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Posted by: Bumblebrë 30th September 2022, 10:24 PM

(I don't have a fancy graphic for the OP like there was for the previous thread, if anyone would like to make one I can edit it in here )

So, as I've been teasing for a few months, now that we finally caught up with listening back to every UK #1 single, it's time to rewind the clock back to 22nd July 1956 when Frank Sinatra topped the first ever UK Albums Chart with his 10th album 'Songs For Swingin' Lovers!', and time for a wild ride through the 1,292* and counting collections of tunes that have topped the chart since then, with yours truly taking over as your host to give Julian a well deserved break

Now I expect most people who will be interested in this were already part of the usual crew from the #1 singles sessions so will know roughly how I plan to do this but we're a friendly bunch and open to anyone new who wants to join so don't be put off, and for the unititiated here's how these sessions are going to work:

- Firstly, to address the obvious question, we're obviously not going to be listening to all of the UK #1 albums in full - we do want this to end at some point Instead we shall just be listening to one carefully curated song to represent each album. That will be the song that has the highest play count on Spotify, excluding any songs that charted at either #1 or #2 in the singles chart (to avoid repeating songs from the #1 singles sessions and from the planned future #2 sessions).

- We'll congregate together on SyncTube, a website that allows us to all watch videos from YouTube in sync with each other. The site also has a live chat box so we can discuss the songs as they play and any other relevant or indeed irrelevant side chatter. In the previous sessions the link for the room changed every week but SyncTube has recently started allowing the creation of permanent rooms so I have set one of those up to avoid having to post a new link every week! (Feel free to bookmark it, but failing that, there'll always be a link here in this OP... https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6).

- Unless there is a mass revolt demanding a change in the schedule I plan to just continue in the same timeslot as the #1 singles sessions were in as that seemed to work well enough for most, that is 4-7pm on Sundays. Regulars will be aware that I have a bad habit of being absent for the start of the sessions due to my questionable time management skills, now that I actually have the responsibility of hosting I will try my utmost to make sure I stick to the schedule but hopefully it shouldn't ever start more than about 15 minutes late.

- With the list of #1 albums being slightly less ubiquitous than that of the #1 singles, and the song choices not necessarily always being predictable, I'm going to keep the tracklists for the sessions a secret at first for the element of surprise although I will post them in the thread for documentation after each session wraps up. You can just peek the playlist on SyncTube for spoilers, or look up yourself what songs will be upcoming, but where's the fun in that.

*according to Wikipedia, I'm unsure if this number includes any questionable double counting this time x

Posted by: Bumblebrë 30th September 2022, 10:31 PM

Planning to kick off on Sunday - and for haters of 1950s music you'll be pleased to know there won't be much of it, and in fact we should be ploughing deep into the 60s in the very first session as the early days of the albums chart were characterised primarily by just a small handful of #1s hogging the top spot for very long periods of time (specifically looking at you South Pacific holding down the #1 spot for the entirety of 1959). Of course that doesn't last forever and some of the more recent years may take up an entire session by themselves! But anyway, under the assumption that 3 hours of music is roughly 45 songs, it appears that'll take us from the inaugural album chart in 1956 all the way up to circa 1966(!)

I'll probably continue the tradition of playing a few bonus songs at the end of the sessions as well although not totally decided on what criteria to base those choices on yet, we'll see, open to any suggestions I suppose! (I am in mind to play an extra song from South Pacific this time so there is some representation for 1959 for one thing )

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 30th September 2022, 10:34 PM

Very much looking forward to a brand new marathon with you all again

Posted by: jimwatts 30th September 2022, 10:50 PM

It's happening! Looking forward to this and hearing plenty of songs I've not heard before as well as some old classics!

Posted by: Chez Wombat 30th September 2022, 10:55 PM

Ooh yes, this should be wonderful *. I look forward to the choices, especially in recent years where we'd have quite an eclectic mix

I would've probably listened to a few of these as part of my album bucket list so I'd be interested to revisit them!

Posted by: JulianT 30th September 2022, 11:27 PM

Unfortunately I’m going to Sardinia from tomorrow to the 9th and assume I’ll miss both sessions. Will definitely catch up in my own time anyway.

Posted by: Dot Mirrorball 30th September 2022, 11:29 PM

Looking forward to this Bre, I should hopefully be able to make the first session or at least some of it.

Posted by: Bjork 1st October 2022, 05:35 AM

Great! Maybe for extras we could play albums that peaked at #2, like with the singles

I'll try to join as much as possible but pretty difficult for me, I'll probably only end up present like 25% of the time like with the singles but I'll try

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st October 2022, 08:58 AM

Looking forward to this. Sunday's bonuses, as well as an extra South Pacific track, could just be a few tracks from some of the albums kept off the top by SP's greed.

It will be interesting to see how far down the Spotify list you have to go for some albums, particularly Greatest Hits sets where some of the tracks may already have been played from their parent album. It's just as well compilations such as The Beatles' 1 also featured US number ones!

Posted by: WaspBrë 1st October 2022, 09:52 PM

I'm finally preparing the tracklist for tomorrow now and already running into issues with some of these albums not being on Spotify and whatnot oops but I'll do my best and make note of any song choices that I have had to compromise on!

Posted by: chartjack2 1st October 2022, 10:09 PM

I’m free tomorrow afternoon - so I’ll join you for the start

Posted by: King Rollo 1st October 2022, 11:05 PM

I'll be there.

Posted by: WaspBrë 2nd October 2022, 02:19 PM

We'll be kicking off on time for the first session miraculously!

I underestimated how short a lot of 50s/60s songs are (the 2 minute song trend is not a new thing it appears ) so we're actually going to be going even further into the 60s than I expected - in fact all the way up to January 1969!

If you're a fan of 50s musicals, Elvis and The Beatles you're in for a treat from 4pm https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

(should also give a fair warning that there was a certain TV show that was popular in the early 60s which produced 3 #1 albums that is... better left in the past, or preferably an alternate timeline where blackface was never considered acceptable mainstream light entertainment)

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 2nd October 2022, 02:32 PM

I’m so ready for the trip (quite literally in the latter years) of all The Beatles songs today

Posted by: WaspBrë 2nd October 2022, 10:31 PM

As promised here is the tracklist for the first week, covering our first 61 #1 albums. (This first session has already covered nearly 1/5 of the entire history of the albums chart time wise, but under 1/20 of the unique #1 albums )

Thanks everyone who turned up today, hooray for kicking off with such a high turnout and no technical hitches! I will aim to sort the playlist for next week in the next couple of days and will ask for suggestions for bonus tracks in here once I know what the timeframe for that will be (but I suspect there may have to be a Pink Floyd track for one).

1 Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers! // Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin
2 Carousel OST // Shirley Jones and Gordon Macrae - If I Loved You
3 Oklahoma! OST // Gordon Macrae - Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'
4 The King And I OST // Deborah Kerr, Marni Nixon and Yul Brynner - Shall We Dance?
5 Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock 'N Roll Stage Show // Bill Haley And His Comets - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
6 Elvis Presley - Rock 'N' Roll (aka Elvis Presley) // Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
7 High Society OST // Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly - True Love
8 Frank Sinatra - This Is Sinatra! // Frank Sinatra - I've Got The World On A String
9 Nat King Cole - Love Is The Thing // Nat King Cole - Stardust
10 Tommy Steele - The Tommy Steele Story // Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Water, Water
11 Elvis Presley - Loving You // Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
12 Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! // Frank Sinatra - The Lady Is A Tramp
13 Pal Joey OST // Rita Hayworth - Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered
14 The Duke Wore Jeans OST // Tommy Steele - Princess
15 My Fair Lady Cast - My Fair Lady // Julie Andrews and Philippa Bevans - I Could Have Danced All Night
16 Elvis Presley - King Creole // Elvis Presley - Trouble
17 South Pacific OST // Nellie Forbush and The Ken Darby Singers - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
18 Freddy Cannon - The Explosive Freddy Cannon // Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
19 Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back! // Elvis Presley - Fever
20 101 Strings - Down Drury Lane To Memory Lane // 101 Strings - Drury Lane To Broadway
21 Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues // Elvis Presley - Pocketful Of Rainbows
22 The George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show // The George Mitchell Minstrels - Leslie Stuart Melodies
23 The Shadows - The Shadows // The Shadows - Sleepwalk
24 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - 21 Today // Cliff Richard - How Wonderful To Know
25 The George Mitchell Minstrels - Another Black And White Minstrel Show // The George Mitchell Minstrels and Al Jolson - Alabamy Bound
26 Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii // Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii
27 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Young Ones // Cliff Richard - When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart
28 West Side Story OST // Betty Wand and George Chakiris - America
29 Elvis Presley - Pot Luck // Elvis Presley - Suspicion
30 Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk - The Best Of Ball, Barber & Bilk // Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Chimes Blues
31 The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows // The Shadows - Cosy
32 The George Mitchell Minstrels - On Stage With The George Mitchell Minstrels // The George Mitchell Minstrels - The Frog And The Mouse
33 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Summer Holiday // Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Dancing Shoes
34 The Beatles - Please Please Me // The Beatles - Twist And Shout
35 The Beatles - With The Beatles // The Beatles - All My Loving
36 The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones // The Rolling Stones - Route 66
37 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night // The Beatles - And I Love Her
38 The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
39 The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2 // The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
40 Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan // Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
41 Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home // Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man
42 The Sound Of Music OST // Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things
43 The Beatles - Help! // The Beatles - Yesterday
44 The Beatles - Rubber Soul // The Beatles - In My Life
45 The Rolling Stones - Aftermath // The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
46 The Beatles - Revolver // The Beatles - For No One
47 The Monkees - The Monkees // The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
48 The Monkees - More Of The Monkees // The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
49 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
50 Val Doonican - Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently // Val Doonican - Scarlet Ribbons
51 The Four Tops - Greatest Hits // The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
52 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Greatest Hits // The Supremes - When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
53 Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding // Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
54 Scott Walker - Scott 2 // Scott Walker - Jackie
55 Andy Williams - Love, Andy // Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
56 Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay // Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
57 Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake // Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
58 Tom Jones - Delilah // Tom Jones - My Elusive Dreams
59 Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends // Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
60 The Hollies - Hollies' Greatest // The Hollies - Bus Stop
61 The Beatles - The Beatles // The Beatles - Blackbird

I'm also keeping a running Google Sheet for these which includes my notes on which songs I skipped due to being top 2 hits / albums where I compromised on the song choice due to the albums not being on Spotify (in most cases I am just going with track 1 on these albums to avoid having to painstakingly look up the streams for every song, if the songs are even available separately, should be a safe bet for old greatest hits compilations at least). The link to that is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsQdcakTmF3d49L-QHhZQxn2SRqGtCYxay9x8UWJa_s/edit?usp=sharing but don't look at it before the sessions if you don't want to see spoilers.

A couple of those songs are highlighted in red because I am also also making a running Spotify playlist of all of the songs played here, the ones in red are not available on Spotify in any form (others were available on Spotify but not from the album they are assigned to above). Again avert gaze from the bottom of the list before the sessions to avoid spoilers. x

Posted by: WaspBrë 2nd October 2022, 10:36 PM

Also the bonus tracks this week were:

Sam Smith and Kim Petras - Unholy (opening song for continuity from the end of the #1 singles sessions)
Bloody Mary - Happy Talk (bonus South Pacific song for 1959 representation)
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (from #2 album Pet Sounds)
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (from #2 album Mary Poppins OST)
Coolio - C U When U Get There (feat. 40 Thevs) (RIP)

Posted by: Dot Mirrorball 2nd October 2022, 10:56 PM

Great session today Bre.

I actually made a great new discovery in Scott Walker's Jackie which i've been listening to since.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 2nd October 2022, 10:59 PM

I'm loving all of the effort to document this!

'Jackie' was a great discovery for me as well as 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake' by Small Faces.

Posted by: Bjork 3rd October 2022, 03:06 PM

I guess getting the album chart runs is no easy task? even only a top 40... maybe once we are past those albums with gigantic chart runs
Im pretty sure they had them at ukmix

Posted by: chartjack2 4th October 2022, 05:25 PM

Could you please play something from the first McCartney solo album as a bonus please next week, as that peaked at #2? I guess Maybe I’m Amazed is the most streamed?

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 5th October 2022, 09:27 AM

I guess it’s quite difficult to browse some of this stuff for albums. Is there any way of even finding a list of albums that peaked at #2?

Although if we each took a period of a few years and went through listing the #2s it wouldn’t take too long.

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 11:38 AM

Your wish is my command, Julian

Albums that peaked at #2 (1969-1973)

1969
Songs from a Room - Leonard Cohen
Elvis (NBC TV Special) - Elvis Presley
Tommy - The Who
My Way - Frank Sinatra
The World of Val Doonican - Val Doonican
This Is Tom Jones - Tom Jones
Elvis Sings Flaming Star - Elvis Presley
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vols 2) - The Rolling Stones
To Our Children’s Children’s Children - Yhe Moody Blues
1970
Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas - Tom Jones
Easy Rider - OST
Paint Your Wagon - OST
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Five Bridges - The Nice
Fire and Wafer - Free
On Stage, February 1970 - Elvis Presley
1971
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
Cry of Love - Jimi Hendrix
Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 - Various Artists
Hot Hits 8 - Various Artists
1972
Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
A Nod Is As Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse - Faces
We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers
American Pie - Don McLean
Slade Alive - Slade
Cherish - David Cassidy
Honky Chateau - Elton John
Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel
Catch Bull at Four - Cat Stevens
20 Star Tracks - Various Artists
22 Dynamic Hits Vol 2 - Various Artists
20 Fantastic Hits Vol 2 - Various Artists
1973
The Strauss Family - Cyril Ornadel / London Symphony Orchestra
Rock Me Baby - David Cassidy
Focus II (Moving Waves) - Focus
Touch Me - Gary Glitter
Living in the Material World - George Harrison
I’m a Writer, Not a Fighter - Gilbert O’Sullivsn
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Bursting at the Seams - Strawbs
1967-1970 (The Blue Album) - The Beatles
Now & Then - The Carpenters
Quadrophenia - The Who
20 Fantastic Hits from the 50s and 60s - Various Artists
Believe in Music - Vartious Artists

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 12:31 PM

1974-1978

1974
Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Silverbird - Leo Sayer
The Free Story - Free
Quo - Status Quo
It’s Only Rock N Roll - The Rolling Stones
David Essex - David Essex
David Live - David Bowie
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
1975
The Shirley Bassey Singles Album - Shirley Bassey
Young Americans - David Bowie
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - Rick Wakeman
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Greatest Hits - Cat Stevens
Favourites - Peters & Lee
1976
24 Original Hits - The Drifters
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles
Wings at the Speed of Sound - Wings
Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones
Live in London - John Denver
ChangesOneBowie - David Bowie
Forever and Ever - Demis Roussos
Laughter and Tears: The Best of Neil Sedaka Today
Diana Ross’ Greatest Hits 2 - Diana Ross
The Story of The Who - The Who
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
1977
Hotel California - Eagles
David Soul - David Soul
Low - David Bowie
Animals - Pink Floyd
20 Great Heartbreakers - Various Artists
Oxygene - Jean-Michel Jarre
No More Heroes - The Stranglers
Home On the Range - Slim Whitman
1978
Reflections - Andy Williams
Variations - Andrea Lloyd Webber
The Stud - OST
Black and White - The Stranglers
Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Street-Legal - Bob Dylan
20 Golden Greats - The Hollies
Images - Don Williams
Big Wheels of Motown - Various Artists
Emotions - Various Artists
Give ‘Em Enough Rope - The Clash
20 Golden Greats - Neil Diamond
Jazz - Queen
The Singles: 1974-1978 - The Carpenters

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 12:50 PM

1979-1983

1979
Midnight Hustle - Various Artists
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
C’est Chic - Chic
Country Life - Various Artists
Last the Whole Night Long: 50 Non Stop Party Greats - James Last
Black Rose - Thin Lizzy
Fate for Breakfast - Art Garfunkel
Do It Yourself - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan
20 Golden Greats - Diana Ross
1980
One Step Beyond - Madness
Get Happy - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Tell Me On a Sunday - Marti Webb
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John / ELO
Drama - Yes
Signing Off - UB40
Mounting Excitement - Various Artists
Absolutely - Madness
The River - Bruce Springsteen
Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder
Sound Affects - The Jam
Greatest Hits - Dr Hook
1981
Never Too Late - Status Quo
Face Dances - The Who
This Ole House - Shakin’ Stevens
Come an’ Get It - Whitesnake
Future Shock - Gillan
Living Ornaments ‘79 and ‘80 - Gary Numan
Anthem - Toyah
Present Arms - UB40
Secret Combination - Randy Crawford
Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
Super Hits 1 & 2 - Various Artists
Prince Charming - Adam & the Ants
1982
Hits Hits Hits - Various Artists
Pearls - Elkie Brooks
Dreaming - Various Artists
Star Trek - Various Artists
Pelican West - Haircut 100
Combat Rock - The Clash
Rio - Duran Duran
Three Sides Live - Genesis
Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant
Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
Upstairs at Eric’s - Yazoo
Chart Beat - Various Artists
The Kids from Fame Again - The Kids from Fame
Hello, I Must Be Going - Phil Collins
Dig the New Breed - The Jam
1983
Richard Clayderman - Richard Clayderman
Porcupine - Echo & the Bunnymen
Quick Step & Side Kick - Thompson Twins
Snap! - The Jam
Stages - Elaine Paige
Under a Blood Red Sky - U2

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 01:08 PM

1984-1988

1984
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
The Smiths - The Smiths
The Works - Queen
Cafe Bleu - The Style Council
Breaking Hearts - Elton John
Parade - Spandau Ballet
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
Diamond Life - Sade
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
The Woman in Red - Stevie Wonder / Dionne Warwick
Waking Up with the House on Fire - Culture Club
The Collection - Ultravox
Now! That’s What I Call Music 4 - Various Artists
1985
Hits Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
Dream into Action - Howard Jones
Out Now - Various Artists
All Through the Night - Aled Jones / BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
The Gift - Midge Ure
Live After Death - Iron Maiden
Afterburner - ZZ Top
Hits 3 - Various Artists
1986
Hunting High and Low - a-ha
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
Hits for Lovers - Various Artists
Love Zone - Billy Ocean
Picture Book - Simply Red
Into the Light - Chris de Burgh
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
The Seer - Big Country
The Final - Wham!
Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel a Richie
Break Every Rule - Tina Turner
Scoundrel Days - a-ha
Now Dance ‘’86: The 12’’ Mixes - Various Artists
1987
The Cost of Loving - The Style Council
The World Won’t Listen - The Smiths
Men and Women - Simply Red
Running in the Family - Level 42
Raindancing - Alison Moyet
Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega
Clutching at Straws - Marillion
Actually - Pet Shop Boys
Dancing with Strangers - Chris Rea
Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths
The Christians - The Christians
All the Best - Paul McCartney
Hits 7 - Various Artists
1988
Blow Up Your Video - AC/DC
Children - The Mission
The Best of OMD - OMD
Push - Bros
Stay on These Roads - a-ha
The First of a Million Kisses - Fairground Attraction
People - Hothouse Flowers
Idol Songs - Billy Idol
Hits 8 - Various Artists
Rank - The Smiths
Staring at the Sun - Level 42
Revolutions - Jean-Michell Jarre
Introspective - Pet Shop Boys

Posted by: Bjork 5th October 2022, 01:12 PM

wow thanks for that

aha being #2 with their first 3 albums!! PSB and Smiths had lots of #2s too

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 02:18 PM

1989-1993

1989
Living Years - Mike & the Mechanics
Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry
The Twelve Commandments of Dance - London Boys
Trash - Alice Cooper
Steel Wheels - The Rolling Stones
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Welcome to The Beautiful South - The Beautiful South
Holding Back the River - Wet Wet Wet
Affection - Lisa Stansfield
Jive Bunny - Jive Bunny
1990
Hangin’ Tough - New Kids on the Block
Journeyman - Eric Clapton
A Bit of What You Fancy - The Quireboys
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
Missing, Presumed Having a Good Time - The Notting Hillbilles
Violator - Depeche Mode
Life - Inspiral Carpets
Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits - Big Country
I’m Breathless - Madonna
Between the Lines - Jason Donovan
Summer Dreams - The Beach Boys
Blaze of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi
X - INXS
No Prayer for the Dying - Iron Maiden
Rocking All Over the Years - Status Quo
Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
Choke - The Beautiful South
Serious Hits Live - Phil Collins
Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
1991
All True Men - Alexander O’Neal
Into the Light - Gloria Estefan
Vagabond Heart - Rod Stewart
Joyride - Roxette
Real Life - Simple Minds
Gold Mother - James
The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 - The Waterboys
Time, Love & Tenderness - Michael Bolton
Electronic - Electronic
Fellow Hoodlums - Deacon Blue
Greatest Hits - The Jam
Use Your Illusion I - Guns N Roses
Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
Simply the Best - Prince
Achtung Baby - U2
1992
Seven - James
Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92 - Tears for Fears
Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
Live at Wembley ‘86 - Queen
Change Everything - Del Amitri
Angel Dust - Faith No More
The One - Elton John
Growing Up in Public - Jimmy Nail
Laughing on Judgement Day - Thunder
Tourism - Roxette
III Sides to Every a story - Exteme
Us - Peter Gabriel
Erotica - Madonna
Greatest Hits - Gloria Estefan
1993
Take That and Party - Take That
Unplugged - Eric Clapton
Connected - Stereo MCs
So Close - Dina Carroll
Dusk - The The
Star - Belly
Conscience - The Beloved
Ten Summoner’s Tales - Sting
Amazing Things - Runrig
Taxi - Bryan Ferry
Get a Grip - Aerosmith
Bang - World Party
Unplugged and Seated - Rod Stewart
Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
Levellers - Levellers
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
Elegant Strumming - M People
Vs. - Pearl Jam
The Red Shoes - Kate Bush
The Spaghetti Incident - Guns N Roses

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 5th October 2022, 02:20 PM

Amazing effort Ed x

As for this coming week, I’d be up for hearing a bit of Leonard Cohen or Jimi Hendrix.

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 5th October 2022, 02:35 PM

Ooh thank you for this, Ed!

This week, something from Dark Side of the Moon for sure (not sure what, it's one of those pieces where it's hard to separate individual highlights, Great Gig in the Sky would be a fun one ) and maybe My Way, given we've had to sit through a lot of average Sinatra songs thus far?

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 02:36 PM

1994-1998

1994
In Pieces - Garth Brooks
Brutal Youth - Elvis Costello
Give Out But Don’t Give Up - Primal Scream
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
The Glory of Gershwin - Larry Adler / Various Artists
Sleeps with Angels - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Twelve Deadly Cyns and Then Some - Cyndi Lauper
No Need to Argue - The Cranberries
The Return of the Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai
Bedtime Stories - Madonna
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 - Sting
Crocodile Shoes - Jimmy Nail
1995
Always & Forever - Eternal
Dummy - Portishead
Pan Pipe Moods - Free the Spirit
Good News from the Next World - Simple Minds
Post - Bjork
Alternative - Pet Shop Boys
One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits 1985-1995 - Michael Bolton
Design of a Decade 1986-1996 - Janet Jackson
Anthology 1 - The Beatles
1996
Boys for Pele - Tori Amos
Don’t Stop - Status Quo
Moseley Shoals - Ocean Colour Scene
To the Faithful Departed - The Cranberries
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
The Score - The Fugees
The Smurfs Go Pop - The Smurfs
Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai
Only Human - Dina Carroll
1997
Hits ‘97 Volume 1 - The Smurfs
Still Waters - Bee Gees
Lisa Stansfield - Lisa Stansfield
10 - Wet Wet Wet
In It for the Money - Supergrass
Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
Do It Yourself - The Seahorses
Timeless - Sarah Brightman
Destination Anywhere - Jon Bon Jovi
Heavy Soul - Paul Weller
Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
Backstreet’s Back - Backstreet Boys
Calling All Stations - Genesis
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
Portishead - Portishead
Fresco - M People
Postcards from Heaven - Lighthouse Family
Greatest Hits - Eternal
1998
All Saints - All Saints
When We Were the New Boys - Rod Stewart
Savage Garden - Savage Garden
Step One - Steps
The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo: The Star and the Wiseman - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
Up - REM
The Masterplan - Oasis
The Best of M People - M People

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 5th October 2022, 02:42 PM

QUOTE(Silence of the Wombats @ Oct 5 2022, 02:35 PM)

This week, something from Dark Side of the Moon for sure (not sure what, it's one of those pieces where it's hard to separate individual highlights, Great Gig in the Sky would be a fun one ) and maybe My Way, given we've had to sit through a lot of average Sinatra songs thus far?

