December 17, 20231 yr Author Catch up time! I have been compiling these as normal but wanted to add a brief commentary to each one before posting. Top 50 Tracks (11/11/23 - 17/11/23) 01 07 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 02 08 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 05 03 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 06 04 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 08 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 14 OMD - Don't Go 10 09 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 11 21 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 12 11 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 13 05 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 14 13 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 15 18 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 16 23 OMD - Slow Train 17 12 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 18 06 Saw Doctors - She Says 19 15 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 20 Re Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 21 Re Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 22 20 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 23 37 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 24 25 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye 25 Ne David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) 26 Ne OMD - Look At You Now 27 Ne Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 28 36 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 29 Re Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 30 26 Beatles - Now and Then 31 31 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 32 Re Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 33 34 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 34 17 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 35 Re Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 36 22 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 37 49 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 38 Ne Campbell x Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me)? 39 48 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 40 24 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 41 Re Madness - C'est La Vie 42 Re Corrs - Love To Love You 43 44 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 44 Ne Ed Sheeran - American Town 45 Ne Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 46 Ne Fred Again - adore U 47 42 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 48 Ne Take That - This Life 49 Ne Chase & Status - Baddadan 50 45 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React Top 10 Albums (11/11/23 - 17/11/23) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 04 Re V/A - Now Yearbook 73 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Re Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten 07 04 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 08 06 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Ne Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 10 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND Listening to a lot of Bruce again this week and collected my NAD copy of the Corrs debut album as well. Had preordered the new Madness album on vinyl from HMV although it would be the following Monday before I would be able to pick it up so I had to make do with playing it on Spotify. Still haven't got round to listening to Now Year 1988, had only previously played the first couple of records on it's predecessor and that's where The Sweet and Suzi Quatro come in. Some current chart hits breaking in this week as well.
December 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (18/11/23 - 24/11/23) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 31 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 04 08 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 01 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 06 11 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 08 07 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 09 04 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 10 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 11 12 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 12 15 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 13 06 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 14 16 OMD - Slow Train 15 21 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 16 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise 17 22 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 18 09 OMD - Don't Go 19 13 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 20 Re Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 21 35 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 22 36 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 23 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 24 17 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 25 25 David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) 26 Ne Madness - If I Go Mad 27 Ne Blondie - Call Me 28 Ne Madness - Beginners 101 29 20 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 30 Ne Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 31 28 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 32 Ne Scooter - Back In Ireland 33 19 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 34 48 Take That - This Life 35 Ne Madness - Baby Burglar 36 14 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 37 50 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 38 33 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 39 29 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 40 Re Holly Johnson - Americanos 41 43 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 42 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 43 41 Madness - C'est La Vie 44 23 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 45 44 Ed Sheeran - American Town 46 Re Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch 47 18 Saw Doctors - She Says 48 39 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 49 37 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 50 24 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye Top 10 Albums (18/11/23 - 24/11/23) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Bruce Springsteen - The Essential… 04 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 06 09 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 07 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 08 07 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 09 10 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 10 03 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND And even more Springsteen! A slight climb for Madness as I got to listen to the album more, hence the appearance of some of the album tracks in the tracks chart. Blondie and Scooter turned up randomly on the DJ function on Spotify while Holly Johnson returned as I was going to see him in Belfast on the night of 24th November.
