August 5, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (29/07/23 - 04/08/23) TW LW 01 03 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 02 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 03 08 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 04 Ne Surf n Turf - I Give In 05 14 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 06 Ne Fun Boy 3 - The More I See (The Less I Believe) 07 15 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 08 01 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 09 06 London Theatre Orchestra - Busy Boy 10 02 Aslan - Fields of Athenry 11 21 Mike Vickers - Day Trip 12 Ne Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 13 Ne Fun Boy 3 - Tunnel of Love 14 Ne Kraftwerk - Tour De France 15 17 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 16 18 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 17 Ne Lewis Capaldi - Burning 18 Ne Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 19 07 McFly - 5 Colours In Her Hair 20 16 Tom Grennan - How Does It Feel? 21 28 Jonas Brothers - Waffle House 22 47 Wham! - Edge of Heaven 23 19 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 24 Ne Fun Boy 3 - Our Lips Are Sealed 25 11 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 26 30 Busted - Year 3000 27 22 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 28 35 Wham! - I'm Your Man 29 05 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 30 09 McFly - Obviously 31 Ne Shakin' Stevens - I'll Be Satisfied 32 Re Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 33 Re Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 34 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Cry Just A Little Bit 35 12 Pat Shortt - Jumbo Breakfast Roll 36 Ne Fun Boy 3 & Bananarama - T'Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) 37 Re Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House 38 Re Bruce Springsteen - Janey Needs A Shooter 39 Ne Kraftwerk - Autobahn 40 10 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 41 39 Jazzy - Giving Me 42 23 Abba - Little Things 43 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie 44 13 MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This 45 37 Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 46 45 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look 47 49 Brian May & Friends - Starfleet (Radio Edit) 48 33 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 49 Re Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 50 25 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed Top 10 Albums (29/07/23 - 04/08/23) TW LW 01 01 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 02 Ne Fun Boy 3 - The Complete Fun Boy 3 03 Ne Shakin Stevens - Singled Out 04 10 Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge of Heaven 05 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 Ne Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 07 Ne Kraftwerk - 3D: The Catalogue 08 Re Abba - Voyage 09 02 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 10 06 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
August 7, 20231 yr I try to post it there but on occasion I don't have it done on time so maybe don't bother. For example a couple of weeks ago I was away for a couple of days and it was nearly a week later before I got round to posting anything here. Don't be silly, being a week late doesn't matter because charts are reused for a few weeks before that person's charts aren't counted. I also realise my post sounded quite cheeky when it wasn't meant to, I do apologise. I'll try to look out for your chart in the future when I'm compiling the album chart.
August 7, 20231 yr Onto your chart! React just never got it's claws into me. It's not that good a song imo. The ample is good but not enough to save the whole thing. 0800 heaven on its way out noooo. Ach well can't complain, it's been here a few weeks now. ^_^
August 12, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (05/08/23 - 11/08/23) 01 17 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 02 02 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 03 Ne Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 04 01 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 05 03 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 06 06 Fun Boy 3 - The More I See (The Less I Believe) 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 08 07 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 09 09 London Theatre Orchestra - Busy Boy 10 Ne Proclaimers - There's A Touch 11 11 Mike Vickers - Day Trip 12 04 Surf n Turf - I Give In 13 Ne Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 14 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Wild At Heart - Neros Mix 15 27 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 16 12 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 1# Ne Proclaimers - Doodle Song 18 15 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 19 13 Fun Boy 3 - Tunnel of Love 20 42 Abba - Little Things 21 Ne Proclaimers - I'm On My Way 22 20 Tom Grennan - How Does It Feel? 23 Ne No Sweat - Heart and Soul 24 16 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 25 Re Bubblegun - Pat Kenny 26 40 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 27 08 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 28 Ne No Sweat - Tear Down The Walls 29 Re Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 30 28 Wham! - I'm Your Man 31 Re Abba - Just A Notion 32 25 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 33 45 Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 34 Re Black Star Riders - Better Than Saturday Night 35 Ne Dawn & Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 36 22 Wham! - Edge of Heaven 37 41 Jazzy - Giving Me 38 Ne Abba - No Doubt About It 39 10 Aslan - Fields of Athenry 40 14 Kraftwerk - Tour De France 41 18 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 42 Re Black Star Riders - Don't Let The World Get In The Way 43 21 Jonas Brothers - Waffle House 44 Ne Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 45 Re Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka 46 35 Pat Shortt - Jumbo Breakfast Roll 47 Re Black Star Riders - Green And Troubled Land 48 Re Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 49 39 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 50 Ne Johnny McEvoy - Three Score And Ten Top 10 Albums (05/08/23 - 11/08/23) 01 01 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 02 Ne Proclaimers - Best of… 03 08 Abba - Voyage 04 Ne No Sweat - No Sweat 05 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 06 02 Fun Boy 3 - The Complete Fun Boy 3 07 Ne Brian May & Friends - Star Fleet Project 08 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 09 Ne Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen And Beyond: 1984-1988 10 04 Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge of Heaven
