April 29, 201411 yr Author Useless! That's one of my favourite DM singles also, really adore it and the standout from Ultra. Do you approve of the Kruder & Dorfmeister remix? 4djrhgr7bgQ (not as good as the original mind) Yeah. That's really good too - because it allows the baseline to be more prominent.
April 29, 201411 yr Author I'm toying with the idea of Top 5s for 1998 because from May to Sept there's a stupid amount of songs not staying in the Top 3 for very long. Possibly even a better year than 1996 for singles.
April 29, 201411 yr Author Top 20 of 1997 1 The Drugs Don't Work (1) 2 Around the World (1) 3 Bachelorette (1) 4 Da Funk (1) 5 Gorechi (1) 6 Rising Son (1) 7 Le Pastie de la Bourgiosie (1) 8 Smack My Bitch Up (1) 9 Foolish Games (1) 10 Useless (1) 11 Little Wonder (1) 12 Tourniquet (2) 13 Halo (1) 14 Where have all the Cowboys Gone? (1) 15 Bloc Rockin Beats (2) 16 Paranoid Android (2) 17 Satan (1) 18 What do you want from Me? (1) 19 You're Not Alone (2) 20 Torn (2)
April 30, 201411 yr 4 of those 20 would feature in my year-end Top 20, too, with some others not far behind, yay! B-)
May 9, 201411 yr Author 2wJDIssLOkk 17/01/1998 BT - Flaming June 3 Weeks I missed this in 1997 and so it's going in here in Jan 1998 as it was re-released with new re-mixes then. It's a grower. I never went to trance nights back when it was huge and so some tracks that work better in clubs were sometimes lost on me. This is one of them. I went to see Paul van Dyk last year and thought that For an Angel would be the highlight of the night. It wasn't. He played Flaming June and I was totally high on it and I was sober! Brought tears to my eyes. Top 3s 17/01/1998 1 - Flaming June - BT 2 - Bachelorette - Bjork 3 - Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy 24/01/1998 1 - Flaming June - BT 2 - My Star - Ian Brown 3 - Good Riddance - Green Day 31/01/1998 1 - Flaming June - BT 2 - Good Riddance - Green Day 3 - My Star - Ian Brown
May 9, 201411 yr Author CnQ8N1KacJc 07/02/1998 Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 3 Weeks Probably not a song for the die-hard punk fans of Green Day but sometimes I'm a sucker for acoustic guitar and orchestration. I liked Green Day since I saw them to Welcome to Paradise on TOTP in 1994. Billy Joe's voice is pleasantly sneer-free compared to his contemporaries. Top 3s 07/02/1998 1 - Good Riddance - Green Day 2 - Flaming June - BT 3 - U Make Me Wanna - Usher 14/02/1998 1 - Good Riddance - Green Day 2 - U Make Me Wanna - Usher 3 - Flaming June - BT 21/02/1998 1 - Good Riddance - Green Day 2 - U Make Me Wanna - Usher 3 - Mulder and Scully - Catatonia Edited May 9, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
May 9, 201411 yr Author 5LBnMRWeV-E 28/02/1998 Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 2 Weeks Like many people I had been oblivious to the original version of this that was released in 1997 - but this remix is a sheer ebullient joy. Top 3s 28/02/1998 1 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 2 - Petal 7 - Wubble U 3 - Good Riddance - Green Day 07/03/1998 1 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 2 - Petal 7 - Wubble U 3 - Frozen - Madonna
May 9, 201411 yr Good Riddance is great! What did you think about their comeback hits in 2005? I loved them, peak of their career imo. Edited May 9, 201411 yr by SKOB
