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This week: 4 new entries, 1 re-entering, 1 chart, 15 climbing, 3 not moving & 16 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 :

• 23 Alphabeat - Ten Thousand Nights
• 27 The Fratellis - Mistress Mabel
• 28 The Zutons - Always Right Behind You
• 33 The Ting Tings - Great DJ
• 34 (54 CH) Gusto Disco's - Revenge 2008
• 36 (71 RE) Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer

so the following dropped out :

• 38 Britney Spears - Break The Ice
• 36 The Hoosiers - Cops And Robbers
• 33 The Script - We Cry
• 31 The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be
• 28 Adele - Cold Shoulder
• 27 Santogold - LES Artistes

15 climbing :

• 1 (2) Rihanna - Take A Bow
• 5 (6) Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
• 7 (13) Duffy - Warwick Avenue
• 9 (10) September - Cry For You
• 12 (24) Ne-Yo - Closer
• 14 (16) Nelly & Fergie - Party People
• 16 (23) Sara Bareilles - Love Song
• 17 (20) Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat
• 18 (19) Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
• 19 (30) Taio Cruz - I Can Be
• 20 (21) Chris Brown - With You
• 24 (26) Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)
• 31 (40) Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer - Beat It
• 35 (37) Utah Saints - Something Good 08
• 38 (39) Lil' Wayne - Lollipop

3 not moving :

• 3 Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
• 4 Will.I.Am feat. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker
• 22 Alphabeat - Fascination

and 24 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 25 (15) Kelly Rowland feat. Travis McCoy - Daylight
• 30 (14) The Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 49 The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go
• 51 Flo Rida feat. Timbaland - Elevator
• 56 Mariah Carey - Bye Bye
• 60 Kristen - Defying Gravity
• 62 Kids In Glass Houses - Give Me What I Want
• 65 The Futureheads - Radio Heart
• 67 Andy Abraham - Even If

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

One Republic: Stop And Stare [Dreaming Out Loud] 40 (32) One Republic - Stop And Stare Stop and Bore, morelike. Gordon Bennett, this tedious rubbish never seems to end. Click here to see the video

Leona Lewis - Better In Time/ Footprints In The Sand [Spirit] 37 (29) Leona Lewis - Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand A new single for the X-Factor winner and one that missed out on the No.1 slot.

Duffy: Mercy [Rockferry] 21 (18) Duffy - Mercy They say she's the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn't work for me.

Gabriella Cilmi: Sweet About Me [Lessons To Be Learned] 18 (19) Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Quite a decent, jaunty little track and one that sounds like an old Motown tune. Click here to see the video

Estelle & Kanye West: American Boy [Shine] 11 (9) Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn't missed and I can't see what the big deal is. Click here for the video

Coldplay: Violet Hill [Viva La Vida...] 10 (8) Coldplay - Violet Hill Well, it was free so I downloaded it. Given how their music's gone in the last few years, it's true that you get what you pay for(!) Click here for the video

Sam Sparro: Black & Gold [Sam Sparro] 5 (6) Sam Sparro - Black & Gold Funky as hell, this is a wonderful piece of music and the kind of thing that, when it does get released, normally gets overlooked, but here it's all paying off in spades. I've never heard of Sam Sparro before, but here's hoping we hear a lot more from him in the near future. Click here for the video

Madonna: 4 Minutes [Hard Candy] 3 (3) Madonna & Justin - 4 Minutes *4th Week at No.1* Apparently this first entered at No.72 and dropped out. It wasn't missed and I can't see what the big deal is. Click here for the video

The Ting Tings: That's Not My Name [We Started Nothing] 2 (1) The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name Very mediocre. Click here for the video

Rihanna: Take A Bow [Good Girl Gone Bad] 1 (2) Rihanna - Take A Bow *1st Week at No.1* YAWN! What a tedious ballad! Click here for the video

New releases :

Taio Cruz: I Can Be [Departure]

May 26th:

Alanis Morissette – Underneath
Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights
BWO - Give Me The Night
Daniel Merriweather – Chainsaw
DJ Disciple - Work It Out
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Flo Rida feat Timbaland – Elevator
Foals – Red Sox Pugie
Fratellis – Mistress Mabel
Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood (7”)
Go Audio - Made Up Stories
Guillemots – Falling Out Of Reach
Hot Club De Paris – Hey Housebrick
Hot Puppies - Somewhere
Jaymay – Ill Willed Person
Joseph Arthur - Vagabond Skies (EP)
Land Of Talk – Young Bridge
Lights And Sounds - By The City Lights (7”)
Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone
Magic Wands – Black Magic (7”)
Nickelback – Photograph
Oh Laura – Release Me
Paul Weller – Echoes Round The Sun
Red Light Company - With Lights Out [Limited]
Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl
Sonny J – Hands Free
Speck Mountain - Blood Is Clean / Blackside
The Splendour - Audio
Taio Cruz feat Estelle – I Can Be
Urbnri – Back Me Up
Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps
Zutons – Always Right Behind You

