - We Go Hunting (7”)
Marina Topley-Bird – Carnies
Osunlade – My Reflection
Paramore – Misery Business
Pete & The Pirates – Mr Understanding
Proclaimers – New Religion
Remi Nicole – Lights Out
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Simple Plan – When I’m Gone
Tori White - Who If Its Not You
XX Teens - How To Reduce Chances Of Being A Terror Victim (7")
Yves La Rock - Zookey

February 18th:

Amy MacDonald – Run
Benjamin Wetherill – The Derby Ram (7”)
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Craig David – 6 Of 1 Thing
Cut Off Your Hands – Oh Girl (7”)
Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny
Foals – Cassius
H Two O feat Platnum - What's It Gonna Be
Hatcham Social – So So Happy Making / Berlin
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy
Kid Harpoon - The Second (EP)
Laura Critchley – Sometimes I
Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee (7”)
Mark Ronson – Just
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
Operator Please – Get What You Want
Out Of Office – Break of Dawn 2008
Plain White T’s - Our Time Now
Reverend And The Makers - Bandits
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
Windmill – Tokyo Moon

February 25th:

Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
Asobi Seksu – Goodbye
B52s – Pump
Band Of Horses – No-One’s Going To Love You (7”)
The Cribs – I’m A Realist / bast*rds Of Young
Duffy – Mercy
Future Of The Left – Manchasm (7”)
Futureheads - Beginning Of The Twist
Gallows - Just Because You Sleep Next To Me Doesn't Mean You're Safe (7”)
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – The Young And Lovestruck
Grand National - Animal Sounds (7”)
The Hives – We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S) (10”)
Jacob Golden – Out Come The Wolves
Jaymay – Gray Or Blue
Katie Melua - If The Lights Go Out
Kylie Minogue – Wow
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Menomena - Rotten Hell
MGMT – Trying To Pretend
Moby – Alice
Natalia – Pretty Like Me
Nina Nastacia - What She Doesn't Know / Your Red Nose (7”)
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better
Sonic Hearts – To Be Someone
Sonny J – Enfant Terrible
Team Waterpolo – Letting Go (7”) [Limited]
Tiny Masters Of Today – Hologram World
Vincent Vincent & The Villains – Pretty Girl
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage
Young Knives – Up All Night

March 3rd:

Bob Sinclar – Together
Cazals – Life Is Boring
The Cloud Room – Blackout
Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off (7”)
Go:Audio – Woodchuck (EP)
Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome
Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
Jack Savoretti – One Man Band
The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful
MIA – Paper Planes
Nickelback – Photograph
Shocking Pinks – Emily
T-Pain – Church
We Are Scientists – After Hours

March 10th:

Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Mystery Jets – Young Love
Pendulum – Propane
Teenagers – Love No
Utah Saints vs Van She - Something Good 2008

March 17th:

James Blunt – Carry You Home

TBA:

50 Cent - I Got Money
Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Amerie – Crush
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Annie – 2 Of Hearts
Athlete – The Outsiders
Backstreet Boys - Helpless When She Smiles
Blood Red Shoes - Say Something Say Anything [7th Apr]
Boyzone – tba [Mar]
Cascada – What Do You Want From Me
Che’Nelle - I Fell In Love With The DJ
Chris Brown – With You [24th Mar]
Congress – 40 Miles ‘07
The Count & Sinden – Beeper [Mar]
Dan Deacon – Wham City
Darren Hayes – Casey
David Guetta feat Tara Mc Donald - Delirious
DJ Jeroenski – Back Once Again
DJ Sammy feat Nyah - Everybody Hurts
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars [Feb]
Doug Walker – The Mystery [Jan]
Dykeenies – tba [Jan]
The Enemy - This Song
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Freemasons – You’re Not Alone Now
Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French
Helen Boulding – Way To Go [Apr]
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
hellogoodbye – Oh It Is Love
Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers
Howard Murphy – Friend Like You [Feb]
Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
Janet Jackson – Feedback [Feb]
Jennifer Lopez – Brave
Justice - Phantom
Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Waste Your Time
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down [24th Mar]
Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
Kooks – tba [Mar]
Koopa - Why?
Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting
The Little Ones – Morning Tide [31st Mar]
LMC vs Marvin – Grapevine
Long Blondes – Guilt [24th Mar]
Los Campesinos! - Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks [14th Apr]
Luke Dzierzek – Echo
M&C feat Rebecca Rudd – Magic Touch
Manian feat Aila – Turn The Tide
Mario - Crying Out For Me
Maroon 5 - Goodnight Goodnight
Milburn – The Genius And The Tramp
Neils Children - What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nono feat Huski - Three More Days
Palladium – White Lady
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private - Crucify My Heart
Richard Fleeshman – Hold Me Close [Feb]
Ricki-Lee – tba
Same Difference – tba
Sander Van Doorn – Riff
The Script – We Cry [14th Apr]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Everytime
Shaggy feat Rik Rok – Bonafide Girl
Shanie – Don’t Give Me Your Life ‘08
Siobhan Donaghy – Medevac
Sons & Daughters – Chains [21st Apr]
Strange Days feat Steve Harley – Smile [Jan]
Sugababes – Denial [Mar]
Taio Cruz – tba
Timbaland feat Keri Hilson – Scream
Toyah – Sensational
Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol – Club Wedding
Ultrabeat – I Wanna Touch You [Jan]
Unkle – Restless
Vengaboys – Partylife
Westlife – Us Against The World
Will I Am – One More Chance
Yoav – Club Thing