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 02:58 PM

1999-2003

1999
Forgiven, Not Forgotten - The Corrs
Millennium - Backstreet Boys
Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
You, Me, & Us - Martine McCutcheon
Liquid Skin - Gomez
S Club - S Club 7
Millionaires - James
Us and Us Only - The Charlatans
Westlife - Westlife
Songs from the Last Century - George Michael
2000
Pieces in a Modern Style - William Orbit
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Heliocentric - Paul Weller
Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears
Light Years - Kylie Minogue
Painting It Red - The Beautiful South
Forever - Spice Girls
2001
J Lo - Jennifer Lopez
Not That Kind - Anastasia
Discovery - Daft Punk
Whoa, Nelly - Nelly Furtado
Know Your Enemy - Manic Street Preachers
All for You - Janet Jackson
One Wild Night Live 1985-2001 - Bon a Jovi
Devil’s Night - D12
The Very Best of Prince - Prince
Is This It - The Strokes
Wonderland - The Charlatans
Songs from the West Coast - Elton John
Love Is Here - Starsailor
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd
Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Madonna
Dreams Can Come True: Greatest Hits Vol 1 - Gabrielle
2002
Read My Lips - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Harry’s Bar - Gordon Haskell
Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection - Boyz II Men
Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morissette
Laundry Service - Shakira
Spin - Darren Hayes
C’mon C’mon - Sheryl Crow
The Platinum Collection - Queen
Nellyville - Nelly
Angels with Dirty Faces - Sugababes
Bounce - Bon Jovi
Forty Licks - The Rolling Stones
What My Heart Wants to Say - Gareth Gates
The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides - U2
2003
Missundaztood - Pink
Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield
Busted - Busted
Stripped - Christina Aguilera
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ - 50 Cent
Greatest Hits - Tom Jones
Home - Simply Red
Sound of the Underground - Girls Aloud
Best: Greatest Hits of S Club 7 - S Club 7
Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem
Dutty Rock - Sean Paul
Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
Silence Is Easy - Starsailor
Live at Knebworth - Robbie Williams
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Room on Fire - The Strokes
A Present for Everyone - Busted

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 04:11 PM

2004-2008

2004
Talkie Walkie - Air
The Best of LeAnn Rimes - LeAnn Rimes
You Are the Quarry - Morrissey
Borrowed Heaven - The Corrs
To the 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
Studio 150 - Paul Weller
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears
2005
Pushing the Senses - Feeder
Mezmerize - System of a Down
In Your Honour - Foo Fighters
Supernature - Goldfrapp
Late Registration - Kanye West
A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones
Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi
Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection - Take That
Keep On - Will Young
2006
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
The Back Room - Editors
Keys to the World - Richard Ashcroft
Inside In, Inside Out - The Kooks
The Voice: The Ultimate Collection - Russell Watson
The Impossible Dream - Andy Abraham
Collected - Massive Attack
Tired of Hanging Around - The Zutons
Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
The Singles - Feeder
Twelve Stops and Home - The Feeling
Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder - Fatboy Slim
Alright, Still - Lily Allen
Costello Music - The Fratellis
The Open Door - Evanescence
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Angelis - Angelis
Stop the Clocks - Oasis
Siempre - Il Divo
2007
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons
A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Everytime We Touch - Cascada
Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits - Elton John
Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park
Shock Value - Timbaland
Version - Mark Ronson
Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Buble
Send Away the Tigers - Manic Street Preachers
Release the Stars - Rufus Wainwright
Puzzle - Biffy Clyro
Lost Highway - Bon Jovi
My December - Kelly Clarkson
Our Love to Admire - Interpol
Curtis - 50 Cent
Picture - Katie Melua
Complete Collection - Eric Clapton
Still On Top: Greatest Hits - Van Morrison
Blackout - Britney Spears
Greatest Hits - Spice Girls
Breathless - Shayne Ward
2008
Raising Sand - Robert Plant / Alison Krauss
All the Right Reasons - Nickelback
Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp
Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
Haarp - Muse
Pretty Odd - Panic! At the Disco
Shine a Light - The Rolling Stones
Third - Portishead
In Silico - Pendulum
All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Year of the Gentleman - Neyo
Let It Go - Will Young
Off with Their Heads - Kaiser Chiefs
A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol
Decade in the Sun: Best of the Stereophonics - Stereophonics
Safe Trip Home - Dido
Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 04:36 PM

2009-2013

2009
I Am Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
The Annie Lennox Collection - Annie Lennox
Kingdom of Rust - Doves
Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode
Music for the People - The Enemy
Escala - Escala
Love & War - Daniel Merriweather
La Roux - La Roux
Catch 22 - Tinchy Stryder
One Love - David Guetta
Kings & Queens - Jamie T
I Am Chipmunk - Chipmunk
The Circle - Bon Jovi
Reality Killed the Video Star - Robbie Williams
Where We Are - Westlife
2010
Forever Vienna - Andrea Rieu / Johann Strauss Orchestra
Plastic Beach - Gorillaz
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 - Glee Cast
Everybody Wants to Be on TV - Scouting for Girls
Wake Up the Nation - Paul Weller
Raymond v. Raymond - Usher
The Dance - Faithless
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals - Glee Cast
Night Work - Scissor Sisters
Alive Till I’m Dead - Professor Green
Praise & Blame - Tom Jones
A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park
Record Collection - Mark Ronson
Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
Outta This World - JLS
Olly Murs - Olly Murs
2011
No Mor Idols - Chase & Status
Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
Who You Are - Jessie J
Build a Rocket Boys - Elbow
On a Mission - Katy B
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Let Them Talk - Hugh Laurie
Director’s Cut - Kate Bush
Classic - Joe McElderry
Nothing but the Beat - David Guetta
Letters - Matt Cardle
Jukebox - JLS
Up All Night - One Direction
2012
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
Lonely Are the Brave - Maverick Sabre
Electronic Earth - Labrinth
Love Is a Four Letter Word - Jason Mraz
Rise of the Fenix - Tenacious D
Driving Towards the Light - Joe Bonamassa
Fall to Grace - Paloma Faith
Life in a Beautiful Light - Amy MacDonald
A Million Lights - Cheryl Cole
Overexposed - Maroon 5
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Handwritten - The Gaslight Anthem
Beacon - Two Door Cinema Club
#3 - The Script
The Truth About Love - Pink
Uno - Green Day
The Abbey Road Sessions - Kylie Minogue
Magic of the Movies - Andre Rieu / Johann Strauss Orchestra
Merry Christmas, Baby - Rod Stewart
2013
Holy Fire - Foals
What About Now - Bon Jovi
Delta Machine - Depeche Mode
Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
Save Rock and Roll - Fall Out Boy
Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner
English Rain - Gabrielle Aplin
Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age
BE - Beady Eye
The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
Hotel Cabana - Naughty Boy
Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails
If You Wait - London Grammar
True - Avicii
Nothing Was the Same - Drake
The 20/20 Experience Vol 2 - Justin Timberlake
Brand New Machine - Chase & Status
Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam
Moon Landing - James Blunt
James Arthur - James Arthur
Since I Saw You Last - Gary Barlow

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 04:59 PM

2014-2018

2014
Beyonce - Beyonce
A Perfect Contradiction - Paloma Faith
Love in the Future - John Legend
Kiss Me Once - Kylie Minogue
Meet The Vamps - The Vamps
Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
Turn Blue - The Black Keys
Blue Smoke: The Best of Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton
The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
5 Seconds of Summer - 5 Seconds of Summer
Futurology - Manic Street Preachers
World Peace Is None of Your Business - Morrissey
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar - Robert Plant
Partners - Barbra Streisand
The Gray Chapter - Slipknot
Motion - Calvin Harris
Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
2015
American Beauty, American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
Rebel Heart - Madonna
Saturn’s Pattern - Paul Weller
English Graffiti - The Vaccines
Act Two - Collabro
My Love Is Cool - Wolf Alice
The Long Way Home - Krept & Konan
Blood - Lianne La Havas
Positive Songs for Negative People - Frank Turner
That’s the Spirit - Bring Me the Horizon
Honeymoon - Lana Del Rey
Music Complete - New Order
Get Up - Bryan Adams
Another Country - Rod Stewart
Get Weird - Little Mix
Purpose - Justin Bieber
2016
Girl at the End of the World - James
Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham
The Very Best of Prince - Prince
Konnichiwa - Skepta
Wrong Crowd - Tom Odell
The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chaleur Humaine - Christine & the Queens
Landlord - Giggs
Pure & Simple - Dolly Parton
Glory - Britney Spears
The Nation’s Favourite Carpenters Songs - The Carpenters
Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Chapter and Verse - Bruce Springsteen
22, A Million - Bon Iver
In the Now - Barry Gibb
The Singles - Phil Collins
Nobody but Me - Michael Buble
Long Live the Angels - Emeli Sande
Hardwired to Self-Destruct - Metallica
2017
Under Stars - Amy Macdonald
More Life - Drake
Wonderland - Take That
Damn - Kendrick Lemar
Tears on the Dancefloor - Steps
Humanz - Gorillaz
Adios - Glen Campbell
Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1 - Calvin Harris
Something to Tell You - Haim
Crooked Calypso - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
50 Grearest Hits - Elvis Presley
Broken Machine - Nothing But Thieves
Savage - Gary Numan
Visions of a Broken Life - Wolf Alice
Wamp 2 Dem - Giggs
Scream Above the Sounds - Stereophonics
A Love So Beautiful - Roy Orbison / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2018
Camila - Camila Cabello
Mania - Fall Out Boy
The Time Is Now - Craig David
Man of the Woods - Justin Timberlake
A Real Labour of Love - UB40
Resistance Is Futile - Manic Street Preachers
KOD - J Cole
Electric Light - James Bay
Wildness - Snow Patrol
Ye - Kanye West
Pray for the Wicked - Panic! At the Disco
High as Hope - Florence + the Machine
True Meanings - Paul Weller
Dancing Queen - Cher
Trench - Twenty One Pilots
You Know I Know - Olly Murs
Delta - Mumford & Sons

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 05:23 PM

2019-2022

2019
Half Way There - Busted
Shine a Light - Bryan Adams
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 1 - Foals
Free Spirit - Khalid
The Balance - Catfish & the Bottlemen
Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
I Am Easy to Find - The National
Ignorance Is Bliss - Skepta
Happiness Begins - Jonas Brothers
Madame X - Madonna
Lexicon - Will Young
Cause and Effedt - Keane
You - James Arthur
Jesus Is King - Kanye West
Kiwanuka - Michael Kiwanuka
Back Together - Michael Ball / Alfie Boe
Courage - Celine Dion
2020
A Hero’s Death - Fontaines DC
Be - BTS
Classic Diamonds - Neil Diamond / London Symphony Orchestra
Confetti - Little Mix
Deep Down Happy - Sports Team
Dissimulation - KSI
Dreamland - Glass Animals
Heaven & Hell - Ava Max
Homegrown - Neil Young
Love Goes - Sam Smith
More, Again, Forever - The Courteeners
None of Us Are Getting Out of This Alive - The Streets
Nothing is True and Everything Is Possible - Enter Shakiri
Rare - Selena Gomez
S&M2 - Metallica / San Francisco Symphony
Song Machine - Gorillaz
The Album - BlackPink
The Blue Print - D-Block Europe
Twenty Twenty - Ronan Keating
What the Future Holds - Steps
Young Dumb Thrills - McFly
Zeros - Declan McKenna
2021
Fine Line - Harry Styles
Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted - Passenger
Isles - Bicep
Money Can’t Buy Happiness - Fredo
The Highlights - The Weeknd
Conflict of Interest - Ghetts
Nature Always Wins - Maximo Park
Wild West - Central Cee
Justice - Justin Bieber
Dancing with the Devil - Demi Lovato
Flu Game - AJ Tracey
Coral Island - The Coral
We Are More Than One - Michael Ball
The Off-Season - J Cole
Intruder - Gary Numan
Life’s a Beach - Easy Life
Therapy - Anne-Marie
Solar Power - Lorde
You Signed Up for This - Maisie Peters
Senjutsu - Iron Maiden
What the Future Holds Vol 2 - Steps
Montero - Lil Nas X
Bright Magic - Public Future Broadcasting
Protest Songs - Public Service Broadcasting
Blue Banisters - Lana Del Rey
Acoustic Hymns - Richard Ashcroft
Wild Dreams - Westlife
2022
The Overload - Yard Act
Disrespectful - Bad Boy Chiller Crew
The Tipping Point - Tears for Fears
An Hour Before It’s Dark - Marillion
Impera - Ghost
Pier Pressure - ArrDee
Mainstream Sellout - Machine Gun Kelly
Chloe and the Next 20th Century - Father John Misty
I Never Liked You - Future
Now to Let Go - Sigrid
Mr Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar
Honestly, Nevermind - Drake
Closure, Continuation - Porcupine Tree
Love, Damini - Burna Boy
About Last Night - Mabel
Close to Home - Aitch
Patient Number 9 - Ozzy Osbourne
Autofiction - Suede
Lap 5 - D-Block Europe

Posted by: WaspBrë 5th October 2022, 05:40 PM

Thanks for that Ed - would you be able to pull up the list for 1956-1968 as well just for completeness since you seemed to be able to generate this list so quickly? x Curious to see if we overlooked any particularly classic #2 albums from that period.

Posted by: chartjack2 5th October 2022, 06:12 PM

Ofc

1956
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Lonnie Donegan Showcase - Lonnie Donegan
1957
Close to You - Frank Sinatra
Elvis’ Christmas Album - Elvis Presley
1958
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Elvis’ Golden Records - Elvis Presley
1959
Gigi - OST
The Buddy Holly Story - Buddy Holly / The Crickets
Come Dance with Me - Frank Sinatra
Cliff Sings - Cliff Richard
1960
The Five Pennies - OST
The Twangs the Thang - Duane Eddy
Flower Drum Song - OST
This Is Hancock - Tony Hancock
Can-Can - OST
It’s Everly Brothers - Everly Brothers
Me and My Shadows - Cliff Richard / The Shadows
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart
1961
Listen to Cliff - Cliff Richard
Something for Everybody - Elvis Presley
1962
Tops with Me - Helen Shapiro
1963
Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets - Bobby Vee / The Crickets
Girls! Girls! Girls! - Elvis Presley
Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First - Frank Sinatra / Count Basie
Reminiscing - Buddy Holly
Greatest Hits - The Shadows
Cliff’s Hit Allbum - Cliff Richard
Meet The Searcher - The Searchers
How Do You Like It - Gerry & the Pacemakers
1964
Stay with The Hollies - The Hollies
Dance with The Shadows - The Shadows
16 Great Songs - The Bachelors
Wonderful Life - Cliff Richard / The Shadows
Moonlight and Roses - Jim Reeves
1965
The Lucky 13 Shades of Val Doonican - Val Doonican
Mary Poppins - OST
Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
1966
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Golden Hits - Dusty Springfield
Distant Drums - Jim Reeves
Best of The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys
1967
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Headquarters - The Monkees
Break-Through: An Introduction to Studio Two Stereo - Various Artists
British Motown Chartbusters - Various Artists
1968
The History of Otis Redding - Otis Redding
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Live at The Talk of the Town - The Seekers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone

Posted by: WaspBrë 5th October 2022, 06:20 PM

Gutted that no one suggested playing a second Val Doonican song then...

The Beach Boys and Mary Poppins are really the only two on that list that jump out as worthy of having a song played from them so well done to the people who suggested them. Maybe 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' too?

Posted by: King Rollo 5th October 2022, 07:30 PM

Great work Ed. My choice from the no.2 albums for 1969-1971 would be Pinball Wizard by The Who from Tommy. I also echo the previous request for Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney.

I do have that Moody Blues album but they have three no.1s coming up so no need to have an extra song by them.

Posted by: WaspBrë 6th October 2022, 04:25 PM

Right I've sorted the playlist for this week (a bit more prepared this time!) - after last week's covered over 10 years, turnover already starts to increase a lot heading into the 70s and we're only covering just over 3 years this time, taking us up to March 1972. That means it'll be another week until we get to 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'.

So these are the relevant #2 albums for potential bonus tracks for this session:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:38 PM)

Posted by: WaspBrë 6th October 2022, 04:50 PM

So I see we've had requests for these as bonus tracks:

Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Frank Sinatra - My Way
The Who - Pinball Wizard
something from Leonard Cohen ('The Partisan'?)
something from Jimi Hendrix ('Angel'?)

I don't think there's anything else jumping out at me to suggest above any of those (checked the Elton album and it doesn't contain any songs I know particularly well) so I think we covered this week pretty well already. Cohen seems like a good shout considering he had 2 #2 albums (the second being a lot later) but never got to #1.

Posted by: chartjack2 6th October 2022, 04:58 PM

The only other suggestion I’d make is something from Johnny Cash’s live album, as he won’t come up again - Folsom Prison Blues is only 1:29 and is a bit of a classic

Posted by: WaspBrë 6th October 2022, 05:00 PM

I wouldn't be so sure that we won't be hearing from Johnny Cash anyway #spoilers

Posted by: Bjork 6th October 2022, 05:06 PM

another vote for The Partisan if possible

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th October 2022, 05:10 PM

Interesting that 1959 had only four albums peaking at number two given that one album spent the entire year at the top.

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th October 2022, 05:39 PM

The biggest number two album in Sunday's list is surely Tommy.

Posted by: Daan 6th October 2022, 06:17 PM

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 6 2022, 05:58 PM)

The only other suggestion I’d make is something from Johnny Cash’s live album, as he won’t come up again - Folsom Prison Blues is only 1:29 and is a bit of a classic

Posted by: WaspBrë 6th October 2022, 06:17 PM

There is a certain 1972 album that just came to mind for me that only got to #5... though it was after March (and actually didn't peak until 1973), so I'll keep it in mind for next week if we don't have enough good options from the next batch of #2s.

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th October 2022, 08:41 PM

QUOTE(Daan @ Oct 6 2022, 07:17 PM)

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 6th October 2022, 08:56 PM

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 6 2022, 07:17 PM)

Posted by: Dot Of The Dead 6th October 2022, 09:04 PM

+1 on a play for Pinball Wizard!

Intrigued about this #5 album now.

Posted by: jimwatts 6th October 2022, 10:16 PM

Great effort Brë to capture all this, and Ed for the complete list of #2 albums!

Intrigued about the trio of interesting oddities among the #1 albums of 1971 also

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 6 2022, 05:25 PM)

One [song] in particular is... a lot longer (think of it as this session's equivalent of us listening to that entire Demis Roussos EP) Though I think there will be at least a couple of people who will be rather happier to hear this one than Demis Roussos.

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 6 2022, 07:17 PM)

Posted by: Dot Of The Dead 6th October 2022, 10:45 PM

Oh after a little peek I think i've worked at the #5 album riddle, from a truly great artist. I also endorse a play from both that and the #3 album Jim mentions.

Posted by: chartjack2 7th October 2022, 02:42 PM

Btw I’m volunteering again this Sunday so won’t be able to make this session - really sorry guys. Maybe the week after…

Posted by: WaspBrë 9th October 2022, 02:41 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: jimwatts 9th October 2022, 02:52 PM

Here comes the sun do-do-do-do...
I'll join at 4 to listen along, but will then be driving until about 4.45 so will join the chat then.
Also looking forward to possibly hearing Gimme The Long And Winding Stairway To A Whole Lotta Wild Horses

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 9th October 2022, 06:30 PM

Another great session! 'Melancholy Man' by The Moody Blues is my favourite discovery to date.

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 9th October 2022, 06:49 PM

Another great session!

In the interests of making my 4,000th post a meaningful one, Jim, Wardy and I are having a Zoom chat on Wednesday at 8:30pm. This actually came about from a comment I made in the Tombo thread in The Lounge, but if any of you would like to join us you’d be more than welcome. Just let me know and PM me your email address. Would love to speak to more of you in person after spending so much time with you doing this every week!

No pressure of course, and I totally get that many of us have anxiety about this sort of thing to a greater or lesser extent. Thinking to make it a semi regular thing if there’s interest, maybe once a month or so, so there should be more opportunities to join in the future if you can’t make it this time or need more time to gear up to the idea!

J x

Posted by: WaspBrë 10th October 2022, 01:44 AM

Tracklist from week 2 - note that I messed up and initially somehow overlooked Led Zeppelin IV so I ended up cutting off the last 2 albums which will appear at the start of next week instead, so we actually only got up to February 1972 (and did 43 albums instead of 44). Caught the error before we actually got to it thankfully but must take more care in the future oops!

62 The Seekers - The Best Of // The Seekers - Georgy Girl
63 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations // Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
64 Cream - Goodbye // Cream - Badge
65 The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream // The Moody Blues - Lovely To See You
66 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline // Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country
67 Ray Conniff - His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound // Ray Conniff - Memories Are Made Of This
68 Jim Reeves - According To My Heart // Jim Reeves - According To My Heart
69 Jethro Tull - Stand Up // Jethro Tull - We Used To Know
70 Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis // Elvis Presley - Any Day Now
71 Blind Faith - Blind Faith // Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
72 The Beatles - Abbey Road // The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
73 The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed // The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
74 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II // Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
75 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 // Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
76 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water // Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
77 The Beatles - Let It Be // The Beatles - Across The Universe
78 Bob Dylan - Self Portrait // Bob Dylan - Wigwam
79 The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance // The Moody Blues - Melancholy Man
80 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory // Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
81 The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! // The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler (Live)
82 Black Sabbath - Paranoid // Black Sabbath - Paranoid
83 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother // Pink Floyd - Summer '68
84 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 // Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song
85 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III // Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
86 Bob Dylan - New Morning // Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
87 Andy Williams - Greatest Hits // Andy Williams - Born Free
88 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass // George Harrison - What Is Life
89 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (aka Love Story) // Andy Williams - We've Only Just Begun
90 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 // Edwin Starr - War
91 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers // The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
92 Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Ram // Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (Medley)
93 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus // Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
94 Hot Hits 6 // unknown artist - Zoo De Zoo Zong
95 The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour // The Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes
96 Top Of The Pops Vol. 18 // unknown artist - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
97 The Who - Who's Next // The Who - Baba O'Riley
98 Deep Purple - Fireball // Deep Purple - Demon's Eye
99 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story // Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
100 John Lennon - Imagine // John Lennon - Jealous Guy
101 Top Of The Pops Vol. 20 // unknown artist - Mamy Blue
102 Led Zeppelin - untitled (aka Led Zeppelin IV) // Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
103 T. Rex - Electric Warrior // T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
104 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert For Bangladesh // George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live)

Other songs played:

The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (opening song, second song from The Beatles)
Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (from #2 album Songs From A Room)
The Who - Pinball Wizard (from #2 album Tommy)
Frank Sinatra - My Way (from #2 album My Way)
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (from #2 album McCartney)
Jimi Hendrix - Angel (from #2 album The Cry Of Love)

Posted by: WaspBrë 10th October 2022, 01:47 AM

'Melancholy Man' was a fab discovery for me too Also really enjoyed the Emerson, Lake & Palmer 7 part marathon and the Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and George Harrison (ATMP) songs also stuck out as good discoveries, lots of classics on top of those as well of course, and a few not so good ones (cough shady Precision Tunes esque budget cover compilations, also Rod Stewart xx).

Posted by: Bjork 10th October 2022, 05:52 AM

Funny cos with the ELO song, I managed to leave the house, go out to buy food, make a line, get the food, eat it on the way
and return home and still hear half of the song

Posted by: Pting Rollo 10th October 2022, 10:02 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Oct 10 2022, 06:52 AM)

Funny cos with the ELO song, I managed to leave the house, go out to buy food, make a line, get the food, eat it on the way
and return home and still hear half of the song

Posted by: Suedehead2 10th October 2022, 08:39 PM

QUOTE(Pting Rollo @ Oct 10 2022, 11:02 AM)

Do not confuse ELP with ELO.

The ELO songs we will get to later on will be much shorter.

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 11th October 2022, 06:28 PM

How would people feel about nicking this slot a week on Sunday to listen to the final of the Worst #1 competition?

Obvious objections:
- We’ve heard all the songs before
- It’s 2.5 hours of ear bleed

However it would be a chance for other members to listen with some company before voting, particularly to the less well known pre 1980 tracks. And of course the whole idea for the rate did come about in these sessions so it feels sort of fitting.

Alternatively Ed and I could run this on the Saturday instead for any gluttons for punishment and the albums session run as usual. Happy either way - just a suggestion.

Posted by: Jimmy eat Loaf 11th October 2022, 07:01 PM

If on the Saturday then maybe, but I wouldn't be too enthused about a whole session if it's at the expense of the albums on the Sunday.

I think it was only the 1952-1979 heat which got significantly fewer voters than the other three heats, so alternatively you could have 30 minutes or so after the albums to play the 10 songs which went through from that?

