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This week: 4 new entries, 1 chart, 1 re-entering, 8 climbing, 2 not moving & 24 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...

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

• 39 (49 RE) Robyn With Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
• 31 (56 CH) Kelly Rowland - Work
• 30 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
• 24 Madness - NW5
• 20 The Courteeners - What Took You So Long
• 2 Adele - Chasing Pavements

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Shayne Ward - Breathless
• 39 Mika - Happy Ending
• 38 Kanye West - Stronger
• 35 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts
• 31 British Sea Power - Waving Flags
• 25 Oystar - I Fought The Lloyds

8 climbing :

• 4 (7) Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos - Superstar
• 5 (6) Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
• 8 (10) Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
• 9 (14) Kanye West - Homecoming
• 10 (23) Robyn - Be Mine
• 12 (13) Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie
• 13 (37) The Wombats - Moving To New York
• 27 (29) Kylie Minogue - Wow

2 not moving :

• 1 Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theos - Now You're Gone
• 19 Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush

  and 24 going down.

Big fallers include:

• None

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 51 Mary J Blige - Just Fine
• 56 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
• 60 Jack Johnson - If I Had Eyes
• 72 Lightspeed Champion - Tell Me What It's Worth

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

Oystar: I Fought The Lloyds (outside the 75) Oystar - I Fought The Lloyds To the tune of The Clash's "I Fought The Law", this goes, "I Fought The Lloyds, and The Lloyds Lost" which is getting at all those banks that want to charge excess fees for a standard bank account when it's been free for the last 20 years or so. This is an excellent song! This is the only time I've thought bank charges should go higher... in that, this song about them should go higher in the charts :) I hope this band put their royalties to good use... Click here to see the video

Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts [X] 49 (35) 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] 26 (21) 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 (24) 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] 22 (17) 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] 16 (11) 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 *2nd Week at No.1* Total crap. Click here to see the video

New releases :

Siouxsie: About To Happen [Mantaray]

January 21st:

Adele – Chasing Pavements
Alter Bridge – Ties That Bind
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
BWO – Sunshine In The Rain
Cass McCombs – That’s That (7”)
Das Pop – Fool For Love
Jay Sean - Ride It
Jennifer Lopez – Hold It Don’t Drop It
Jubilee - Rebel Hiss
Kid Sister feat Kanye West – Pro Nails
Kings Have Long Arms feat Candie Payne – Big Umbrella (7”) [Limited]
The Little Ones – Ordinary Song
Noah & The Whale – 2 Bodies 1 Heart (7”)
Paula De Anda feat The Dey – Walk Away
Siouxsie - About To Happen (7”)
These New Puritans – Elvis
Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix) (12”)
Tim Deluxe – You Got Tha Touch (12”)
Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps

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 :

British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music This week there are new entries for : 10 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music 34 Neil Diamond - The Essential 55 The Maccabees - Colour It In: Special Edition

Scouting For Girls: Scouting For Girls The top 10 goes like this : 1 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 2 Amy McDonald - This is the Life 3 Take That - Beautiful World 4 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 5 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 6 Radiohead - In Rainbows 7 Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion 8 The Hoosiers - The Trick To Life 9 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 10 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music

New releases :

Eels: Meet The Eels: Essential 1996-2006 January 21st: Adrian Crowley - Long Distance Swimmer Barbara Dickson - Time & Tide Black Mountain - In The Future Boogaloo Stu - Enough About You...Let's Talk About Me Cat Power – Jukebox Charlottefield - What Are Friends For Chris Bathgate – A Cork Tale Wake Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark Eels – Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1: 1996-2006 Eels – Useless Trinkets Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge Lupe Fiasco – The Cool Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights Susumu Yokota – Love Or Die 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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