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Eels: Meet The Eels: Essential 1996-2006 This week there are new entries for : 7 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 11 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 26 Eels - Meet The Eels 32 Cat Power - Jukebox 44 Celine Dion - All The Way: A Decade Of Song & Video 45 Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge 62 Stephen Sondheim - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet 69 Eels - Useless Trinkets: B-Sides & Soundtracks 72 Black Mountain - In The Future

Scouting For Girls: Scouting For Girls The top 10 goes like this : 1 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 2 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 3 Amy McDonald - This is the Life 4 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 5 The Hoosiers - The Trick To Life 6 Take That - Beautiful World 7 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 8 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 9 Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion 10 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons

New releases :

N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton [20th Anniversary Edition] January 28th: Adele – 19 Alexander O’Neal - Alex Loves Avantasia – The Scarecrow Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire Cardigans - Best Of Clark - Turning Dragon Dynamics - Version Excursions Ginger – Market Harbour Harrisons – No Fighting In The War Room Joe Jackson – Rain John Power – Stormbreaker Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life: Her Greatest Hits kd Lang – Watershed Kenny Rogers - A Love Song Collection Kimmie Rhodes – Walls Fall Down The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath Matt Costa – Unfamiliar Faces N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton [20th Anniversary Edition] Sons & Daughters – This Gift System 7 - Phoenix These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend Wendy James – Racine 2 You Me At Six – Champion February 4th: American Music Club – The Golden Age Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant Cass McCombs – Dropping The Writ Colin MacIntyre – The Water Dead Meadow – Old Growth The Duke Spirit – Neptune Helen Love - It's My Club and I'll Play What I Want To Horrorpops - Kiss Kiss Kill Kill Hot Chip – Made In The Dark Jack Johnson – Sleeping Through The Static Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim Lenny Kravitz – It’s Time For A Love Revolution Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds – Iscariot The Ladder Mary J Blige – Growing Pains Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart Mexicolas – X Morcheeba – Dive Deep One Night Only – Started A Fire Rascal Flatts – Rascal Flatts Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings Of Robots in Disguise - We're In The Music Biz School Of Language – Sea From Shore Shelby Lynne – Just A Little Lovin’ Sheryl Crow – Detours Songbirds – Wake Up Call Liverpool – The Number Ones Album February 11th: Biomechanical - Cannibalised Bob Mould – District Line Boy Kill Boy – Stars & The Sea Cassie – Cassie Craig Chalmers - Dream On Daniel Wylie & Cosmic Rough Riders - The Very Best Of Envelopes – Here Comes The Wind f*** Buttons - Street Horrssing Helen Boulding – New Red Dress Homespun - Short Stories From East Yorkshire Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... The Mae Shi – KLLYH Michael Jackson - Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition] Morrissey – Greatest Hits Ruarri Joseph – Tales Of Grit And Grime Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear Brit Awards 2008 February 18th: Allison Moorer – Mockingbird Asa - Asa The Autumn Defense - The Autumn Defense The Cloud Room – The Cloud Room Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles Eve – Here I Am The Feeling – Join With Me Figurines - When The Deer Wore Blue Hayseed Dixie - No Covers Iwasacubscout - I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope Jonathan Ansell - Tenor At The Movies Kyte – Kyte Magnet – The Simple Life Malcolm Middleton - Sleight Of Heart Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride Nada Surf - Lucky The Orb – The Dream Pete & The Pirates – Little Death Simple Plan – Simple Plan Willie Nelson – Moment Of Forever February 25th: Biffy Clyro - Singles 2001-2005 The Boggs – Forts Busta Rhymes – Back On My BS Correcto – Correcto Erykah Badu – The Kahba Estelle – Shine Girl Talk – Night Ripper Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Janet Jackson - Discipline Nelly – Brass Knuckles OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud State Radio - Year Of The Crow Tegan & Sara - The Con March 3rd: Autechre – Quaristice B52s – Funplex Billy Bragg – Mr Love & Justice Black Crowes – Warpaint Black Francis – Svn Fngrs Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies Courteeners – tba Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into Duffy – Rockferry Gallows - Live At The 100 Club Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Searching For The Hows And Whys Grand National – A Drink & A Quick Decision Gutter Twins – Saturnalia Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl – Two Kelis - Good Stuff: Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! Operator Please - Yes Yes Vindictive Richie Hawtin – Choice Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash March 10th: Adam Green – Sixes & Sevens Bauhaus – Go Away White Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair Kills – Midnight Boom Mike Oldfield - Music Of The Spheres Moby – Last Night Neon Neon – Stainless Style Presidents Of The United States of America – These Are The Good Times People Rubies – Explode From The Centre Soft Cell - Heat : The Remixes Vincent Vincent And The Villains – Gospel Bombs The Vines – Best Of The Young Knives – Super Abundance Now 69 March 17th: Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward Counting Crows - Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings The Grid – Doppelganger The Jesus & Mary Chain - The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4CD) Marina Topley-Bird – The Blue God Club Merz - Moi Et Mon Camion My Chemical Romance – Live Palladium – The Way Its Not Sonny J – Disastro Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Greatest Hits The Sword - God's Of The Earth Teenagers – Reality Check We Are Scientists – Brain Thrust Mastery Yoav - Charmed & Strange Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008. 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