Posted by: Daan 11th October 2022, 07:13 PM

Yeah I don't particular fancy listening to the worst of the worst #1 singles.

As for Bonus tracks for the rest of the 70s I recommend

Elton John - Honky Cat (from Honky Chateau)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (from Greatest Hits)
Focus - Hocus Pocus (from Moving Waves)
Pink Floyd - Money (from The Dark Side of the Moon)
Queen - Killer Queen (from Sheer Heart Attack)
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (from Songs in the Key of Life)
Eagles - Hotel California (from Hotel California)
David Bowie - Sound and Vision (from Low)
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Pt. 4 (from Oxygene)
Chic - Le Freak (from C'est Chic)

Posted by: Dot Of The Dead 11th October 2022, 07:20 PM

If we're avoiding #2 singles then Killer Queen and Sir Duke would be out. Maybe Pastime Paradise from Songs In The Key Of Life, i've only recently listened to that after Coolio's death tbh although I was aware it existed before so might be a new discovery for others too. Or Isn't She Lovely which would be the next most streamed song after Sir Duke?

Definitely voting for a Hotel California play as well.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 11th October 2022, 07:23 PM

Team 'I Wish' for Stevie Wonder!

Posted by: Bjork 11th October 2022, 07:37 PM

sorry Julian but I'd rather not

Posted by: Jimmy eat Loaf 11th October 2022, 07:38 PM

Not sure how far we'll get through the 70s to cover those or which other #2 albums there were, but from the first half of that list, The Sounds Of Silence, Hocus Pocus [I had no idea that was on such a high charting album!] and something by Pink Floyd get my vote (Money is possibly my least favourite track on it though, either Time or Brain Damage are more representative of the album as a whole; similar with David Bowie's Low although I'll see if we'll get that far).

Posted by: Pting Rollo 11th October 2022, 07:50 PM

My choice from The Dark Side Of The Moon would be 'Us And Them' but I'd settle for the most streamed track which is 'Money'.

Posted by: JaDevil Woman 11th October 2022, 07:53 PM

'Us And Them' is my favourite from The Dark Side Of The Moon too

Posted by: Bjork 11th October 2022, 07:55 PM

oh I just checked and McCartney I was blocked by Simon & Garfunkel (x 3 weeks)

Posted by: Daan 11th October 2022, 08:09 PM

QUOTE(Dot Of The Dead @ Oct 11 2022, 08:20 PM)

Posted by: Pting Rollo 11th October 2022, 08:20 PM

I would pick Brighton Rock from Sheer Heart Attack but I don't think we'll get that far this week.

Posted by: Silence of the Wombats 11th October 2022, 08:43 PM

Us and Them would be my pick from Dark Side... (or Great Gig in the Sky, that's not for everyone though ), for Songs in the Key of Life, as long as it's not Isn't She Lovely (puke x), I'm not fussed as it's a fantastic album. As, Pastime Paradise or Black Man would probably be my favourites.

Assuming we'll get to around 74/75, there's not a huge amount else jumping out at me. Quadrophenia was another album from my list, but it hasn't got a lot of Who classics like we've already heard.

Ooh hang on, I see the Greatest Hits with Sound of Silence on it was released in 1972, would love that one <3

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th October 2022, 09:09 PM

QUOTE(Pting Rollo @ Oct 11 2022, 09:20 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th October 2022, 09:24 PM

The number three album for a couple weeks while Hotel California was stuck behind Abba's Arrival was 10CC's Deceptive Bends. That included two great singles - Good Morning Judge and The Thigs We Do For Love - and a typically epic Rolloland BJSC entry, Feel The Benefit.

Posted by: Jimmy eat Loaf 11th October 2022, 09:32 PM

Hadn't spotted that David Bowie's Young Americans was a #2 in 1975, so I'll nominate its title track instead of my non-specific Pink Floyd suggestions - Us And Them is great anyway, reminds me I need to listen to the whole album again soon!

Posted by: WaspBrë 11th October 2022, 09:36 PM

I'll post which #2 albums are relevant to the next session when I've put the tracklist for it together again - will aim to sort that out in the next couple of days. (and hopefully I won't forget to include something again this time )

re: the a worst #1s session I wouldn't mind one happening on a Saturday but don't really like the idea of putting this on hold for a week for it

Posted by: WaspBrë 11th October 2022, 09:39 PM

Bonus songs don't necessarily have to be the most streamed from their album btw - I did happen to do that for all the ones played last week but if anything else jumps out more feel free to make suggestions outside of that.

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 15th October 2022, 10:00 PM

I won’t be able to make it tomorrow unfortunately but I’ll definitely catch up in my own time! Should be back to being able to join at home from next week.

Posted by: Suedehead2 15th October 2022, 10:03 PM

With a bit more research I think Hocus Pocus by Focus (from the number two album Making Waves) should be included. Dutch music at its eccentric best.

Posted by: WaspBrë 16th October 2022, 12:26 AM

Probably to the surprise of no one I've ended up procrastinating a tad on getting the playlist for this week ready but I will still make sure it's ready on time dw ~

Posted by: WaspBrë 16th October 2022, 04:40 AM

Right the playlist is ready - we're going up to October 1974 this time, covering 41 (or perhaps 42*) #1 albums. Note this is 2 fewer than last week despite last week's session containing a 20 minute song.

This cutoff point actually works nicely as it's right at the point where playing 2 particular tracks back to back would be a little overindulgent, this splits it so we end this week's session with one and start next week's with the other. That means next week's opening track will be a lot better than this week's.

Another compilation takeover in this period forced another rule change, meaning that we'll be having a break from various artists compilations after this week. They will of course be back later when we'll have quite a few Now! albums to get through before compilations were re-banished for good.

Don't think there are quite as many classic songs this week as the last couple but there are still a few.

These are the relevant #2 albums, I will have a look through the thread tomorrow to decide on the bonus tracks based on any suggestions that have already been posted / any more tomorrow morning/early afternoon.

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:38 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 01:31 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 16th October 2022, 08:29 AM

QUOTE(WaspBrë @ Oct 16 2022, 05:40 AM)

Posted by: chartjack2 16th October 2022, 01:00 PM

My nomination would be Get Down and Get with It from Slade Alive

Posted by: WaspBrë 16th October 2022, 02:45 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6 (will start more on time today, with another song selected from the Concert For Bangladesh x)

Posted by: WaspBrë 16th October 2022, 09:16 PM

Tracklist for week 3:

105 Neil Reid - Neil Reid // Neil Reid - You're The Cream In My Coffee
106 Neil Young - Harvest // Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
107 Paul Simon - Paul Simon // Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
108 Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne // Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner
109 Deep Purple - Machine Head // Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
110 T. Rex - Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows // T. Rex - Stacey Grove
111 T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // T. Rex - Beltane Walk
112 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. // The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
113 20 Dynamic Hits // Argent - Hold Your Head Up
114 20 Fantastic Hits // The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
115 Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment // Rod Stewart - I'd Rather Go Blind
116 20 All Time Greats Of The 50's // Johnnie Ray - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
117 25 Rockin' & Rollin' Greats // Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
118 Slade - Slayed? // Slade - Move Over
119 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front // Gilbert O'Sullivan - Who Was It?
120 Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player // Elton John - Crocodile Rock
121 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies // Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
122 20 Flash Back Greats Of The Sixties // The Coasters - Yakety Yak
123 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy // Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
124 Faces - Ooh La La // Faces - Ooh La La
125 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane // David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
126 Pure Gold // The Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows
127 That'll Be The Day OST // The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
128 Peters & Lee - We Can Make It // Peters & Lee - All Change Places
129 Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod // Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
130 The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup // The Rolling Stones - Angie
131 Slade - Sladest // Slade - Look Wot You Dun
132 Status Quo - Hello! // Status Quo - Caroline
133 David Bowie - Pinups // David Bowie - Sorrow
134 Roxy Music - Stranded // Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl
135 David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes // David Cassidy - Daydream
136 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road // Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
137 Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans // Yes - The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
138 Perry Como - And I Love You So // Perry Como - And I Love You So
139 Carpenters - The Singles: 1969-1973 // Carpenters - Top Of The World
140 Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue // Slade - Everyday
141 Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth // Rick Wakeman - The Journey
142 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs // David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
143 Elton John - Caribou // Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
144 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run // Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
145 Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge // Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (Part One)

Other songs played:

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (Live) (opening song, second song from The Concert For Bangladesh)
T. Rex - Hot Rod Mama (from the other half of the T. Rex double pack #1)
The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia (played by mistake but we'll pretend it's a very early bonus track for when the album returned to #1 on reissue)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence (from #2 album Greatest Hits)
Focus - Hocus Pocus (from #2 album Moving Waves)
Pink Floyd - Us And Them (from #2 album The Dark Side Of The Moon)
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (from #2 album 1967-1970)
John Williams - Hagrid The Professor (RIP Robbie Coltrane)

Posted by: WaspBrë 16th October 2022, 09:19 PM

Thanks to all for another week with good turnout, glad this has continued to be a success!

Not so many established classics this week but still a lot of great stuff, 'Hergest Ridge (Part One)' easily my discovery of the week and I expected no less from Mike Oldfield Also really enjoyed the little folk trio near the start from Neil Young, Paul Simon and Lindisfarne, the Rick Wakeman song was a great discovery too + I did already know and love 'Angie' but didn't actually know it was by The Rolling Stones so hooray education!

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 20th October 2022, 02:16 PM

What’s the period covered this week? Will have a look at the No 2s list.

Posted by: WaspBrë 23rd October 2022, 04:55 AM

Tracklist for week 4 is ready, 44 more albums being covered taking us up to September 1977. Expect a whole lot of greatest hits - or 'golden greats' as was a popular term at the time - which means a lot of pretty old songs (and a lot of 'this album isn't on Spotify so I'm just playing track 1'). But a fair share of classics once again, including the introduction of a couple more names that we'll be seeing a lot, plus a few more oddities. And a certain song that's going to get played twice (two different singers), and I can almost guarantee no one will guess what it is unless they cheat and peek at the Google Sheet / Spotify playlist.

There are 2 songs I already played in earlier weeks that would be getting a second play now if I count live versions of them as distinct, but I'm going to not do that to keep things fresh.

#2 albums in this timeframe (will sort out bonus tracks tomorrow, sorryyy for being so last minute to not give much time for suggestions!)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 01:31 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 23rd October 2022, 05:10 AM

My suggestions for #2s:
Stevie Wonder - either Isn't She Lovely or I Wish
Eagles - Hotel California
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene

The title track to David Bowie's Young Americans is great and Low is a classic album, but I expect he'll make several more appearances in these sessions anyway.

Posted by: chartjack2 23rd October 2022, 08:53 AM

My nomination this week is Fool to Cry by The Rolling Stones ❤️

Posted by: Suedehead2 23rd October 2022, 08:59 AM

Sheer Heart Attack has got lots of great tracks. My Hotel California choice would be The Last Resort - probably my favourite Eagles song and a great track to close an album. Animals is a fantastic album although, apart from Pigs On The Wing parts I and II, the tracks are quite long and Doctor Who is on at 7:30! Songs In The Key Of Life is an all-time classic album so we ought to have something from that.

Posted by: Pting Rollo 23rd October 2022, 10:13 AM

My requests are :

Brighton Rock from Sheer Heart Attack
Oxygene Part 4 from Oxygene
Let 'Em In from Wings At The Speed Of Sound

Posted by: WaspBrë 23rd October 2022, 02:40 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 03:56 AM

Whoops just realised I didn't post last week's tracklist - here it belatedly is now if anyone wanted to peruse it! (working on this week's right now in my usual last minute fashion x)

146 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells // Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Pt. I)
147 Bay City Rollers - Rollin' // Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
148 Rod Stewart - Smiler // Rod Stewart - Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
149 Elton John - Greatest Hits // Elton John - Your Song
150 Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits // Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando Quando Quando
151 Status Quo - On The Level // Status Quo - Bye Bye Johnny
152 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti // Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
153 Tom Jones - 20 Greatest Hits // Tom Jones - Only Once
154 The Stylistics - The Best Of // The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
155 Bay City Rollers - Once Upon A Star // Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
156 Wings - Venus And Mars // Wings - Listen To What The Man Said
157 Carpenters - Horizon // Carpenters - Love Me For What I Am
158 Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing // Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine
159 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here // Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
160 Jim Reeves - 40 Golden Greats // Jim Reeves - Bimbo
161 Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' Papers // Max Boyce - Sospan Fach
162 Perry Como - 40 Greatest Hits // Perry Como - Caterina
163 Queen - A Night At The Opera // Queen - Love Of My Life
164 Roy Orbison - The Best Of // Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind
165 Slim Whitman - The Very Best Of // Slim Whitman - North Wind
166 Status Quo - Blue For You // Status Quo - Rain
167 Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska - Rock Follies // Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska - Sugar Mountain
168 Led Zeppelin - Presence // Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
169 ABBA - Greatest Hits // ABBA - SOS
170 Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town // Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
171 The Beach Boys - 20 Golden Greats // The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.
172 The Stylistics - The Best Of - Volume II // The Stylistics - Hey Girl, Come And Get It
173 Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity // Dr. Feelgood - Going Back Home (Live)
174 Soul Motion // LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
175 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same // Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song (Live)
176 Bert Weedon - 22 Golden Guitar Greats // Bert Weedon - Dance On
177 Glen Campbell - Twenty Golden Greats // Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
178 Queen - A Day At The Races // Queen - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
179 ABBA - Arrival // ABBA - Money, Money, Money
180 Slim Whitman - Red River Valley // Slim Whitman - Rhinestone Cowboy
181 The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats // The Shadows - F.B.I.
182 Frank Sinatra - Portrait Of Sinatra - Forty Songs From The Life Of A Man // Frank Sinatra - Let's Face The Music And Dance
183 The Beatles - At The Hollywood Bowl // The Beatles - Boys (Live)
184 The Muppets - The Muppet Show // The Muppets - The Muppet Show Theme
185 Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born // Barbra Streisand - Evergreen
186 Johnny Mathis - The Mathis Collection // Johnny Mathis - We've Only Just Begun
187 Yes - Going For The One // Yes - Wonderous Stories
188 Connie Francis - 20 All Time Greats // Connie Francis - My Happiness
189 Elvis Presley - Elvis' 40 Greatest // Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me

Other songs played:

Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo (opening song, bonus track from later reissue of 'Hergest Ridge')
Queen - Brighton Rock (from #2 album Sheer Heart Attack)
David Bowie - Young Americans (from #2 album Young Americans)
Stevie Wonder - I Wish (from #2 album Songs In The Key Of Life)
Eagles - Hotel California (from #2 album Hotel California)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène, Pt. 4 (from #2 album Oxygène)
Rick Wakeman - Arthur (short version from 1979 BBC election coverage; from #2 album The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table / RIP Liz Truss' premiership)

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 04:52 AM

Week 5 playlist now set up, rattling through 46 albums this time (which means no 20 minute+ prog rock suites this time, apologies!) and covering another 3 years, we step into the 80s now, going up to September 1980. Turned out 1978 was another pretty quick year to get through due to a couple of rather omnipresent film soundtracks.

A handful more various artists compilations and greatest hits but not quite as many as last week which also means not as many albums forcing me to just use track 1 on their tracklist! And a good spattering of classics once more, plus a few I'm not familiar with but quite looking forward to hearing. We satisfyingly end on an album that contains multiple classics which didn't chart very highly so gives a natural song to start with next week!

Does anyone have a particular favourite they'd like to hear from elsewhere on the tracklist of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis%27_40_Greatest to kick off today? Aside from that here's the list of #2 albums from the period for other bonus track suggestions ~

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:31 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:50 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 30th October 2022, 06:48 AM

#2 album tracks:
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Accidents Will Happen
Chic - Le Freak

Most of those Elvis Presley songs are either #1s, #2s or have already come up... I'll say Stuck On You.

Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2022, 07:56 AM

from Elvis, Always on my Mind is my fav song, but no clue if it's on that album

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 30th October 2022, 08:48 AM

Lol Bjork he linked the Elvis track list right there for us! Neutral on what to play for that really.

I may have to drop off before the end but something from The Carpenters would be nice - Only Yesterday maybe. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft is interesting but 7 minutes.

Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2022, 09:10 AM

oops totally missed the link damit Always on my mind missing from that GH

ohhh love love Calling Occupants, also vote for that

Posted by: Dankenstein 30th October 2022, 09:27 AM

my recommendations:
Queen - Bicycle Race [Jazz]
Carpenters - Calling Occupants.. [The Singles: 1974-1978]
Chic - Le Freak [C'est Chic]

Posted by: Suedehead2 30th October 2022, 10:54 AM

Calling Occupants Of Interplanetarry Craft (The Recognised Anthem Of World Contact Day) would be good. Also something from Armed Forces, one of the Stranglers albums and Ian Dury.

Posted by: Pting Rollo 30th October 2022, 11:10 AM

My requests:

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Jazz)
The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Singles 74-78)
Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen (Armed Forces)
ELO - All Over The World (Xanadu)

If you play the ELO song, can you load the Flash Mob video for it which has 27 million views.

Posted by: chartjack2 30th October 2022, 11:54 AM

Thin Lizzy never had a #1 album so my nomination is Dancing in the Moonlight from Live and Dangerous please x

Posted by: chartjack2 30th October 2022, 11:56 AM

Also Blue Suede Shoes for Elvis please

Posted by: Ghoul Jules 30th October 2022, 12:09 PM

We had Blue Suede Shoes in Week 1 though

Posted by: chartjack2 30th October 2022, 01:18 PM

Oh ofc I forgot lol

Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2022, 03:58 PM

link? or is it always the same link?

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 03:58 PM

Whoops will be starting a few minutes late today but shall kick off ASAP xx

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 09:48 PM

Week 5 tracklist posted in a more timely manner!

190 Diana Ross & The Supremes - 20 Golden Greats // The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
191 Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats // Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
192 Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols // Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.
193 Bread - The Sound Of - Their 20 Finest Songs // Bread - Everything I Own
194 Disco Fever // RAH Band - The Crunch
195 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours // Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
196 ABBA - The Album // ABBA - Thank You For The Music
197 Buddy Holly and The Crickets - 20 Golden Greats // Buddy Holly and The Crickets - Everyday
198 Nat King Cole - 20 Golden Greats // Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine
199 Saturday Night Fever OST // Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
200 Boney M. - Nightflight To Venus // Boney M. - Painter Man
201 Grease OST // Frankie Valli - Grease
202 Showaddywaddy - Greatest Hits 1976-1978 // Showaddywaddy - Dancin' Party
203 Don't Walk, Boogie // A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
204 Action Replay // Dan Hartman - Instant Replay
205 Blondie - Parallel Lines // Blondie - One Way Or Another
206 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown // Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
207 Barbra Streisand - Greatest Hits Volume 2 // Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
208 Leo Sayer - The Very Best Of // Leo Sayer - Raining In My Heart
209 ABBA - Voulez-Vous // ABBA - Voulez-Vous
210 Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery // Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
211 Tubeway Army - Replicas // Tubeway Army - Down In The Park
212 The Best Disco Album In The World // Chic - Le Freak
213 Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door // Led Zeppelin - All My Love
214 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle // Gary Numan - M.E.
215 Boney M. - Oceans Of Fantasy // Boney M. - Gotta Go Home
216 Blondie - Eat To The Beat // Blondie - Union City Blue
217 The Police - Reggatta De Blanc // The Police - Bring On The Night
218 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk // Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
219 ABBA - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 // ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
220 Rod Stewart - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 // Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
221 Pretenders - Pretenders // Pretenders - Kid
222 The Last Dance // Diana Ross - All Of My Life
223 The Shadows - String Of Hits // The Shadows - Theme From The Deer Hunter (Cavatina)
224 Johnny Mathis - Tears And Laughter // Johnny Mathis - Don't Give Up On Us
225 Genesis - Duke // Genesis - Turn It On Again
226 Rose Royce - Greatest Hits // Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
227 Sky - Sky 2 // Sky - Toccata
228 Boney M. - The Magic Of - 20 Golden Hits // Boney M. - Daddy Cool
229 Paul McCartney - McCartney II // Paul McCartney - Temporary Secretary
230 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (aka Peter Gabriel 3: Melt) // Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
231 Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood // Roxy Music - Oh Yeah
232 The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue // The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
233 Queen - The Game // Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
234 Deep Purple - Deepest Purple - The Very Best Of // Deep Purple - Highway Star
235 AC/DC - Back In Black // AC/DC - Back In Black

Other songs played:

Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (opening song, second song from Elvis' 40 Greatest)
The Stranglers - No More Heroes (from #2 album No More Heroes)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (from #2 album Jazz) *
Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day) (from #2 album The Singles 1974-1978)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Accidents Will Happen (from #2 album Armed Forces)
Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World (from #2 album Xanadu (w/ Olivia Newton-John))
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (new #1 single)

* I played 'Don't Stop Me Now' as a bonus song from Jazz without realising it would be on the main playlist via Greatest Hits, so playing 'Bicycle Race' in its place the following week which is retconned as the Jazz bonus track. Whoops

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 09:52 PM

A big improvement on last week's batch of songs for me! As well as plenty of classics there were quite a few really good discoveries for me this week - Blondie's 'Union City Blue', Gary Numan, Tubeway Army, Sky, Peter Gabriel, Deep Purple and (despite some interesting vocals) Paul McCartney standing out the most and lots more that I thought were at least pretty good as well.

Also *_* at the back to back of 'M.E.' and 'Gotta Go Home' both of which I was previously not aware / had forgotten were heavily sampled in 21st century top 10 dance hits (Basement Jaxx's 'Where's Your Head At?' and Duck Sauce's 'Barbra Streisand' respectively).

There was also a particularly rancid Rod Stewart song so it was not all good but at least we have a break from the Rod Stewart klaxon for a while now haha.

Posted by: Dr. Bré 6th November 2022, 05:35 AM

Still failing to prepare the playlists in a good amount of time but all ready for week 6 now, and frankly this week is a bit of a mess for various reasons but it's ok, we'll get through it. A good bunch more classics (including one I nearly skipped over because I assumed it was a #1 but then remembered it only made #3!), and K-Tel & co. are back with vengeance again with a new gimmick to shift their compilations. And a couple more oddities including one that, in an objective sense, truly didn't age well.

43 albums covered this week (and if the number is that low you know that means we have at least one 10+ minute prog rock song!) taking us to April 1983, and finishing on a song and album with a pretty fitting title.

Eligible #2 albums for bonus track suggestions, sorry for being so late once again:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:50 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 6th November 2022, 06:07 AM

Excellent choice Bré with The River also being one of my all-time faves (and Hungry Heart not far behind)

I'll also suggest:
Madness - Baggy Trousers [from Absolutely]
The Clash - Straight To Hell (otherwise Rock The Casbah) [from Combat Rock]
Yazoo - Don't Go [from Upstairs At Eric's]

The Jam - That's Entertainment [from Sound Affects] will get a couple more opportunities from #2 greatest hits albums in later sessions, but that deserves a spot somewhere.

Posted by: Bjork 6th November 2022, 08:46 AM

Sadly missing it today as I'll be on a plane flying back from Iceland
unless there is free wifi on the plane

some interesting #2s, always liked Yazoo, Alison Moyet is great so voting for Don't Go from Upstairs at Erics
also had a soft spot for Phil Collins-You can't hurry love

Posted by: King Rollo 6th November 2022, 12:30 PM

My requests:

Madness - Baggy Trousers (Absolutely)
Duran Duran - Rio (Rio)
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter (Porcupine)

Posted by: Danvember 6th November 2022, 12:43 PM

I’ll second Don’t Go, Rio and Baggy Trousers

Posted by: Jade 6th November 2022, 12:44 PM

Seconding:

Duran Duran - Rio
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Yazoo - Don't Go

(a lack of Prince Charming may seem surprising but Kings of the Wild Frontier is my preferred album from the big two and we're already getting that today, I think the top highlights of PC are the #1s)

Posted by: Chez Wombat 6th November 2022, 01:03 PM

Rock the Casbah please *.

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th November 2022, 01:08 PM

I was also going to suggest The River so I approve of your choice. I'll cast another vote for The Cutter and something from Yazoo as well.

Posted by: Dr. Bré 6th November 2022, 03:46 PM

Shall be back to starting on time this week!

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: Jade 6th November 2022, 07:37 PM

The opening section of this week was heavenly glad quite a few people got a good discovery out of 'Dog Eat Dog'.

