April 13, 20232 yr Author Oh dear Oh dear, Promise Me has never been a fave sorry! I can't get past the deep intake of breaths being worthy of taking the Michael for at least 30 years now. It still crops up in banter whenever her name is mentioned. Shame as the follow up was much better, and her recent stuff with fellow 80's/90's songstresses was pretty good. Baby Baby was more to my taste, yay for your parents. Ha - so you mocked Beverley's vocal delivery whilst I mocked Amy at the same time :D I honestly can't say I've ever noticed before but I've listened just now and can see that she does take a fair few audible breaths... although it still doesn't detract from the song for me at all :wub: Also, Baby Baby is great. I actually downloaded it on iTunes last year because I wanted a 'hard' copy and realised it never appears on any compilations for some reason. I love the bizarre change in the song at 2:22 where the production goes up several notches to sounding like a different song altogther (to music you might hear at a fairground?). The video was set in a fairground so maybe it's influencing your thoughts there? I think I'm so used to hearing it that I don't find it quite so much of a switch up as you but I do love the way that 90s songs used to have those instrumental sections in them that often came out of nowhere BANGER! *.* They always played this when the Exeter City football team come out the tunnel at the start of home games (still unsure why and when this started), and I would hear it most Saturdays at just before 3 as I used to live opposite the ground at St. James' Park. Hope more KLF to come- particularly “It’s Grim Up North”. Oooops you're in for a disappointment there as I didn't even chart It's Grim Up North :o I honestly can't say that I even knew what it was until about 10 years ago - I love it now, reminds me of something Underworld would release. I can't even recall it from the time so was surprised it was a top 10 hit - I've checked what was #1 for me whilst it was out and it was basically one of my major obsessions so I suspect I was so busy listening to that (and the album) that I didn't really pay that much attention to many other tracks... although even so I don't think I'd have liked it as much when I was 12 and the Northern element would have been totally lost on me
April 14, 20232 yr Author 201 | Supergrass - Richard III Just missing out on the top 200 is the excellent Richard III from Supergrass. I wasn't the biggest fan of theirs during their debut album and thought a lot of their songs trod a fine line between being fun and being a little bit annoying. I was really surprised when they came back with this to kick off their second album, it was a lot heavier than I'd expected and it's still my favourite song of theirs today. I remember being suitably miffed when R Kelly of all people held this off #1 with the dire I Believe I Can Fly (one of two indie classics that he held up). Supergrass remained much better from this point onwards and I liked most of their singles, Life on Other Planets was a particular favourite album of mine that went somewhat under the radar of most. The mighty Mode were new at #3 that week with the excellent It's No Good, the second single in a row from Ultra to peak in the top three without managing to give them a #1 from the album. The Future Sound of London were also new that week in quite a packed week, they missed the top 10 in the UK with We Have Explosive and I too underrated it only managing a low top 20 peak before disappearing. I grew to love it later in the decade as big beat became more and more prominent. The stats: Date: 06 April 1997 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 217 2020s plays rank: 151 Biggest song it kept from #1: (#3 w/c 06 April 1997) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: UnXrrOxzZCE
April 14, 20232 yr Richard III :wub: I share the anguish that it was blocked from #1 by the pitiful IBICF.
April 14, 20232 yr Author 200 | Mantronix feat. Wondress - Got To Have Your Love Back to the very beginning of the decade now as we hit January 1990 and find Mantronix bagging themselves my third #1 with the wonderful Got To Have Your Love. This was my first of many dance #1s over the decade and imo still stands up today as a classic, I mean that baseline is surely impossible to ignore?!!! Equalling the production in terms of majesty was the vocal performance from Wondress (RIP) as a perfect example of early 90s soulfulness. This post be all about the early 90s dance as sitting at #2 was Technotronic with their second huge hit, one that I prefer to the more famous Pump Up The Jam - although both are pretty ace to be fair. And finally a song that I do remember liking at the time but never knew what it was, the shoulda been slot goes to the classic FPI Project track. Rave on! The stats: Date: 28 January 1990 Weeks: Two 1990s chart rank: 204 2020s plays rank: 164 Biggest song it kept from #1: (#2 w/c 04 February 1990) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: tLG9p-TrajI
April 15, 20232 yr Belated KLF appreciation :wub: looking forward to seeing where else they'll end up for you here!
