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Friday 6th August

 

The weekly mix of chart action, based on an average of charts/sales. All put together by our friends at DTR.

 

The Top Books

01 01 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN

02 02 STOLEN - LESLEY PEARSE

03 05 PICTURE PERFECT - JODI PICOULT

04 04 HEY FEARFUL SYMMETRY - AUDREY NIFFENEGGER

05 07 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST - STEIG LARRSON

06 03 FEAR THE WORSE - LINWOOD BARCLAY

07 11 GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - STEIG LARRSON

08 06 PLAY DEAD - HARLEN COBEN

09 12 THE HELP - KATHRYN STOCKETT

10 13 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - STEIG LARRSON

 

The Top Games

01 01 RED DEAD REDEMPTION

02 02 SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2

03 03 JUST DANCE

04 04 DANCE ON BROADWAY

05 10 LEGO INDIANA JONES

06 NE STARCRAFT 2

07 09 UNCHARTED 2: AMONGST THIEVES

08 06 SIMS 3: AMBITIONS

09 08 ALIEN VS PREDATOR: HUNTER

10 RE GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: PLATINUM

 

The Top Dvd Films: Kids Dvds i.e. Toy Story not included

01 NE SHUTTER ISLAND

02 01 CLASH OF THE TITANS

03 NE FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

04 02 REMEMBER ME

05 NE I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS

06 04 BOUNTY HUNTER

07 03 NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG 2

08 05 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

09 06 SHANK

10 NE THE SPY NEXT DOOR

 

The Top UK Box Office Films: Courtesy of Screen International

01 01 TOY STORY 3

02 NE KARATE KID

03 NE A TEAM

04 02 INCEPTION

05 04 SHREK FOREVER AFTER

06 03 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

07 NE REBOUND

08 NE GAINSBOURG

09 06 PREDATORS

10 NE ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI

 

The Top TV Programmes

01 02 EASTENDERS 9.45

02 01 CORONATION STREET 9.14

03 NE SHERLOCK 8.70

04 03 EMMERDALE 7.39

05 NE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 7.22

06 04 TOP GEAR 6.65

07 06 CASUALTY 6.05

08 07 HOLBY CITY 5.33

09 05 HEARTBEAT 5.07

10 NE CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF 4.93

10 NE LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE 4.93

12 13 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 4.88

13 15 LOTTERY 4.86

14 14 10 O'CLOCK NEWS 4.57

15 17 IDENTITY 4.52

16 16 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT 4.46

17 RE COUNTRYFILE 4.44

18 12 MY FAMILY 4.42

19 18 BBC NEWS SUN 4.40

20 NE JOHN BISHOP'S BRITAIN 4.34

21 08 TAGGART 4.27

22 NE GERMAN GRAND PRIX 4.17

23 19 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 4.15

24 19 101 WAYS TO LEAVE A GAMESHOW 4.11

25 21 MIDSOMER MURDERS 4.01

26 22 ONE SHOW 3.95

27 RE BBC NEWS SAT 3.91

28 23 ITV WEEKEND NEWS 3.51

28 NE HOMES FROM HELL 3.51

30 27 30 YEARS OF AN AUDIENCE 3.64

 

The Top Albums

01 NE THE SUBURBS - ARCADE FIRE

02 01 NOW 76 - VARIOUS

03 03 RECOVERY - EMINEM

04 05 80s GROOVE - VARIOUS

05 04 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B

06 02 PRAISE AND BLAME - TOM JONES

07 06 ELIZA DOOLITTLE

08 13 CHILLED R + B - VARIOUS

09 08 R + B ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

10 09 FAME - LADY GAGA

11 19 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE

12 14 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS

13 11 AMERICAN ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

14 NE PLANET DANCE BCM - VARIOUS

15 21 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI

16 10 ALIVE TIL I'M DEAD - PROFESSOR GREEN

17 12 APHRODITE - KYLIE MINOGUE

18 NE STREETDANCE 2010 - VARIOUS

19 18 BIG TUNES-BACK TO THE 90s - VARIOUS

20 16 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS

21 24 THE XX - XX

22 RE DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH

23 30 JASON DERULO - JASON DERULO

24 04 NIGHTMARE - AVENGED SEVENFOLD

25 15 EPIC - VARIOUS

26 32 RATED R - RIHANNA

27 27 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

28 17 PAUL VAN DYK GATECRASHER ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

29 36 ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY - B.O.B.