Posted by: Dr. Bré 7th November 2022, 03:51 AM

Week 6 tracklist:

236 Gary Numan - Telekon // Gary Numan - We Are Glass
237 Kate Bush - Never For Ever // Kate Bush - Babooshka
238 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) // David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
239 The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta // The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
240 Barbra Streisand - Guilty // Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb - Guilty
241 ABBA - Super Trouper // ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me
242 Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier // Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
243 John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy // John Lennon - Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
244 Phil Collins - Face Value // Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy
245 Starsound (aka Stars On 45) - Stars On 45 (aka Long Play Album) // Starsound (aka Stars On 45) - Medley (aka Boogie Nights And Other Hits)
246 Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith // Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Live)
247 Disco Daze / Disco Nites // Edwin Starr - Contact
248 Cliff Richard - Love Songs // Cliff Richard - Constantly
249 The Official BBC Album Of The Royal Wedding Ceremony From St. Paul's Cathedral // The Bach Choir, Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral and The Gentlemen And Children Of H.M. Chapels Royal - The National Anthem
250 Electric Light Orchestra - Time // Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight
251 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer // Meat Loaf and Cher - Dead Ringer For Love
252 Genesis - Abacab // Genesis - Abacab
253 The Police - Ghost In The Machine // The Police - Spirits In The Material World
254 The Human League - Dare // The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
255 Shakin' Stevens - Shaky // Shakin' Stevens - It's Raining
256 Queen - Greatest Hits // Queen - Don't Stop Me Now *
257 Chart Hits '81 Volume 1 / Chart Hits '81 Volume 2 // The Human League - Open Your Heart
258 ABBA - The Visitors // ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers
259 Barbra Streisand - Love Songs (aka Memories) // Barbra Streisand - Memory
260 The Jam - The Gift // The Jam - Ghosts
261 Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast // Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
262 Status Quo - 1+9+8+2 // Status Quo - Dear John
263 Barry Manilow - Barry Live In Britain // Barry Manilow - It's A Miracle (Live)
264 Paul McCartney - Tug Of War // Paul McCartney - Here Today
265 Madness - Complete Madness // Madness - It Must Be Love
266 Roxy Music - Avalon // Roxy Music - More Than This
267 ABC - The Lexicon Of Love // ABC - The Look Of Love
268 Fame OST // Paul McCrane - Is It Okay If I Call You Mine?
269 The Kids From "Fame" - The Kids From "Fame" // The Kids From "Fame" - Starmaker
270 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold // Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
271 ABBA - The Singles - The First Ten Years // ABBA - Ring Ring
272 John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection // John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma!
273 Raiders Of The Pop Charts Part 1 / Raiders Of The Pop Charts Part 2 // Madness - Our House
274 Men At Work - Business As Usual // Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
275 Michael Jackson - Thriller // Michael Jackson - Beat It
276 U2 - War // U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
277 Tears For Fears - The Hurting // Tears For Fears - Mad World
278 Pink Floyd - The Final Cut // Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

* played this last week by mistake but this is its canonical place in the Spotify playlist

Other songs played:

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (opening song, second song from Back In Black)
Queen - Bicycle Race (from #2 album Jazz - played in place of Don't Stop Me Now as a belated bonus track from last week)
Madness - Baggy Trousers (from #2 album Absolutely)
Bruce Springsteen - The River (from #2 album The River)
The Clash - Rock The Casbah (from #2 album Combat Rock)
Duran Duran - Rio (from #2 album Rio)
Yazoo - Don't Go (from #2 album Upstairs At Eric's)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter (from #2 album Porcupine)
Aaron Carter - Crazy Little Party Girl (RIP)
Migos - Stir Fry (RIP Takeoff)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 7th November 2022, 03:57 AM

This week was even more of a mess than I already knew it would be thanks to a couple of ~technical difficulties~ (anyone who thinks they heard a bit of 'Give Peace A Chance', you imagined it, shhh) but hopefully that's just my perfectionism and the rest of you thought it still went smoothly oops at the Royal Wedding and Barry Manilow albums not properly having any tracks available on YouTube! Super gutted to have not got to hear 80s Manilow 2016 Manilow just doesn't hit the same xx

Bowie, Adam And The Ants and Genesis providing my best discoveries of the week this time! And good to be able to put a name to 'Instant Karma!' which I hadn't realised was a Lennon song ~

Posted by: Bjork 7th November 2022, 06:02 AM

missed it yesterday but will try to listen on my own today!

Posted by: Suedehead2 10th November 2022, 10:18 PM

I'm putting in a bid for the RIP slot following the death of Garry Roberts of the Boomtown Rats. How about one of their early singles such as Mary Of The Fourth Form or Looking After Number One?

Posted by: chartjack2 10th November 2022, 10:52 PM

Ah can’t believe I missed double Lennon!

Posted by: jimwatts 13th November 2022, 12:00 PM

Not sure how much of today's session I'll be able to catch, hopefully I can listen in the car from about 5.30pm at least. These would be my choices from the #2s up until mid-1986:

The Jam - That's Entertainment [from Snap!]
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels or Shout [from Songs From The Big Chair]
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [from The Queen Is Dead] if we get that far, otherwise something from Ultravox - The Collection

The Smiths - This Charming Man [from The Smiths] is a classic but I assume will be the most streamed from their 1992 'Best I' #1 album.

Posted by: Dr. Bré 13th November 2022, 12:39 PM

Am putting the playlist for today together now (being even more last minute than usual I just didn't have the attention span for it yesterday whoops, feeling a little more with it now thankfully). So I'm not sure exactly which album we'll get up to but assuming it'll be ~45 albums as usual the list of eligible #2 albums will be roughly this (pretty sure we won't get as far as 'The Queen Is Dead'):

edit: only 43 albums this week so the last 2 will be going to next week instead

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 12:50 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 01:08 PM)

Posted by: chartjack2 13th November 2022, 12:51 PM

Your Love Is King by Sade please

Posted by: King Rollo 13th November 2022, 01:10 PM

My requests:

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (An Innocent Man)
Queen - Machines (The Works)
Ultravox - All Stood Still (The Collection)
Tears For Fears - Shout (Songs From The Big Chair)
Howard Jones - Hunger For The Flesh (Dream Into Action)
Midge Ure - Wastlelands (The Gift)

Posted by: Danvember 13th November 2022, 01:12 PM

I nominate

The Jam - That’s Entertainment
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Tears for Fears - Shout

Posted by: Jade 13th November 2022, 01:13 PM

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Tears For Fears - Shout

Posted by: Chez Wombat 13th November 2022, 01:18 PM

Backing up Bat Out of Hell and Shout (There is a Light... for next week as well x)

I guess something by The Clash or Public Image Ltd. in honour of Keith Levene as well? (</3)

Posted by: Suedehead2 13th November 2022, 01:52 PM

Tears For Fears, Billy Joel and The Jam for me. I'd have gone for The Longest Time as the Billy Joel track but happy to hear An Innocent Man instead. I also refer you back to the Boomtown Rats request above.

Posted by: Jade 13th November 2022, 02:00 PM

Oh sorry I completely missed that The Smiths will likely be an option next week instead. In that case I'd swap my 3rd choice to 'The Longest Time' by Billy Joel

Posted by: Dot Branning 13th November 2022, 02:23 PM

That's Entertainment (The Jam)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Shout (Tears For Fears)

Posted by: Bjork 13th November 2022, 02:45 PM

Sade - Smooth Operator too <3

and The Smiths - Hand in Glove from their debut album, actually the debut does not include This Charming Man, that was only added to the US album not the UK album

Posted by: Dr. Bré 13th November 2022, 03:56 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Kicking off shortly!

Posted by: Dr. Bré 13th November 2022, 04:02 PM

We'll actually only be covering 43 albums this time btw, taking us up to October 1985 - it was going to be 44 but I decided to queue a slightly longer version of one of the songs to give us a better album to end on / begin with next week

As such, not that anyone nominated anything from them, the Iron Maiden and ZZ Top albums actually fall into next week's potential bonus albums.

This week we see the birth of that one big compilation album series (and that other one too). And only 4 albums today that were not on Spotify, plus most of the songs have music videos - hooray for getting closer to the modern day

Posted by: Dr. Bré 13th November 2022, 10:23 PM

Week 7 tracklist:

279 Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night // Bonnie Tyler - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
280 David Bowie - Let's Dance // David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
281 Spandau Ballet - True // Spandau Ballet - Lifeline
282 The Police - Synchronicity // The Police - King Of Pain
283 Wham! - Fantastic // Wham! - Club Tropicana
284 Yazoo - You And Me Both // Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
285 The Beach Boys - The Very Best Of - Volume 1 / The Very Best Of - Volume 2 // The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
286 Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 - 18 Greatest Hits // Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
287 Paul Young - No Parlez // Paul Young - Come Back And Stay
288 UB40 - Labour Of Love // UB40 - Cherry Oh Baby
289 Genesis - Genesis // Genesis - That's All
290 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers // Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
291 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down // Lionel Richie - Stuck On You
292 Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger // Duran Duran - New Moon On Monday
293 Now That's What I Call Music // Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
294 Eurythmics - Touch // Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
295 Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain // Simple Minds - Waterfront
296 Thompson Twins - Into The Gap // Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
297 Howard Jones - Human's Lib // Howard Jones - New Song
298 Now That's What I Call Music II // Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
299 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend - The Best Of // Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
300 Now That's What I Call Music 3 // Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
301 David Bowie - Tonight // David Bowie - Blue Jean
302 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire // U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
303 Big Country - Steeltown // Big Country - Just A Shadow
304 Paul McCartney - Give My Regards To Broad Street // Paul McCartney - So Bad
305 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome // Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run
306 Wham! - Make It Big // Wham! - Heartbeat
307 The Hits Album // Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
308 Alison Moyet - Alf // Alison Moyet - Invisible
309 Foreigner - Agent Provocateur // Foreigner - That Was Yesterday
310 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. // Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
311 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder // The Smiths - Well I Wonder
312 Phil Collins - No Jacket Required // Phil Collins - One More Night
313 Paul Young - The Secret Of Association // Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away
314 The Hits Album 2 // Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
315 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms // Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
316 The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop // The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
317 Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls // Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
318 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood // Marillion - Pseudo Silk Kimono
319 Now That's What I Call Music 5 // Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
320 Madonna - Like A Virgin // Madonna - Like A Virgin
321 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love // Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Other songs played:

Pink Floyd - The Fletcher Memorial Home (opening song, second song from The Final Cut)
The Jam - That's Entertainment (from #2 album Snap!)
Billy Joel - The Longest Time (from #2 album An Innocent Man)
Sade - Smooth Operator (from #2 album Diamond Life)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (from #2 album Hits Out Of Hell)
Tears For Fears - Shout (from #2 album Songs From The Big Chair)
The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1 (RIP Garry Roberts)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image (RIP Keith Levene)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 13th November 2022, 10:34 PM

Not the most fruitful week for great discoveries for me really, I was shamefully not really familiar with 'Cloudbusting' before and that was great, otherwise Big Country and Duran Duran are the only ones of much note. The 2 Bowie songs were both pretty good too.

I did get another fab discovery from the bonuses as well in the form of that Public Image Ltd. song (which I may have only played because I accidentally typed 'public image' into the song field instead of artist on Polyhex but it is their most streamed song on Spotify apart from a remix anyway tbf x)

Posted by: JulianT 14th November 2022, 01:22 PM

Thanks again Bré!

Jim, Wardy and I are having another Zoom meet-up this coming Friday evening. Just let one of us know if you’d like to join.

Posted by: Dr. Bré 19th November 2022, 06:43 PM

Sorry for last minute change of plans but going to do tomorrow's session a bit earlier than usual (aiming for a 2pm start), hope people should still be able to make that! (It would normally be me complaining about last minute earlier starts )

Posted by: JulianT 19th November 2022, 07:58 PM

I’m away in the Malverns with people this weekend and doesn’t look like I’ll be able to join without being antisocial unfortunately!

Posted by: Bjork 19th November 2022, 10:04 PM

I'm in Barcelona, probably won't be able to listen at that time cos that's paella time in here maybe later

thinking of #2s, if I remember it well A-ha peaked at #2 with their first 3 albums, so they should really get a play
my fav songs from A-ha is Hunting High and Low from their debut, so voting for that Sogn if possible

Posted by: King Rollo 19th November 2022, 10:21 PM

I can make it for 2pm.

Posted by: chartjack2 19th November 2022, 11:27 PM

Yeah I should be able to make it

Posted by: Dr. Bré 20th November 2022, 12:05 PM

A record low of 40 albums being covered this week, a lot of songs/videos in the 80s were over 5 minutes long it seems! Going up to March 1988 and a ton of classics this week.

#2 albums this week for last minute bonus track suggestions:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 01:08 PM)

Posted by: Jade 20th November 2022, 12:07 PM

a-ha - Train Of Thought
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

Posted by: dandy* 20th November 2022, 12:13 PM

Suzanne Vega -Luka
a-ha - hunting high and low
a-ha - scoundrel days (any excuse to play this tbh)
The Smiths - there is a light that never goes out
Pet shop boys - almost anything from Actually

Posted by: King Rollo 20th November 2022, 12:20 PM

A-ha - Manhattan Skyline (Scoundrel Days)
Marillion - Sugar Mice (Clutching At Straws)
Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn't Happen Here (Actually)

Posted by: jimwatts 20th November 2022, 12:26 PM

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - Panic [from The World Won't Listen]
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before [from Strangeways Here We Come]

(to make up for the absence of How Soon Is Now? last week)

Posted by: Danvember 20th November 2022, 12:35 PM

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Suzanne Vega - Luka

Posted by: Suedehead2 20th November 2022, 12:45 PM

Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This

Posted by: Dr. Bré 20th November 2022, 12:49 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Nov 20 2022, 12:45 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 20th November 2022, 12:56 PM

QUOTE(Dr. Bré @ Nov 20 2022, 12:49 PM)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 20th November 2022, 01:39 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Beginning in circa 20 minutes

Posted by: Dr. Bré 21st November 2022, 10:00 PM

Glad that we still did have a pretty good turnout this week despite the short notice earlier timeslot!

Week 8 tracklist:

322 George Benson - The Love Songs // George Benson - Give Me The Night
323 Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time // Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
324 Sade - Promise // Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
325 The Greatest Hits Of 1985 // Bronski Beat and Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley)
326 Now That's What I Call Music 6 // Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
327 Now That's What I Call Music - The Christmas Album // Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
328 Hits 4 // Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief
329 Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music - Street Life - 20 Great Hits // Roxy Music - Avalon
330 Peter Gabriel - So // Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
331 Queen - A Kind Of Magic // Queen - A Kind Of Magic
332 Genesis - Invisible Touch // Genesis - Invisible Touch
333 Madonna - True Blue // Madonna - Open Your Heart
334 Now That's What I Call Music 7 // UB40 - Sing Our Own Song
335 Five Star - Silk & Steel // Five Star - The Slightest Touch
336 Paul Simon - Graceland // Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
337 The Police - Every Breath You Take - The Singles // The Police - Roxanne
338 Hits 5 // Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
339 Now That's What I Call Music 8 // Duran Duran - Notorious
340 Kate Bush - The Whole Story // Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
341 Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Phantom Of The Opera Cast - The Phantom Of The Opera // Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman - The Phantom Of The Opera
342 Hot Chocolate - The Very Best Of // Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss
343 U2 - The Joshua Tree // U2 - With Or Without You
344 Now That's What I Call Music 9 // Genesis - Land Of Confusion
345 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Keep Your Distance // Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
346 Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel // Swing Out Sister - Breakout
347 Simple Minds - Live In The City Of Light // Simple Minds - Book Of Brilliant Things (Live)
348 Whitney Houston - Whitney // Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
349 Terence Trent D'Arby (aka Sananda Maitreya) - Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby // Terence Trent D'Arby (aka Sananda Maitreya) - Wishing Well
350 The Hits Album 6 // Terence Trent D'Arby (aka Sananda Maitreya) - If You Let Me Stay
351 Def Leppard - Hysteria // Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
352 Michael Jackson - Bad // Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
353 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love // Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest
354 Sting - ...Nothing Like The Sun // Sting - Englishman In New York
355 Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night // Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
356 George Michael - Faith // George Michael - Father Figure
357 T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies // T'Pau - Heart And Soul
358 Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody // Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody
359 Now That's What I Call Music 10 // Pet Shop Boys - Rent
360 Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out // Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery
361 Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock // Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

Other songs played:

Kate Bush - Hello Earth (opening song, second song from Hounds Of Love)
a-ha - Hunting High And Low (from #2 album Hunting High And Low)
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (from #2 album Whitney Houston)
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (from #2 album The Queen Is Dead)
a-ha - Scoundrel Days (from #2 album Scoundrel Days)
Suzanne Vega - Luka (from #2 album Solitude Standing)
Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn't Happen Here (from #2 album Actually)

No RIP slot this week which I suppose is a good thing! Another week that was pretty light on great discoveries for me though that's partly because I already knew a majority of the songs played - still a few pretty good ones like the 2 Genesis songs (they both sounded vaguely familiar but not sure if I have heard them before), Bronski Beat, Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Hates Jazz (lucky them getting to have a second song played next week x). Plus Kate Bush, Suzanne Vega and Pet Shop Boys from the bonuses. And I did already know 'Rent' but this session helping me put a name to it!

Posted by: Bjork 22nd November 2022, 07:29 AM

so sad I missed it this week, will try listening later
that's the timeframe when I started following the charts as a kid and love some of those albums
like Bridge of Spies, True Blue, Turn back the clock or the Terence Trent d'Arby one...

Posted by: chartjack2 23rd November 2022, 04:49 PM

RIP Wilko Johnson


Can we have Sneakin’ Suspicion please next Sunday?

Posted by: dandy* 24th November 2022, 10:15 AM

There’s some great songs in that edition, sad I couldn’t make it. That George Benson track is one of my faves of that sort of style

Posted by: JulianT 26th November 2022, 10:03 AM

I know it’s a #2 but always up for Flashdance…

Posted by: jimwatts 26th November 2022, 10:27 AM

Yes, it'll be a while until it comes around in the #2 sessions and her next biggest hit was a #58. RIP

Posted by: dandy* 27th November 2022, 11:32 AM

Will this be earlier again this week?

Posted by: Bjork 27th November 2022, 12:42 PM

not sure what period we're covering next but thinking about fav albums that peaked at #2 from that period
my fav has to be Neneh Cherry-Raw Like Sushi (I assume Buffalo Stance is the most popular track)
also voting Depeche Mode-Violator and Pet Shop Boys-Introspective

Posted by: Dr. Bré 27th November 2022, 01:16 PM

Back in the normal timeslot this week (better edit the subtitle oops) - which means I have just under 3 hours to make the playlist as I've left it to the last minute again living dangerously x I'll post an estimated list of the #2 albums that will be eligible for bonuses in just a moment.

Back to a couple of RIP slot candidates this week indeed. I was thinking for Irene Cara we could play another of her songs from Fame since the slot for that soundtrack went to Paul McCrane instead (and ofc her 2 big hits were both top 2s).

Posted by: Dr. Bré 27th November 2022, 03:08 PM

Actually just decided to finish the playlist properly before posting this as I was getting through it relatively quickly - so apologies again for being very last minute but here are this week's #2 albums (the first 3 should really have been last week as they were behind the return to #1 for Terence Trent D'Arby but nvm x).

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 01:08 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:18 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 27th November 2022, 03:09 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Nov 27 2022, 12:42 PM)

Posted by: Jade 27th November 2022, 03:13 PM

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
OMD - Enola Gay

Posted by: Suedehead2 27th November 2022, 03:15 PM

OK, now that the list is up I'll add Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) from the OMD collection, You Got It by Roy Orbison and You Keep It All In by Beautiful South. Personal Jesus will have to wait until next week.

Posted by: King Rollo 27th November 2022, 03:22 PM

I would like:

OMD - Souvenir (The Best Of)
Jean Michel Jarre - Revolutions (Revolutions)
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (Introspective)
Mike & The Mechanics - Nobody's Perfect (The Living Years)
Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful (Mystery Girl)

Posted by: Chez Wombat 27th November 2022, 03:23 PM

I'll be a bit late today as finishing off work, but I'll be there!

I'll second all of Jade's picks and You Got It

Posted by: dandy* 27th November 2022, 03:27 PM

London Boys - Requiem!

Posted by: jimwatts 27th November 2022, 03:27 PM

OMD - Enola Gay
The Smiths - Panic [from Rank]
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

Posted by: Dr. Bré 27th November 2022, 03:38 PM

No takers for a Jive Bunny track? Shocked I tell thee x

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6, beginning with the classic that is Johnny Hates Jazz's 2nd most popular song x (this week's session will be finishing on a similarly unideal album for next week lol)

Posted by: Suedehead2 27th November 2022, 03:48 PM

You could cut one or two albums from the end and allow us to concentrate on Spain v Germany earlier if that would give a better album for the two-track treatment.

Posted by: Bjork 27th November 2022, 03:55 PM

If Depeche are not in, then i'd vote for:
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (Introspective)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo stance (Raw like sushi)
Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful (Mystery Girl)

Posted by: dandy* 27th November 2022, 03:56 PM

^^
I would second those but swap Roy Orbison for London Boys (which was my first album )

I'd also second You Keep It All In by the Beautiful South, Souvenir by OMD or Kate Bush This Woman's Work




Edit - just realise my plea wasn't even released in this period

Posted by: Danvember 27th November 2022, 05:01 PM

my suggestions
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (or Rebel Yell or White Wedding)
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
OMD - Enola Gay

Posted by: Dr. Bré 28th November 2022, 04:23 AM

Week 9 tracklist:

362 Morrissey - Viva Hate // Morrissey - Suedehead
363 Now That's What I Call Music 11 // Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
364 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son // Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
365 Erasure - The Innocents // Erasure - A Little Respect
366 Prince - Lovesexy // Prince - Alphabet St.
367 Nite Flite // George Benson - Shiver
368 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman // Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
369 Now That's What I Call Music 12 // Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky
370 Kylie Minogue - Kylie // Kylie Minogue - Turn It Into Love
371 Hot City Nights // Queen - I Want To Break Free
372 Bon Jovi - New Jersey // Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You
373 Chris De Burgh - Flying Colours // Chris De Burgh - Missing You
374 U2 - Rattle And Hum // U2 - All I Want Is You
375 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing // Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
376 Now That's What I Call Music XIII // Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
377 Cliff Richard - Private Collection - 1979-1988 // Cliff Richard - Ocean Deep
378 Roy Orbison - The Legendary Roy Orbison // Roy Orbison - Love Hurts
379 New Order - Technique // New Order - Vanishing Point
380 Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked // Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
381 Simply Red - A New Flame // Simply Red - It's Only Love
382 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You // Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
383 Madonna - Like A Prayer // Madonna - Cherish
384 Deacon Blue - When The World Knows Your Name // Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
385 Holly Johnson - Blast // Holly Johnson - Americanos
386 Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years // Simple Minds - Mandela Day
387 Jason Donovan - Ten Good Reasons // Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us
388 Queen - The Miracle // Queen - Breakthru
389 Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt // Paul McCartney - My Brave Face
390 Prince - Batman // Prince - Partyman
391 Transvision Vamp - Velveteen // Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care
392 Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One // Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
393 Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways // Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You
394 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Aspects Of Love Cast - Aspects Of Love // Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ann Crumb, Michael Ball and Kathleen Rowe McAllen - Anything But Lonely (Live)
395 Eurythmics - We Too Are One // Eurythmics - Don't Ask Me Why
396 Tina Turner - Foreign Affair // Tina Turner - The Best
397 Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love // Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains (feat. Oleta Adams)
398 Tracy Chapman - Crossroads // Tracy Chapman - Crossroads
399 Kylie Minogue - Enjoy Yourself // Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late
400 Erasure - Wild! // Erasure - Blue Savannah
401 Chris Rea - The Road To Hell // Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 2
402 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously // Phil Collins - Do You Remember?
403 The Christians - Colour // The Christians - Words

Other songs played:

Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock (opening song, second song from Turn Back The Clock)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay (from #2 album The Best Of)
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (from #2 album Introspective)
Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful (from #2 album Mystery Girl)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (from #2 album Raw Like Sushi)
London Boys - Requiem (from #2 album The Twelve Commandments Of Dance, at the repeated insistence of dandy*)
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work (from #2 album The Sensual World)
The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In (from #2 album Welcome To The Beautiful South) *
Dr. Feelgood - Sneakin' Suspicion (RIP Wilko Johnson)
Irene Cara - Out Here On My Own (RIP)

* was initially played as a bonus track this week before I realised it would get a play from Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of, played 'I'll Sail This Ship Alone' in its place in week 12

Some better discoveries again this week, standouts for me being Iron Maiden, New Order, Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine (though not so much the other Gloria song), Deacon Blue, Soul II Soul and Tears For Fears/Oleta Adams plus another great Pet Shop Boys track in the bonuses. And I guess 'Requiem' being played will be a memorable moment Discoveries aside, also loved getting to play 2 excellent Erasure songs

On the flipside, I could have gone without hearing that Holly Johnson solo track, and a bit of a stinker from Paul McCartney too whoops.