April 15, 20232 yr Author 199 | Robert Miles and Maria Naylor - One And One Next up it's (I assume) the only song that will feature in both this thread and gooddelta's one in the 00s forum. Robert Miles had obviously done amazingly well with Children and then Fable had come along and made me fear that everything else was going to be children-lite but this was a great third single - it took his music in a new direction whilst still having a sense of continuity from his earlier hits. Maria Naylor had such a great voice for dance music, both this and the single 'Be As One' with Sasha were really ethereal tracks that sounded really fresh in 1996. It actually took six weeks for this to top my chart and it stayed in my top 10 for thirteen weeks so it did much better than its one week at the top suggests. Despite it being a huge hit, I was never that fond of Un-Break My Heart back in 1996. I've mellowed to it over the years so I've picked it as the one that I like now - but it was slim pickings tbh. A song I did like was Mansun's excellent Wide Open Space, this was unfortunate to peak at #3 but the two dance tracks ahead of it this week were huge for me - of course Mansun's track also had a dance element in the form of the Perfecto remix which was pretty big in the clubs at the time, it definitely helped cement my love for it and its longevity in my chart. The stats: Date: 15 December 1996 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 134 2020s plays rank: 233 Biggest song it kept from #1: Mansun - Wide Open Space (#3 w/c 15 December 1996) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart GtyiRvB5vCo
April 15, 20232 yr Author 198 | The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex The second number one of the decade on my chart for Neil Hannon, Generation Sex was an easy chart topper for me back in 1998. I remember this having pretty good levels of radio play at the time and I thought it was a really pop friendly return from him - so I was suitably gutted when it only entered at #19 in the UK this week, especially given most of the songs doing well in the UK at this point were not at all to my taste. In retrospect I was probably blinded by my love for the band and possibly the lyrics hinting at the death of princes Diana as a subject matter could well have alienated many in the UK I guess, not to mention that the rest of the lyrics are pretty political so don't really resonate with people wanting a nice track about love and happiness to chill along to. These days the sample at the beginning has had to be changed too so it's not quite what it was at the time... but I still think it holds up as one of his most chart friendly singles in terms of melody. The Incidentals was Alisha's Attic return and was one of a few singles from them that unfortunately stalled just outside the top 10 in the UK. I really liked them as a band, although they never got higher than #3 for me. I'm not sure how many other of their singles may feature in this section as they got to the top 5 a few times but they had a pretty flawless run through from I Am I Feel in 1996 to Pretender Got My Heart in 2001. Eels bag the final mention in this section, I was never the biggest fan at the time and didn't pay too much attention to them - that was until I bought their greatest hits cheap and realised that they have a load of great singles... a very underrated band. The stats: Date: 20 September 1998 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 178 2020s plays rank: 188 Biggest song it kept from #1: Alisha's Attic - The Incidentals (#3 w/c 20 September 1998) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: Eels - Last Stop: This Town cNfTnCN9d00
April 17, 20232 yr Author 197 | Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella A first appearance in the thread for a band better known for their 80s output, the fabulous Duran Duran. Duran Duran were one of the 80s bands that I loved as a kid, I remember finding Save a Prayer and Rio particularly enchanting and after buying their best of it turned out I liked most of their other 80s singles too. They returned in the 90s with their Wedding Album to a reasonable degree of success and certainly more attention in the UK... however I was just as enamoured with their singles later in the decade with Electric Barbarella bagging them a final #1 of the 90s as late into their career as 1999. The parent album Medazzaland was horrendously handled and was never given a release in the UK so this era will have passed most people by in its entirety - however, as imperfect as it was, it did deliver a few really strong songs that for me stack up among the band's best - and indeed this would go on to feature on their later best of album, Greatest. I like everything about this, the production and direction was quite different for them at the time yet it felt very much like a natural extension of their previous sound... plus the title and theme was a lovely link back to the film that they took the band name from. Even now I'd say this is within my top 10 tracks of theirs and really should have been a bigger hit for them. We're in 1999 so clearly it's another week, another trance single... this time it is the turn of Three Drives on a Vinyl to be in the runner up spot with their remix of Greece 