December 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (25/11/23 - 01/12/23) 01 Re The Undertones - Thrill Me 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 03 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 04 07 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 05 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 08 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 07 05 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 08 06 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 09 Re Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 10 Ne The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 11 Ne Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 12 12 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 13 Ne Bad Manners - Special Brew 14 10 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 15 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 16 03 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 17 40 Holly Johnson - Americanos 18 Re The Specials - A Message To You (Rudi) 19 Ne The Undertones - I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be 20 11 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 21 13 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 22 Ne The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 23 Ne Bad Manners - Can Can 24 Ne The Undertones - Oh Please 25 15 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 26 Ne The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 27 17 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 28 Ne The Undertones - You Can't Say That 29 31 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 30 Ne Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty 31 14 OMD - Slow Train 32 Re Bad Manners - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu 33 Ne Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome 34 Ne Fun Boy 3 - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 35 Ne The Undertones - I Know A Girl 36 Ne Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 37 Ne The Undertones - The Cruellest Thing 38 34 Take That - This Life 39 22 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 40 19 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 41 18 OMD - Don't Go 42 Re Holly Johnson - Love Train 43 20 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 44 29 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 45 39 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 46 30 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 47 Ne The Specials - Ghost Town 48 Ne The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy 49 38 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 50 24 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me Top 10 Albums (25/11/23 - 01/12/23) 01 Ne The Undertones - Get What You Need 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 04 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Ne The Undertones - Dig What You Need 06 Re Bad Manners - Baldheads: Live In Essex 07 06 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 08 Ne The Undertones - An Anthology 09 Re Holly Johnson - Blast 10 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase At the start of this week I attended 3 concerts over 3 nights and it shows up on the charts. On the Friday night it was Holly Johnson, On the Saturday The Undertones and finally Bad Manners on the Sunday. Get What You Need (2003) was the first album that the Undertones recorded with current singer Paul McLoone, the follow up Dig Yourself Deep came out 4 years later. Both albums were only ever released on CD. Last year saw the release of Dig What You Need which is a mix of the 2 previous releases with a 50/50 split in material. As well as CD there was a vinyl issue and there were a few signed copies available at the show. For around £35 we got our money's worth as also on the bill were Belfast punk band The Outcasts, Neville Staple and the Buzzcocks. Towards the end of the chart week the death of Shane Macgowan was announced. With various other things going on I wasn't listening to much music at that point so only one song fro his back catalogue made it into the Top 50. Edited March 31, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
December 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (02/12/23 - 08/12/23) 01 Ne Shane MacGowan - My Way 02 01 The Undertones - Thrill Me 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 04 03 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 11 Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 06 12 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 07 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 08 06 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 09 04 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 10 07 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 11 Ne Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 12 10 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 13 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 14 19 The Undertones - I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be 15 08 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 16 14 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 17 Ne Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 18 Ne Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 19 Re Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 20 24 The Undertones - Oh Please 21 15 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 22 09 Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 23 20 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 24 27 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 25 25 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 26 38 Take That - This Life 27 40 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 28 16 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 29 18 The Specials - A Message To You (Rudi) 30 23 Bad Manners - Can Can 31 Re Duran Duran - Ghost Town 32 Ne Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 33 21 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 34 Ne Noah Kahan - Stick Season 35 22 The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 36 13 Bad Manners - Special Brew 37 17 Holly Johnson - Americanos 38 45 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 39 Ne Cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada 40 43 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 41 Ne Teddy Swims - Lose Control 42 26 The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 43 32 Bad Manners - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu 44 Ne Abba - One of Us 45 Re Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 46 34 Fun Boy 3 - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 47 42 Holly Johnson - Love Train 48 Re Bad Manners - Skaville UK 49 29 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 50 39 Lewis Capaldi - Burning Top 10 Albums (02/12/23 - 08/11/23) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 02 Ne The Pogues - The Ultimate Collection 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 04 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 07 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 06 01 The Undertones - Get What You Need 07 Ne Abba - Super Trouper 08 08 The Undertones - An Anthology 09 10 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 Re Abba - Voyage Well it was obvious that the Pogues would appear this week and in the album chart Ultimate Collection enters at number 2 though it was mainly the 2nd CD that I was listening to. This is a recording of a concert recorded at Brixton Academy. On the tracks chart the Christmas songs make their first appearances and the other new entries are mostly a result of using the DJ option on Spotify.