June 2nd:

Alicia Keys - Teenage Love Affair
Billiam - My Generation
Duran Duran – Skin Divers
Elbow – One Day Like This
Estelle – Substitute Love
Feeder - We Are The People
Iron And Wine - Lovesong Of The Buzzard
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jeremy Warmsley - The Boat Song / Temptation (7”)
Jesse McCartney – Leavin’
Joan As Police Woman – To Be Loved (7”) [Limited]
Kat DeLuna feat Busta Rhymes – Run The Show
Lil Wayne – Lollipop
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
Little Man Tate - What Your Boyfriend Said
Magnetic Fields - Please Stop Dancing
Melee - Built To Last
Metros - Last Of The Lookers
Missy Elliott – Best Best
Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down
OneRepublic – Say (All I Need)
Panic At The Disco - That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
The Rascals - Freakbeat Phantom
REM – Hollow Man
Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad - Cola Coka (7”)[Limited]
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Subways – Alright
Sugars – Black Friday
SugaRush Beat Company - L-O-V-E
Tinchy Stryder - Stryder Man
We Are Scientists – Chick Lit
Weezer - Pork And Beans

June 9th:

Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Annie – Girlfriend
Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
Captain Black – Sister (7”)
Craig David – Officially Yours
Denise Lopez – Don’t You Wanna Be Mine
The Duke Spirit - My Sunken Treasure
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
The Music – Strength In Numbers
Presets - This Boy's In Love
Ricki-Lee – U Wanna Little Of This
Secret Handshake – Summer of 98

June 16th:

Ava Leigh – Mad About The Boy
Blood Red Shoes – This Is Not For You
Bobby Digital - You Can't Stop Me Now
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
Maybes? – Boys

June 23rd:

Black Kids – Hurricane Jane
Courteeners – No You Didn’t No You Don’t
Doug Walker – Obstacles
Kooks – Sway
Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried

TBA:

Akala – Comedy Tragedy History
Akon – I Can’t Wait
Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela & Fallon – Nightwatcher (Show Me) [30th Jun]
Alex C feat Y-Ass - The Sweetest Ass In The World
Aly & AJ – Like Whoa
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Apocalyptica – SOS (Anything But Love)
Audio Bullys - Gimme That Punk
Basshunter – Please Don’t Go
Beat Players feat Lara McAllen - Piece Of Heaven
Black Affair - It's Real [Apr]
Black Affair – Japanese Happening [Jun]
Bob Sinclar presents Fireball – What I Want [14th Jul]
Boyzone – tba
Busta Rhymes & Linkin Park – We Made It
Cassie – Is It You
Christian Silva - Great To Begin
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
Coldplay – 42
David Guetta feat Tara McDonald – Delirious
David Rubato - Deep Inside
DC Roc - Buffalo Stance
Def Leppard feat Tim McGraw – Nine Lives [Apr]
DJ NG feat Katy B & MC Versatile – Tell Me
Donna Summer – I’m A Fire [30th Jun]
Eric Prydz - Pjanno
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Example – Me & Mandy
Filly - Sweat (The Drip Drop Song)
Frankmusik - In Step
Gabriella Cilmi - Save The Lies
Grammatics - New Franchise
The Great Northwestern Hoboes – tba [Jun]
Herve – Cheap Thrills [Jun]
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked [28th Jul]
Ivy Rise – Disguise [30th Jun]
J Majik & Wickaman presents Kathy Brown – Crazy World
Janet Jackson – Luv
Jonas Brothers - SOS [Jun]
Jordin Sparks feat Chris Brown – No Air
Joseph Arthur – tba (EP) [30th Jun]
Kenna - Say Goodbye To Love [Jul]
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down
Keyshia Cole feat Missy Elliott & Lil Kim – Let It Go
The Kic Pimpz – No Stopping Us
The Kills - Last Day of Magic
Kirsty Hawkshaw Vs Kinky Roland - Fine Day 2008
KLM Music feat Coco Star - I Need A Miracle
Kristine W – The Boss
Kush – Wanna Be Your Girl [May]
Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning [30th Jun]
Late Of The Pier – Heartbeat Flicker [28th Jul]
Lily Allen - Everyone's At It
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me [Jun]
Mac Project feat Therese – Another Love
Malakai – Snowflake
Manda Rin - DNA
Maroon 5 - Goodnight Goodnight
McFly – tba [14th Jul]
MGMT - Electric Feel
Mihai – Tornero [May/Jun]
Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You
N-Force v Darren Styles - Right By Your Side
Nate James - Choke / Back To You
Ne-Yo - Closer
Neils Children - What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly feat Fergie – Party People
Nono feat Huski - Three More Days
Palladium – White Lady
Peyton – A Higher Place ‘08
Poppy & The Jezebels – UFO (7”)
Private - Crucify My Heart
Pulse – tba
Red Blooded Women – You Made Your Bed
Roisin Murphy - Movie Star
Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
Rubies - Stand In A Line
Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It? [May]
Same Difference – Breaking Free
Sash! feat Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times '08
The Saturdays - If This Is Love [May]
Scarlet BLONDE - There Is No Black & White [May]
The Script – The Man Who Can't Be Moved [28th Jul]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Girlfriend [Apr]
Sergio Mendes feat Fergie - The Look Of Love
Sheryl Crow – Out Of Our Heads
Supafly Inc – Be Together
Toyah – Sensational
Will Young – Changes
Yeti – tba (7”)[Limited]