August 19, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (12/08/23 - 18/08/23) 01 03 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 02 Ne Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 03 02 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 04 Ne Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 05 04 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 06 Ne Saw Doctors - FCA 07 01 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 08 Ne Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 09 Re Snap! - The Power 10 Ne Saw Doctors - Dear Mary 11 10 Proclaimers - There's A Touch 12 Ne Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 13 05 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 14 07 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 15 09 London Theatre Orchestra - Busy Boy 16 08 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 17 Ne Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 18 Re Holly Johnson - Americanos 19 21 Proclaimers - I'm On My Way 20 32 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 21 24 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 22 Ne Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 23 11 Mike Vickers - Day Trip 24 18 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 25 06 Fun Boy 3 - The More I See (The Less I Believe) 26 15 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 27 13 Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 28 Ne Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time 29 16 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 30 33 Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 31 37 Jazzy - Giving Me 32 Re Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster 33 25 Bubblegun - Pat Kenny 34 Ne Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 35 12 Surf n Turf - I Give In 36 Ne Holly Johnson - Love Train 37 Ne Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money 38 Ne Paul Hardcastle - 19 39 23 Tom Grennan - How Does It Feel? 40 Ne Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 41 Ne B*witched - C'est La Vie 42 26 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 43 43 Jonas Brothers - Waffle House 44 14 Shakin' Stevens - Wild At Heart - Neros Mix 45 17 Proclaimers - Doodle Song 46 Re Brian May & Friends - Starfleet (Radio Edit) 47 48 Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 48 19 Fun Boy 3 - Tunnel of Love 49 36 Wham! - Edge of Heaven 50 Ne Ed Sheeran - The A Team Top 10 Albums (12/08/23 - 18/08/23) 01 Ne Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 02 Ne Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 03 01 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Ne Saw Doctors - If This Is Rock n Roll I Want My Old Job Back 05 Ne Saw Doctors - Same Oul' Town 06 Ne Saw Doctors - Villains 07 02 Proclaimers - Best of… 08 Re Saw Doctors - The Further Adventures of… 09 09 Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen And Beyond: 1984-1988 10 07 Brian May & Friends - Star Fleet Project I have been doing commentaries for the previous charts but haven't got round to posting them all. I'm going to put them on during the week but time permitting from now I'll add them when I post the charts. This week sees a major clearout on both listings and there's one reason for this. On Monday morning my favourite band announced their first Belfast show in six and a half years and ahead of the presale on Wednesday morning I was listening pretty much non stop to their back catalogue. This should have been a better week for The Proclaimers but just hours before the Saw Doctors announcement they had to cancel all their upcoming shows including Wednesday's Belfast gig. It's all about the concerts this week - Holly Johnson announced shows in Belfast and Dublin and as a result Americanos and Love Train both make the tracks chart. Snap are back in the chart because I've had the song in my head for most of the week thanks to hearing it constantly on the TV where it is currently being used in an advert for Tesco. And I've been listening a bit to the Paul Hardcastle set where the singles are the highlight, especially The Wizard which climbs to number 1. There is a link between it and two of the other songs in this week's chart. Busy Boy is the theme to the old children's television show Catweazle, Day Trip is a piece of incidental music from that show and the spoken bits of The Wizard are the voice of actor Geoffrey Bayldon who played Catweazle. Edited August 19, 20231 yr by Shaky Fan
August 27, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (19/08/23 - 25/08/23) 01 02 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 02 06 Saw Doctors - FCA 03 04 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 04 32 Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster 05 01 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 06 03 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 07 08 Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 08 17 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 09 05 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 10 Ne Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 11 22 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 12 13 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 13 Ne Saw Doctors - About You Now 14 07 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 15 12 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 16 Ne Saw Doctors - Bebo 17 Ne Saw Doctors She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 18 Re Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device 19 14 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 20 42 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 21 Ne Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 22 34 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 23 21 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 24 Ne Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 25 Ne Saw Doctors Good News 26 Ne Stiff Little Fingers Wasted Life 27 Ne Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 28 10 Saw Doctors - Dear Mary 29 Ne Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers 30 40 Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 31 29 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 32 Re Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 33 Ne Saw Doctors This Is Me 34 16 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 35 Ne Saw Doctors - Small Bit of Love 36 Ne Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero 37 Ne Saw Doctors - Chips 38 20 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 39 Ne Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 40 18 Holly Johnson - Americanos 41 23 Mike Vickers - Day Trip 42 24 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 43 30 Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 