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This week: 3 new entries, 0 re-entering, 2 chart, 8 climbing, 2 not moving & 25 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 0 re-entering and 2 chart entries :

• 1 Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance - Wiv Me
• 3 Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted
• 30 (52 CH) Estelle - No Substitute Love
• 35 Jay-Z - 99 Problems
• 36 (41 CH) Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Nickelback - Rockstar
• 37 Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
• 36 Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
• 35 The Courteeners - No You Didn't, No You Don't
• 16 Glasvegas - Geraldine

8 climbing :

• 6 (11) Ironik - Stay With Me
• 15 (24) The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go
• 18 (25) Madonna - Give It 2 Me
• 21 (23) Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy
• 22 (31) MGMT - Electric Feel
• 23 (34) Freemasons feat. Katherine Ellis - When You Touch Me
• 26 (27) Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer - Beat It
• 37 (38) Chris Brown - With You

2 not moving :

• 10 Busta Rhymes Feat. Linkin Park - We Made It
• 28 Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain - Low

and 25 going down.

Big fallers include:

• 24 (13) Jonas Brothers - SOS
• 39 (33) Weezer - Pork And Beans

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 46 Kid Rock - All Summer Long
• 47 Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried
• 54 Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
• 61 Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

One Republic: Stop And Stare [Dreaming Out Loud] 66 (59) One Republic - Stop And Stare Stop and Bore, morelike. Gordon Bennett, this tedious rubbish never seems to end. Click here to see the video

Mint Royale; Singin in the Rain [Pop is...] 34 (17) Mint Royale - Singin in the Rain *2nd Week at No.1* Excellent track, as it was when it was originally released in 2005. It's a funky remix of the Gene Kelly version of the song, as used in a car advert also in 2005. Back then, it only made No.20, but this time it's reached No.1 as it was the track used for the winner of Britain's Got Talent. Click here for the video

Duffy: Mercy [Rockferry] 33 (32) Duffy - Mercy They say she's the new Dusty Springfield but it certainly doesn't work for me.

Coldplay: Violet Hill [Viva La Vida...] 32 (21) 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

Estelle & Kanye West: American Boy [Shine] 21 (23) 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

Madonna: 4 Minutes [Hard Candy] 17 (14) 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

Sam Sparro: Black & Gold [Sam Sparro] 14 (12) 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

The Ting Tings: That's Not My Name [We Started Nothing] 13 (8) The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name Very mediocre. Click here for the video

Gabriella Cilmi: Sweet About Me [Lessons To Be Learned] 9 (7) 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

Rihanna: Take A Bow [Good Girl Gone Bad] 8 (5) Rihanna - Take A Bow YAWN! What a tedious ballad! Click here for the video

Coldplay: Viva La Vida [Viva La Vida...] 7 (2) Coldplay - Viva La Vida *1st Week at No.1* Yaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn! What a bunch of pompous, stuck-up arseholes!

Ne-Yo: Closer [Year of the Gentleman] 2 (1) Ne-Yo - Closer Predictable and uninteresting. Click here for the video

Dizzee Rascal: Dance Wiv Me 1 Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me *1st Week at No.1* This track made No.1 based on downloads alone, but it's rather mediocre and doesn't deserve the top slot. Click here for the video

New releases :

Sharleen Spiteri: All The Times I Cried [Melody]

July 7th:

Annie – I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me
Attic Lights - Bring You Down
Basshunter – All I Ever Wanted
Blakes - Don’t Want That Now
Cajun Dance Party - The Colourful Life
Christopher D Ashley - Sugar Coated Lies (12”)
The Displacements – Down & Out
Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me
The Feeling – Turn It Up
Funeral For A Friend - Waterfront Dance Club
Kid Rock – All Summer Long
Kitty Daisy & Lewis - Going Up The Country
Kooks – Shine On
Last Shadow Puppets – Standing Next To Me
Laura Critchley - Today's Another Day
Madonna – Give It 2 Me
Make Model – Just Another Folk Song
Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful Of Sunshine
Natasha Panas – Kennington
N.E.R.D – Everybody Nose
One Night Only – You And Me
Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried
She & Him - This Is Not A Test
thecocknbullkid - On My Own Again
Those Dancing Days – Run Run
The Whip - Blackout
Wombats – Kill The Director