30 25 MY WORLD - JUSTIN BIEBER

 

The Flashback Charts...in August 1982 (Charts compiled by Record Business Magazine)

The Top TV, back then

01 CORONATION STREET MON 11.10...the Rovers Return still run by Annie Walker along with Fred Gee, Bet Lynch, & Betty Turpin

02 CORONATION STREET WEDS 10.90

03 BIG TOP VARIETY SHOW 9.60..Bernie Clifton hosts from Billy Smart's Big Top in Windsor with Circus Acts & other entertainment

04 CROSSROADS MON 9.60

05 WINNER TAKES ALL 9.20...Jimmy Tarbuck & Geoffrey Wheeler in the gambling, general knowledge quiz on Fridays at 7pm

06 FAMILY FORTUNES 9.10...Bob Monkhouse hosts his third season on the long running survey based quiz

07 CROSSROADS TUES 8.90

08 CROSSROADS WEDS 8.90

09 TOP OF THE POPS 8.60...Thursday at 7.20pm as Simon Bates hosts

10 RUSS ABBOT'S MADHOUSE 8.50...Saturday with Russ & a host of entertainment with Bella Emberg & a dodgy version of "Leader Of The Pack"

11 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS MON 8.50

12 THE KRYPTON FACTOR 8.40...Gordon Burns hosts the 6th season of Britain's toughest quiz on Wednesdays at 7pm

13 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS TUES 8.40

14 BBC NEWS & SPORT SAT 8.40

15 FAME THURS 8.20...8pm on Thursdays

16 CAGNEY & LACEY 8.10...the first season of those Lady detectives

17 SUMMERTIME SPECIAL 8.10...A BBC series from Eastbourne, hosted by Mr Ego Michael Barrymore. It was dire

18 TASK FORCE SOUTH 7.60...this was the story of the Navy during the Falklands Crisis

19 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS WEDS 7.60

20 DYNASY 7.60..Denver along with those Carringtons...Known by Terry Wogan as "Dysentry"

 

The Top Albums in Aug 1982 with Fame ruling complete with the original 1980 Film Soundtrack

01 12 KIDS FROM FAME - KIDS FROM FAME

02 02 FAME - OST

03 01 LEXICON OF LOVE - ABC

04 05 COMPLETE MADNESS - MADNESS

05 04 AVALON - ROXY MUSIC

06 07 TROPICAL GANSTERS - KID CREOLE

07 08 PICTURES AT ELEVEN - ROBERT PLANT

08 03 LOVE AND DANCE - HUMAN LEAGUE

09 06 ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER

10 09 CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

11 10 STILL LIFE - ROLLING STONES

12 17 FRIENDS - SHALAMAR

13 24 TUG OF WAR - PAUL MCCARTNEY

14 11 MIRAGE - FLEETWOOD MAC

15 NE DONNA SUMMER - DONNA SUMMER

16 12 ASIA - ASIA

17 13 RIO - DURAN DURAN

18 18 SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE - JUDAS PRIEST

19 NE CAN'T STOP THE CLASSICS - HOOKED ON CLASSICS 2 - LOUIS CLARK & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

20 15 OVERLOAD - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

The Top Singles in Aug 1982 with Kevin Rowland having a bit of a full out in the video with a chappy who walked out halfway through! Then there was Fame on Telly. Well played was Chas N' Dave's "Margate", which just missed that Top 40, while The Firm saluted tv's Minder & Roger Kitter as "The Brat" ridiculed John McEnroe. THe Top 40 desecrated every Sunday by the late Tommy Vance on Radio One, unless you listened to Local Radio with the likes of the late Keith Butler on Radio 210 in Reading or Richard Allinson on Capital during Sunday Afternoon's around 2pm. That was if you missed the fastest chart on radio with the late Alan Freeman's Pick Of The Pops-Take Two on Capital at 10am on Saturdays. Of course, Capital's charts were always a week ahead & 210's were just the same as Radio One, minus the mistakes of TV on the Radio...Remember Vance's jingle? "TV play that Rock N' Roll, TV listen to your radio, TV play that Rock N`Roll!"