44 Ne Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway 45 26 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 46 31 Jazzy - Giving Me 47 15 London Theatre Orchestra - Busy Boy 48 Ne Bernard Cribbens - Right Said Fred 49 Ne Saw Doctors Villains 50 Ne OMD Bauhaus Staircase Top 10 Albums (19/08/23 - 25/08/23) 01 02 Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 02 06 Saw Doctors - Villains 03 03 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Re Stiff Little Fingers - Best Served Loud 05 01 Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 06 Ne Saw Doctors - Live At The Melody Tent 07 Ne Saw Doctors - That Takes The Biscuit 08 04 Saw Doctors - If This Is Rock n Roll I Want My Old Job Back 09 Ne Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 10 05 Saw Doctors - Same Oul' Town Another week listening to the Saw Doctors and it shows with 20 tacks in the Top 50. Last week I focused on the regular studio albums, this week I moved on to some of the others including That Takes The Biscuit (a collection of b-sides and rarities), Live At The Melody Tent and the 2009 compilation "To Win Just Once". Also doing well this week are Stiff Little Fingers. I had been to see them at their now annual show at Custom House Square in Belfast. One of the support acts was Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols - 2 of their songs also make the chart this week. And the Dua Lipa & Olivia Rodrigo entries come as a result of the release of physical editions of the singles. Edited August 27, 20231 yr by Shaky Fan
August 28, 20231 yr Hey shaky. I'm really happy to see dance the night enter. After my initial disdain for the track, I'm really enjoying it and was happy to see it hit #1 last week officially. A big yay at vampire re-entering too. It's fab as is bad idea right? ^_^
September 2, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (26/08/23 - 01/09/23) 01 02 Saw Doctors - FCA 02 03 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 03 01 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 04 06 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 10 Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 06 07 Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 07 09 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 08 08 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 09 15 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 10 17 Saw Doctors She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 11 05 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 12 12 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 13 Ne Saw Doctors Irish Post 14 Ne Doja Cat Paint The Town Red 15 11 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 16 20 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 17 04 Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster 18 14 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 19 Ne J Hus Ft Drake - Who Told You 20 35 Saw Doctors - Small Bit of Love 21 32 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 22 34 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 23 13 Saw Doctors - About You Now 24 19 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 25 33 Saw Doctors This Is Me 26 Ne Dave and Central Cee Sprinter 27 23 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 28 27 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 29 22 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 30 Ne Zig and Zag Christmas No 1 31 25 Saw Doctors Good News 32 37 Saw Doctors - Chips 33 24 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 34 30 Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 35 Re Bubblegun - Pat Kenny 36 16 Saw Doctors - Bebo 37 31 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 38 Re Pat Shortt - Jumbo Breakfast Roll 39 Re Snap! - The Power 40 42 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 41 43 Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 42 18 Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device 43 38 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 44 45 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 45 36 Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero 46 Re Strictly Fish - To Whom It Concerns 47 28 Saw Doctors - Dear Mary 48 Ne Zig and Zag Zig Zaggin' 49 29 Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers 50 49 Saw Doctors Villains Top 10 Albums (26/08/23 - 01/09/23) 01 09 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 02 03 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 03 08 Saw Doctors - If This Is Rock n Roll I Want My Old Job Back 04 06 Saw Doctors - Live At The Melody Tent 05 05 Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 06 07 Saw Doctors - That Takes The Biscuit 07 04 Stiff Little Fingers - Best Served Loud 08 01 Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 09 02 Saw Doctors - Villains 10 10 Saw Doctors - Same Oul' Town I've been off work all week and not been listening to as much music as usual. Again on the album front it's been mainly the Saw Doctors taking the odd break to listen to Lewis Capaldi and a bit of SLF. There's an unseasonal new entry on the tracks chart at 30 following the discovery this week that the Irish Christmas number 1 from 1990 has finally made it onto the various digital platforms. The song was only ever available on cassette until the end of last year - there was a new version released for the 30th anniversary in 2020 but that was a limited download available from the website of the charity they were raising money for. A couple more tracks entering this week as they are in my head from listening to the Northern Ireland chart show on Sunday. Edited September 9, 20231 yr by Shaky Fan
September 9, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (02/09/23 - 08/09/23) 01 07 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 02 Ne Saw Doctors - She Says 03 Ne Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 04 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 05 Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 06 Ne Saw Doctors - Joe Wall Broke My Heart 07 01 Saw Doctors - FCA 08 03 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 09 06 Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 10 02 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 11 Ne Saw Doctors - Small Ball 12 Ne Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 13 12 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 14 Ne Deacon Blue - Queen of The New Year 15 09 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 16 11 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 17 15 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 18 08 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 19 37 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 20 Re Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 21 Ne Saw