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Beth Rowley: Little Dreamer This week there are new entries for : 1 The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing 6 Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer 8 Neil Diamond - The Best Of 9 Cistercian Monks Chant - Music For Paradise 11 The Osmonds - The Very Best Of 18 Mick Hucknall - Tribute To Bobby 37 Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop And Roll 54 Sparks - Exotic Creatures Of The Deep 64 Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head 67 Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In The Rain: Very Best Of

The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing The top 10 goes like this : 1 The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing 2 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark 3 Duffy - Rockferry 4 Scooter - Jumping All Over The World 5 Pendulum - In Silico 6 Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer 7 Madonna - Hard Candy 8 Neil Diamond - The Best Of 9 Cistercian Monks Chant - Music For Paradise (Halo 3) 10 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls

New releases :

John Hiatt: Same Old Man May 26th: 36 Crazyfists - The Tide And Its Takers Andy Abraham – Even If Futureheads – This Is Not The World The Herbaliser - Same As It Never Was Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – tba John Hiatt - Same Old Man Johnny Flynn - A Larum Kids In Glass Houses – Smart Casual Malakai - Ugly Side Of Love Pigeon Detectives – Emergency P.O.D. - When Angels & Serpents Dance Sandi Thom – Pink And The Lily Sennen - Where The Light Gets In Spiritualized – Songs In A&E Usher – Here I Stand Wedding Present - El Rey Zombies - The Zombies and Beyond June 2nd: Alanis Morissette - Flavours of Entanglement Alphabeat – This Is Alphabeat Babyshambles - Oh What A Lovely Tour Don Henley – Very Best Of Dr John - City That Care Forgot Dresden Dolls - No Virginia Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust Ladytron – Velocifero Lazenby – The Loft Years Lykke Li – Youth Novels Mark Morriss - Memory Muscle Mattafix – Rhythm & Hymns My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges Oh Laura – A Song Inside My Head A Demon In My Bed Opeth – Watershed Oppenheimer - Take The Whole Mid-Range And Boost It Paul Weller – 22 Dreams Radiohead – The Best Of Royworld – Man In The Machine Semifinalists – 2 Sonny J – Disastro Will Martin – A New World Zutons – You Can Do Anything June 9th: Ashanti - The Declaration BWO - Pandemonium - The Singles Collection Cortes - When You Say You Love Me Doug Walker – Fear Together Fratellis – Here We Stand Jason Mraz - We Sing We Dance We Steal Things Jesse McCartney – Departure Joan As Police Woman – To Survive Kid Carpet – Casino Royale Rascals - Rascalize The Twilight Sad – Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did Will Hoge - Draw The Curtains June 16th: A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea Busta Rhymes – I’m Blessed Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends Feeder - Silent Cry Helicopter Girl – Metropolitan Hot Club De Paris – Live At Dead Lake Infadels – Universe In Reverse Missy Elliott – Phenomenal The Music – Strength In Numbers Sara Bareilles – Little Voice Subways – All Or Nothing Sugars – The Curse Of The Sugars Weezer – Weezer X-Press 2 - Raise Your Hands: Best Of June 23rd: Albert Hammond Jr - Como Te Llama Camper Van Beethoven - Popular Songs Donna Summer – Crayons Durutti Column - Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness The Game - L.A.X. (Los Angeles Times) Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman Nelly – Brass Knuckles Presets – Apocalypso White Denim – Workout Holiday Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2008. [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