December 17, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (09/12/23 - 15/12/23) 01 06 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 02 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 11 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 04 01 Shane MacGowan - My Way 05 18 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 06 03 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 07 13 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 08 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 08 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 10 02 The Undertones - Thrill Me 11 17 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 12 10 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 13 09 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 14 23 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 15 15 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 16 05 Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 17 25 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 18 16 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 19 Ne Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 20 32 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 21 34 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 22 28 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 23 Re Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 24 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay 25 Ne Deacon Blue - You'll Know It's Christmas 26 21 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 27 27 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 28 Re Showaddywaddy - When 29 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - I'll Never Turn My Back On You 30 24 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 31 26 Take That - This Life 32 Ne Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 33 Ne Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 34 Ne Sleaford Mods - West End Girls 35 Re Showaddywaddy - Remember Then 36 Re Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Live In Dublin 07/05/23) 37 Ne Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 38 Re Showaddywaddy - Blue Moon 39 19 Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 40 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister 41 Re Bruce Springsteen - Janey Needs A Shooter 42 12 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 43 40 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 44 33 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 45 Re Showaddywaddy - I Wanna Take You Home 46 49 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 47 Ne Bryan Adams - Not Guilty (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 48 50 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 49 38 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 50 Ne Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song Top 10 Albums (09/12/23 - 15/12/23) 01 03 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 05 Re Showaddywaddy - Bright Lights 06 Ne Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 07 Ne Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 08 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To… 10 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND Listening to more music than the last couple of weeks and again Bruce Springsteen benefits as I put on 2 of his Dublin shows from earlier in the year. Shaky's Christmas album was dug out this week and provides one of the new entries on the album chart, just ahead of one of three live albums from Bryan Adams. Also this week after a few plays of Born In The USA I decided to dig out another of my favourite 80s albums. I know he has changed his name but to me he'll always be Terence Trent D'Arby. Showaddywaddy are also back following the announcemet this week of some Irish dates for next September. Bruce and Showaddywaddy provide some of the entries on this week's tracks chart with some more Christmas tunes also making their debut. Had a listen to Sleaford Mods version of West End Girls during the week and thought it was quite good, it turns up just outside the Top 30.
December 31, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (16/12/23 - 22/12/23) 01 Ne Bay City Rollers - Rock n Roll, It's Christmas Time 02 07 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 03 03 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 04 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 05 05 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 06 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Christmas Wish 07 08 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 08 11 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 09 01 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 10 06 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 11 19 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 12 12 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 13 15 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 14 04 Shane MacGowan - My Way 15 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - Toss The Feathers 16 25 Deacon Blue - You'll Know It's Christmas 17 20 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 18 Ne Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me 19 Ne U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 20 13 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 21 09 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 22 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - The Irish Rover / Lord of The Dance 23 39 Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 24 14 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 25 Ne Beoga - Minute 5 26 Ne Corrs - Angel 27 21 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 28 10 The Undertones - Thrill Me 29 18 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 30 30 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 31 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - Christchurch Bells 32 17 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 33 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - Tell Me Ma 34 22 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 35 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - Central Park 36 Ne Cast of Fairytale of New York - Galway Girl 37 Re Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner 38 Re Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 39 48 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 40 Re Surf n Turf - I Give In 41 33 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 42 37 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 43 Ne Mud - Lonely This Christmas 44 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 45 50 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 46 34 Sleaford Mods - West End Girls 47 26 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 48 41 Bruce Springsteen - Janey Needs A Shooter 49 23 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 50 27 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet Top 10 Albums (16/12/23 - 22/12/23) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 06 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 04 Ne Bay City Rollers - A Christmas Shang A Lang 05 Ne Original Cast Recording - Fairytale of New York (Coming Home For Christmas) 06 03 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 Ne Beoga - How To Tune A Fish 08 Ne V/A - Now Christmas 09 10 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 10 05 Showaddywaddy - Bright Lights Final concert of the year on Tuesday night! A great show called Fairytale of New York (Coming Home For Christmas) which was a mix of Christmas songs and well known Irish songs. I picked up a copy of the cast recording CD afterwards and it and several of the songs have made this week's charts. Beoga may not be a name that will be familiar to many but their Top 30 entry this week will be. It was sampled by Ed Sheeran on Galway Girl and the band became good mates of his supporting him on one of his Irish tours. You can also see them if you watch his Live Lounge performance of Fairytale of New York. Completing the list of entries are a few Christmas songs including the new number 1 - this was an old song which wasn't recorded until the band reunited a few years back.