July 14th:

Avenged Sevenfold – Dear God
Bob Sinclar presents Fireball – What I Want
CSS - Left Behind
The Cure – tba [Sun 13th]
Def Leppard –C’mon C’mon
Echo & The Bunnymen - Think I Need It Too
Ed Zealous – Pretty Face
Hot Chip – Touch Too Much
Jack McManus - You Think I Don't Care
Jordin Sparks feat Chris Brown – No Air
The Little Ones - Morning Tide
McFly – One For The Radio
Melee - Built To Last
Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan / Trick For Treat
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
Primal Scream – Can’t Go Back
Rifles – I Could Never Lie
Sam Beeton – What You Look For
Sergeant – Sunshine
The Strange Death Of Liberal England – Angelou (7”) [Limited]
Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go

July 21st:

Captain – Echoes Of Fashion
Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire
Death Cab For Cutie – Cath (7”)
Delays – Keep It Simple
Doug Walker – Obstacles
Gavin Degraw – In Love With A Girl
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
Noah & The Whale – 5 Years Time
Roisin Murphy - Movie Star
Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life
Usher - Moving Mountains

July 28th:

Bromheads Jacket - Speaker Box
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Letter From God To Man
Johnny Flynn – Brown Trout Blues
Late Of The Pier – Heartbeat Flicker
Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
The Saturdays - If This Is Love
The Script – The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Aug 4th:

Ashlee Simpson – Little Miss Obsessive
David Jordan – Set The Mood
Jay Sean – Stay
Kelly Rowland – Broken

TBA:

Albert Hammond Jr - GfC
Alex C feat Y-Ass - The Sweetest Ass In The World
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Asa – Jailer
The Automatic – Steve McQueen [18th Aug]
Beat Players feat Lara McAllen - Piece Of Heaven
Biffy Clyro - Teeth Or Mountains [25th Aug]
Black Affair – Japanese Happening [Jun]
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Boyzone – We Can't Stop Thinking About You [Sep]
Britney Spears – Radar
Bryn Christopher – Smilin’ [18th Aug]
Cascada - Because The Night
Champagne Riot – Paris & I (EP)
Christian Silva - Great To Begin
Coheed & Cambria – Feathers
The Cure – tba [13th Aug]
Daniel Merriweather – Chainsaw (12”)
David Guetta feat Tara McDonald – Delirious
David Rubato - Deep Inside
DC Roc - Buffalo Stance
Dirty Pretty Things – Plastic Hearts [1st Sep]
DJ NG feat Katy B & MC Versatile – Tell Me
Duffy – Serious [25th Aug]
Duran Duran – Skin Divers
Eric Prydz - Pjanno
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Example – Me & Mandy
Eye Witness feat Charlene Oliver – I’ve Never Been To Me
Frankmusik - In Step
Gabriella Cilmi - Save The Lies [11th Aug]
Grammatics - New Franchise
The Great Northwestern Hoboes – tba [Jun]
Gutter Twins - God's Children [11th Aug]
Hamfatter - Do Something Stupid Tonight
Herve – Cheap Thrills [Jun]
Janet Jackson – Luv
Jem – It’s Amazing
Jerry Ropero feat Cozi - The Storm
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lucio Starts Fires [18th Aug]
Junkie XL – Cities Of Dust
K-Klass – Getting Ready
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
Kirsty Hawkshaw Vs Kinky Roland - Fine Day 2008
KLM Music feat Coco Star - I Need A Miracle
Kristine W – The Boss
Lady Gaga feat Akon & Colby O’Donis - Just Dance [Aug]
Lily Allen - Everyone's At It
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me [Jun]
LoveShy - Gotta Love For U
Malakai – Snowflake
Manda Rin - DNA
Meck feat Dino – So Strong
Mihai – Tornero [Jun]
Minnie Driver – Beloved
Missy Elliott – Best Best
Moby – Ooh Yeah
Mogwai – Batcat [8th Sep]
Mystery Jets – Half In Love With Elizabeth [25th Aug]
Neils Children - What Am I Supposed To Do?
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
The Revelations – Its You
Rickrollerz – Never Gonna Give You Up
Rihanna – Rehab [11th Aug]
Rooney – I Should’ve Been After You
Rubies - Stand In A Line
Same Difference – Breaking Free
Sash! feat Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times '08
Seal – The Right Life
Sean Kingston feat Juelz Santana and Ιlan Of The D.E.Y. - There's Nothing
Sergey – Girlfriend
Sergio Mendes feat Fergie - The Look Of Love
The Streets - The Escapist
SugaRush Beat Company - They Said I Said [11th Aug]
Toyah – Sensational
Will Young – Changes