Posted by: Bjork 28th November 2022, 07:59 AM

Lots of highlights specially Transvision Vamp and Tracy Chapman for me

Posted by: Dr. Bré 30th November 2022, 08:24 PM

An RIP slot on the way for Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. </3 Thinking 'Songbird' maybe?

Posted by: dandy* 30th November 2022, 08:38 PM

Songbird would be a lovely choice - or Landslide maybe which is even better imo

Posted by: Jade 30th November 2022, 08:39 PM

Team 'Songbird' - my favourite from Rumours

Posted by: Bjork 30th November 2022, 08:50 PM

Team Landslide, best FM song ever, so sure you'll pick the other one ;D

Posted by: Danvember 30th November 2022, 08:50 PM

Landslide was sang by Stevie Nicks ^

Songbird is lovely anyhow so would welcome a play of that.

Posted by: Bjork 30th November 2022, 08:53 PM

then Dreams for me

Posted by: Dr. Bré 30th November 2022, 08:55 PM

'Dreams' was already played

(and yes I was suggesting 'Songbird' because it was written and sung by Christine, but of course open to any other suggestions x)

Posted by: dandy* 30th November 2022, 08:58 PM

Oh! I always assumed Landslide was sung by Christine as it just sounds like her kind of song… but yes if that was Stevie then Songbird would be obviously better!

Posted by: dandy* 30th November 2022, 09:00 PM

Ps Bré I will not be having you pretending that you weren’t bopping like your rave cat gif to London Boys

Posted by: Dr. Bré 30th November 2022, 09:03 PM

me @ Cliff Richard - Ocean Deep

Posted by: chartjack2 1st December 2022, 10:17 PM

Dreams was written and sung by Stevie Nicks and already played.

Songbird is the obvious choice - RIP Christine

Posted by: King Rollo 4th December 2022, 12:04 AM

With the England match starting at 7pm, could we maybe just have the number 1s up to about 6.30 and then number 2s finishing before 7.00?

Posted by: Dr. Bré 4th December 2022, 12:29 AM

I don't really want to do shorter sessions - I could maybe start an hour earlier if there's a great demand for people to focus on the England match but people seem to have been fine with multitasking when football has been on during these sessions before. (though a bit short notice for that now)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 4th December 2022, 06:20 AM

Prepared the week 10 playlist now, 42 more albums covered this week taking us up to April 1992 (and we finish on a more established artist this time, hooray). Hope we like classical music because it seems to have been a bit of a fad in the early 90s.

This week's #2 albums for bonus suggestions:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:18 PM)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 4th December 2022, 06:22 AM

I kinda want to make a rare self suggestion to play Big Country - In A Big Country from their greatest hits, as it's a tune that I'm not sure many people know based on when I brought it up when playing a song from their actual #1 album. (Only if someone seconds that suggestion though x)

Don't all rush to nominate Rod Stewart...

Posted by: Bjork 4th December 2022, 07:04 AM

not a fan of Bog Country sorry

I'd go for:
U2- Achtung Baby, preferred track Love is Blindness, but One is also ok
Depeche Mode-Violator, preferred track Enjoy the Silence but don't mind Personal Jesus either
Paula Abdul - Forever your girl, preferred track - Straight Up

Posted by: jimwatts 4th December 2022, 07:20 AM

Wow I chose a bad time to miss a session, spoiled for choice on those #2s:

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Guns N Roses - November Rain
U2 - One [though my personal fave is Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses]

Loads of other good ones: anything by The Beach Boys, The Jam or Tears For Fears, Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring, The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon and the title track of Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town to name just a few! (Simply The Best is Tina Turner not Prince btw)

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 07:40 AM

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence is a must!!
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus is a must!!
Electronic - Getting Away With It
Tears for Fears - Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down) THIS IS SO UNDERRATED plus was the actual single from the best of album
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls / Thunder
U2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing / Mysterious Ways / One
Roxette - Fading Like a Flower
Pet Shop Boys - So Hard / Being Boring
James - Born of Frustration
INXS - Suicide Blonde
Paula Abdul - Straight Up


Clearly some #1 albums need to be sacrificed so that these can all be played

Posted by: JulianT 4th December 2022, 09:05 AM

Seconding the Roxette / Guns ‘N’ Roses / Electronic nominations

Posted by: Jade 4th December 2022, 10:58 AM

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Tears For Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
U2 - Mysterious Ways

Posted by: Bjork 4th December 2022, 11:05 AM

in perspective, it's insane that U2 and Michael Jackson picked the same release date
this was Jacko's follow up to Bad and U2's first proper studio album since The Joshua Tree

Posted by: King Rollo 4th December 2022, 11:49 AM

My requests:

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Violator)
Big Country - Chance (Greatest Hits)
The Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains (Summer Dreams)
Pet Shop Boys - Jealousy (Behaviour)
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon (The Best Of)
Guns N' Roses - November Rain (Use Your Illusion I)
Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Tears Roll Down)

Posted by: Suedehead2 4th December 2022, 12:07 PM

James - Born Of Frustration (from Seven)
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels

Posted by: JulianT 4th December 2022, 12:13 PM

Oh that’s a great tune from Inspiral Carpets - second that too. I guess the bar will be raised to 3 nominations at this rate!

Posted by: Chez Wombat 4th December 2022, 12:39 PM

U2 - One
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love (making up for missing it last week!)
Electronic - Getting Away With It

A great week for runners up!

Posted by: Bjork 4th December 2022, 02:35 PM

Sorry to be annoying but notoriously Electronic's debut album didn't include Getting away with it
maybe have been included in some later format or recently when they add all kinds of stuff to spotify albums

Posted by: Dot Branning 4th December 2022, 02:38 PM

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Personal Jesus would also do)
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
Pet Shop Boys- Being Boring (They seem to get a lot of bonus plays but I really like this one)

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 03:16 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Dec 4 2022, 02:35 PM)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 4th December 2022, 03:41 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6, might be a minute or two late x

Posted by: Bjork 4th December 2022, 03:58 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Dec 4 2022, 04:16 PM)

Posted by: Dr. Bré 4th December 2022, 04:29 PM

dandy* will you be joining us? xx

(I'll play London Boys again if you do)

Posted by: Dancember 4th December 2022, 04:30 PM

i second the following

enjoy the silence
fading like a flower
getting away with it

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 07:56 PM

Another lovely session today Bré, thank you. Some really great tracks played.

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 08:10 PM

ps just leaving this here xx

Posted by: JulianT 4th December 2022, 08:35 PM

Thanks as ever Bray!

Hope the dinner dilemma was solved Dandy. I won’t know what that video is until I get back to the UK haha.

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 08:40 PM

I ended up having seabass in solidarity!


ps the video is the album version of the Enigma track that I grumbled about almost immediately after joining

Posted by: Jade 4th December 2022, 08:56 PM

Thoroughly enjoyed a good chunk of the music and chat that veered into pretty chaotic at times

Added The Carpenters, Enigma, Inspiral Carpets and Electronic to my playlist

Posted by: dandy* 4th December 2022, 09:20 PM

‘Pretty chaotic’ is quite standard for my chats ooops 🫣

Posted by: Michael Bubré 5th December 2022, 02:11 AM

Week 10 tracklist:

404 Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got // Sinéad O'Connor - The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance
405 David Bowie - Changesbowie // David Bowie - Starman
406 Carpenters - Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits // Carpenters - Superstar
407 Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask // Fleetwood Mac - Skies The Limit
408 Soul II Soul - Vol. II - 1990 - A New Decade // Soul II Soul - Get A Life
409 Luciano Pavarotti - The Essential Pavarotti - A Selection Of His Greatest Recordings // Luciano Pavarotti - La Donna È Mobile
410 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step // New Kids On The Block - Tonight
411 Elton John - Sleeping With The Past // Elton John - Club At The End Of The Street
412 Prince - Graffiti Bridge // Prince - Thieves In The Temple
413 The Three Tenors - Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert // The Three Tenors - 'O Sole Mio (Live)
414 George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 // George Michael - Freedom! '90
415 The Charlatans - Some Friendly // The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
416 Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints // Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
417 Elton John - The Very Best Of // Elton John - Honky Cat
418 Madonna - The Immaculate Collection // Madonna - Material Girl
419 Enigma - MCMXC a.D. // Enigma - Mea Culpa
420 Sting - The Soul Cages // Sting - Mad About You
421 Jesus Jones - Doubt // Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
422 Queen - Innuendo // Queen - The Show Must Go On
423 Oleta Adams - Circle Of One // Oleta Adams - Get Here
424 Chris Rea - Auberge // Chris Rea - Looking For The Summer
425 The Farm - Spartacus // The Farm - All Together Now
426 R.E.M. - Out Of Time // R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
427 Eurythmics - Greatest Hits // Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side
428 Seal - Seal // Seal - Killer
429 Cher - Love Hurts // Cher - Save Up All Your Tears
430 Luciano Pavarotti - Essential Pavarotti II // Luciano Pavarotti - Questa O Quella
431 Metallica - Metallica // Metallica - Enter Sandman
432 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Cast - Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat // Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jason Donovan - Close Every Door *
433 Paul Young - From Time To Time - The Singles Collection // Zucchero - Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman) (feat. Paul Young)
434 Dire Straits - On Every Street // Dire Straits - On Every Street
435 Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II // Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
436 Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours // Bryan Adams - Do I Have To Say The Words?
437 Simply Red - Stars // Simply Red - Stars
438 Erasure - Chorus // Erasure - Chorus
439 Queen - Greatest Hits II // Queen - I Want It All
440 Enya - Shepherd Moons // Enya - Caribbean Blue
441 Genesis - We Can't Dance // Genesis - I Can't Dance
442 Michael Jackson - Dangerous // Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
443 Wet Wet Wet - High On The Happy Side // Wet Wet Wet - More Than Love
444 Madness - Divine Madness // Madness - The Prince
445 Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch // Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch

* I played the wrong version of this by mistake, sung by Michael Damian instead of Jason Donovan. Didn't really care to expend the effort to fix that by the time I realised. The correct version is in the Spotify playlist at least (same for Enigma as dandy* will be pleased to know)

Other songs played:

The Christians - There You Go Again (opening song, second song from Colour)
Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog (for the memes)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (from #2 album Violator)
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (from #2 album Life)
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring (from #2 album Behaviour)
Roxette - Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) (from #2 album Joyride)
Electronic - Getting Away With It (from (some versions of) #2 album Electronic)
U2 - One (from #2 album Achtung Baby)
Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love (from #2 album Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92))
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird (RIP Christine McVie)

A fun and chaotic session this week for sure ~ highlight definitely being the cats in the 'Remember The Time' video tbh. Good discoveries this week from Carpenters, The Charlatans, Enigma, Chris Rea, Erasure and Enya + loved playing 'Starman' and 'Enter Sandman' (iconically sandwiched between Pavarotti and Joseph ) and 'Thorn In My Side' being the latest song that I knew quite well but never knew what it was called until now! Pet Shop Boys (again), Electronic (basically another PSB song in some ways) and Tears For Fears were good bonus discoveries as well.

Posted by: jimwatts 5th December 2022, 09:00 PM

Sounds like fun yesterday - I've started listening through the #1 album tracks on Spotify, don't think I can replicate the chaos though

Highlights from the songs I know: Starman, The Only One I Know, The Show Must Go On, All Together Now and Losing My Religion from the #1s, and Enjoy The Silence, Being Boring, Getting Away With It and One from the #2s. I wasn't 100% sure you'd end on Bruce as there's quite a turnover of #1s until the next #2, happy with that - I'm not familiar with the other tracks on Human Touch so that'll be something new to me next week.

Posted by: Suedehead2 8th December 2022, 08:59 PM

A Stranglers song is essential for the RIP slot after the death of Jet Black I'd go for one of their early songs such as Peaches or (Get A) Grip (On Yourself).

Posted by: Bjork 8th December 2022, 09:57 PM

Off to Gotheborg for the weekend, so wob¨t be able to make it this week

Posted by: Michael Bubré 11th December 2022, 12:52 PM

Living on the edge and just starting preparing the playlist for the week now again, #2 album list coming up in a bit

Posted by: Michael Bubré 11th December 2022, 03:29 PM

Took me a little longer than the last time I left it this late whoops, there was one greatest hits album in particular that took me a while to figure out which song to play from due to it containing so many top 2 hits and songs already played, wonder what that could be x

Done now though and it's an all time low of just 38 albums covered this week - we have a near 20 minute song again this week, been a while since the last one of those! - which takes us to July 1993. Notably this is the first of these sessions which doesn't span any full calendar years.

This week's #2 albums for extra last minute bonus suggestions (I'll wait until a little while into the session to sort out the bonuses - maybe during the 20 minute song - so y'all have some time to think x):

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:18 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th December 2022, 03:33 PM

Peter Gabriel - Blood Of Eden
Belly - Gepetto or Feed The Tree
Beloved - Sweet Harmony

Plus a Stranglers song as mentioned above.

Posted by: Sausage Rollo 11th December 2022, 03:37 PM

I would like:

Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (Live At Wembley '86)
Peter Gabriel - Blood Of Eden (Us)
Stereo MCs - Connected (Connected)

Posted by: Dot Branning 11th December 2022, 03:37 PM

I know what the 20 minute song is (was actually expecting it to be longer than that but maybe it's a different version on the album). That'll be interesting lol.

Nominations:

Title track from Connected by Stereo MCs
Title track from Take That And Party (bit of a guilty pleasure )
Sweet Harmony- The Beloved

Posted by: Slade 11th December 2022, 03:38 PM

The Beloved - Sweet Harmony
Madonna - Rain
Sting - Shape Of My Heart

Posted by: Bjork 11th December 2022, 03:40 PM

Thought I was gonna miss it but will be able o join for a while on the train back to Copenhagen

for those 2s voting for
Del Amitri - Change Everything, fav song: Always the Last to Know
Stereo MCs - Connected, fav song: Step it Up
Dina Carroll - So Close, fav song: Don't be a stranger

Posted by: Michael Bubré 11th December 2022, 03:44 PM

QUOTE(Dot Branning @ Dec 11 2022, 03:37 PM)

Posted by: Sausage Rollo 11th December 2022, 03:46 PM

If it's what I think it is, it will be a treat for Suedehead and me.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 11th December 2022, 03:46 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: Dot Branning 11th December 2022, 03:48 PM

QUOTE(Michael Bubré @ Dec 11 2022, 03:44 PM)

Posted by: JulianT 11th December 2022, 03:57 PM

I’d also narrowly go for Step It Up ahead of Connected but happy with either.

Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know

Looks like Sweet Harmony’s a guaranteed play.

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th December 2022, 03:57 PM

QUOTE(Sausage Rollo @ Dec 11 2022, 03:46 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 11th December 2022, 04:00 PM

Another vote for each of:
Belly - Feed The Tree
Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know
Stereo MCs - Step It Up

Posted by: dandy* 11th December 2022, 04:12 PM

Bonus..

Beloved - Sweet Harmony
Madonna - Deeper and Deeper
Gloria Estefan - Doctor Beat
Stereo MCs - Step It Up

Posted by: seven. 11th December 2022, 04:50 PM

Del Amitri - Always the Last to Know
Runrig - The Greatest Flame
Stereo MC's - Connected

Posted by: jimwatts 18th December 2022, 01:11 PM

Is this going ahead today? I should be able to make it after all if it is.

Posted by: Bjork 18th December 2022, 01:24 PM

I can be here for a while but watching Argentina-France too and then having dinner

Posted by: Bjork 18th December 2022, 01:27 PM

where did you guys finish last time?

Posted by: Michael Bubré 18th December 2022, 01:32 PM

QUOTE(jimwatts @ Dec 18 2022, 01:11 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 18th December 2022, 01:33 PM

great! can you tell us what period is gonna cover approx?

Posted by: Michael Bubré 18th December 2022, 02:19 PM

Here's a rough list of what the #2 albums for this week will be (I don't know exactly how many albums will be covered this week yet, but this will be the list if it's anywhere from 41 to 45 - it very possibly might be a bit less than that again which would mean Portishead falls into next week, I assume people will want a song from that so feel free to nominate and I'll just roll it over to next week if it ends up going there)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:18 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:36 PM)

Posted by: Slade 18th December 2022, 02:24 PM

The Cranberries - Zombie
Portishead - Glory Box
Spin Doctors - Two Princes

Posted by: dandy* 18th December 2022, 02:25 PM

Primal Scream - Rocks
Portishead - Roads
Cranberries - Zombie
Madonna - Secret
Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Portishead Sheared Wood Mix)

Posted by: seven. 18th December 2022, 02:30 PM

Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Portishead - Glory Box
The Cranberries - Zombie

Posted by: Suedehead2 18th December 2022, 02:33 PM

Priomal Scream - Rocks
Cranberriers = Zombie
Sting - Fields Of Gold (if we haven't had it already)

RIP slot - something from Twin Peaks. Falling would be appropriate if we didn't play it for Julee Cruise; otherwise, something else.

I'm still feeling somewhat under the weather so may not go out to see Bootleg Beatles. That would mean joining the session in earnest after the football. I may have it on while watching the football but it won't by my main priority.

Posted by: Sausage Rollo 18th December 2022, 02:34 PM

I don't have any of those no.2 albums.

The only song I'm going to request is Russians by Sting.

Posted by: chartjack2 18th December 2022, 02:39 PM

Sorry I haven’t joined for a while guys, been really busy with work! Might be able to join in after the football

Posted by: chartjack2 18th December 2022, 02:43 PM

Another request for Zombie

For the RIP slot could we please have Groovin’ by The Rascals?

Posted by: Dot Branning 18th December 2022, 02:47 PM

Paul Weller- Wild Wood
Primal Scream- Rocks
Cranberries- Zombie
Portishead- Glory Box

Posted by: Bjork 18th December 2022, 02:47 PM

Cranberries-No Need to Argue is one of my fav albums in the history of music, the title track is my fav and one of my fav songs to ply on guitar and sing
but I guess Zombie is more well.known
Portishead-Dummy is such a classic album too, Roads is my fav track but guess Glorybox is more popular
was also a huge Pearl Jam fan then, VS is an incredible album, fav track Rearviewmirror but guess Daughter is more popular

so voting for:
Cranberries- No Need to Argue, Zombie
Portishead- Dummy, Gloryhead (or Roads)
Pearl Jam - VS, Daughter (or Rearviewmirror)

Posted by: JulianT 18th December 2022, 02:48 PM

Ooh would love to have Falling by Julee Cruise for RIP!

Posted by: Suedehead2 18th December 2022, 02:59 PM

QUOTE(Sausage Rollo @ Dec 18 2022, 02:34 PM)

Posted by: Michael Bubré 18th December 2022, 03:30 PM

Whoops we have another case of a song that should be played in the main playlist that we already played as a bonus a few weeks ago (The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In) - I'm not going to play it again so if anyone wants a different song from 'Welcome To The Beautiful South' as a belated bonus I can play that instead, otherwise I'll just skip it.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 18th December 2022, 03:46 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Beginning in about 15 minutes anyway! (Still just finishing off the playlist now whoops, cutting it quite fine this week but I should be done just about in time)

Posted by: Suedehead2 18th December 2022, 03:46 PM

QUOTE(Michael Bubré @ Dec 18 2022, 03:30 PM)

Posted by: Michael Bubré 18th December 2022, 03:53 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 18 2022, 03:46 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 18th December 2022, 03:55 PM

from Welcome to the BS I really like I'll Sail This Ship Alone

Posted by: JulianT 19th December 2022, 04:49 PM

Sounds like the year end rundown is on New Year’s Eve so fine for this to go ahead on New Year’s Day.

I really like the idea of having a Christmas themed session but I guess people will be otherwise occupied.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 19th December 2022, 05:11 PM

Ah cool - yeah I'll be happy to return to this on New Year's Day then!

(I should personally be free on Christmas Day as well as far as I'm aware but I just assume most people will probably have other stuff going on).

Will post the tracklists for the last 2 weeks in a bit, I was going to yesterday evening but ended up being occupied by BJSC results x

Posted by: chartjack2 19th December 2022, 05:33 PM

Unless people want to do a Xmas session not on Xmas day? Maybe on Christmas Eve if people are free for a couple of hours?

I was thinking of playing the highest charting Xmas themed song from every Xmas chart if people are interested?

Posted by: JulianT 19th December 2022, 05:39 PM

I’d be up for that. On holiday with parents so can easily take a couple of hours out whenever haha.

Posted by: chartjack2 19th December 2022, 05:40 PM

Cool so provisionally let’s say a bit earlier 1-4? But open to suggestions

Posted by: JulianT 19th December 2022, 05:46 PM

Good for me but not sure what others think

Posted by: jimwatts 19th December 2022, 09:04 PM

I'm around on New Year's Day for the regular session. Bit busy on Christmas Eve (and Christmas Day) though.

Posted by: JulianT 25th December 2022, 11:10 AM

Merry Christmas all and thanks for being such a big part of my Sundays this year! Long may it continue.

Posted by: Dancember 25th December 2022, 11:34 AM

I will prematurely suggest Salva Mea for the Maxi Jazz RIP slot now presuming that Insomnia and God Is A DJ will get plays through their two number one GH albums (I’d also be happy with We Come 1)

As for Terry Hall, Ghost Town is my favourite of what I know of The Specials but that was obviously a number one hit so I’d suggest A Message To You Rudy.

Posted by: chartjack2 25th December 2022, 04:04 PM

I also like Thinking of You by The Colourfield re Terry Hall

Posted by: Bjork 25th December 2022, 04:07 PM

I'd vote for We come 1

Posted by: Suedehead2 25th December 2022, 04:10 PM

Another vote for We Come 1. My Specials vote would go to Gangsters.

Posted by: Sausage Rollo 25th December 2022, 07:26 PM

The most streamed songs on the two Faithless GH albums are God Is A DJ and We Come 1. I think Insomnia has a smaller figure because it's only the nine minute version which is on those albums.

So I think we should take the opportunity to hear Insomnia next Sunday.

From Terry Hall, I like Thinking Of You the best but I'm happy to go with Gangsters as it should really be a Specials song.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 25th December 2022, 08:04 PM

Thanks for checking that Rollo as I had also assumed 'Insomnia' would be getting a play from one of the two greatest hits albums anyway, but indeed the version with 119 million streams (their most streamed song on Spotify) is not actually included on either of them. I'd like to play 'Insomnia' in that case unless people genuinely would prefer a different song anyway.

The Specials songs that I'm most familiar with are 'Ghost Town' and 'Free Nelson Mandela' but obvz the former is a #1 and the latter was released after Terry Hall left the band so would not make much sense to play.

Hopefully those will remain the only 2 RIP slots by this time next week.

(also whoops still haven't got around to posting those last two tracklists, let me finally do that now, in lieu of having a new session today )

Posted by: Michael Bubré 25th December 2022, 08:37 PM

I didn't actually write down the bonus songs played so I hope I've remembered them all! (Was The Stranglers the only RIP slot in week 11? It's the only one that was mentioned in the thread but I feel like there may have been a second one, but could just be confusing it with last week when we did have 2)

New Year's resolution is definitely to make sure I post these in a more timely manner again

Week 11 tracklist:

446 Def Leppard - Adrenalize // Def Leppard - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
447 Annie Lennox - Diva // Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass
448 Right Said Fred - Up // Right Said Fred - Don't Talk Just Kiss
449 The Cure - Wish // The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
450 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 1992 - The Love Album // Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Only Living Boy In New Cross
451 Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark // Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
452 Michael Ball - Michael Ball // Michael Ball - One Step Out Of Time
453 Lionel Richie - Back To Front // Commodores - Easy
454 The Orb - U.F.Orb // The Orb - U.F.Orb
455 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits - 1966-1992 // Neil Diamond - Solitary Man
456 INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are // INXS - Beautiful Girl
457 The Smiths - Best... I // The Smiths - This Charming Man
458 Kylie Minogue - Greatest Hits // Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time
459 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II // Mike Oldfield - Sentinel
460 Belinda Carlisle - The Best Of Belinda Volume 1 // Belinda Carlisle - (We Want) The Same Thing
461 ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits // ABBA - Does Your Mother Know
462 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People // R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
463 Prince And The New Power Generation - [Love Symbol] // Prince And The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.
464 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize 81/92 // Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
465 Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith // Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses
466 Cher - Greatest Hits - 1965-1992 // Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
467 Erasure - Pop! - The First 20 Hits // Erasure - Love To Hate You
468 Genesis - Live - The Way We Walk - Volume Two - The Longs // Genesis - Old Medley (Live)
469 Little Angels - Jam // Little Angels - Too Much Too Young
470 The Cult - Pure Cult - For Rockers, Ravers, Lovers And Sinners // The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
471 Buddy Holly and The Crickets - Words Of Love // Buddy Holly - Words Of Love
472 East 17 - Walthamstow // East 17 - It's Alright
473 Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way // Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
474 Hot Chocolate - Their Greatest Hits // Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
475 Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion // Depeche Mode - I Feel You
476 Suede - Suede // Suede - Animal Nitrate
477 David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise // David Bowie - Jump They Say
478 Cliff Richard - The Album // Cliff Richard - I Still Believe In You
479 New Order - Republic // New Order - Regret
480 Janet Jackson - janet. // Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place
481 2 Unlimited - No Limits // 2 Unlimited - Tribal Dance
482 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It // Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
483 Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth // Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn?