December 31, 20231 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (23/12/23 - 29/12/23) 01 02 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 02 03 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 03 01 Bay City Rollers - Rock n Roll, It's Christmas Time 04 09 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 05 11 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 06 04 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 07 18 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me 08 Re Saw Doctors - She Says 09 44 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 10 05 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 11 08 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 12 17 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 13 10 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 14 13 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 15 16 Deacon Blue - You'll Know It's Christmas 16 07 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 17 06 Shakin' Stevens - Christmas Wish 18 12 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 19 Ne Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 20 31 Cast of Fairytale of New York - Christchurch Bells 21 21 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 22 Ne Elton John - Step Into Christmas 23 24 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 24 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Fourth Rendezvous 25 Ne 4 of Us - Waiting Game 26 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe V 27 15 Cast of Fairytale of New York - Toss The Feathers 28 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene II 29 Ne Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - DIY 30 34 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 31 35 Cast of Fairytale of New York - Central Park 32 20 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 33 41 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 34 Ne Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 35 33 Cast of Fairytale of New York - Tell Me Ma 36 45 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 37 19 U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 38 29 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 39 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV 40 30 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 41 42 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 42 27 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 43 36 Cast of Fairytale of New York - Galway Girl 44 32 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 45 23 Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 46 43 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 47 22 Cast of Fairytale of New York - The Irish Rover / Lord of The Dance 48 25 Beoga - Minute 5 49 38 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 50 14 Shane MacGowan - My Way Top 10 Albums (23/12/23 - 29/12/23) 01 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts In China 05 03 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 06 06 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 09 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 08 05 Original Cast Recording - Fairytale of New York (Coming Home For Christmas) 09 08 V/A - Now Christmas 10 04 Bay City Rollers - A Christmas Shang A Lang A week of two halves - the first few days filled with Christmas songs and the second with a mix of stuff. Again Bruce Springsteen was played quite a bit, this time the final of his 3 Dublin shows from 2023 as I realised that it was a year exactly before I see him in Belfast (9th May). Also this week Jean-Michel Jarre did a live show and I dug out the Concerts In China album. Finally there were 4 new episodes of BBC NI's comedy show Give My Head Peace and as a result the theme tune returns the Saw Doctors to the Top 50. Edited March 31, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
January 14, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (30/12/23 - 05/01/24) 01 09 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 02 06 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 04 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 04 Ne OPM - Heaven Is A Halfpipe 05 Re Abba - Little Things 06 42 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 07 21 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 08 16 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 Re Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 10 14 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 11 13 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 12 Ne Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 13 Ne Bill Whelan - Firedance 14 Re Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 15 Ne Leo Sayer - Eleanor Rigby 16 18 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 17 Ne Bill Whelan - American Wake 18 Ne Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 19 Ne Chas & Dave - Lonnie D 20 32 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 21 Ne Abba - No Doubt About It 22 44 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 23 Ne Abba - Happy New Year 24 23 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 25 Ne Abba - Andante 26 Ne Roll Deep - The Avenue 27 Re Abba - Just A Notion 28 38 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 29 30 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 30 Ne Lewis Capaldi - Strangers 31 08 Saw Doctors - She Says 32 Ne Abba - Keep An Eye On Dan 33 40 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 34 Ne Chas & Dave - Railroad Bill 35 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Beyond The Illusion 36 Ne Leo Sayer - A Hard Days Night 37 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance 38 Ne Leo Sayer - Strawberry Fields Forever 39 Re Shakin' Stevens - Re-Set 40 Ne Abba - Super Trouper 41 Re Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 42 Ne Abba - On And On And On 43 49 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 44 Re Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 45 Re Shakin' Stevens - All You Need Is Greed 46 Ne Chas & Dave - Ain't No Pleasing You (Acoustic) 47 Ne Leo Sayer - Revolution 48 Ne Chas & Dave - Right String Baby 49 Ne Chas & Dave - Glory of Love 50 24 Jean-Michel Jarre - Fourth Rendezvous Top 10 Albums (30/12/23 - 05/01/23) 01 Re Abba - Voyage 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 04 02 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 05 Ne Chas & Dave - That's What Happens 06 06 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 Re Abba - Super Trouper 08 Ne Leo Sayer - Northern Songs 09 Re Shakin Stevens - Re-Set 10 Ne Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0: Another Present For Everyone Live So time for the Christmas clearout and time to play a few albums that I haven't listened to as much recently! Plus a new release from Busted who are taking the proverbial with different variations on the Greatest Hits formats. Also this week I found a Spotify playlist containing the contents of all 116 regular volumes of the regular Now series. Had it on random play for a couple of days and a couple of the tracks have made it in this week. The Tony Christie re-entry is concert related - his 3 Irish shows at the end of January were cancelled.