Doctors - I'd Love To Kiss The Bangles 22 48 Zig and Zag - Zig Zaggin' 23 22 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 24 Ne Specials - B.L.M. 25 16 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 26 Re Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 27 33 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 28 Re Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame 29 Ne Specials - A Message To You (Rudi) 30 Ne Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas 31 34 Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 32 Re Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 33 13 Saw Doctors - Irish Post 34 18 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 35 27 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 36 Ne Deacon Blue - The Believers 37 24 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 38 Re Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 39 Re Lewis Capaldi - The Pretender 40 20 Saw Doctors - Small Bit of Love 41 Ne Simple Minds - Mandela Day 42 43 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 43 28 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 44 14 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 45 Ne Elio Pace - We Didn't Start The Fire (Live) 46 Ne Deacon Blue - Twist and Shout 47 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 48 26 Dave and Central Cee - Sprinter 49 Ne Jedward - Lipstick 50 Ne Elio Pace - She's Always A Woman To Me (Live) Top 10 Albums (02/09/23 - 08/09/23) 01 02 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 02 Ne Saw Doctors - Play It Again Sham 03 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 04 06 Saw Doctors - That Takes The Biscuit 05 Ne Deacon Blue - Live At The Glasgow Barrowlands 06 01 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 07 05 Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 08 Ne Elio Pace - The Billy Joel Songbook (Live) 09 08 Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 10 Ne Specials - Encore And as soon as they drop out there's another Saw Doctors album to take their place! Gave a spin to some albums by other artists that I have booked tickets for recently - Deacon Blue are in Belfast next week and Elio Pace is bringing his Billy Joel Songbook show back next year. And Neville Staple of The Specials is supporting The Undertones at the end of November. Bryan Adams has a new single out and after checking it out I gave an overdue play to his most recent album too. On the tracks chart there are a couple of Elvis tracks following another concert I was at starring Elvis tribute act Ciaran Houlihan. Simple Minds make it in with Mandela Day (yes that's another concert ticket purchase) and Mark McCabe returns after I spotted the song while going through my ITunes account. Edited September 19, 20231 yr by Shaky Fan
September 19, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (09/09/23 - 15/09/23) 01 Ne Sharon Shannon - Coridinio 02 01 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 03 08 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 04 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 05 Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 06 02 Saw Doctors - She Says 07 Re Bad Manners - Skaville UK 08 Ne Sonia - Better The Devil You Know 09 03 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 10 13 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 11 10 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 12 Ne Sharon Shannon & Imelda May - Go Tell The Devil 13 06 Saw Doctors - Joe Wall Broke My Heart 14 Ne Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 15 34 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 16 Ne Corrs - Toss The Feathers 17 16 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 18 19 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 19 Ne Sonia - Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) 20 31 Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 21 35 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 22 17 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 23 Ne Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 24 07 Saw Doctors - FCA 25 Ne Corrs - Love To Love You 26 11 Saw Doctors - Small Ball 27 23 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 28 26 Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 29 39 Lewis Capaldi - The Pretender 30 44 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 31 09 Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 32 37 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 33 Ne Bad Manners - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu 34 20 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 35 Ne Sharon Shannon & Johnny McEvoy - Mursheen Durkin 36 Ne Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 37 27 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 38 Re Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her 39 12 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 40 Re Strictly Fish - To Whom It Concerns 41 Ne Corrs - Secret Life 42 21 Saw Doctors - I'd Love To Kiss The Bangles 43 14 Deacon Blue - Queen of The New Year 44 18 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 45 Ne Sonia - You To Me Are Everything 46 Ne Corrs - Only When I Sleep 47 15 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 48 Re Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 49 25 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 50 42 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React Top 10 Albums (09/09/23 - 15/09/23) 01 01 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 02 Ne Sharon Shannon - Sharon Shannon 03 Ne Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten 04 Ne Bad Manners - Baldheads: Live In Essex 05 Ne Sonia - Better The Devil You Know 06 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 73 07 Ne Sonia - Sonia 08 Ne Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 09 Ne Corrs - Talk On Corners 10 Ne Nik Kershaw - Human Racing All change in the album chart with only Lewis Capaldi hanging on from last week. Sharon Shannon & Mundy returned to the tracks chart last week after the release of a remix of Galway Girl and following on from that I started playing her self titled debut album along with a more recent offering Collaborations and a couple of tracks from that make the chart as well. I'm heading over to see Nik Kershaw shortly on his UK tour (which sadly doesn't include Belfast) and his first 2 albums have charted as a result. The first 2 albums by The Corrs are also doing well getting played for the first time in a while following the news that Forgiven Not Forgotten is on the release list for this year's National Album Day. Sonia is the beneficiary of getting suggested on Spotify and I discovered that Bad Manners are back out on tour shortly and I'm finally going to get a chance to see them live.