Other songs played:

Bruce Springsteen - I Wish I Were Blind (opening song, second song from Human Touch)
Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know (from #2 album Change Everything)
Peter Gabriel - Blood Of Eden (from #2 album Us)
Madonna - Rain (from #2 album Erotica)
Stereo MC's - Connected (from #2 album Connected)
Stereo MC's - Step It Up (also from #2 album Connected)
Belly - Feed The Tree (from #2 album Star)
The Beloved - Sweet Harmony (from #2 album Conscience)
The Stranglers - Peaches (RIP Jet Black)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You ('new' #1 single)

Week 12 tracklist:

484 U2 - Zooropa // U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
485 UB40 - Promises And Lies // UB40 - Higher Ground
486 Mariah Carey - Music Box // Mariah Carey - Hero
487 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell // Meat Loaf - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through
488 Nirvana - In Utero // Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
489 Pet Shop Boys - Very // Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her?
490 Take That - Everything Changes // Take That - Love Ain't Here Anymore
491 Phil Collins - Both Sides // Phil Collins - Everyday
492 Diana Ross - One Woman - The Ultimate Collection // The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
493 Bryan Adams - So Far So Good // Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
494 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me // Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote
495 Tori Amos - Under The Pink // Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
496 Enigma - The Cross Of Changes // Enigma - Return To Innocence
497 Morrissey - Vauxhall And I // Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
498 Pink Floyd - The Division Bell // Pink Floyd - High Hopes
499 Blur - Parklife // Blur - Parklife
500 Deacon Blue - Our Town - The Greatest Hits // Deacon Blue - Dignity
501 Erasure - I Say I Say I Say // Erasure - Always
502 Seal - Seal // Seal - Kiss From A Rose
503 2 Unlimited - Real Things // 2 Unlimited - The Real Thing
504 The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? // The Cranberries - Linger
505 Ace Of Base - Happy Nation // Ace Of Base - Happy Nation
506 The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation // The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
507 The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge // The Rolling Stones - Love Is Strong
508 Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One - Their Greatest Hits // Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky
509 Prince - Come // Prince - Come
510 Oasis - Definitely Maybe // Oasis - Live Forever
511 The Three Tenors - In Concert 1994 // The Three Tenors - Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici (Live)
512 Eric Clapton - From The Cradle // Eric Clapton - I'm Tore Down
513 Luther Vandross - Songs // Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey - Endless Love
514 R.E.M. - Monster // R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
515 Bon Jovi - Cross Road // Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
516 Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York // Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
517 The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of // The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In *
518 The Beatles - Live At The BBC // The Beatles - Soldier Of Love (Live)
519 Céline Dion - The Colour Of My Love // Céline Dion - The Power Of Love
520 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits // Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
521 Annie Lennox - Medusa // Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
522 Elastica - Elastica // Elastica - Connection
523 The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! // The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
524 Wet Wet Wet - Picture This // Wet Wet Wet - Julia Says
525 Take That - Nobody Else // Take That - Nobody Else
526 Paul Weller - Stanley Road // Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me

* previously played as a bonus track before I realised it would get a play from this album but this is its canonical place

Other songs played:

Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die (opening song, second song from Emergency On Planet Earth)
The Beautiful South - I'll Sail This Ship Alone (from #2 album Welcome To The Beautiful South - played in place of 'You Keep It All In' as a belated bonus track for week 9)
Spin Doctors - Two Princes (from #2 album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite)
Paul Weller vs. Portishead - Wild Wood (Sheared Wood Remix) (from #2 album Wild Wood)
Pearl Jam - Daughter (from #2 album Vs.)
Primal Scream - Rocks (from #2 album Give Out But Don't Give Up)
The Cranberries - Zombie (from #2 album No Need To Argue)
Sting - Russians (from #2 album Fields Of Gold - The Best Of - 1984-1994)
Portishead - Glory Box (from #2 album Dummy)
Julee Cruise - Falling (RIP Angelo Badalamenti)
The Young Rascals - Groovin' (RIP Dino Danelli)
Wham! - Last Christmas ('new' #1 single)

(and Dandy* played Ken Lee as a meme but that's non-canon)

Posted by: Michael Bubré 25th December 2022, 09:02 PM

...actually am just catching up with the Celebrity RIP thread in the Lounge and spotted another one from the other day that I completely missed, Martin Duffy from Primal Scream D: Can perhaps give 'Loaded' a play after previously commenting on 'Rocks' not being as good as that x

Posted by: Suedehead2 25th December 2022, 10:18 PM

Loaded would be a suitable song for Duffy. My favourite Charlatans song (Sproston Green) dates from the Rob Collins era.

Posted by: dandy* 25th December 2022, 10:20 PM

Moving On Up could be appropriate for a RIP slot

Posted by: jimwatts 25th December 2022, 11:31 PM

QUOTE(Michael Bubré @ Dec 25 2022, 08:04 PM)

Posted by: Michael Bubré 25th December 2022, 11:40 PM

Both titles have been used for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Nelson_Mandela.

Looks like 'Gangsters' is the most popular pick so far so will probably go with that, I'll see if I recognise it!

Posted by: Chez Robin 26th December 2022, 12:00 AM

Ooft, I missed some real classics last week, belated love to Linger and Live Forever in particular <3 I also would love to hear Insomnia if it wasn't the most streamed on the two Greatest Hits albums.

Posted by: Brer 1st January 2023, 02:09 PM

Resuming at 4pm today, what better way to spend the first afternoon of the new year

Rough list of the #1 albums covered this week (not sure if Paul McCartney will make it but also not sure anyone will want anything from that anyway x)
edit: actually all of the 1997 ones are going into next week instead!

Better zoom through making the playlist went out for lunch with the family and thought it'd be safe to leave it until I got home but we were out a little longer than I expected, hopefully will be alright anyway!

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:36 PM)

Posted by: Brer 1st January 2023, 02:12 PM

Also to add another to the list of RIP slots this week, seen that Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse has passed away sadly - they were never a big UK chart act and I'm not sure how well people will know them but I'd like to use this as an opportunity to play 'Dashboard' by them because it's a banger ('Float On' is more popular but Jeremiah doesn't seem to have been on that song).

Posted by: Jade 1st January 2023, 02:19 PM

Björk - Army of Me
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st January 2023, 02:22 PM

What a shame Boys Of Pele didn't have a title track.

Posted by: Sausage Rollo 1st January 2023, 02:27 PM

Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet (Post)
Pet Shop Boys - Shameless (Alternative)
Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter (Everything Must Go)

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st January 2023, 02:28 PM

Pet Shop Boys - Losing My Mind
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky

Posted by: Bjork 1st January 2023, 02:30 PM

Boys for Pele <3 I still remember NME made a review and had a drawing of Tori with a Brazilian soccer t-shirt
when the song has nothing to do with the Brazilian footballer but with Pele the Hawaiian Goddess <3
The album is a masterpieve but not for everyone, very dark and barroque with lots of harpsichords and strange pianos


for me:
Tori Amos-Boys for Pele (Caught a Lite Sneeze)
Bjork-Post (Hyperballad)
MSP-Everything must go (No Surface all Feeling)

Posted by: Dotty New Year 1st January 2023, 02:37 PM

Manic Street Preachers- Kevin Carter
Ocean Colour Scene- The Riverboat Song
Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity
Fugees- Fu-Gee-La

Posted by: Chez Wombat 1st January 2023, 02:40 PM

Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (this is on the Greatest Hits album right?)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

Posted by: jimwatts 1st January 2023, 02:48 PM

Björk - Hyperballad
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go [though No Surface All Feeling is a great shout too]

Posted by: seven. 1st January 2023, 03:00 PM

Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Bjork - Hyper-ballad

Posted by: chartjack2 1st January 2023, 03:00 PM

In Spite of All the Danger - The Beatles please

Posted by: Brer 1st January 2023, 03:50 PM

Right just about got the playlist ready in time - there are a few pretty long songs/videos again (including 2 in a row right near the start x) so only covering 39 albums (not quite a low to date but close to it), bringing us up to February 1997. And in fact all of the 1997 #2 albums there were after February so they all go into next week's session instead - not looked over the bonus suggestions yet but any there have been for those albums will carry over to next week!

A good handful more classics this week, including 2 classics in a row at one point that both surprisingly peaked as low as #11.

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: Brer 1st January 2023, 08:35 PM

Will drop the tracklist from today this evening (pinkie swear) but those of you who didn't stick around until 8 you missed a truly iconic end to the session

Happy that these sessions have continued to be such a success anyhoo, just some appreciation for all of you guys who keep attending and making this such fun to do each week. Zooming towards the turn of the millennium already but of course the volume of 1 week #1 albums is just going to keep going up so still plenty of material for months to come x

Posted by: Jade 1st January 2023, 08:37 PM

Great fun as always

some fab discoveries from the likes of: Supergrass, The Charlatans, Levellers, Ash, R.E.M. and also Tori Amos in the bonus songs

Posted by: Brer 2nd January 2023, 02:31 AM

A good handful of great discoveries this week, my biggest ones being Supergrass, Suede, Levellers, R.E.M. and Blur's 'You're So Great'. Plus a few more that I think I have heard before but don't know super well which were great to revisit (Blur's 'The Universal', Pulp, Kula Shaker, Manic Street Preachers from the bonuses). Björk and Tori Amos were great discoveries from the bonuses too!

Week 13 tracklist:

527 Alison Moyet - Singles // Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
528 Pink Floyd - Pulse // Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live)
529 Michael Jackson - HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I // Michael Jackson - Thriller
530 Bon Jovi - These Days // Bon Jovi - This Ain't A Love Song
531 Supergrass - I Should Coco // Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
532 Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah // Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
533 Boyzone - Said And Done // Boyzone - Key To My Life
534 The Charlatans - The Charlatans // The Charlatans - Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over
535 Levellers - Zeitgeist // Levellers - Hope Street
536 Blur - The Great Escape // Blur - The Universal
537 Mariah Carey - Daydream // Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
538 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? // Oasis - Champagne Supernova
539 Simply Red - Life // Simply Red - So Beautiful
540 Pulp - Different Class // Pulp - Disco 2000
541 Queen - Made In Heaven // Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You
542 Robson & Jerome - Robson & Jerome // Robson & Jerome - If I Can Dream
543 The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly // The Bluetones - Bluetonic
544 Céline Dion - Falling Into You // Céline Dion - Because You Loved Me
545 The Beatles - Anthology 2 // The Beatles - Real Love
546 Take That - Greatest Hits // Take That - A Million Love Songs
547 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill // Alanis Morissette - Ironic
548 Ash - 1977 // Ash - Girl From Mars
549 George Michael - Older // George Michael - Older
550 Metallica - Load // Metallica - Until It Sleeps
551 Bryan Adams - 18 Til I Die // Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
552 Crowded House - Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of // Crowded House - Weather With You
553 Suede - Coming Up // Suede - Trash
554 R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi // R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter
555 Kula Shaker - K // Kula Shaker - Govinda
556 Peter Andre - Natural // Peter Andre - Natural (C & J Street Mix)
557 Simply Red - Greatest Hits // Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
558 The Beautiful South - Blue Is The Colour // The Beautiful South - Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)
559 Boyzone - A Different Beat // Boyzone - Ben
560 Spice Girls - Spice // Spice Girls - Love Thing
561 Robson & Jerome - Take Two // Robson & Jerome - Bring It On Home To Me
562 Evita OST // Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
563 Reef - Glow // Reef - Place Your Hands
564 Texas - White On Blonde // Texas - Say What You Want
565 Blur - Blur // Blur - You're So Great

Other songs played:

Paul Weller - Broken Stones (opening song, second song from Stanley Road)
Björk - Hyperballad (from #2 album Post)
Pet Shop Boys - Losing My Mind (from #2 album Alternative)
Tori Amos - Caught A Lite Sneeze (from #2 album Boys For Pele)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (from #2 album Everything Must Go)
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La (from #2 album The Score)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (from #2 album Travelling Without Moving) *
The Specials - Gangsters (RIP Terry Hall)
Faithless - Insomnia (RIP Maxi Jazz)
Primal Scream - Loaded (RIP Martin Duffy)
Modest Mouse - Dashboard (RIP Jeremiah Green)
LadBaby - Food Aid (new #1 single)
The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy (palate cleanser / for the memes)

* was initially played as a bonus track this week before I realised it would get a play from High Times - Singles 1992-2006

+ Jade also playing Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy which was a remake of inspired The Smurfs' track for an iconic side by side (aside I've only just discovered The Smurfs' song actually charted and as high as #4!! haha, iconic)

Posted by: Bjork 4th January 2023, 10:30 AM

Listening now to the final part + #2s cos as per usual I missed it (partner formed to listen to the prime minister new year speech)
but some great songs including Hyperballad and Caught a Lite Sneeze

Had completely forgotten Robson & Jerome had a 2nd album, for some reason I kinda remember them only having 1 wishful thinking I guess

Posted by: chartjack2 4th January 2023, 12:59 PM

Early request for Associates “Party Fears Two” - RIP Alan Rankine

Posted by: jimwatts 4th January 2023, 01:26 PM

^ Seconded

Posted by: Jade 6th January 2023, 11:59 PM

Earth, Wind and Fire also for this week (RIP Fred White) - I think my personal pick would be 'Boogie Wonderland' as it's so joyous and 'September' must be one of the most played 70s songs nowadays

Posted by: Bjork 8th January 2023, 01:32 PM

for today's #2s, the bestest is Lauryn Hill's debut. going for Ex-Factor as a track
also Oasis-The Masterplan
but struggling to find anything else

EDIT: + Sheryl Crow - My Favourite Mistake

Posted by: dandy* 8th January 2023, 01:53 PM

Trust me to miss one that looks like it was a good one :/ I should be around today so I’ll try to join again

Posted by: Brer 8th January 2023, 02:35 PM

Estimate of today's #2 albums for bonus suggestions as I scramble together the playlist at the last minute again (again may be an overestimate so for any of the later ones if they turn out to actually fall into next week I will roll over any nominations for them, from last week Supergrass already have one nomination)

edit: The Corrs and Backstreet Boys go into next week.

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:36 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:58 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 8th January 2023, 02:45 PM

Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
Oasis - The Masterplan or Half The World Away

Not exactly a vintage list this week.

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 8th January 2023, 02:46 PM

The title track from Oasis- The Masterplan
Ex Factor or Doo Wop from The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
I Want You- Savage Garden

Posted by: jimwatts 8th January 2023, 02:48 PM

Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
R.E.M. - Daysleeper

and anything from The Masterplan - Rockin' Chair, Acquiesce, The Masterplan, Talk Tonight and Half The World Away are all worthwhile choices

Posted by: Chez Wombat 8th January 2023, 02:49 PM

Oasis - The Masterplan
Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor
Lighthouse Family - High ()

(also I would prefer September if we're playing Earth Wind and Fire ngl!)

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 8th January 2023, 02:52 PM

Actually yeah i'll second High by the Lighthouse Family.

For Earth, Wind & Fire i'd go with Let's Groove personally.

Posted by: seven. 8th January 2023, 02:55 PM

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop
Portishead - All Mine
Savage Garden - I Want You

Posted by: Jade 8th January 2023, 02:56 PM

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Mariah Carey - Honey
Oasis - The Masterplan (or Acquiesce)

Posted by: dandy* 8th January 2023, 03:00 PM

Portishead - Only You / All Mine / Humming
Sheryl Crow - My Favourite Mistake
Lighthouse Family - High
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop / Ex Factor
REM - At My Most Beautiful
Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
Primal Scream - If They Move, Kill 'Em

Posted by: King Rollo 8th January 2023, 03:42 PM

The only no.2 I would like this week is 'Calling All Stations' by Genesis from the album of the same name. That's the album they did with the singer from Stiltskin.

I'm not a fan of the Pointer Sisters but I think they should be added to the RIP songs, maybe 'I'm So Excited'.

'Party Fears Two' for The Associates and 'Boogie Wonderland' for Earth Wind And Fire.

Posted by: Brer 8th January 2023, 03:55 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

^ will be starting soon, oops cutting it fine to finish off the tracklist this week x

Posted by: Brer 8th January 2023, 04:16 PM

Sorry for the late start whoops!

The Corrs and Backstreet Boys' albums will fall into next week for #2 bonuses but looks like no one nominated either of them anyway.

40 albums covered this week bringing us up to April 1999, so into the current millennium next week!

Posted by: Bjork 9th January 2023, 07:55 AM

missed the final part yesterday :/ @Bré, could you post the tracklist so I can re-listen tak

Posted by: Brer 9th January 2023, 10:07 PM

Oh yes sorry I am already flopping at posting these again

The start of this week's session was great, loved all of the first 5 songs and all but one were new to me (The Chemical Brothers I had heard before but not for a while so good to refamiliarise). Other good discoveries from Wu-Tang Clan, Pulp, Jane McDonald, Manic Street Preachers + Portishead and Oasis from the bonuses, and others I'd heard before but good to get more familiar with from Radiohead and Garbage and of course plenty of great songs I knew well already (The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and Massive Attack my biggest faves). Great week.

Week 14 tracklist:

566 Mansun - Attack Of The Grey Lantern // Mansun - Wide Open Space
567 U2 - Pop // U2 - Staring At The Sun
568 The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole // The Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin
569 Depeche Mode - Ultra // Depeche Mode - It's No Good
570 The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories // The Charlatans - One To Another
571 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor - HIStory In The Mix // Michael Jackson - Ghosts
572 Gary Barlow - Open Road // Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
573 Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever // Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph (feat. Cappadonna)
574 Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere // Hanson - I Will Come To You
575 Radiohead - OK Computer // Radiohead - Karma Police
576 The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land // The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
577 Oasis - Be Here Now // Oasis - Don't Go Away
578 Ocean Colour Scene - Marchin' Already // Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
579 The Verve - Urban Hymns // The Verve - Lucky Man
580 Spice Girls - Spiceworld // Spice Girls - Never Give Up On The Good Times
581 Céline Dion - Let's Talk About Love // Céline Dion - Immortality (feat. Bee Gees)
582 James Horner - Titanic OST // James Horner - Rose
583 Madonna - Ray Of Light // Madonna - The Power Of Good-Bye
584 James - The Best Of // James - Laid
585 Pulp - This Is Hardcore // Pulp - This Is Hardcore
586 Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens // Robbie Williams - Angels
587 Massive Attack - Mezzanine // Massive Attack - Teardrop
588 Catatonia - International Velvet // Catatonia - Road Rage
589 Garbage - Version 2.0 // Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
590 Simply Red - Blue // Simply Red - The Air That I Breathe
591 Boyzone - Where We Belong // Boyzone - And I
592 Embrace - The Good Will Out // Embrace - All You Good Good People
593 The Corrs - Talk On Corners // The Corrs - What Can I Do
594 Five - 5ive // Five - When The Lights Go Out
595 Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty // Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
596 Jane McDonald - Jane McDonald // Jane McDonald - One Moment In Time
597 Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours // Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart
598 Phil Collins - ...Hits // Phil Collins - True Colors
599 The Beautiful South - Quench // The Beautiful South - Dumb
600 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You // Robbie Williams - Strong
601 U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990 // U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
602 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of // George Michael - One More Try
603 Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby // Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
604 Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails // Stereophonics - Just Looking
605 Blur - 13 // Blur - Coffee & TV

Other songs played:

Blur - On Your Own (opening song, second song from Blur)
Portishead - All Mine (from #2 album Portishead)
Lighthouse Family - High (from #2 album Postcards From Heaven)
Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake (from #2 album The Globe Sessions)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) (from #2 album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill)
Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor (also from #2 album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill)
Oasis - The Masterplan (from #2 album The Masterplan)
The Associates - Party Fears Two (RIP Alan Rankine)
Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (RIP Fred White)
The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (RIP Anita Pointer)
RAYE and 070 Shake - Escapism. (new #1 single)

+ Dot playing Jane McDonald - Cake By The Ocean as a treat for us all x

Posted by: Bjork 10th January 2023, 06:45 AM

Thanks, Lauryn Hill x 2 <3 <3

Posted by: jimwatts 10th January 2023, 09:32 AM

Next week: Britney Spears - E-Mail My Heart? (#2 album)

Posted by: Bjork 10th January 2023, 09:36 AM

sure there must be better albums that Baby One more Time, the single sure it's iconic but the album wasn't great

Posted by: chartjack2 10th January 2023, 01:06 PM

Couldn’t we have Sometimes from Baby One More Time anyway?

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 10th January 2023, 02:36 PM

QUOTE(jimwatts @ Jan 10 2023, 09:32 AM)

Posted by: Brer 10th January 2023, 06:27 PM

QUOTE(jimwatts @ Jan 10 2023, 09:32 AM)

Posted by: King Rollo 11th January 2023, 10:21 PM

Just putting this here in case you didn't see it in the retro forum, I will be hosting an albums listening session tomorrow evening at 8pm. We will be listening to Leftism by Leftfield and A New World Record by ELO.

Posted by: chartjack2 11th January 2023, 11:15 PM

RIP Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining?

Posted by: Brer 12th January 2023, 02:00 AM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jan 11 2023, 10:21 PM)

Posted by: chartjack2 13th January 2023, 04:56 PM

RIP Lisa Marie Presley - Lights Out?

Posted by: Suedehead2 13th January 2023, 05:32 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jan 11 2023, 10:21 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 13th January 2023, 06:09 PM

And 'Roll On Down The Highway'? (RIP Robbie Bachman)

Posted by: A Roba New Year 13th January 2023, 06:25 PM

I guess I can promote in here since it is a #1 album as well. We are doing a listen through of James Blunt's Back To Bedlam tonight 9 time start. Wardy will be linking in the lounge promotion and the 2000's!

Posted by: Brer 13th January 2023, 06:28 PM

Mm I think I'll give that one a miss as Blunty isn't my cup of tea but open to future 00s album listenthroughs too.

Ngl I have no clue who Robbie Bachman was but sure x (RIP)

Posted by: King Rollo 13th January 2023, 06:35 PM

We'll get to hear You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive when we do the number 2s. That's the only one I know by them so I'm happy to go with Roll On Down The Highway.

Posted by: Suedehead2 13th January 2023, 08:52 PM

Roll On Down The Highway is a good song so, if We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet will get a play eventually, let's go for that.

Posted by: Brer 15th January 2023, 03:13 PM

Working on the new playlist again, will try and start as on time as possible. (Have annoyingly needed to multitask a bit due to someone rudely stealing my Club Bizarre entry x)

Approximate list of #2 albums for this week with the usual caveat that the last couple may fall into next week instead depending on how long the songs are this week:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:58 PM)

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 15th January 2023, 03:18 PM

As- George Michael & Mary J Blige
I'm Like A Bird or Turn Off The Light- Nelly Furtado
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger- Daft Punk
Larger Than Life- Backstreet Boys
E-Mail My Heart- Britney Spears

Posted by: Jade 15th January 2023, 03:19 PM

Britney Spears - Stronger
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird

Posted by: Bjork 15th January 2023, 03:23 PM

Barber's Adagio for Strings - William Orbit
Turn Off The Lights- Nelly Furtado
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger- Daft Punk

Posted by: Chez Wombat 15th January 2023, 03:25 PM

Daft Punk - Digital Love
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings (assuming this is on it?)
Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird

Posted by: Suedehead2 15th January 2023, 03:28 PM

James - Just Like Fred Astaire
William Orbit - Adagio For Strings (although it is 9 1/2 minutes long)
Manics - Ocean Spray

Posted by: seven. 15th January 2023, 03:29 PM

Daft Punk - Digital Love
Britney Spears - Stronger
Janet Jackson - All for You

Posted by: King Rollo 15th January 2023, 03:39 PM

Daft Punk - Digital Love
Manic Street Preachers - So Why So Sad

And another vote for Hi Ho Silver Lining for the RIP slot

Posted by: jimwatts 15th January 2023, 03:46 PM

The Corrs - Heaven Knows
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten remix, if that's allowed)
Daft Punk - Digital Love
and since I originally suggested it, Britney Spears - E-Mail My Heart

Posted by: Brer 15th January 2023, 03:55 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

I'm only about 2/3 done with the playlist so I think I will delay a little bit before starting but I won't wait too long x

Posted by: chartjack2 15th January 2023, 03:59 PM

As - George Michael / Mary J Blige

Posted by: k👠th 15th January 2023, 04:00 PM

Nelly Furtado - Turn Off the Light *.*

Posted by: JulianT 15th January 2023, 04:41 PM

As
Turn Off The Light

Posted by: k👠th 15th January 2023, 04:41 PM

Britney - Email My Heart

Posted by: chartjack2 15th January 2023, 04:42 PM

OK Miss Sarajevo - George Michael haha

Posted by: dandy* 15th January 2023, 05:29 PM

Synctube broke for me so decided to leave - enjoy the rest guys

Posted by: Brer 15th January 2023, 09:33 PM

Oops. </3 you missed 'Have A Nice Day' and all!