2000. The track had been a staple on Ibiza style compilations for a couple of years by this point and they eventually turned it into a top 20 UK hit with a few added vocals to boot. I was always pleased that they didn't go full on with the addition of vocals and kept it relatively light touch so they enhance the original rather than overpower it. I've scoured the chart for this week and there wasn't a lot to pick from for things I didn't know and love but Black Star Liner are going to get my pick. I didn't know the track at all before today but it sounds very much like the sort of trip hop inspired music that I enjoy, even if I can kinda see why they never made it to be as big as some of the other stars of that genre. The stats: Date: 24 January 1999 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 231 2020s plays rank: 134 Biggest song it kept from #1: (#2 w/c 24 January 1999) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: MK1g5dMYR3s
April 17, 20232 yr 5 solid choices there I think, especially One And One. Of the near-misses, Mansun were fab, I liked pretty much all of their singles during their heyday, and of the flops it's Eels for me everytime, especially Last Stop which topped my chart. Still quirky, still good, just as Duran are still as brilliant as they've ever been.
July 30, 20231 yr Author Oooops so I may have completely forgotten about this... 196 | Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A. Perhaps appropriately, the first song back after the long break is also one that re-entered for me. Drinking in LA had previously made my chart in 1998 after appearing on a compilation album (THIS one of the best album... ever series, which btw was a great compilation) so it had an unfair advantage when they re-released it in 1999. Despite the promotion of an appearance on an advert, I was still so shocked when this made #3 officially and it duly entered straight at the top for me when I heard it again on the chart show. A combination which meant that the song I expected to be charting at #1 had to settle for a peak of #2, yep it's a correlation of fates in my chart and the official one for Better Off Alone - even if in the real chart it was Westlife who narrowly defeated them. It was the correct result in retrospect though as Drinking in LA remained ahead of the trance classic for the majority of its chart run here, the combination of indie, dance and hip hop sounds was right up my street. Another trance single up next in the biggest fave section. Specifically it was the 4AM with Pecker remix that I later had on a HOOJ records compilation that I'm particularly fond of, but at the time the release completely passed me by even if I did retrospectively pick up the single as I began collecting the releases on the label. The stats: Date: 15 August 1999 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 193 2020s plays rank: 167 Biggest song it kept from #1: DJ Jurgen feat. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (#2 w/c 15 August 1999) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: OQsQZvsR_QI
July 30, 20231 yr Author 195 | The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love Next up is an absolute classic, probably one of the most famous songs of all time by now given it's re-releases and cover versions over the years? Back in 1991 it took the influence of my dad to get me to love this song... now I wish I could say that was because he was an all night raver(!) but nope it was because the christian focused lyrics appealed to him and he already had an appreciation for Candi Staton - he'd probably have been appalled at the time if he realised this track was associated with rave culture haha. Anyway he bought the single and over the weeks it moved from downstairs up to my room instead as I grew to really like it. As most will know by now, this was a bootleg as it took Candi's vocals and placed them over the instrumental of . These days this is my favourite version I think, although it is close between this and the 1997 version. This post is full of classics as Madonna pops up at #2 with the re-released (and apparently remixed?) version of Crazy For You as she continued to promote the Immaculate Collection. It's a lovely ballad that I still enjoy... at the time it was 'our song' for my girlfriend and I and we used to have a pact to listen to it every evening at 9pm - something she initiated and probably stuck more religiously to than I managed to, but it will always make me think of her when I hear it. And finally a song that is even better than You Got The Love, it's Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack (or 'Massive' as they were known as at the time due to potential association with the Gulf War). It's difficult to know what to say about this one other than it is one of my favourite songs of all time and one I wish I had paid attention to at the time it was released, right at the beginning of a near flawless set of material from them in the 90s. The stats: Date: 03 March 1991 Weeks: One 1990s chart rank: 179 2020s plays rank: 181 Biggest song it kept from #1: (#2 w/c 03 March 1991) Biggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: 2f_x27Kk2qs
July 30, 20231 yr 'Drinking In L.A. is great and 'One & One' is also another good'un from Robert Miles too!