October 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (16/09/23 - 22/09/23) 01 02 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 02 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 03 Ne OMD - Slow Train 04 10 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 05 Ne OMD - Punishment of Luxury 06 11 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 07 Ne OMD - Robot Man 08 30 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 09 19 Sonia - Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) 10 15 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 11 40 Strictly Fish - To Whom It Concerns 12 09 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 13 Re Busted - That's What I Go To School For 14 08 Sonia - Better The Devil You Know 15 Ne Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 16 01 Sharon Shannon - Coridinio 17 03 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 18 05 Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 19 21 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 20 Ne OMD - Isotype 21 18 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 22 27 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 23 32 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 24 Re Busted - Year 3000 25 Ne Busted & Hanson - MmmBop 2.0 (Guest Features Version) 26 Ne Ash - Race The Night 27 16 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 28 Re Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 29 Ne Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 30 Re Saw Doctors - Irish Post 31 45 Sonia - You To Me Are Everything 32 48 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 33 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 34 28 Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 35 Ne Ash - Like A God 36 29 Lewis Capaldi - The Pretender 37 Ne Busted - Teenage Kicks 38 Re Busted - Crashed The Wedding 39 Re Jazzy - Giving Me 40 44 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 41 07 Bad Manners - Skaville UK 42 Ne Simply Red - It Wouldn't Be Me 43 22 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 44 Re Black Star Riders - Better Than Saturday Night 45 23 Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 46 17 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 47 Re Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 48 Re Shania Twain - Giddy Up! 49 06 Saw Doctors - She Says 50 26 Saw Doctors - Small Ball Top 10 Albums (16/09/23 - 22/09/23) 01 Ne Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 02 01 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 03 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 04 Ne OMD - Punishment of Luxury 05 Re Saw Doctors - If This Is Rock n Roll I Want My Old Job Back 06 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 07 Ne Ash - Race The Night 08 07 Sonia - Sonia 09 03 Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten 10 02 Sharon Shannon - Sharon Shannon OMD announced a 2024 tour this week and I dug out their last album. Some other albums getting a play for the first time in ages along with 2 new releases from Busted and Ash. On the tracks chart To Whom It Concerns gets a large climb as the Late Late Show returned on RTE TV with new host Patrick Kielty.
October 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (23/09/23 - 29/09/23) 01 08 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 02 01 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 03 03 OMD - Slow Train 04 02 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 04 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 06 05 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 07 15 Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 08 Ne Saw Doctors - Bless Me Father 09 Ne Madness - Is There Anybody Out There? 10 10 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 11 12 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 12 24 Busted - Year 3000 13 21 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 14 06 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 15 13 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 16 25 Busted & Hanson - MmmBop 2.0 (Guest Features Version) 17 Ne Madness - C'est La Vie 18 19 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 19 Re Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 20 11 Strictly Fish - To Whom It Concerns 21 39 Jazzy - Giving Me 22 29 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 23 23 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 24 14 Sonia - Better The Devil You Know 25 28 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 26 07 OMD - Robot Man 27 32 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 28 Ne Wet Wet Wet - Don't Want To Fotgive Me Now 29 22 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 30 Re Dave and Central Cee - Sprinter 31 20 OMD - Isotype 32 Re Deacon Blue - The Believers 33 09 Sonia - Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) 34 38 Busted - Crashed The Wedding 35 45 Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 36 36 Lewis Capaldi - The Pretender 37 Ne Finbar Furey - Kitty 38 17 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 39 Ne Deacon Blue - I Will and I Won't 40 Ne Madness - Can't Touch Us Now 41 18 Saw Doctors - Catriona Tells Lies 42 Re Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 43 Ne Finbar Furey - The Parting Glass 44 46 Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 45 Re Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 46 43 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 47 44 Black Star Riders - Better Than Saturday Night 48 34 Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 49 26 Ash - Race The Night 50 16 Sharon Shannon - Coridinio Top 10 Albums (23/09/23 - 29/09/23) 01 01 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 02 02 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 03 Ne Saw Doctors - Live In Galway 04 03 Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 05 05 Saw Doctors - If This Is Rock n Roll I Want My Old Job Back 06 Ne Finbar Furey - Moments In Time 07 04 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 08 Ne Deacon Blue - Believers 09 Ne Madness - Can't Touch Us Now 10 Re Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge of Heaven Came across another Saw Doctors album that I hadn't played for a while. Deacon Blue got played as I got ready to go to see them. Madness announced their new album and Finbar Furey released his new album. Is There Anybody Out There? is track 4 on the new Madness CD single for C'est La Vie. The track is exclusive to the CD single until the album comes out, the other 3 are also available to download and stream.