(Note to self: post tracklist today)

Posted by: Brer 16th January 2023, 12:52 AM

My estimated list of #2 albums was actually exactly accurate for once! 44 albums covered this week taking us to July 2001 (and in terms of the number of albums we're now nearly exactly halfway through, 649 out of 1,302 up to Sam Ryder).

Not as strong a week as last week but still made few good-to-great discoveries from Radiohead ('Everything In Its Right Place' - and 'Pyramid Song' too really, I think I had heard that before but didn't know it too well), Oasis (that title tho), Ash and R.E.M. - and Leftfield would have been one too if I hadn't happened to listen to it a couple of weeks ago anyway due to dandy*'s 90s personal chart #1s ranking thread! A handful of classics I already knew well as usual, faves this week being The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay and Moby

Week 15 tracklist:

606 Catatonia - Equally Cursed And Blessed // Catatonia - Dead From The Waist Down
607 Suede - Head Music // Suede - She's In Fashion
608 Texas - The Hush // Texas - Summer Son
609 Boyzone - By Request // Boyzone - So Good
610 Jamiroquai - Synkronized // Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
611 The Chemical Brothers - Surrender // The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
612 Travis - The Man Who // Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
613 Shania Twain - Come On Over // Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
614 Leftfield - Rhythm And Stealth // Leftfield - Phat Planet
615 Tom Jones - Reload // Tom Jones and Mousse T. - Sex Bomb
616 Steps - Steptacular // Steps - Say You'll Be Mine
617 Céline Dion - All The Way... A Decade Of Song // Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson - Beauty And The Beast
618 Gabrielle - Rise // Gabrielle - Sunshine
619 Oasis - Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants // Oasis - Fuckin' In The Bushes
620 Santana - Supernatural // Santana - Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)
621 Moby - Play // Moby - Porcelain
622 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits // Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
623 Bon Jovi - Crush // Bon Jovi - It's My Life
624 S Club 7 - 7 // S Club 7 - Natural
625 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP // Eminem - The Way I Am
626 Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody // Richard Ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers
627 Coldplay - Parachutes // Coldplay - Yellow
628 The Corrs - In Blue // The Corrs - All The Love In The World
629 Ronan Keating - Ronan // Ronan Keating - The Way You Make Me Feel
630 Craig David - Born To Do It // Craig David - Walking Away
631 Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning // Robbie Williams - Supreme
632 Madonna - Music // Madonna - Don't Tell Me
633 Radiohead - Kid A // Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
634 All Saints - Saints & Sinners // All Saints - All Hooked Up
635 Texas - The Greatest Hits // Texas - Inner Smile
636 U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind // U2 - Elevation
637 Westlife - Coast To Coast // Westlife - When You're Looking Like That
638 The Beatles - 1 // The Beatles - Come Together
639 Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water // Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around
640 Dido - No Angel // Dido - Thank You
641 Eva Cassidy - Songbird // Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold
642 Hear'Say - Popstars // Hear'Say - Bridge Over Troubled Water
643 Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform // Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day
644 Ash - Free All Angels // Ash - Shining Light
645 Destiny's Child - Survivor // Destiny's Child - Emotion
646 R.E.M. - Reveal // R.E.M. - Imitation Of Life
647 Shaggy - Hot Shot // Shaggy - Hope (feat. Prince Mydas)
648 Radiohead - Amnesiac // Radiohead - Pyramid Song
649 Travis - The Invisible Band // Travis - Sing

Other songs played:

Blur - No Distance Left To Run (opening song, second song from 13)
ABBA - One Of Us (additional bonus song from Gold - Greatest Hits for its 1999 return to #1)
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (from #2 album Pieces In A Modern Style)
Britney Spears - Stronger (from #2 album Oops!... I Did It Again)
Daft Punk - Digital Love (from #2 album Discovery)
Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (from #2 album Whoa, Nelly!)
Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light (also from #2 album Whoa, Nelly!)
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining (RIP)
Lisa Marie Presley - Lights Out (RIP)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway (RIP Robbie Bachman)
Lewis Capaldi - Pointless (new #1 single)
Britney Spears - E-Mail My Heart (from #2 album ...Baby One More Time / less ikonek Jamelia slot)
64 Zoo Lane Theme (more ikonek Jamelia slot)

(in my tardiness before we started, Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss was also played, as was some bad X Factor audition of a contestant whose name I do not remember x)

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 16th January 2023, 01:12 AM

Put some respect on Godchele's name

Glad you rated the Radiohead and Oasis songs Bre. That Ash track was also a great discovery for me.

Posted by: dandy* 16th January 2023, 01:28 PM

Out of the ones I missed, I would have been very much enjoying Rise, Porcelain, Don't Tell Me, Everything in its Right Place, All Hooked Up, Shining Light, Imitation of Life and especially Pyramid Song ()

Posted by: Brer 16th January 2023, 02:43 PM

Well I agree with most of those, but 'Don't Tell Me' and 'All Hooked Up' were 2 of the worst songs of the day for me

(and it was 'Sunshine' not 'Rise'!)

Posted by: k👠th 16th January 2023, 03:01 PM

QUOTE(Brer @ Jan 16 2023, 04:43 PM)

Well I agree with most of those, but 'Don't Tell Me' and 'All Hooked Up' were 2 of the worst songs of the day for me

Posted by: dandy* 16th January 2023, 05:28 PM

I will not be having this Don't Tell Me slander @Bré!!!

It is one of Madonna's best singles and has one of the most unusual structures out of her bigger hits too... the string outro is gorgeous

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 17th January 2023, 02:48 AM

I'm with Bre on this one. The stop/start intro is grating and the rest of the song is average at best nothingness.

Posted by: Brer 17th January 2023, 02:55 AM

Dot spills truth. x

Posted by: Bjork 17th January 2023, 07:45 AM

poor Don't Tell Me, think it's a grower. It's not a masterpiece but I wouldn't call it nothingness either.

Posted by: dandy* 17th January 2023, 05:41 PM

It’s okay Dot, no worries. You and Bré are both entitled to have wrong opinions

Posted by: King Rollo 19th January 2023, 05:58 PM

In case you didn't see it in the retro forum, there will be a listening session for Moon Safari by Air at 8.30 this evening.

Posted by: Suedehead2 20th January 2023, 05:46 PM

RIP David Crosby songs#

The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

Posted by: chartjack2 20th January 2023, 05:57 PM

Can we have Eight Miles High please as he actually co-wrote that one

Posted by: Suedehead2 20th January 2023, 09:04 PM

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Jan 20 2023, 05:57 PM)

Can we have Eight Miles High please as he actually co-wrote that one

Posted by: Brer 21st January 2023, 12:45 AM

Who locked my thread (unlocked x)

David Crosby is once again someone who I am aware of but don't really know any of his music - I was going to ask if anyone has a favourite Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) song, did not even know he was a member of another band as well oop. I do know The Byrds' version of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' but that was of course a #1 so we've had it already.

Touch wood we end up only having the one RIP slot this week. (I could play a Yellow Magic Orchestra song too but that's heavily stretching the relevance to the UK charts forum)

Posted by: Suedehead2 21st January 2023, 10:19 AM

Nothing wrong with a bit of Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Posted by: dandy* 21st January 2023, 10:24 AM

I’d certainly be up for hearing Behind the Mask, probably my favourite of theirs

Posted by: Brer 21st January 2023, 10:10 PM

Actually Yellow Magic Orchestra did have one UK hit single, today I learned! (I kind of just assumed they wouldn't have had one as it's pretty rare for Japanese artists to chart here)

Posted by: Suedehead2 21st January 2023, 10:49 PM

QUOTE(Brer @ Jan 21 2023, 10:10 PM)

Posted by: Chez Wombat 21st January 2023, 11:02 PM

B.G. The Prince of Rap passed away today as well (RIP) if we wanted to continue the Club Bizarre theme x (idk if he ever had any UK hits but The Colour of My Dreams is great)

Posted by: Brer 22nd January 2023, 05:27 AM

He had one song that charted at #71 - I suppose we don't strictly need to limit the RIP slots to people who were UK chart stars anyway though x

I've got the list prepared slightly less last minute this time so we should actually start on time this week, hooray! 46 albums covered this week - the most we've had since also having 46 in week 5, and the joint 2nd most, still miles behind the outlier of week 1 covering 61 albums - bringing us up to June 2003. Expect a few heavy songs here and there, and a few more classics that charted surprisingly low. We'll also be crossing the 666th #1 album, will it go to someone appropriately demonic?

#2 albums this week:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:58 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 22nd January 2023, 07:03 AM

not the best list of 2s
but I'd say:
Shakira - Underneath your clothes (from Laundry Service)
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Get over you (from Read my lips)
Sugababes - Stronger (Angels)

Posted by: jimwatts 22nd January 2023, 07:21 AM

Prince - Sign O' The Times
The Strokes - Hard To Explain
U2 - Mysterious Ways

Posted by: Brer 22nd January 2023, 08:23 PM

Well this didn't happen due to BuzzJack being down all day lol. Next week it is, you guys just have a lot of time to mull over the bonuses

(I was considering trying to contact the regulars offsite and still go ahead with it as planned but I don't think I have a way to contact a couple of people, and didn't want anyone to miss out)

Posted by: Daanuary 22nd January 2023, 08:24 PM

I would have missed out anyway due to driving home from France, what a day for Buzzjack to be down

Posted by: King Rollo 22nd January 2023, 08:29 PM

Four of us did turn up to the listening room at 4pm.

Arsenal v Manchester United was a fantastic match to watch so I'm glad in the end that I didn't have this as a distraction.

Posted by: Brer 22nd January 2023, 08:32 PM

^ oh you were one of the people I didn't think I'd be able to contact, I didn't actually bother checking the room myself nevermind, hopefully that'll be a one-off technical difficulty.

Posted by: Jade 22nd January 2023, 08:37 PM

Shakira - Objection (Tango)
The Strokes - Last Nite
Sugababes - Stronger

S supremacy (next in line would've been Sophie Ellis-Bextor as well )

Posted by: JulianT 22nd January 2023, 08:37 PM

I know these are very Buzzjack selections but:

Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
Gabrielle - Out Of Reach
Sugababes - Stronger

But I’m also very happy to second In Da Club.

Posted by: King Rollo 22nd January 2023, 09:00 PM

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Echoes : The Best Of)
Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (The Platinum Collection)

Posted by: Chez Wombat 22nd January 2023, 09:02 PM

My afternoon felt empty without this D:

Seconding In Da Club & Last Nite and in the absence of anything else I'm that into from the time period, Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb from the Greatest Hits album. x

Posted by: dandy* 22nd January 2023, 09:07 PM

These would be my choices from the #2 albums:

Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean
Prince - Thieves in the Temple
The Strokes - Last Nite / The Modern Age
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Madonna - Drowned World / Substitute For Love

Posted by: jimwatts 22nd January 2023, 09:59 PM

QUOTE(Brer @ Jan 22 2023, 05:27 AM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 22nd January 2023, 10:01 PM

QUOTE(jimwatts @ Jan 22 2023, 09:59 PM)

This on the day the site goes down - Alanis Morissette would have had something to say about that

I had an unexpectedly busy afternoon anyway, but it would be nice to have another way of getting in contact if the site goes down again. I didn't have the Discord link but I've got that now. I hadn't thought of saving down the SyncTube link now that it's always the same one - guess it'll save time not having to go through the thread anyway.

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 22nd January 2023, 10:29 PM

Lol I did turn up in the SyncTube but it was more to confirm that Buzzjack was down for everyone else than anything.

Will ponder on the #2s

Posted by: Brer 22nd January 2023, 10:50 PM

I guess if people are fine to just navigate to the SyncTube link of their own volition then if this does happen again in the future I will just go ahead with it as usual - fingers crossed it won't happen again anyway though (Phil says the downtime today was because of a hardware failure so hopefully that will be a one-off and we'll just be back to our usual multiple small downtimes every day instead of one long one )

And yes Jim I was thinking that :') I'd laugh if I wasn't crying internally x

Posted by: Suedehead2 28th January 2023, 10:24 PM

Tom Verlaine of Television has died The excellent Marquee Moon would be a suitable song for the RIP slot.

Posted by: Jade 28th January 2023, 10:38 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jan 28 2023, 10:24 PM)

Tom Verlaine of Television has died The excellent Marquee Moon would be a suitable song for the RIP slot.

Posted by: Brer 28th January 2023, 11:25 PM

We almost went without the extra week meaning any additional RIP slots.

Posted by: Bleak Dot Winter 28th January 2023, 11:33 PM

#2s:

Shakira- Underneath Your Clothes
Sugababes- Angels With Dirty Faces OR Stronger
Pink- Family Portrait
Christina Aguilera- Fighter
The Strokes- Last Nite (it's giving "one of these things is not like the other" lmao )

Posted by: Chez Wombat 28th January 2023, 11:34 PM

Marquee Moon is fantastic

Posted by: Brer 29th January 2023, 03:36 PM

So after last week's rude interruption due to technical difficulties, we go ahead with week 16 for real today. Here's the teaser blurb I posted last week just before the site went down in case people didn't see it. x

QUOTE(Brer @ Jan 22 2023, 05:27 AM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 29th January 2023, 03:40 PM

The question is have you used what would have been this week's preparation time to prepare next week's?

Posted by: Brer 29th January 2023, 03:41 PM

The answer is no, and I will no doubt be back to scrambling to prepare next week's session either late Saturday night or Sunday afternoon.

Posted by: Bjork 3rd February 2023, 08:06 AM

@Bre, could you post last week's tracklist so I can re-listen to the final part that I missed? mange tak

Posted by: Brer 3rd February 2023, 07:10 PM

Ooops sorry!

Last week was pretty lacking in good discoveries but the Massive Attack song was great and I also really enjoyed the Slipknot track although big 'your mileage may vary' on that. David Gray's 'The Other Side' was really nice, somewhat making up for the disappointment of 'This Year's Love' getting a play over the vastly superior 'Babylon'. Doves also pretty good. Lots of good stuff I already knew of course as ever, highlights including 'The Scientist', 'Feel', 'Star Guitar', 'Seven Nation Army', 'All My Life' and 'Can't Stop'. The RIP slots were a pretty good set of discoveries for me too, minus 'The Colour Of My Dreams' which I already knew from Club Bizarre.

Nickelback getting #666

Week 16 tracklist:

650 Usher - 8701 // Usher - U Remind Me
651 David Gray - White Ladder // David Gray - This Year's Love
652 Atomic Kitten - Right Now // Atomic Kitten - Right Now
653 Staind - Break The Cycle // Staind - It's Been Awhile
654 Slipknot - Iowa // Slipknot - People = Shit
655 Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey // Jamiroquai - Little L
656 Macy Gray - The Id // Macy Gray - Sweet Baby (feat. Erykah Badu)
657 Kylie Minogue - Fever // Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes
658 Steps - Gold - Greatest Hits // Steps - 5,6,7,8
659 Michael Jackson - Invincible // Michael Jackson - Butterflies
660 Westlife - World Of Our Own // Westlife - I Wanna Grow Old With You
661 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning // Robbie Williams - Mr. Bojangles
662 The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us // The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
663 Enrique Iglesias - Escape // Enrique Iglesias - Escape
664 Sting and The Police - The Very Best Of // Sting - Fields Of Gold
665 Barbra Streisand - The Essential Barbra Streisand // Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams - I Finally Found Someone
666 Nickelback - Silver Side Up // Nickelback - How You Remind Me
667 Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come // Céline Dion - I'm Alive
668 Blue - All Rise // Blue - All Rise
669 Doves - The Last Broadcast // Doves - There Goes The Fear
670 Moby - 18 // Moby - Extreme Ways
671 Ronan Keating - Destination // Ronan Keating - We've Got Tonight (feat. Lulu)
672 Eminem - The Eminem Show // Eminem - Till I Collapse (feat. Nate Dogg)
673 Oasis - Heathen Chemistry // Oasis - Songbird
674 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way // Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
675 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising // Bruce Springsteen - Waitin' On A Sunny Day
676 Eva Cassidy - Imagine // Eva Cassidy - Imagine
677 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head // Coldplay - The Scientist
678 Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good // Atomic Kitten - It's OK!
679 Paul Weller - Illumination // Paul Weller - It's Written In The Stars
680 Elvis Presley - ELV1S - 30 #1 Hits // Elvis Presley - Burning Love
681 Will Young - From Now On // Will Young - Lovestruck
682 Foo Fighters - One By One // Foo Fighters - All My Life
683 David Gray - A New Day At Midnight // David Gray - The Other Side
684 Blue - One Love // Blue - One Love
685 Westlife - Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. I // Westlife - Bop Bop Baby
686 Robbie Williams - Escapology // Robbie Williams - Feel
687 Avril Lavigne - Let Go // Avril Lavigne - Complicated
688 Justin Timberlake - Justified // Justin Timberlake - Señorita
689 Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep // Kelly Rowland - Can't Nobody
690 Massive Attack - 100th Window // Massive Attack - Future Proof
691 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me // Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
692 Linkin Park - Meteora // Linkin Park - Numb
693 The White Stripes - Elephant // The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
694 Madonna - American Life // Madonna - Die Another Day
695 Blur - Think Tank // Blur - Out Of Time

Other songs played:

Travis - Side (opening song, second song from The Invisible Band)
Prince - Thieves In The Temple (I forgot that we already played this one before so this is not canonically a #2 album bonus but it was played again anyway, we just love Prince that much)
The Strokes - Last Nite (from #2 album Is This It)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (from #2 album Echoes - The Best Of)
Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes (from #2 album Laundry Service)
Sugababes - Stronger (from #2 album Angels With Dirty Faces)
Christina Aguilera - Fighter (from #2 album Stripped)
50 Cent - In Da Club (from #2 album Get Rich Or Die Tryin')
The Byrds - Eight Miles High (RIP David Crosby)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The Mask (RIP Yukihiro Takahashi)
B.G. The Prince Of Rap - The Colour Of My Dreams (RIP)
Television - Marquee Moon (RIP Tom Verlaine)
Miley Cyrus - Flowers (new #1 single)
The Beatles - Taxman (Jamelia slot for Nadhim Zahawi's political demise)

We then had a few more unplanned Jamelia slots, Dandy played some song I don't recall the title of by HENGE (I don't know either), Dot played Appleton - Everything Eventually (I don't know either) and I played the Thomas The Tank Engine theme mashed up with 'In Da Club' (I don't know either). Can't believe people ever leave before the end of these things x

Posted by: Bjork 3rd February 2023, 09:49 PM

I'd argue This Year's Love is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

it's a song about having been thru a lot of f***ed up relationships, that haven't ended up well, so you've been hurt many times
so you go into a new relationship but you have this fear that it's into gonna work and you will be hurt again
It's about the uncertainty of relationships, the fear that the same patterns will repeat again and again and you're never gonna find anyone

So it's not a song you can fully appreciate in 1 listen, and also depends if you relate to the song or not
I do and thats why the song clicks with me

maybe the song will click with you in 20 years or 30 years and then you'll release it's a great song but you need the right framework

#end of rambling

Posted by: JulianT 3rd February 2023, 10:45 PM

Yeah I do think This Year’s Love is one where you need to listen to the words and let them draw you into the music.

I bought White Ladder only knowing Babylon and thought it was fairly pants on first listen, and it became and still is one of my favourites ever.

Posted by: Brer 3rd February 2023, 11:05 PM

All I'm reading is admitting that it's a boring sounding song

Posted by: Brer 5th February 2023, 03:23 PM

Am sorting the playlist for this now, I think I will have it ready in time (so far queued 28 songs totalling 2 hours) so I'll post the list of #2 albums when I'm done with that.

No RIP slots this week? None mentioned in here and I can't immediately think of any to suggest. (Not that that's a bad thing!)

Posted by: Suedehead2 5th February 2023, 03:25 PM

Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) for the RIP slot

Posted by: dandy* 5th February 2023, 03:26 PM

London Boys for the RIP slot with London Nights

Posted by: Brer 5th February 2023, 03:51 PM

43 albums covered this week bringing us up to February 2005. There are a couple of songs today I'll be muting but we do finish on a high *.*

#2 albums this week:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 02:58 PM)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 04:11 PM)

Posted by: Brer 5th February 2023, 03:52 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Commencing in about 10 minutes

Posted by: jimwatts 5th February 2023, 03:57 PM

Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You
The Strokes - Reptilia
Morrissey- Irish Blood, English Heart

Posted by: King Rollo 5th February 2023, 03:59 PM

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Air - Run

Posted by: Jade 5th February 2023, 03:59 PM

Air - Cherry Blossom Girl (I think this is the only song I know from this era, up for anything from them really)
Sean Paul - Get Busy
The Strokes - Reptilia

Posted by: Chez Wombat 5th February 2023, 04:06 PM

On my way!

Sean Paul - Get Busy
Sheryl Crow - The First Cut is the Deepest
Morrisey - First of the Gang to Die

Posted by: chartjack2 5th February 2023, 04:12 PM

Irish Blood, English Heart - Morrissey

Posted by: seven. 5th February 2023, 04:28 PM

Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
The Strokes - Reptilia
Sean Paul - Get Busy

Posted by: R U Jimmy Dot? 5th February 2023, 04:34 PM

Just popping in to say unfortunately i’m missing the session today due to work.

I’ll be with you in spirit.

Posted by: Bjork 5th February 2023, 04:38 PM

Sheryl Crow - The first cut is the deepest
Air - Cherry blossomed girl

Posted by: dandy* 5th February 2023, 04:51 PM

Not many #2 albums to choose from but I'll go for these picks:

Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die (not heard this for ages but liked it at the time)
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl or Alpha Beta Gaga
The Strokes - 12:51

Posted by: R U Jimmy Dot? 5th February 2023, 11:22 PM

Brer did I miss Sean Da Paul with Jodie & Rebecca???

Posted by: Brer 6th February 2023, 12:35 AM

An early great discovery from Radiohead again this week, that remained by far the best discovery for me but also enjoyed the Faithless, Norah Jones and The Libertines songs. Faves from the ones I already knew were 'Mr. Brightside', 'Galvanize', 'Somewhere Only We Know', 'Spitfire' (nice that this went down generally well even with people who didn't know it!), 'American Idiot', 'Left Outside Alone', 'Hysteria', 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and 'Man On The Moon', lots of other pretty good ones too, I did know most of the songs this week already.

Lol at the Il Divo cover of Toni Braxton and a weird one this week from Red Hot Chili Peppers with a live album that's not on either Spotify or iTunes and doesn't seem to have all of its tracks uploaded even on YouTube.

Unfortunately these sessions will end now as we’re all going to be banned for failing to appreciate the beauty of Chez’s bonus selections

Week 17 tracklist:

696 Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back // Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
697 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief // Radiohead - There There
698 Evanescence - Fallen // Evanescence - My Immortal
699 Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love // Beyoncé - Me, Myself And I
700 The Coral - Magic And Medicine // The Coral - Pass It On
701 Eva Cassidy - American Tune // Eva Cassidy - True Colors
702 The Darkness - Permission To Land // The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling
703 Muse - Absolution // Muse - Hysteria
704 Dido - Life For Rent // Dido - Life For Rent
705 R.E.M. - In Time - The Best Of - 1988-2003 // R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
706 Blue - Guilty // Blue - Breathe Easy
707 Michael Jackson - Number Ones // Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
708 Westlife - Turnaround // Westlife - Obvious
709 Will Young - Friday's Child // Will Young - Your Game
710 Katie Melua - Call Off The Search // Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy
711 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home // Norah Jones - Sunrise
712 George Michael - Patience // George Michael - Amazing
713 Usher - Confessions // Usher - Confessions Part II
714 Anastacia - Anastacia // Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
715 Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits // Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
716 D12 - D12 World // D12 - How Come
717 Keane - Hopes And Fears // Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
718 Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin // Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending
719 Faithless - No Roots // Faithless - Miss U Less, See U More
720 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free // The Streets - Fit But You Know It
721 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters // Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
722 McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor // McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor
723 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live In Hyde Park // Red Hot Chili Peppers - Around The World (Live)
724 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane // Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
725 The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned // The Prodigy - Spitfire
726 The Libertines - The Libertines // The Libertines - What Katie Did
727 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten // Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
728 Embrace - Out Of Nothing // Embrace - Gravity
729 Green Day - American Idiot // Green Day - American Idiot
730 Joss Stone - Mind Body & Soul // Joss Stone - Right To Be Wrong
731 R.E.M. - Around The Sun // R.E.M. - Leaving New York
732 Ronan Keating - 10 Years Of Hits // Ronan Keating and LeAnn Rimes - Last Thing On My Mind
733 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits // Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
734 Il Divo - Il Divo // Il Divo - Regresa A Mí
735 Eminem - Encore // Eminem - Mockingbird
736 U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb // U2 - Miracle Drug
737 The Killers - Hot Fuss // The Killers - Mr. Brightside
738 The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button // The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Other songs played:

Blur - Good Song (opening song, second song from Think Tank)
Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You (from #2 album Innocent Eyes)
Sean Paul - Get Busy (from #2 album Dutty Rock)
Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest (from #2 album The Very Best Of)
The Strokes - Reptilia (from #2 album Room On Fire)
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl (from #2 album Talkie Walkie)
Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die (from #2 album You Are The Quarry)
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (RIP)
JPEGMAFIA - I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies (because we love Morrissey so much that we want a reason to play another of his songs!)