July 31, 20231 yr Bran Van is a forgotten classic that came out of nowhere, first time round I bought the single and it topped my chart and sounded like nothing else around. You Got The Love is a classic, totally, and I enjoyed the first remix but it was the 1997 remix that blew me away and topped my chart. Still one of my all-time fave records, despite over exposure and cover versions. Unfinished Sympathy is also a total classic, and the follow-up is under-appreciated, Safe From Harm. U.S. was only just pipped at the post at the time in my charts. I didn't rate Crazy For You first time round, so shoving it out again just annoyed me more :lol: I was of course peeved with Madonna at the time for a) shoving out a Greatest Hits collection that was actually a remix collection b) not including all of her hits (True Blue was one of the tracks on the far-too-expensive £4 Holiday CD re-issue, and I wanted the single version as that was not the same as the album version that I'd bought, but because she'd split with Sean True Blue single version was forever banished from her back catalogue). So, any Hits collection she has released should have the sub-title: "a selection of the ones madonna still likes" hah! :lol: I still dont have a copy of True Blue single version....humbug!
July 31, 20231 yr 266 | Heaven 17 - Temptation (Brothers In Rhythm Mix) 7.1 I like this much more now than I did back then. I think I was more into the ravier end of dance music than this remix. 1992 had been such a golden age for rave and Eurodance that re-mixes of 80s tunes didn't register on my radar. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Prodigy - Out Of Space 265 | Barenaked Ladies - One Week 6.1 Top marks for the delivery of the vocals here. My revisionist number 1 at the time UNKLE feat. Ian Brown - Be There 264 | Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun 6.0 I think I slightly prefer All Star. My revisionist number 1 at the time Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie 263 | Beverley Knight - Made it Back 99 6.5 I don't remember hearing this before. Not for me, alas My revisionist number 1 at the time Aphex Twin - Windowlicker 262 | Leftfield - Afrika Shox 6.0/ Phat Planet 6.0 I'm still perplexed at how I don't like Leftfield very much . My revisionist number 1 at the time Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block 261 | Underworld - King of Snake 6.6 Similarly, Underworld. I really should love them but I think Res is the only tune of their I would choose to listen to. I just remembered that I own 3 Underworld albums on CD My revisionist number 1 at the time Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block 260 | The Divine Comedy - The Certainty of Chance 7.0 Magnificent ballad from Neil. My revisionist number 1 at the time Mansun - Negative 259 | Ace Of Base - Always Have, Always Will 7.3 I prefer Life is a Flower to this but it’s fine. My revisionist number 1 at the time Air - All I Need 258 | Terence Trent D'arby - Let Her Down Easy 8.3 I forgot how much I loved this. I need to investigate all of his stuff. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds 257 | Cappella - U Got 2 Let The Music 7.0 Fine but I prefer several other tracks by them - Move on Baby, Take Me Way and U Got 2 Know My revisionist number 1 at the time Crowded House - Distant Sun 256 | Captain Hollywood Project - Only With You 7.0 First time hearing this. I probably would have loved it at the time My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - Faster 255 | PM Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes 7.8 Such a unique band. I just took a spin through some of their trackson Spotfy. They certainly warrant a re-appraisal. My revisionist number 1 at the time Suede - Animal Nitrate 254 | Tasmin Archer - Shipbuilding 6.5 I have never really liked this song despite its classic status. My revisionist number 1 at the time R.E.M. - Find The River 253 | Erasure - Run to the Sun 6.2 I enjoyed this more than I expected to. At the time, I think that it may have been my least favourite Erasure single since maybe It Doesn't Have to. My revisionist number 1 at the time Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - Regulate 252 | The Lightning Seeds - Marvellous 6.9 Not one of my favourite song - bizarrely the album version, which I just used to refresh my memory starts like it could be an Erasure song off their Erasure album. My revisionist number 1 at the time Grace - Not Over Yet 251 | Fatboy Slim - Praise You 6.2 I prefer the other 3 Fat Boy singles from that album My revisionist number 1 at the time Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 250 | Madonna - I'll Remember 6.5 A bit drearly - she was much better at ballads that this would indicate My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - Life Becoming a Landslide 249 | Kim Appleby - Don't Worry 7.6 Cracking song! I remember buzzing when it appeared on Now 18. One of my favourite Now albums. My revisionist number 1 at the time Aphex Twin - On 248 | James - Born of Frustration 7.0 Typically decent song from James. I prefer almost all of their singles to Sit Down. My revisionist number 1 at the time Blue Pearl - Can You Feel the Passion 247 | Erasure - Am I Right? (Remix EP) 7.0 A mixed bag (thanks for the gift of the 12", Dand!) My revisionist number 1 at the time The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place 246 | Stereo MCs - Step It Up 8.0 Always been my favourite of the 4 singles off that album My revisionist number 1 at the time The Prodigy - Out Of Space 245 | Push - Universal Nation 6.5 A bit lack-luster from the golden age of trance. My revisionist number 1 at the time Aphex Twin - Windowlicker 244 | Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby? 8.0 Such a joy to listen to. I can hear Nicki Minaj in there. My revisionist number 1 at the time Together - Hardcore Uproar 243 | Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me 6.0 I love this at the time. It's not aged well for me, I'm afraid. My revisionist number 1 at the time Stone Roses - Elephant Stone 242 | Babylon Zoo - Spaceman 8.2 When you get over the shock of the intro not being the whole song is interesting and quite good and a great antidote to the Britpop bandwagon. My revisionist number 1 at the time Tori Amos - Caught A Lite Sneeze 241 | Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby 6.5 This isn't bad at all, but I've never really been a fan of hers. My revisionist number 1 at the time Metallica - Until It Sleeps 240 | Radiohead - Just 6.7 I really don't like most of the songs on The Bends - this included. I've always felt it was a very derivative album apart from a handful of tracks. My revisionist number 1 at the time Mike & The Mechanics - Another Cup Of Coffee 239 | Coolio feat. 40 Thievz - C U When U Get There 6.0 The tendency for hip hop to take a well known sample and construct a song over the top can stray into slightly novelty territory and this is a borderline case of that. My revisionist number 1 at the time James - Waltzing Along 238 | Pet Shop Boys - Go West 8.7 I remember the first time I heard this, I was absolutely obsessed. Then I overplayed it but now I love it again. Incidentally, both this and C U When U Get There were both inspired by Canon in D Major by Pachalbel. My revisionist number 1 at the time New Order - World (The Price of Love) (Perfecto remix) 237 | Dubstar - Not So Manic Now 10.0 Like Go West, this is a cover that suited the cover artist more than perhaps the original act. My revisionist number 1 at the time Dubstar - Not So Manic Now 236 | Meat Loaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 6.5 I always go back to the first time that I heard this when it entered the chart at number 8 in early October 1993 and I said to myself "That's still going to be number 1 at Christmas". While I wasn't correct I wasn't far off. It was still in the top 6 in the Christmas chart. It's a fine song. My revisionist number 1 at the time Pearl Jam - Go 235 | Chicane - Offshore 8.1 This is so great. Understated but with a certain euphoria. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - Australia 234 | The Verve - Lucky Man 8.0 The second of a great triplet of singles from that album. I never liked Bittersweet Synphony. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 233 | The Beloved - You've Got Me Thinking 7.6 Grogeous song - I really need to go back to this album My revisionist number 1 at the time Suede - Animal Nitrate 232 | Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) 7.9 I know there's reasons to hate this but I love it. I can manange without the verses, though. My revisionist number 1 at the time Suede - Everything Will Flow 231 | The Fugees - Killing Me Softly 7.8 Dripping with pure class My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 230 | Madonna - Drowned World / Substitute For Love 10.0 So much to say about this. Musical perfection; restraint is not a characteristic associated with Madonna but here she knows what needs to be done, complimenting William Orbit's icily beautiful creation. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 229 | The Fugees - Ready Or Not 9.0 Third great single on the trot - I totally underrated the Fugees in 1996. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Fugees - Ready Or Not 228 | Sleeper - Sale of the Century 7.2 I remember buying this. With Stephen Street producing the album The IT Girl, there's an obvious similarity to Blur's Britpop sound which went a long way to explaining why they were successful. I always prefered them to Elastica. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 227 | Shakespears Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 9.0 This finished off one of the best sets of 3-consecutive-singles of all time - I must actually compile a chart of these. The two voices just work so well. My revisionist number 1 at the time Shakespears Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 226 | Robbie Williams - No Regrets 8.9 His best song - although I really like Feel too. My revisionist number 1 at the time Robbie Williams - No Regrets 225 | The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You 6.2 It's obviously very difficult to separate this from Friends - it's just such a part of popular cuclture now. It's ok, I guess. If it was just a song I don’t think I'd ever bother to listen to it twice. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Connells - 74-75 224 | Spin Doctors - Two Princes 7.2 I really loved this back in 93 and enjoyed its chart climb. I know it has its detractors but it still sounds fresh to me. My revisionist number 1 at the time Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes 223 | Dario G - Sunchyme 9.0 Absolute anthem that never fails. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 222 | M People - One Night In Heaven 5.4 I have never been a fan of M People. I especially disliked them in 1995. The Bizarre Fruit singles really irritated me. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - From Despair To Where 221 | Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground 6.7 I always think I should like this more than I do. It gets mentioned quite a lot in a trip-hop group I'm in on Facebook. My revisionist number 1 at the time Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle 220 | R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful 8.0 Wonderful song from a wonderful album. No one ever talks about Up but the second half is full of great REM songs. Michael's voice is beautiful on it too. My revisionist number 1 at the time UNKLE feat. Ian Brown - Be There 219 | Blondie - Maria 7.4 A decent comeback but I kinda expected more given the band. My revisionist number 1 at the time Placebo - Every You, Every Me 218 | 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 7.1 Not as awful as I expected when I went back to revisit it. My revisionist number 1 at the time Blur - Chemical World 217 | Bedrock - Heaven Scent 7.8 I don’t think I remember this but it's very good. Glad that it turned up in this thread. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Chemical Brothers - Out of Control 216 | Seal - Kiss From a Rose 7.9 I was obsessed with this when it charted in 1994 and was delighted that it became a hit on re-release. My revisionist number 1 at the time Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - Regulate 215 | Run-DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That 2.9 Always found this to just very shouty. One of my least favourite number 1s of the decade My revisionist number 1 at the time Ian Brown - Corpses In Their Mouths 214 | Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu 7.0 An actual subtle song from Basement Jaxx and a bit of a grower too. The production is typcally great. My revisionist number 1 at the time Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills 213 | Pet Shop Boys - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing 6.7 A more lightweight song from the Boys. It's fine but it would never make it on to a best of for me. My revisionist number 1 at the time Aphex Twin - On 212 | The Shamen - Boss Drum 7.1 Not their catchiest song but a welcome antidote to Ebeneezer Goode's high irritability factor. My revisionist number 1 at the time Shakespears Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 211 | The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore 7.7 The Pumkings were one of my favrouite American bands of the 90s. The range of styles always impressed me and this was a great taster for the Adore album. My revisionist number 1 at the time Massive Attack - Teardrop 210 | Drugstore - El President 7.9 I wasn't very familiar with this song - I must have missed it at the time. It's rather good if a bit whiney but I like the strings a lot. My revisionist number 1 at the time Tori Amos - Spark 209 | Gouryella - Gouryella 9.1 Ferry Corsten could do no wrong in 1999. My revisionist number 1 at the time Gouryella - Gouryella 208 | Mariah Carey - Fantasy 5.9 Her vocals sound a bit strained in this - I definitely remember liking this more. My revisionist number 1 at the time Céline Dion - Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore 207 | The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral 10.0 Peak KLF. Definitely a challenger for the best KLF song, in my book. My revisionist number 1 at the time KLF - Last Train to Trancentral 206 | Blur - Girls & Boys 7.2 Musically this is great but Damon's affected, mannered accent is a bit off-putting. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm 205 | Beverley Craven - Promise Me 8.8 Such a dramatic piano ballad that still enchants me to this day. I probably need to listen to that album too. My revisionist number 1 at the time KLF - Last Train to Trancentral 204 | The Beautiful South - Perfect 10 4.5 I really disliked this song. I felt the Beautiful South just lost it after Carry On Up the Charts. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 203 | Young Disciples - Apparently Nothin' 6.2 Great vocals from Carleen Anderson here. I like her voice, just never heard a song that I really liked from her. My revisionist number 1 at the time Queen - Innuendo 202 | Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train 8.1 Reminds me of some wonderful times in 1996. Great songs were being released on an almost weekly basis. My revisionist number 1 at the time Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train 201 | Supergrass - Richard III 7.2 They really got quite good from about 1996. Their third album is very underrated. My revisionist number 1 at the time Lamb - Gorecki 200 | Mantronix feat. Wondress - Got To Have Your Love 7.1 I wasn't a huge fan of this at the time - I don't think I could past how similar the main riff sounded to Smooth Criminal. I've come to love the vocal since then. My revisionist number 1 at the time House of Love - Shine On 199 | Robert Miles and Maria Naylor - One And One 8.4 Beautiful. I've mentioned before that I think it survived the overplaying in 96. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - Australia 198 | The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex 6.1 I always felt this to be gimmicky - I don't know why. It wasn't nearly as awful as National Express. My revisionist number 1 at the time Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 197 | Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella 5.5 It's a no from me. My revisionist number 1 at the time Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 196 | Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A. 7.5 This got a lot of critical attention, as far as I remember. It didn't do much for me at the time but listening to it now, it's rather charming and relaxed. My revisionist number 1 at the time Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills 195 | The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love 8.9 There's very little left to say about this that hasn't already been said. My revisionist number 1 at the time The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love Edited July 31, 20231 yr by Colm
March 5Mar 5 Was just thinking about this fanastic thread. I'd be intrigued to see the rest of this at some point @dandy*
March 5Mar 5 Author Oh my goodness, I’d completely forgotten about this… I really should continue it as I worked everything out already.Although no colour coordinated covers and text until the new site catches up with the colour choices
March 16Mar 16 Author Sooooo... let's casually just start this again as though it hasn't been two years eh?194 | Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's OverWe begin things again with a song that was a little out of sync with my tastes of the time. Back in 1991 I was more generally into pop and dance, but for some reason this soulful track from Lenny Kravitz also caught my attention - I say 'for some reason', that reason was more than likely something to do with my dad as it's very much the type of song he would have been listening to. I do really still like this track and I think it is easily his best song, it's like a lost classic from the 60s or 70s and I'd definitely believe anyone who told me it was someone like Marvin Gaye or the Temptations etc.I'm going to stick with name checking another couple of songs as per the previous format. The first one comes from the Pet Shop Boys as Jealousy was chosen as the final single from their Behaviour album. The song was the second biggest from the era on my chart, peaking at #5 whilst Lenny was #1. It's a single of theirs that I like even more now, it's one of their best ballads and I particularly love the extended version with the orchestral introduction. My other pick for this week is Primal Scream who were new at #40 in the official charts with Higher Than The Sun - a single lifted from their excellent Screamadelica album. I wasn't even aware of this at the time but it's a great slice of psychedelic indie, backed with some great mixes by the likes of the Orb and Andrew Weatherall.The stats: Date: 16 June 1991Weeks: One1990s chart rank: 2162020s plays rank: 142Biggest song it kept from number one: Pet Shop Boys - JealousyBiggest fave now that I didn't love at the time: Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
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