01 02 COME ON EILEEN - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

02 01 FAME - IRENE CARA

03 03 DRIVING IN MY CAR - MADNESS

04 04 DON'T GO - YAZOO

05 07 IT STARTED WITH A KISS - HOT CHOCOLATE

06 05 DA DA DA - TRIO

07 06 SHY BOY - BANANARAMA

08 14 STOOL PIGEON - KID CREOLE

09 09 I SECOND THAT EMOTION - JAPAN

10 12 ONLY WAY OUT - CLIFF RICHARD

11 08 ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER

12 18 STRANGE LITTLE GIRL - STRANGLERS

13 15 ME AND MY GIRL NIGHTCLUBBING - DAVID ESSEX

14 11 NIGHT TRAIN - VISAGE

15 10 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - SHALAMAR

16 22 TAKE IT AWAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY

17 20 VIDEOTEQUE - DOLLAR

18 26 CLAPPING SONG - BELLE STARS

19 13 INSIDE OUT - ODYSSEY

20 39 MY GIRL LOLLIPOP - BAD MANNERS

21 29 ARTHUR DALEY E'S ALRIGHT - THE FIRM

22 27 CHALK DUST - THE BRAT

23 23 TOO LATE - JUNIOR

24 16 NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - BUCKS FIZZ

25 28 LOVE IS IN CONTROL - DONNA SUMMER

26 NE SUMMERTIME - FUN BOY THREE

27 46 JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY - HAYSI FANTAYSE

28 NE EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR

29 40 HURRY HOME - WAVELENGTH

30 33 ROCK THE CASBAH - CLASH

31 21 IKO IKO - NATASHA

32 19 MURPHYS LAW - CHERI

33 17 MUSIC AND LIGHTS - IMAGINATION

34 34 HEART STOP BEATING IN TIME - LEO SAYER

35 35 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - ELKIE BROOKES

36 41 TODAY - TALK TALK

37 NE 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR - ASSOCIATES

38 30 FREEBIRD - LYNYRD SKYNYRD

39 36 WAR CHILD - BLONDIE

40 31 HANGING GARDEN - THE CURE

 

The Pre-Order Singles this week:

01 MISSING YOU - SATURDAYS 9th Aug

02 PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 30th Aug

03 SAY YOU DON'T WANT IT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 16th Aug

04 IN MY SYSTEM - TINCHY STRYDER 9th Aug

05 IT'S NOT WAR JUST THE END OF LOVE - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 13th Sept

06 BUTTERFLY BUTTERFLY - A-HA 20th Sept

07 MAKE ME SMILE - PEARL & THE PUPPET 9th Sept

08 GREEN LIGHT - ROLL DEEP 16th

 

The Pre-Order Albums this week:

01 FINAL FRONTIER - IRON MAIDEN 16th Aug

02 IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 11th Oct

03 ??? - TAKE THAT 22nd Nov

04 BAND OF JOY - ROBERT PLANT 13th Sept

05 FLAMINGO - BRANDON FLOWERS (of The Killers) 6th Sept

06 BOLD AS BRASS - CLIFF RICHARD 11th Oct

07 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 30th Aug

08 DISCOVERY - TINIE TEMPAH 30th Aug

09 AUDIO SECRECY - STONE SOUR 6th Sept

10 MAYHEM - IMELDA MAY 4th Oct

 

Take That don't even need a title (as it's not be confirmed) but the orders are enough to put it at number 3.

Hang on for the Top 75 lowdown...Firstly the Top Physicals this week:

01 01 THE WANTED

02 02 JLS

03 03 KYLIE

04 05 KATY PERRY/SNOOP DOGG

05 07 LADY GAGA

06 04 KATIE MELUA

07 06 ADAM LAMBERT

08 08 DIANA VICKERS

09 09 K'NAAN

10 10 PROFESSOR GREEN/LILY ALLEN

A bit static there. Marina & The Diamonds get highest physical entry just outside the top 10. Interesting to note that Amy MacDonald beat Travie McCoy on physicals last week in the top 20!

 

Hang on to the sack...I'll be right back

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I guess EE has Lucasgate to thank for that...

 

Also surprised that Karate Kid trash has done so well at the Box Office. I was repulsed when my dad downloaded it and subjected me to watching it. Dreadful movie that should've been left well alone. The same could be said for the A Team franchise, though I haven't had the pleasure of seeing that one yet.

Thanks Dave :thumbup:

 

Somewhat depressed to see that Hurts aren't top 10 on album or single preorders...

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The Big Finish then, with the Top 75 lowdown highlights plus the complete top 50 compiled thus: The top 40 based on an average of sales of downloads/physicals for the time of year with the 41 - 75 based on a download average of charts.