+ additional Dandy play of Air - Alpha Beta Gaga and Rollo play of Sparks - Lighten Up, Morrissey while we were on the theme x

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th February 2023, 06:49 AM

Good choice by Rollo. Shame I'd had to leave by that point.

Posted by: Bjork 6th February 2023, 09:51 AM

2004 definitely not the best year for albums, I was convinced some great albums had made #1 like Franz Ferdinand
or Snow Patrol-Final Straw but they didn't
At least 205 already started better with Killers and Chemical Bros

Posted by: Jade 6th February 2023, 10:23 AM

I decided to check out the first Scissor Sisters album this morning off the back of yesterday's session and enjoyed it! The back-to-back of 'It Can't Come Quickly Enough' and 'Return To Oz' were my favourite album track discoveries. I think it'd be a good one to cover for the album sessions in the 2000s forum at some point.

Posted by: dandy* 6th February 2023, 10:26 AM

They’re my favourite two on the whole album Jade - good picks!

Posted by: King Rollo 6th February 2023, 10:36 AM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Feb 6 2023, 06:49 AM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th February 2023, 05:30 PM

Bruce Gowers died last month. Who he? He directed the video for Bohemian Rhapsody. I know we have already heard it (twice) in the number one singles sessions but surely the video's part in music history merits another play.

Posted by: Suedehead2 9th February 2023, 04:29 PM

I'm tempted to suggest that the number ones should finish early this week in order to allow time for a proper tribute to Burt Bacharach (even though several of his songs featured in the singles sessions).

Posted by: chartjack2 9th February 2023, 05:34 PM

I agree - would suggest maybe half an hour dedicated to his greatest hits

Posted by: JulianT 9th February 2023, 05:39 PM

Yeah that would be really nice

Posted by: chartjack2 9th February 2023, 05:55 PM

I mean, how is this for a half hour playlist - all Top 40 songs with no #1s or #2s

1963 Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa - Gene Pitney #5
1964 Walk On By - Dionne Warwick #9
1964 Wishin’ and Hopin’ - The Merseybeats #13
1964 Message to Martha - Adam Faith #12
1965 Trains and Boats and Planes - Burt Bacharach #4
1965 What’s New Pussycat - Tom Jones #11
1966 Alfie - Cilla Black #9
1968 Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick #8
1968 I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin #4
1968 This Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert #3
1969 Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head - BJ Thomas #38
1970 Close to You - The Carpenters #6
1973 The Look of Love - Gladys Knight & the Pips #21
1981 Arthur’s Theme - Christopher Cross #7
1982 That’s What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends #16
1989 Don’t Make Me Over - Sybil #19
1995 Baby It’s You - The Beatles #7
1995 Always Something There to Remind Me - Tin Tin Out #14
2003 I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself - White Stripes #13

Posted by: JulianT 9th February 2023, 05:59 PM

Great list and mix of eras! I’d personally ditch Cilla and Tom Jones.

Posted by: jimwatts 9th February 2023, 07:37 PM

I'm all for more than one song as a tribute, but 19? Don't see how that totals a half hour playlist, unless some of those songs are very short

I'd suggest between 5-10 songs - the ones I'd prioritise are: Gene Pitney, Dionne Warwick - Walk On By, Burt, Aretha, Herb Alpert, The Carpenters, Christopher Cross, The Beatles - just Top 10 hits there. Possibly The White Stripes, though Dusty's is the definitive and higher charting version.

Posted by: R U Jimmy Dot? 9th February 2023, 07:56 PM

Maybe everyone at the listening session could nominate an individual song he has written to be played if they wish to? A bit like what we did for the last #1 singles session.

Posted by: chartjack2 9th February 2023, 09:44 PM

Yeah sorry I meant select from those tracks for a half hour playlist haha.

My request from the list would be BJ Thomas.

Posted by: Suedehead2 9th February 2023, 09:45 PM

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Feb 9 2023, 05:55 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 9th February 2023, 09:46 PM

Walk On By would be my (first) choice

Posted by: Suedehead2 9th February 2023, 09:53 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Feb 9 2023, 09:45 PM)

QUOTE(jimwatts @ Feb 9 2023, 09:46 PM)

Posted by: JulianT 9th February 2023, 10:06 PM

I’ll go for Say A Little Prayer if we go down the one pick each route

Posted by: Brer 10th February 2023, 12:53 AM

I'm fine with us queueing a handful of songs to tribute Burt if we want (especially as again I don't think there have been any other especially notable deaths this week, so far at least) but I don't really want to deviate from scheduling 3 hours' worth of #1 album songs. I could maybe start half an hour earlier?

Posted by: Dot's a liar 10th February 2023, 12:58 AM

Personally I wouldn't be able to make an earlier start this week.

Posted by: JulianT 10th February 2023, 08:10 AM

That could be OK for me though we’re already over 4 hours.

Or could have say 3 tracks this week and more in the coming weeks - a gradual tribute could also be effective.

Posted by: Bjork 10th February 2023, 08:15 AM

but is he worth such tribute, I don't particularly rate any of his songs

if someone like Madonna dies, what you gonna do? a whole day tribute?

Posted by: chartjack2 10th February 2023, 01:18 PM

Why don’t we limit it to five tracks for an RIP Hall of Famer haha

So if someone like Madonna or Paul McCartney dies, we know we’ve got to choose five tracks to play.

That doesn’t sound too excessive?

I think Burt Bacharach definitely fits into that category as a “RIP hall of famer” but let’s limit it to five tracks?

Posted by: Brer 12th February 2023, 05:12 AM

Covering 46 albums this week bringing us to July 2006. That may be an alarming date but don't worry, we're not finishing on that album. That'll be the penultimate one. (I wouldn't have played a second song from it next week anyway). I'll be playing an instrumental version of the song from it and maybe a bonus track from the version of the band without its singer. x

This week's #2 albums:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 04:11 PM)

Posted by: jimwatts 12th February 2023, 07:41 AM

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Editors - Lights [non-single, also happy with Munich]
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

There was a compilation programme of Burt Bacharach songs on BBC Four on Friday, so maybe an extended tribute here feels a bit excessive after that. I don't think Trains And Boats And Planes which is credited to Burt himself was one of them though.

Posted by: Bjork 12th February 2023, 08:17 AM

Kooks - Naive
Editors - Munich
Richard Ashcroft - Paint the night with colour

Posted by: JulianT 12th February 2023, 09:03 AM

Kaiser Chiefs - Every Day I Love You Lees And Less (also happy with IPAR)
Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Will Young - Who Am I

Posted by: Daan 12th February 2023, 11:00 AM

I’d suggest just limiting the Burt tribute to three songs then with I say a little prayer, walk on by and twenty four hours from tulsa as those seem to be the most popular of what hasn’t already been a number one. any more than that seems a bit excessive.

I’d second I predict a riot and she moves in her own way too

Posted by: dandy* 12th February 2023, 11:17 AM

Editors - Munich
Will Young - Who Am I
Goldfrapp - Number One / Ride a White Horse
Kanye - Touch the Sky

Posted by: Chez Wombat 12th February 2023, 11:19 AM

Ooh this week for bonuses is wonderful *.* gonna have to be awkward and go over three

Foo Fighters - Best of You
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La or Ride a White Horse
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Editors - Munich
Kooks - Naive or She Moves In Her Own Way

As for Burt, he was a bit before my time so I don't have any big favorites, I would advocate for Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Close to You, I Say a Little Prayer and Walk on By.

Posted by: Jade 12th February 2023, 11:44 AM

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
The Kooks - Naïve
Will Young - Who Am I

Maybe 3-5 Burt songs - 'I Say A Little Prayer', 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head' and 'Trains And Boats And Planes' are my personal favourites

Posted by: King Rollo 12th February 2023, 11:52 AM

This is the first week I have no suggestions for the number 2s. I don't know any of them.

I think two should be the maximum for any RIP but don't mind if we go over that.

Posted by: Bjork 12th February 2023, 11:55 AM

^agree I'd say even 2 is too much
but yes don't bother me either, I'm never there for the extra songs
although I take the playlist and listen during the week,
I have to admit in my opinion the extra songs was better in the past, now it's a bit too much sometimes and it's a chore to listen to

Posted by: Dot's a liar 12th February 2023, 12:01 PM

I think keep it to two songs in tribute too tbh. Someone can always do another full session in tribute separately if they wish.

Will be late to the session today unfortunately but will have a look over bonuses.

Posted by: Dot's a liar 12th February 2023, 12:14 PM

Editors- Munich
Kanye- Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Kaiser Chiefs- I Predict A Riot
Kooks- She Moves In Her Own Way
Goldfrapp- Ride A White Horse or Ooh La La
Richard Ashcroft- Break The Night With Colour
Feeder- Feeling A Moment

Oop that’s quite a lot, must be a strong selection of #2s lol.

Posted by: Suedehead2 12th February 2023, 12:20 PM

QUOTE(Daan @ Feb 12 2023, 11:00 AM)

Posted by: Brer 12th February 2023, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 12 2023, 11:55 AM)

Posted by: chartjack2 12th February 2023, 03:17 PM

Touch the Sky - Kanye West
Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
Munich - Editors

Posted by: dandy* 12th February 2023, 03:49 PM

FWIW, I agree with Dan’s suggestion for Burt tributes. 3 is good and those he mentioned are all solid

Posted by: Brer 12th February 2023, 04:00 PM

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Sorry running a couple of minutes late but will be starting momentarily x

Posted by: chartjack2 13th February 2023, 08:21 PM

RIP David Jolicoeur from De La Soul - The Magic Number for next week?

Posted by: Brer 13th February 2023, 08:42 PM

Yeah was going to suggest that! I had been revisiting that song recently anyway because of it finally being released on streaming (sadly Trugoy not living to see the rest of the album finally being made available )

Curiously 'The Magic Number' is the only single from that album that doesn't have its own Wikipedia article (it redirects to the album) despite being their highest charting song in the UK, and certainly the one I am most familiar with. (Also find it a bit odd that the members of De La Soul have Wikipedia articles that use their real names instead of their stage names)

Posted by: Bjork 13th February 2023, 08:56 PM

Bré, could you post the tracklist if you have a sec? tak

Posted by: Brer 19th February 2023, 02:47 PM

Oops I really thought I had already posted the tracklist for last week but apparently I didn't! Sorry will finally do that today.

Btw I know I literally said last week that I don't want to deviate from doing 3 hours of songs per week lol but decided to make this week's session a slightly shorter one (2 hours + bonuses) as there's another BJSC listenthrough happening at 8pm and I want to leave a little bit of space between them. Should be back to normal scheduling next week.

Posted by: Brer 19th February 2023, 03:54 PM

Also probably gonna be starting a little bit late anyway oops but here is the link as usual and won't be too long x (will post the list of #2 albums when I've finished making the playlist)

https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6

Posted by: Brer 19th February 2023, 04:42 PM

This week's #2 albums (including a few that should have been up last week, Ed's list had The Kooks slightly out of chronological order whoops so it cut off a bit early!)

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 04:11 PM)

Posted by: seven. 19th February 2023, 04:46 PM

Lily Allen LDN
Arcade Fire Keep the Car Running
My Chemical Romance Famous Last Words

Posted by: Bjork 19th February 2023, 04:47 PM

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire (track: my body is a cage)
Send Away the Tigers - Manic Street Preachers (track: Your love alone is not enough)
Collected - Massive Attack (track: Unfinished Symphony or Karmakoma)

Posted by: Chez Wombat 19th February 2023, 04:50 PM

The Feeling - Fill My Little World
Maximo Park - Our Velocity
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running (if we're comfortable with hearing them I guess x)
The Zutons - Valerie
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong
Bloc Party - The Prayer
Feeder - Buck Rogers

Posted by: Suedehead2 19th February 2023, 04:51 PM

Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
The Good The Bad & The Queen - The Good The Bad & The Queen
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

I have ignored GH sets as usual.

Posted by: Jade 19th February 2023, 04:52 PM

Fratellis - Whistle For The Choir
Klaxons - Golden Skans
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words

Posted by: JulianT 19th February 2023, 04:52 PM

Great list from Chez but I’d vote for Just The Away I’m Feeling from Feeder and Sewn from The Feeling. And I’d add Timbaland - Apologize.

Posted by: King Rollo 19th February 2023, 04:53 PM

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

Posted by: jimwatts 19th February 2023, 04:55 PM

4 songs from me this week:

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Zutons - Valerie
Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

Posted by: chartjack2 19th February 2023, 06:55 PM

Sorry I missed it this week guys - guncle duties haha. Also likely to be away in Newcastle next weekend

Posted by: Brer 22nd February 2023, 04:39 PM

Ooops I am a flop with the tracklists once again but catching up again now (I might be forgetting a Jamelia slot or two x)

Week 18 tracklist:

739 Athlete - Tourist // Athlete - Wires
740 Doves - Some Cities // Doves - Black And White Town
741 G4 - G4 // G4 - Creep
742 50 Cent - The Massacre // 50 Cent - Candy Shop (feat. Olivia)
743 Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other? // Stereophonics - Devil
744 Tony Christie - Definitive Collection // Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways
745 Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days // Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
746 Basement Jaxx - The Singles // Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
747 Akon - Trouble // Akon - Locked Up
748 Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust // Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
749 Steve Brookstein - Heart & Soul // Steve Brookstein - Dance With My Father *
750 Faithless - Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits // Faithless - God Is A DJ
751 Gorillaz - Demon Days // Gorillaz - Dirty Harry (feat. Bootie Brown)
752 Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth // Oasis - Turn Up The Sun
753 Coldplay - X&Y // Coldplay - Fix You
754 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam // James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
755 McFly - Wonderland // McFly - Too Close For Comfort
756 David Gray - Life In Slow Motion // David Gray - The One I Love
757 Katie Melua - Piece By Piece // Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
758 Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better // Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
759 Sugababes - Taller In More Ways // Sugababes - Ugly
760 The Prodigy - Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005 // The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)
761 Robbie Williams - Intensive Care // Robbie Williams - Advertising Space
762 Westlife - Face To Face // Westlife - Amazing
763 Il Divo - Ancora // Il Divo - Hasta Mi Final
764 Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor // Madonna - Jump
765 Eminem - Curtain Call - The Hits // Eminem - When I'm Gone
766 The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth // The Strokes - You Only Live Once
767 Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV // Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat
768 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not // Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
769 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams // Jack Johnson - Better Together
770 Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae // Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star
771 David Gilmour - On An Island // David Gilmour - On An Island
772 Journey South - Journey South // Journey South - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
773 Embrace - This New Day // Embrace - Celebrate
774 Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors // Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
775 The Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living // The Streets - Never Went To Church
776 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward // Shayne Ward - Back At One
777 Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere // Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
778 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open // Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
779 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium // Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
780 Orson - Bright Idea // Orson - Bright Idea
781 Sandi Thom - Smile... It Confuses People // Sandi Thom - What If I'm Right
782 Keane - Under The Iron Sea // Keane - Nothing In My Way
783 Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission // Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) **
784 Muse - Black Holes And Revelations // Muse - Supermassive Black Hole

* only played a snippet as I couldn't easily find a full version of any of the songs from the album (admittedly did not spend much time looking x)
** played an instrumental version

Other songs played:

The Chemical Brothers - The Boxer (opening song, second song from Push The Button)
No Devotion - Stay (giving a proper play for the members of Lostprophets minus Ian)
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La (from #2 album Supernature)
Kanye West - Touch The Sky (feat. Lupe Fiasco) (from #2 album Late Registration)
Will Young - Who Am I (from #2 album Keep On)
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot (from #2 album Employment)
Editors - Munich (from #2 album The Back Room)
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way (from #2 album Inside In / Inside Out)
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (RIP Burt Bacharach)
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (RIP Burt Bacharach)
Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (RIP Burt Bacharach)
B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (RIP Burt Bacharach)
Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (RIP Burt Bacharach)
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (RIP Bruce Gowers)

+ Dot queueing a Jamelia bonus of Britney Spears - King Of My Castle (feat. Shayne Ward) for some reason x

~

Week 19 tracklist:

785 Razorlight - Razorlight // Razorlight - In The Morning
786 James Morrison - Undiscovered // James Morrison - You Give Me Something
787 Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics // Christina Aguilera - Hurt
788 Kasabian - Empire // Kasabian - Shoot The Runner
789 Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds // Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around.../...Comes Around (Interlude)
790 Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah // Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide
791 The Killers - Sam's Town // The Killers - Read My Mind
792 Robbie Williams - Rudebox // Robbie Williams and Pet Shop Boys - She's Madonna
793 Girls Aloud - The Sound Of Girls Aloud - The Greatest Hits // Girls Aloud - Biology
794 Jamiroquai - High Times - Singles 1992-2006 // Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity *
795 George Michael - Twenty Five // George Michael and Mary J. Blige - As
796 Westlife - The Love Album // Westlife - All Or Nothing
797 Take That - Beautiful World // Take That - Reach Out
798 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black // Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
799 The View - Hats Off To The Buskers // The View - Same Jeans
800 Norah Jones - Not Too Late // Norah Jones - Thinking About You
801 MIKA - Life In Cartoon Motion // MIKA - Relax, Take It Easy
802 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob // Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry Mob
803 Ray Quinn - Doing It My Way // Ray Quinn - New York, New York
804 Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times // Kings Of Leon - On Call
805 Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing // Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
806 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare // Arctic Monkeys - 505
807 Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight // Linkin Park - What I've Done
808 Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long // Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
809 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad // Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
810 Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Collection // Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
811 The White Stripes - Icky Thump // The White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
812 Editors - An End Has A Start // Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
813 The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night // The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance

* previously played as a bonus track before I realised it would get a play from this album but this is its canonical place (just skipped it as there didn't seem to be much interest in a belated different bonus track from Travelling Without Moving)

Other songs played:

Muse - Starlight (opening song, second song from Black Holes And Revelations)
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (from #2 album Collected)
The Zutons - Valerie (from #2 album Tired Of Hanging Around)
Feeder - Buck Rogers (from #2 album The Singles)
The Feeling - Sewn (from #2 album Twelve Stops And Home)
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger (from #2 album Costello Music)
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words (from #2 album The Black Parade)
Klaxons - Golden Skans (from #2 album Myths Of The Near Future)
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running (from #2 album Neon Bible)
Maxïmo Park - Our Velocity (from #2 album Our Earthly Pleasures)
De La Soul - The Magic Number (RIP Trugoy)
Paul Hardcastle - 19 (Jamelia slot tribute to Jim's parents' cat Figgy (RIP))

+ a few songs were played before I started as I was flopping and running late, wasn't really paying attention but iirc they were The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It, Chico - It's Chico Time and Chico - D.I.S.C.O. lol

Hopefully back to being on time and with the full 3 hours of songs as usual on Sunday

Posted by: Dot's a liar 22nd February 2023, 04:57 PM

Aww seems like I missed a good session last time then.

Posted by: Brer 22nd February 2023, 05:11 PM

Indeed, lots of great indie/rock stuff in the last session in particular (The Killers, The View, Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Linkin Park, The White Stripes, Editors + a lot of the bonus tracks). And utterly iconic to finish on 'The Salmon Dance' The Chemical Brothers the new Blur being the closing act in 2 of the last 3 weeks. Justin Timberlake, Amy Winehouse and Rihanna also good standouts from the last session

Not too much in the way of great discoveries from the last 2 sessions - mainly as I've heard most of the good stuff already - but I remember enjoying Stereophonics' 'Devil' and Take That's 'Reach Out'. Plus Eminem's 'When I'm Gone' was a lot better than I remember it being.

Posted by: jimwatts 24th February 2023, 11:39 AM

Thanks Bré for the comprehensive tracklists, and the impromptu Figgy tribute on Sunday (for context, I only found out she had passed away when my Mum called earlier in the session).

Looks like the listenthrough for the BJSC final is at 7.30-10.30pm on Sunday, so another marathon day in store! I'll need at least 30 mins in between sessions, I guess similar for others - any thoughts on an earlier finish to this session again?

Posted by: Jade 24th February 2023, 11:42 AM

^ I'd be happy with an earlier finish, I was supposed to be hosting The Greatest Song Contest In The World...Ever! results that day too debating whether to extend that deadline by a day or not as virtually alone there's already a lot going on

Posted by: Brer 24th February 2023, 02:30 PM

Yeah I will cut off an hour again with the final BJSC listenthrough being on Sunday again (especially as it's starting earlier than usual). Should be back to the usual the following week for reals though.

(Actually might even just do an hour and a half + bonuses to make sure there's a decent gap - and to save some prep time )

Posted by: Suedehead2 25th February 2023, 03:15 PM

Does John Motson qualify for the RIP slot? Some of his commentary did, after all, feature on Three Lions

Posted by: Brer 25th February 2023, 05:12 PM

I think we've played 'Three Lions' enough times now

Posted by: Brer 26th February 2023, 03:00 PM

Should be starting on time at 4pm today https://sync-tube.de/room/yfweF2_6!

I am just going to do 90 minutes + bonuses today indeed although squeezing 25 albums into that time (bringing us up to April 2008) which is more than I expected, songs must be shorter than average today. A bit of a quirk in the list of #1 albums that I had forgotten about included today!

This week's #2s:

QUOTE(chartjack2 @ Oct 5 2022, 04:11 PM)

Posted by: Jade 26th February 2023, 03:06 PM

Britney Spears - Break The Ice
Goldfrapp - A&E
OneRepublic - Stop and Stare



Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: seven. 26th February 2023, 03:09 PM

Britney Spears - Break the Ice
Goldfrapp - A&E
Panic! At The Disco - Nine in the Afternoon



Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: dandy* 26th February 2023, 03:10 PM

Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre
Goldfrapp - A&E
Britney Spears - Break the Ice

Posted by: Suedehead2 26th February 2023, 03:12 PM

Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes












Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: dandy* 26th February 2023, 03:12 PM

ps I will actually full on strop if we don’t take the chance to play Interpol

Posted by: Chez Wombat 26th February 2023, 03:14 PM

Goldfrapp - A&E
Panic! at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon

Idk if we're allowing studio versions of Muse as it's a live album, but Knights of Cydonia if we are x




Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: JulianT 26th February 2023, 03:26 PM

Muse - Unintended (happy with live or studio)
Panic! at the disco - Nine in the afternoon
Stones - Tumbling dice (if we haven’t had it already; losing track)




Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: King Rollo 26th February 2023, 03:32 PM

Derek and the Dominos - Layla (from Eric Clapton's Complete Collection)









Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: dandy* 26th February 2023, 03:36 PM

Fixed everyone’s noms for them

Posted by: jimwatts 26th February 2023, 03:43 PM

Goldfrapp - A&E
Muse - Map Of The Problematique


Plus Interpol - The Heinrich Manoeuvre

Posted by: jimwatts 26th February 2023, 03:45 PM

And there was I thinking everyone was going along with it as a meme
I have actually nominated it and do like it though!

Posted by: dandy* 26th February 2023, 03:47 PM

lol yes we can have that take as the truth!

Posted by: Suedehead2 26th February 2023, 04:02 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Feb 26 2023, 03:47 PM)

Posted by: chartjack2 2nd March 2023, 04:23 PM

RIP - Steve Mackey from Pulp Terrible news


Something Changed would be my recommendation

Posted by: Suedehead2 2nd March 2023, 05:26 PM

I was going to go for Babies as a Pulp song.

Posted by: jimwatts 2nd March 2023, 09:11 PM

'Babies' is a good shout, a memorable bassline. RIP