22/12/1991

 

Erasure - Am I Right?

 

4 Weeks

 

And taking the Christmas number 1 from under Ms Amos' nose is Erasure with their wistful, seasonal ballad. God knows what its about bit it is mostly wonderful. I think this is the only time that three consecutive singles make it to number 1 in this run down.

 

 

Top 3s

 

22/12/1991

1 - Am I Right? - Erasure

2 - Silent All These Years - Tori Amos

3 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu

 

29/12/1991

1 - Am I Right? - Erasure

2 - Silent All These Years - Tori Amos

3 - The Days of Our Lives - Queen

 

05/01/1992

1 - Am I Right? - Erasure

2 - The Days of Our Lives - Queen

3 - Silent All These Years - Tori Amos

 

12/01/1992

1 - Am I Right? - Erasure

2 - The Days of Our Lives - Queen

3 - Everybody in the Place The Prodigy

Edited November 22, 201311 yr by AnthonyT

Top 20 of 1991

 

1 U2 - The Fly (1)

2 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (1)

3 REM - Losing My Religion (1)

4 Pixies - Planet of Sound (1)

5 Queen - Innuendo (1)

6 Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet (2)

7 REM - Near Wild Heaven (1)

8 The Prodigy - Charley (1)

9 The Source feat Candi Staton - You got the Love (1)

10 KLF - Last Train to Trance Central (1)

11 Erasure - Love To Hate You (1)

12 Bomb the Bass - Winter in July (1)

13 Erasure - Chorus (1)

14 Rozalla - Everybody's Free (1)

15 Enigma - Sadness (1)

16 Alison Moyet - This House (1)

17 Bizarre Inc - Such a Feeling (2)

18 Chris Isaac - Blue Hotel (2)

19 Primal Scream - Higher than the Sun (1)

20 OMD - Sailing on the Seven Seas (1)

 

 

Oh I absolutely love "The Fly" (partly just for finally knocking Bryan Adams off the top), IMO it was their last truly great single - they completely lost it after 1992, and by 2009.. well you only have to listen to the first few seconds of "Get On Your Boots" to realise they have become an absolute joke.

 

Great 1991 chart, now I am very interested to see what makes the top in '92. Odds on that "Motorcycle Emptiness" was #1 for a very long time here! :D

Edited November 15, 201311 yr by Doctor Blind

I'm listening to the Chorus album now in honour of your 1991 chart. :D

 

I still love it, a great pop album.

I got Chorus on vinyl this year. It is has one of the most beautiful artworks I've seen.

Oh I absolutely love "The Fly" (partly just for finally knocking Bryan Adams off the top), IMO it was their last truly great single - they completely lost it after 1992, and by 2009.. well you only have to listen to the first few seconds of "Get On Your Boots" to realise they have become an absolute joke.

 

 

Lost it? They only found it 1991.

Looking at 1992 - there's 10 dance number 1s spanning 19 weeks.

 

19/01/1992

 

The Prodigy Everybody In The Place

 

1 Week

 

Let's Go!

 

And the Lords of the Dance were back for a week with this storming piece of instant gratification. However, it wasn't that instant. I think it took about five years for me to like this. I suppose it just wasn't Charly but it's full of little tricks that keep the ears listening.

 

 

Top 3

 

19/01/1992

1 - Everybody in the Place - The Prodigy

2 - Can You Feel the Passion? - Blue Pearl

3 - Am I Right? - Erasure

Edited November 17, 201311 yr by AnthonyT

 

19/01/1992

 

Blue Pearl - Can You Feel the Passion

 

1 Week

 

 

Could the could they have come up with a more menacing bassline? A whole lot darker than Naked in the Rain and a lot ravier too. I actually can't remember a Blue Pearl single that came after this one.

 

The sensual danger in the lyrics is palpable.

 

Love it.

 

Top 3

 

26/01/1992

1 - Can You Feel the Passion? - Blue Pearl

2 - Hit - The Sugarcubes

3 - Everybody in the Place - The Prodigy

 

02/02/1992

 

The Sugarcubes - Hit

 

1 Week

 

 

Another one weeker - this time the first time that Bjork entered my consciousness. Nice quirky indie with plenty going on and a Jame Bond-like phrasing in the opening. A gorgeous chorus about the ecstasy of being in love. Wonderful. It's better than more than half of her solo singles. I must get more from that period.

 

 

 

Top 3

26/01/1992

1 - Hit - The Sugarcubes

2 - Can You Feel the Passion? - Blue Pearl

3 - China - Tori Amos

 

 

02/02/1992

 

The Sugarcubes - Hit

 

1 Week

Another one weeker - this time the first time that Bjork entered my consciousness. Nice quirky indie with plenty going on and a Jame Bond-like phrasing in the opening. A gorgeous chorus about the ecstasy of being in love. Wonderful. It's better than more than half of her solo singles. I must get more from that period.

Top 3

26/01/1992

1 - Hit - The Sugarcubes

2 - Can You Feel the Passion? - Blue Pearl

3 - China - Tori Amos

Cracking track. Loved The Sugacubes but her solo work bores me

Ooh I quite like "Everybody In The Place" (Fairground edit) - It was highly anticipated at the time as it was over 6 months since "Charley" when it got released and it shot to #2.

 

For me however, early '92 was all about one song and one song only.

 

:wub:

Good verse. I never liked the whohohohoooo bit.

Good verse. I never liked the whohohohoooo bit.

 

The melody for me I love, yeah the whohohohoho bits are annoying, but not as annoying as "Starships" (the song). :P

Your taste is broadly certainly more indie than mine was back in the early 90s though I now much prefer the likes of Depeche mode and the Sugarcubes. I think in early 92 I was listening to Lisa Stansfield, Ce Ce Peniston and "Achtung Baby" and shamed as I am now Right Said Fred!

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Edited December 24, 20159 yr by Ever After

Thanks Alex. There was a mix up with a few of those posts and I had to re-order them.

I know people mock 1992's charts as having no clear sense of direction and 'only 12 number ones' all year - but it is one of my favourite years, especially for dance.

 

You've got:

 

Future Sound of London "Papua New Guinea"

Gat Decor "Passion"

Opus III "It's A Fine Day"

Orbital "Halcyon"

The Prodigy "Out Of Space"

SL2 "On A Ragga Tip"

Utah Saints "Something Good"

 

and that's just the first half of '92.

Of course it had direction and that was DANCE!

 

02/02/1992

 

The Sugarcubes - Hit

 

1 Week

Another one weeker - this time the first time that Bjork entered my consciousness. Nice quirky indie with plenty going on and a Jame Bond-like phrasing in the opening. A gorgeous chorus about the ecstasy of being in love. Wonderful. It's better than more than half of her solo singles. I must get more from that period.

Top 3

26/01/1992

1 - Hit - The Sugarcubes

2 - Can You Feel the Passion? - Blue Pearl

3 - China - Tori Amos

Hit was an absolute peach of a song made all the better because that absolute goon Einar was hardly on it shouting incomprehensible gobbledygook.

This was one of the reasons why I loved Debut so much.

 

Still not as good as Birthday though.