November 21, 20222 yr Author 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!
November 22, 20222 yr 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...
November 23, 20222 yr RIP Wilko Johnson :( Can we have Sneakin’ Suspicion please next Sunday? Edited November 23, 20222 yr by chartjack2
November 24, 20222 yr 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
November 26, 20222 yr Yes, it'll be a while until it comes around in the #2 sessions and her next biggest hit was a #58. RIP :(
November 27, 20222 yr 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
November 27, 20222 yr Author 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 :ph34r: 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).
November 27, 20222 yr Author 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). 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 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 This week finally sees the end of various artists compilations (huzzah!) and we also just about get to our first 90s #1 album, 42 albums in all bringing us up to March 1990 (most of early 1990 was monopolised by just the one album). Join us in about an hour x
November 27, 20222 yr 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 If they come up I'd go for Personal Jesus from Violator and Left To My Own Devices from Introspective.
November 27, 20222 yr 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.
November 27, 20222 yr 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)
November 27, 20222 yr 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 B-)
November 27, 20222 yr Author No takers for a Jive Bunny track? Shocked I tell thee x Kicking off in 20 minutes, 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)
November 27, 20222 yr 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.
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