October 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (30/09/23 - 06/10/23) 01 01 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 02 Ne Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only 03 Ne Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 04 07 Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 05 Ne Deacon Blue - Dignity 06 02 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 08 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 09 03 OMD - Slow Train 10 35 Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 11 Ne Corrs - Little Lies 12 32 Deacon Blue - The Believers 13 Re Deacon Blue - Queen of The New Year 14 10 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 15 Ne Nik Kershaw - Don Quixote 16 11 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 17 06 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 18 12 Busted - Year 3000 19 13 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 20 Ne Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl 21 Re Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 22 26 OMD - Robot Man 23 17 Madness - C'est La Vie 24 Ne Charlie Landsborough - When You're Not A Dream 25 19 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 26 15 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 27 09 Madness - Is There Anybody Out There? 28 18 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 29 Ne Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 30 Re Deacon Blue - Twist and Shout 31 23 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 32 27 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 33 Re Wham! - Edge of Heaven 34 30 Dave and Central Cee - Sprinter 35 21 Jazzy - Giving Me 36 29 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 37 Re Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 38 22 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 39 14 Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 40 08 Saw Doctors - Bless Me Father 41 Ne Nik Kershaw - Bogart 42 42 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 43 20 Strictly Fish - To Whom It Concerns 44 25 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 45 Re Holly Johnson - Americanos 46 Re Wham! - I'm Your Man 47 16 Busted & Hanson - MmmBop 2.0 (Guest Features Version) 48 34 Busted - Crashed The Wedding 49 36 Lewis Capaldi - The Pretender 50 39 Deacon Blue - I Will and I Won't Top 10 Albums (30/09/23 - 06/10/23) 01 Re Nik Kershaw - Human Racing 02 Ne Deacon Blue - Our Town (The Greatest Hits) 03 10 Wham! - The Singles: Echoes From The Edge of Heaven 04 02 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 08 Deacon Blue - Believers 06 01 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 07 Ne Deacon Blue - Raintown 08 Re Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 09 Ne Deacon Blue - Whatever You Say, Say Nothing 10 Ne Holly Johnson - Blast A busy couple of weeks for me with 6 concerts to attend in 12 days. It all kicked off with Nik Kershaw in Chester on Sunday 1st Octover followed on the Wednesday with Deacon Blue in Befast. I finally got to see the Wham! documentary on Netflix which saw a chart boost for them and on my return home from England I received a signed copy of Holly Johnson's debut solo album.
October 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (07/10/23 - !3/10/23) 01 04 Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 02 01 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 03 Ne Christy Moore - Joxer Goes To Stuttgart 04 08 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 18 Busted - Year 3000 06 26 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 07 06 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 08 Ne Christy Moore - The Clock Winds Down 09 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 10 48 Busted - Crashed The Wedding 11 Ne Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna 12 02 Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only 13 Ne Haircut 100 - Love Plus One 14 11 Corrs - Little Lies 15 10 Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 16 Ne Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day 17 07 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 18 03 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 19 05 Deacon Blue - Dignity 20 Re Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 21 Re Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 22 09 OMD - Slow Train 23 16 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 24 12 Deacon Blue - The Believers 25 Ne Christy Moore - City of Chigago 26 19 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 27 14 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 28 32 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 29 47 Busted & Hanson - MmmBop 2.0 (Guest Features Version) 30 Ne Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day 31 Ne Rick Astley - Letting Go 32 Re Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 33 24 Charlie Landsborough - When You're Not A Dream 34 28 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 35 31 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 36 13 Deacon Blue - Queen of The New Year 37 42 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 38 Ne Christy Moore - Lingo Politico 39 23 Madness - C'est La Vie 40 14 Nik Kershaw - Don Quixote 41 36 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 42 Re Busted - Teenage Kicks 43 35 Jazzy - Giving Me 44 21 Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 45 17 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 46 25 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 47 20 Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl 48 38 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 49 22 OMD - Robot Man 50 27 Madness - Is There Anybody Out There? Top 10 Albums (07/10/23 - 13/10/23) 01 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 02 Ne Christy Moore - Flying Into Mystery 03 Ne Christy Moore - On The Road 04 06 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 05 Re Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 06 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 Ne Busted - Live: A Ticket For Everyone 08 Ne Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 09 02 Deacon Blue - Our Town (The Greatest Hits) 10 01 Nik Kershaw - Human Racing A week after Nik Kershaw it was back to Belfast to see Busted (supported by Hanson and The Tyne) and the following night it was the turn of Haircut 100. Rounding of my busy gig schedule was the legend that is Christy Moore. At the start of the week it was announced that he was doing an open air gig in Belfast next summer with tickets going on sale on Friday (which sold out in half an hour). Also this week Bryan Adams announced some new shows for the UK and Ireland including Belfast. And Rick Astley's album arrived in the post on Thursday so managed a couple of listens before the weekend.
