June 14, 201213 yr I was more into the albums chart in 2004. I own 5 albums from the EOY top ten (Scissor Sisters, Keane, Maroon 5, Anastacia, Snow Patrol). The singles chart wasn`t too bad-there were loads of good singles about but as others have said the top of the charts was dire. Left Outside Alone, Laura, This Love and countless others are a lot better known than half the stuff that got to no.1. But it was refreshing to have the first year since 1998 without a Westlife no.1.
June 14, 201213 yr Author MCFLY- 5 COLOURS IN HER HAIR- NON NUMBER ONE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/5_Colours_in_Her_Hair_-_McFly_cover_art.JPG NEW PEAK POSITION: 2 Oh dear, given that this is the only McFly record to spend more than 7 days at No 1 it isn't a good start for the band in this thread. In related news (I think) this is the first demotion for a record that spent more than 1 week at No 1 on the real chart?! Anyway it struggled to overcome Usher's "Yeah" first then the massive debut week for Eamon means it farewell to Mcfly- wonder how many they'll keep? 8NAzGtMi-c4
June 14, 201213 yr Author MCFLY- OBVIOUSLY- NON NUMBER ONE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Obviously_album_cover.jpg NEW PEAK POSITION: 3 .....And whilst we're on that topic here's follow up "Obviously". It was no match for Ms Spears's "Everytime" which easily retains its No 1 position ont his thread, its fall from grace of 1-4-10 looked positively slothful given the precipitous falls some of their singles would experience later in the decade, It isn't a record that I mind really, and not as awful as its predecessor. vtNbllbDs40&feature=relmfu
June 14, 201213 yr Author BRIAN MCFADDEN- REAL TO ME- NON NUMBER ONE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Real_to_me.jpg NEW PEAK POSITION: 3 So whilst McFadden may have gone solo that didn't stop the No 1's in the real world, and just like in the real world it hasn't altered his fate on this thread with a demotion to No 3 stuck behind Nelly, Eric Prydz and Jojo at various times over 2 weeks. Not even the writing prowess of Guy Chambers could salvage this as it dropped 1-6-6 back that September, still the good news is that the Streets made it! :D UfIhWxMo1G0&feature=related
June 14, 201213 yr There was an interesting discussion about 2004 on here at the end of last year - received opinion seems to be that singles-wise, yep it was dire, one of the worst years for music in my lifetime. At the time I'd completely turned my back on chart music and was listening to underground trance and hard house and stuff. But album-wise, virtually every classic album of the 21st century was released that year :P Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Killers, Keane, Green Day and countless more! Shame it wasn't reflected at the top of the singles chart... That's true. 2004 was really the year when the mid-decade "indie boom" kicked off - THAT will be the musical legacy of the year when it's discussed in any kind of future media, not the awful urban crap that the few teenagers who were still buying singles by that point were mostly snapping up. I have no doubt it was an important year though, particularly for people who were teenagers at the time like me and knew little about guitar music beforehand, but were suddenly buying albums like that as pop music in its purest form was pretty much dead and every other commercial genre was largely awful. It was either that or, as the road you went down was, stop listening to chart music altogether. Anyway, back to the thread, hooray for The Streets hanging on! I was actually looking at the sales for #1 in 2004 last night and was convinced there was no way it could stay at #1, but I didn't have the sales for #2, #3, etc, to hand so clearly I underestimated. :o
June 14, 201213 yr There was an interesting discussion about 2004 on here at the end of last year - received opinion seems to be that singles-wise, yep it was dire, one of the worst years for music in my lifetime. At the time I'd completely turned my back on chart music and was listening to underground trance and hard house and stuff. But album-wise, virtually every classic album of the 21st century was released that year :P Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Killers, Keane, Green Day and countless more! Shame it wasn't reflected at the top of the singles chart... I remember that. Someone was saying that 2004 was a bad year, because the year-end chart was full of charity and novelty songs, and they were saying 2011 was arguably the best year ever because the sales were so high, and because the entire year-end top 10 was charity/novelty/talent show-free. I disagree with that. :lol: I loved 2004 (yes, that PROBABLY has something to do with the fact that it was during the middle of senior school :lol:). The charts back then, I'm not familiar with, but they probably weren't really representatitve of what was actually "popular" at the time, just like the case was in 2011.
June 14, 201213 yr I like Real to Me, good song. Nothing spectacular though I always liked it too. Althought it reminded me of Bryan Adams.
June 14, 201213 yr "Real To Me" is actually pretty good, shame that it and most likely "Vertigo" will lose their status when some absolute dross stays.
June 14, 201213 yr Bloc Party, Nelly Furtado, Keane, The Killers, Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, Britney, Kelis and Andre 3000, Motorcycle, Girls Aloud, Scissor Sisters,Franz F, Interpol, Black Eyed Peas, Snow Patrol (Chocolate) Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon all released great singles in 2004. Edited June 14, 201213 yr by tonyttt31
June 14, 201213 yr Veritgo is just awful too. U2 haven't released a good single since 1997. It's no "Beautiful Day" (I realise I'm one of the few people who can see past Bono's ego and still enjoy that one) but I still enjoy it - although the next two singles from the album were better.
June 14, 201213 yr It's no "Beautiful Day" (I realise I'm one of the few people who can see past Bono's ego and still enjoy that one) but I still enjoy it - although the next two singles from the album were better. I only really rate 90s U2 when they messed with their sound.
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