January 14, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (06/01/24 - 12/01/24) 01 08 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 02 18 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 03 01 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 04 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 05 03 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 06 12 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 07 13 Bill Whelan - Firedance 08 17 Bill Whelan - American Wake 09 10 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 10 07 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 11 Ne Dire Straits - Walk of Life 12 06 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 13 11 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 14 14 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 15 16 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 16 20 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 17 05 Abba - Little Things 18 28 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 19 37 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 20 Re OMD - Don't Go 21 29 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 22 Ne Shakin' Stevens - As Long As 23 22 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 24 09 Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 25 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 26 41 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 27 Re Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 28 24 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 29 21 Abba - No Doubt About It 30 Ne Dire Straits - So Far Away 31 43 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 32 33 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 33 Re Corrs - Toss The Feathers 34 Re OMD - Slow Train 35 Ne Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 36 Ne Shakin' Stevens - With My Heart 37 Re Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie 38 Re Shakin' Stevens - Hard Learned Lesson 39 27 Abba - Just A Notion 40 Re Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 41 Ne Ailsha - Go Tabban 42 Re Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV 43 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Turning Away 44 Re OMD - Look At You Now 45 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 46 30 Lewis Capaldi - Strangers 47 39 Shakin' Stevens - Re-Set 48 45 Shakin' Stevens - All You Need Is Greed 49 04 OPM - Heaven Is A Halfpipe 50 35 Shakin' Stevens - Beyond The Illusion Top 10 Albums (06/01/24 - 12/01/24) 01 03 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Shakin Stevens - Fire In The Blood: The Definitive Collection 04 04 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 05 Ne Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 06 Ne Rebel Dean - Whole Lotta Shakin' Tribute To Shakin' Stevens 07 06 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 08 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch 09 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 01 Abba - Voyage Another week, another concert announcement! Well 3 in fact as singer Rebel Dean announces his first ever shows in Northern Ireland with his Shakin' Stevens tribute "A Whole Lotta Shakin'". As well as listening to his own album featuring songs from the show I put the Fire In The Blood box set on random play on Spotify. Also this week I decided to play some classic albums from the 80s and 90s and as a result Dire Straits make a surprise appearance in the top 10.
February 4, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (13/01/24 - 19/01/24) 01 02 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 02 11 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 03 06 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 04 01 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 03 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 06 08 Bill Whelan - American Wake 07 17 Abba - Little Things 08 09 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 09 12 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 10 07 Bill Whelan - Firedance 11 Ne Abba - Does Your Mother Know? 12 04 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 13 16 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 14 10 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 15 05 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 16 Ne Madness - Drip Fed Fred 17 18 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 18 13 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 19 15 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 20 Ne Ed Sheeran - Perfect 21 Ne Reel To Real ft The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It 22 14 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 23 19 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 24 Re Betty Boo ft Chuck D - Miracle 25 24 Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 26 35 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 27 Ne Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 28 28 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 29 21 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 30 Ne Ed Sheeran - Eraser 31 39 Abba - Just A Notion 32 Ne Madness - The Wizard 33 Re Betty Boo - 808 34 Re Betty Boo ft David Gray - Right By Your Side 35 27 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 36 Ne Five Star - Another Weekend 37 29 Abba - No Doubt About It 38 Re Betty Boo - Get Me To The Weekend 39 Ne Abba - Waterloo 40 32 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 41 26 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 42 30 Dire Straits - So Far Away 43 Ne Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 44 Ne Ed Sheeran - Happier 45 Ne Madness - Elysium 46 Ne Madness - Lovestruck 47 34 OMD - Slow Train 48 31 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 49 Ne Abba - The Winner Takes It All 50 23 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer Top 10 Albums (!3/01/24 - 19/01/24) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 04 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 03 Ne Madness - Wonderful 04 10 Abba - Voyage 05 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 05 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 07 Ne Ed Sheeran - Divide 08 Ne Abba - Gold 09 Ne Five Star - Gold 10 Re Betty Boo - Boomerang Time to play some albums that I hadn't listened to for a while and again some of the songs made the tracks chart. I had another few plays of Brothers in Arms which to be honest I hadn't really listened to much back in the day though I had taped a copy from someone at school and I picked up on CD at one point. And for the first time since I bought it Lewis Capaldi's album drops out of the top 10.