October 18, 20231 yr Hey shaky! I was wondering where you'd went :kink: Not paint the town red off the #1 already :lol: it's good. ^_^
October 20, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (14/10/23 - 20/10/23) 01 20 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 02 Ne Take That - Shine 03 Ne Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 04 02 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 05 09 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 06 01 Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 07 21 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 08 32 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 09 Ne Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 10 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 11 07 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 12 22 OMD - Slow Train 13 Ne Falco - Sound of Musik 14 35 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 15 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 16 17 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 17 26 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 18 03 Christy Moore - Joxer Goes To Stuttgart 19 41 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 20 Ne Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 21 Ne Take That - Relight My Fire 22 34 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 23 10 Busted - Crashed The Wedding 24 08 Christy Moore - The Clock Winds Down 25 28 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 26 14 Corrs - Little Lies 27 15 Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 28 Ne Falco - Crime Time 29 Ne Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 30 05 Busted - Year 3000 31 27 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 32 Ne Take That - Rule The World 33 23 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 34 45 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 35 Re Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner 36 Ne Rolling Stones - Angry 37 Ne Take That - Back For Good 38 43 Jazzy - Giving Me 39 Ne Falco - Vienna Calling 40 Ne Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 41 46 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 42 11 Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna 43 06 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 44 Ne Falco - Jeanny 45 Ne Take That - Patience 46 Re Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 47 37 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 48 18 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 49 13 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One 50 12 Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only Top 10 Albums (14/10/23 - 20/10/23) 01 01 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 02 Ne Falco - Emotional 03 Ne Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 04 Ne Falco - Live Forever - The Complete Show 05 06 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Ne Take That - The Greatest Day (Live) 07 05 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 08 Ne Take That - Odyssey 09 Ne Falco - Falco 3 10 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise Another good week for Bryan Adams but it's another newly announced concert that is causing a big shake up as Take That announced a European leg to their upcoming tour and it includes a show in Belfast. Falco came up as a recommendation on Spotify and as a result I've been listening to the expanded edition of the Emotional album and a more recent release which is a recording of a complete show he did back in Frankfurt in 1986 (an edited version of which appears in DVD form on the Emotional deluxe edition).
October 29, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (21/10/23 - 27/10/23) 01 15 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 Re Corrs - Toss The Feathers 03 08 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 04 01 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 05 03 Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 06 10 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 07 04 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 08 05 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 09 Ne Bryan Adams - Go Down Rockin' 10 07 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 11 09 Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 12 16 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 13 12 OMD - Slow Train 14 11 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 15 14 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 16 Ne Blondie - Doom or Destiny 17 Ne Duran Duran - Ghost Town 18 Ne Falco - Kamikaze Cappa 19 Ne Falco - Urban Tropical 20 Ne Falco - America 21 Re Abba - Little Things 22 Ne Bryan Adams - Thunderbolt 23 13 Falco - Sound of Musik 24 Ne OMD - Don't Go 25 17 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 26 Re Rick Astley - Letting Go 27 02 Take That - Shine 28 Re OMD - Robot Man 29 Re Corrs - Secret Life 30 34 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 31 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 32 28 Falco - Crime Time 33 25 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 34 06 Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 35 Ne Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 36 31 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 37 22 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 38 29 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 39 39 Falco - Vienna Calling 40 19 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 41 Re Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 42 47 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 43 Re Abba - Just A Notion 44 36 Rolling Stones - Angry 45 Re Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 46 44 Falco - Jeanny 47 40 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 48 20 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 49 18 Christy Moore - Joxer Goes To Stuttgart 50 21 Take That - Relight My Fire Top 10 Albums (21/10/23 - 27/10/23) 01 01 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 02 Re Abba - Voyage 03 09 Falco - Falco 3 04 Ne OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 05 Ne Bryan Adams - Get Up 06 Re Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 08 Re OMD - Punishment of Luxury 09 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 10 02 Falco - Emotional Album-wise I moved on from Emotional to Falco 3 this week, played a bit of the Corrs Forgiven Not Forgotten (which narrowly misses out on the Top 10) as I got my NAD vinyl edition and dug out a couple of albums which I haven't played much recently. While I was listening to the new OMD album I noticed that Duran Duran also have a new album out, out of curiosity I listened to Ghost Town to see if it was THAT one and it is. And a great cover as well. Another concert announcement on Friday - Sting is doing a couple of Irish shows next summer and his special guests will be Blondie. Time to dig out some of the old albums, first up thogh the most recent Blondie album - Pollinator - which should be in the album chart next week but for now the opening track Doom or Destiny has made the tracks chart.