 

Top 75

DRUMS

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

 

TOP 70

ARCADE FIRE

 

TOP 60

JUSTIN BIEBER/USHER - STL

GAGA - BR 33)

BASSHUNTER 32)

ALEXANDRA BURKE - ANL 31)

GAGA - TELEPHONE 30)

AGGRO SANTOS

SKEPTA 29)

PALOMA FAITH 28)

KESHA 27)

DIANA VICKERS 26)

 

TOP 50

50 54 CLOSER TO THE EDGE - 30 SECONDS TO MARS

49 50 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 25)

48 45 DON'T STOP BELIEVING - JOURNEY

47 47 PASS OUT - TINIE TEMPAH

46 41 EENIE MEENIE - JUSTIN BIEBER/SEAN KINGSTON

45 48 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND II - ALICIA

44 39 WAVIN FLAG - K'NAAN 24)

43 42 WITCHCRAFT - PENDULUM 23)

42 58 THE WRITER - ELLIE GOULDING

41 32 FIRE WITH FIRE - SCISSOR SISTERS 22)

40 37 NOTHING ON YOU - B.O.B/BRUNO MARS 21)

39 51 OH NO - MARINA DIAMONDAS 20)

38 38 FAMOUS - SFG

37 36 WAKA WAKA - SHAKIRA

36 35 TE AMO - RIHANNA

35 34 HEY SOUL SISTER - TRAIN 19)

34 31 TRY SLEEPING - ALICIA

33 28 RIDIN SOLO - JASON DERULO

32 25 SHE SAID - PLAN B 18)

31 27 OMG - USHER

30 21 MY FIRST KISS - 3OH!3 17)

29 25 FIND YOUR LOVE - DRAKE

28 26 FRISKY - TINIE TEMPAH 16)

27 30 STEREO LOVE - EDWARD MAYA 15)

26 24 GETTIN OVER YOU - DAVID GUETTA

25 22 PRAYIN - PLAN B 14)

24 NE GOLD DUST - DAN STEIN

23 15 CLUB IS ALIVE - JLS 13) =20

22 23 NOT AFRAID - EMINEM 12)

21 17 ALL THE LOVERS - KYLIE 11) =19

20 19 DJ GOT US FALLIN' IN LOVE - USHER/PITBULL

19 18 COMMANDER - KELLY ROWLAND =16

18 14 ALEJANDRO - LADY GAGA 10) =17

17 20 KICK STARTS - EXAMPLE 9) =18

16 13 JUST BE GOOD TO GREEN - PROFESSOR GREEN 8) =15

15 11 BANG BANG BANG - MARK RONSON 7) =14

14 12 I LIKE IT - ENRIQUE 6) =11

13 10 I NEED AIR - MAGNETIC MAN/ANGELA HUNTE 5) =13

12 16 WHAT IF - JASON DERULO =12

11 NE CHOICES - HOOSIERS =10

10 09 CALIFORNIA GURLS - KATY PERRY 4) =9

09 07 ONE - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/PHARRELL WILLIAMS 3) =8

08 08 PACK UP - ELIZA DOOLITTLE =7

07 06 AIRPLANES - B.O.B. =6

06 02 BILLIONAIRE - TRAVIE MCCOY 2) =5

05 01 ALL TIME LOW - WANTED 1) =4

04 04 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA

03 03 WE NO SPEAKO AMERCANO - YOLANDA BE COOL =3

02 05 CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME - FLO RIDA/GUETTA =2

01 NE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER - NE-YO =1

 

) Position without downloads alone

 

= Position on Chart Show tv

 

NE-YO keeps Flo-Rida out. Look out for Saturdays & also Tinchy Stryder next week then...Although don't think either will be number one.

 

Don't forget to join Jason Scott http://www.thesuperstation.info every Sunday for more new entries & the complete top 40 with less chat & more chart every Sunday. For Retro Fans, join Richard Todd et moi on Sunday at 2pm on Atlantic Oldies 2NG, for a trip back to August 1973.

Thanks Dave-I dont think The Saturdays will be No 1 either.Ellie and Marina will probably both just stick in the Top 40 briefly.Adam Lambert doing so well in physicals-why.Only 2 weeks Top 40 for Diana, what is her next single.
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Thanks Dave-I dont think The Saturdays will be No 1 either.Ellie and Marina will probably both just stick in the Top 40 briefly.Adam Lambert doing so well in physicals-why.Only 2 weeks Top 40 for Diana, what is her next single?

Could well be "Put It Back Together" & there's the November concerts too.

Iron Maiden top of album pre-orders, would be shocked if they didn't get the No. 1 album :cheer:

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