February 4, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (20/01/24 - 26/01/24) 01 02 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 02 Ne Los Lobos - Come On Let's Go 03 01 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 04 05 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 05 03 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 06 Ne Propellorheads - Crash 07 06 Bill Whelan - American Wake 08 09 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 09 15 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 10 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 12 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 12 10 Bill Whelan - Firedance 13 08 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 14 Ne Val Doonican - Walk Tall 15 Ne Brian Setzer - Summertime Blues 16 Ne Val Doonican - Delaney's Donkey 17 07 Abba - Little Things 18 18 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 19 13 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 20 Ne Val Doonican - Two Streets 21 14 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 22 11 Abba - Does Your Mother Know? 23 26 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 24 Ne Val Doonican - O'Rafferty's Motor Car 25 19 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 26 29 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 27 17 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 28 28 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 29 Ne Val Doonican - What Would I Be 30 42 Dire Straits - So Far Away 31 20 Ed Sheeran - Perfect 32 Ne Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly 33 Ne Los Lobos - La Bamba 34 23 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 35 37 Abba - No Doubt About It 36 16 Madness - Drip Fed Fred 37 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 38 43 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 39 31 Abba - Just A Notion 40 Re OMD - Don't Go 41 Ne Los Lobos - Donna 42 27 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 43 Re OMD - Look At You Now 44 41 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 45 22 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 46 25 Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 47 Re Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 48 Re Ailsha - Go Tabban 49 47 OMD - Slow Train 50 40 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless Top 10 Albums (20/01/24 - 26/01/24) 01 06 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 02 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 03 Ne 0ST - La Bamba 04 Ne Val Doonican - The World of Val Doonican 05 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 07 02 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 08 Re Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 09 04 Abba - Voyage 10 03 Madness - Wonderful Lewis Capaldi returns to the album chart amongs a varied selection of titles. The song La Bamba appeared on a Spotify playlist and that led to me playing the entire soundtrack album. Just below that another random entry which bizarrely is the fault of Vyvyan from 80s comedy show The Young Ones. I was reading Aadrian Edmondson's autobiography "Berserker" and there was a chapter about this album which was a family favourite of ours back in the 70s. Someone posted a link on Facebook to a radio programme about Alan Freeman during the week which led to me seeking out the Propellerheads track.
February 4, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (27/01/24 - 02/02/24) 01 01 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 02 03 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 03 04 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 04 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 05 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 06 18 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 07 08 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 08 09 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 09 Ne Apache Indian - Boom Shack A Lak 10 02 Los Lobos - Come On Let's Go 11 Ne Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 12 07 Bill Whelan - American Wake 13 21 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 14 11 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 15 Ne Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 16 20 Val Doonican - Two Streets 17 28 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 18 06 Propellorheads - Crash 19 Ne Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 20 13 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 21 25 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 22 23 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 23 12 Bill Whelan - Firedance 24 30 Dire Straits - So Far Away 25 26 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 26 19 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 27 Ne Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera 28 37 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 29 Ne Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 30 38 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 31 Ne Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 32 44 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 33 40 OMD - Don't Go 34 Ne Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me 35 14 Val Doonican - Walk Tall 36 Ne Tate McRae - Exes 37 29 Val Doonican - What Would I Be 38 27 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 39 Ne Madness - Solid Gone 40 34 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 41 43 OMD - Look At You Now 42 Re Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 43 16 Val Doonican - Delaney's Donkey 44 Ne Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 45 Ne Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect 46 49 OMD - Slow Train 47 Ne Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 48 24 Val Doonican - O'Rafferty's Motor Car 49 15 Brian Setzer - Summertime Blues 50 47 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me Top 10 Albums (27/01/24 - 02/02/24) 01 07 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 01 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 03 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 05 02 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 06 06 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 07 Ne Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 08 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 88 09 04 Val Doonican - The World of Val Doonican 10 09 Abba - Voyage Bruce bounces back to the top of the album chart! Finally got round to ordering the vinyl edition during the week and I gave it a few plays on Spotify along with one of the 2023 Irish shows which is on nugs.net. Also ordered with BITUSA was the new installment of the Now Yearbook series (1990) but I'm still playing catchup and put the 1988 version on during the week. Amy Macdonald is another one that popped up on a Spotify playlist and I dug out the vinyl re-issue of the album. A few current tunes have been growing on me in the last 2 or 3 weeks during the NI Hit 40 show. I had a listen to Absolutely by Madness as well and remembered how good the song Solid Gone is. Apache Indian is another random one - someone posted about it on a Facebook group and next thing I know it's inside my Top 10. Last Friday saw the Irish Eurovison selection. While I can't stand the winning song I checked out some of the previous entries and Et Cetera was one of the best in the last 20 years. Edited February 14, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