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

David Bowie: Live Santa Monica '72 This week there are new entries for : 8 Seth Lakeman - Poor Man's Heaven 12 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Is Dead! 14 Eddy Grant - Very Best Of 17 The Subways - All Or Nothing 35 Dirty Pretty Things - Romance At Short Notice 39 G Unit - Tos 61 David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 66 Original Cast Recording - Mamma Mia 67 Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood/Aha Shake

Coldplay: Viva La Vida... The top 10 goes like this : 1 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 2 Duffy - Rockferry 3 Chris Brown - Exclusive 4 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark 5 Darren Styles - Sky Divin' 6 The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing 7 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black: The Deluxe Edition 8 Seth Lakeman - Poor Man's Heaven 9 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 10 Neil Diamond - The Best Of

New releases :

Paul Heaton: The Cross Eyed Rambler July 7th: Albert Hammond Jr - Como Te Llama Apache - Boomtown Gems Biffy Clyro - Singles 2001-2005 Black Ghosts – Black Ghosts Black Kids – Partie Traumatic The Bug – London Zoo Busta Rhymes – Blessed Circuits – Bright As Midnight Corrections – Repeat After Me The Dodos – Visiter The Game - L.A.X. (Los Angeles Times) Leila - Bloods Looms and Blooms Patti Smith and Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea Paul Heaton - The Cross Eyed Rambler Ratatat – LP3 Robin Thicke – Somethin’ Else Stone Gods - Silver Spoons Sugars – The Curse Of The Sugars Tricky - Knowle West Boy July 14th: Andy Yorke – Simple Black Affair - Pleasure Pressure Point Blakes – The Blakes Bobby Digital – Digi Snax The Hold Steady – Stay Positive Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things Micah P Hinson - The Red Empire Orchestra Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful Of Sunshine Natty – Man Like I Pop Levi - Never Never Love Sharleen Spiteri – Melody She And Him – Volume One Soil & Pimp Sessions – Album 3 Thomas White - I Dream Of Black Walter Becker - Circus Money July 21st: Candlebox - Into The Sun Carla Bruni - Comme Si De Rien N'Etait CSS – Donkey The Little Ones - Morning Tide McFly – Radioactive Melee – Devils & Angels Primal Scream – Beautiful Future Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul XX Teens – Welcome To Goon Island Now 70 July 28th: Charlatans - The Best Of The BBC Recordings 1999-2006 Dandy Warhols - Earth To Dandy Warhols Dinosaur Jr - Hand It Over Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two Gavin Degraw – Gavin Degraw Ida Maria – Fortress Around My Heart Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong Kitty Daisy & Lewis - Kitty Daisy & Lewis Sam Beeton – tba Simian Mobile Disco – Sample And Hold Aug 4th: Ali Eskandarian – Nothing To Say Captain – Distraction Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst Late Of The Pier – Fantasy Black Channel Noah & The Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down Pussycat Dolls – To Those Who Wait The Splendour – The Best Way To Make Money 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