November 6, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (28/10/23 - 03/11/23) 01 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 24 OMD - Don't Go 03 03 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 04 07 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 05 06 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 06 02 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 07 31 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 08 13 OMD - Slow Train 09 14 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 10 08 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 11 Ne Pink - Who Knew 12 04 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 13 12 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 14 05 Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 15 15 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 16 10 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 17 09 Bryan Adams - Go Down Rockin' 18 47 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 19 36 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 20 Ne Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye 21 25 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 22 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Live In Dublin 07/05/23) 23 19 Falco - Urban Tropical 24 29 Corrs - Secret Life 25 28 OMD - Robot Man 26 11 Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 27 Ne Corrs - Queen of Hollywood 28 41 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 29 30 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 30 45 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 31 20 Falco - America 32 Ne Eminem - Stan 33 40 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 34 44 Rolling Stones - Angry 35 Re Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 36 48 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 37 Re Corrs - Love To Love You 38 16 Blondie - Doom or Destiny 39 37 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 40 42 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 41 21 Abba - Little Things 42 33 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 43 18 Falco - Kamikaze Cappa 44 23 Falco - Sound of Musik 45 Ne Corrs - Breathless 46 Ne Sam Ryder - You're The Voice 47 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 48 Re Sharon Shannon & Munday - Galway Girl 49 38 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 50 Ne Beatles - Now and Then Top 10 Albums (28/10/23 - 03/11/23) 01 04 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 03 09 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 01 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 05 07 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 05 Bryan Adams - Get Up 07 02 Abba - Voyage 08 Re Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 09 08 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 10 06 Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? OMD was the big album for me over the week and there was an increase in Saw Doctors music as I was going to see them on Friday evening in Belfast. But the big news of the week was that on Tuesday there were a string of new live shows announced for Bruce Springsteen including one in Belfast. A couple of songs enter after popping up when I used the Spotify DJ option and the Beatles creep in at number 50 on the tracks chart.
November 7, 20231 yr Hey shaky. Oh an old new pink song entering? Who knew is great though. Bittersweet goodbye never ever clicked with me for whatever reason and I've heard it a few times now. Stan is a bop of course. He seemed like the biggest thing in the UK at the time he was making such a massive chart impact. Breathless is of course a classic. If you haven't already, you should check out Caroline polachek version Fab chart ^_^
November 14, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (04/11/23 - 10/11/23) 01 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 09 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 04 04 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 05 05 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 06 Re Saw Doctors - She Says 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 08 Re Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 09 13 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 10 28 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 47 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 12 03 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 13 06 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 14 02 OMD - Don't Go 15 10 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 16 Ne Irish Rugby World Cup Squad Featuring Simon Casey & The Phil Coulter Orchestra - Ireland's Call 17 12 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 18 35 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 19 Ne Luke Kelly - The Town I Loved So Well 20 33 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 21 30 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 22 19 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 23 08 OMD - Slow Train 24 18 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 25 20 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye 26 50 Beatles - Now and Then 27 22 Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Live In Dublin 07/05/23) 28 Re Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 29 Re Sonia - Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) 30 Ne Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity 31 Re Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 32 Ne Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String 33 Re Saw Doctors - FCA 34 15 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 35 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 36 39 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 37 Re Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 38 Re Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 39 Re Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 40 11 Pink - Who Knew 41 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Sleepy Joe's Café 42 Re Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 43 Re Duran Duran - Ghost Town 44 21 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 45 40 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 46 25 OMD - Robot Man 47 Re Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 48 42 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 49 16 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 50 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Hitch Hikin' Top 10 Albums (04/11/23 - 10/11/23) 01 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love 08 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 09 04 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 10 Re Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey No prizes for guessing who I got concert tickets for this week! Having purchased them on Monday morning I decided to play some of the Boss's back catalogue. There are some re-entries for the Saw Doctors after I saw them live in Belfast the previous Friday (3rd November). On Tuesday (7th) I saw Phil Coulter in concert. More recently he has been a recording artist but he started off writing for others and had a lot of success doing so. He co-wrote 2 Eurovision classics with Bill Martin - Puppet On A String and Congratulations. He also wrote for the Bay City Rollers (Shang-A-Lang), Kenny (Fancy Pants), Slik (Requiem) and Cilla Black (Surround Yourself). In the States Elvis had a hit with Phil's song My Boy. He also worked with Irish folk band The Dubliners in the 70s and 2 of his best known songs were recorded by Luke Kelly from the band.
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