May 10, 201411 yr Author sjut1JMdqEs 14/03/1998 Madonna Frozen 3 Weeks Well now, isn't this just amazing? And for many reasons too. She could have come back with the stopping pop of Ray of Light but instead took a risk with this dark, dramatic ballad. The true star of this piece is William Orbit who manages incredible levels of beautiful music in it. The multiple percussive motifs, the pulsating synths, those filtered drums, this strings. Here's just the music, if anyone is interested. OHVdGf4nXlE Top 3s 14/03/1998 1 - Frozen - Madonna 2 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 3 - Petal 7 - Wubble U 21/03/1998 1 - Frozen - Madonna 2 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 3 - Insane - Texas 28/03/1998 1 - Frozen - Madonna 2 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Mix) 3 - Not Alone - Bernard Butler
May 10, 201411 yr Author u1H2GYCyUrk 04/04/1998 Ian Brown - Corpses In Their Mouths 3 Weeks While I like My Star, I absolutely love this. Love the relaxing beat and liquid guitar throughout. Sounds wonderful in the sunshine. It would be a long time before he would match this. Also around in April was Bernard Butler's second single which a huge improvement on Stay. Top 3s 04/04/1998 1 - Corpses In Their Mouths - Ian Brown 2 - Not Alone - Bernard Butler 3 - Frozen - Madonna 11/04/1998 1 - Corpses In Their Mouths - Ian Brown 2 - Not Alone - Bernard Butler 3 - Kiss the Rain - Billie Myres 18/04/1998 1 - Corpses In Their Mouths - Ian Brown 2 - Not Alone - Bernard Butler 3 - La Primavera - Sash!
May 10, 201411 yr doh! Bernard Butler at 2, it was 1 in mine, and Frozen just missed out on 1 instead B-)
May 10, 201411 yr Author HX8Fn9hDpkI 25/04/1998 Ma$e featuring Total - Tell Me What You Want 1 Week Sounding a lot like Puff Daddy (maybe he always does - I can't remember any tracks from him) this is just a perfectly languid piece of late 90s urban music. Top 3 25/04/1998 1 - What You Want - Ma$e featuring Total 2 - Corpses In Their Mouths - Ian Brown 3 - La Primavera - Sash! Edited May 10, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
May 10, 201411 yr Wow another surprise! I do like the track though.. Top of the World w/Brandy is nice too.
May 12, 201411 yr Author MsbFOMICB9k 02/05/1998 Tori Amos - Spark 1 Week Here we have a single that took time to grow on me. Obviously I was delighted to have new Tori material but I wasn't that impressed at first with Spark. Too metallic and shrill - Not enough piano. Her very best video too. The b-sides were awesome - Cooling and Purple People. It was the last time she would have a UK Top 40 hit. Top 3 02/05/1998 1 - Spark - Tori Amos 2 - What You Want - Ma$e featuring Total 3 - Life in Mono - Mono
May 13, 201411 yr Author u7K72X4eo_s 09/05/1998 Massive Attack - Teardrop 4 Weeks Instantly captivating and with one of Liz Frazier's most decipherable vocals, Teardrop completely dazzled the eagerly awaiting fans whose appetite was whetted by Risingson a year earlier. It was the lightest thing that would be found on the staggering Mezzanine album - album that I wouldn't really absorb for a few years. It's now one of my favourite albums ever. I did get a bit bored of Teardrop for a while but now it's back among my favourites of 1998. To note - Garbage's Push It has had a different fortune - it was my single of 98 and hit my all time Top 10 in 1999 but has since fallen from such heights. One of the most played songs in my musical listening lifetime. Top 3 09/05/1998 1 - Teardrop - Massive Attack 2 - Spark - Tori Amos 3 - Push It - Garbage 16/05/1998 1 - Teardrop - Massive Attack 2 - Spark - Tori Amos 3 - Push It - Garbage 23/05/1998 1 - Teardrop - Massive Attack 2 - Push It - Garbage 3 - Spark - Tori Amos 30/05/1998 1 - Teardrop - Massive Attack 2 - Sonnet - The Verve 3 - Push It - Garbage
May 13, 201411 yr "Teardrop" is just amazing, the thumping beat at the start, the production throughout, Elizabeth Fraser's vocals. Perfect!
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