February 15, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (03/02/24 - 09/02/24) 01 Ne Therapy? - Screamager 02 01 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 03 06 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 04 07 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 05 08 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 06 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 07 14 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 08 03 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 09 13 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 10 17 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 11 22 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 12 21 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 13 20 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 14 30 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 15 02 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 16 31 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 17 Ne The Corrs - Gerry's Reel 18 24 Dire Straits - So Far Away 19 Ne Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 20 05 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 21 Ne Duran Duran - Violence of Summer 22 25 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 23 Ne The Corrs - Bring On The Night 24 Ne Belinda Carlisle - (We Want) The Same Thing 25 09 Apache Indian - Boom Shack A Lak 26 Ne George Michael - Praying For Time 27 32 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 28 Ne The Corrs - White Light 29 28 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 30 44 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 31 Ne Dire Straits - Ride Across The River 32 42 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 33 Ne Kim Appleby - Don't Worry 34 45 Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect 35 19 Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 36 Ne The Corrs - Ellis Island 37 26 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 38 11 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 39 18 Propellorheads - Crash 40 23 Bill Whelan - Firedance 41 40 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 42 Ne Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 43 47 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 44 27 Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera 45 50 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 46 15 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 47 34 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me 48 36 Tate McRae - Exes 49 10 Los Lobos - Come On Let's Go 50 12 Bill Whelan - American Wake Top 10 Albums (03/02/24 - 09/02/24) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 02 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 90 05 Ne Therapy? - Troublegum 06 Ne The Corrs - White Light 07 05 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 08 06 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 10 Re Showaddywaddy - Bright Lights No change in the top 2 albums! Although I had both on cassette at the time and later upgraded to CD neither was something that I would play often. That has changed over the last couple of months as almost 4 decades after everyone else I have come to realise what great albums they are! During the week The Corrs and Therapy? both announced new Belfast shows so it was time to dig out some of their albums. Most of the other new entries on the tracks chart are from the latest issue in the Now Yearbook series - 1990 - which also makes the album chart. Edited March 3, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
March 3, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (10/02/24 - 16/02/24) 01 02 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 02 01 Therapy? - Screamager 03 04 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 04 03 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 05 09 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 06 05 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 07 11 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 08 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 09 12 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 10 06 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 08 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 12 14 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 13 13 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 14 10 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 15 Ne Bob Marley - 3 Little Birds 16 Ne Love City Groove - Love City Groove 17 16 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 18 18 Dire Straits - So Far Away 19 34 Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect 20 Ne Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much 21 27 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 22 Ne Bob Marley - One Love 23 19 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 24 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 25 20 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 26 Ne Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman 27 32 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 28 37 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 29 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere 30 42 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 31 15 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 32 29 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 33 Re Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 34 40 Bill Whelan - Firedance 35 Ne Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever 36 50 Bill Whelan - American Wake 37 43 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 38 Ne Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (And Nothin' On) 39 31 Dire Straits - Ride Across The River 40 Re Shania Twain - Giddy Up! 41 30 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 42 Re OMD - Don't Go 43 23 The Corrs - Bring On The Night 44 26 George Michael - Praying For Time 45 45 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 46 Ne Shania Twain - Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 47 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Cross My Heart 48 Ne Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Get You Good 49 Re OMD - Look At You Now 50 22 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts Top 10 Albums (10/02/24 - 16/02/24) 01 02 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 07 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 05 Re Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Re Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch 07 Re Shania Twain - Queen of Me 08 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Magic 09 08 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 05 Therapy? - Troublegum A couple of different Springsteen albums listened to this week and some Shania Twain as (guess what!) she announced a show in Belfast. Edited March 30, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
March 3, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (17/02/24 - 23/02/24) 01 04 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 02 01 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 03 05 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 04 09 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 05 02 Therapy? - Screamager 06 06 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 07 03 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 08 08 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 09 07 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 10 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 11 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 12 14 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 13 18 Dire Straits - So Far Away 14 24 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 15 12 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 16 13 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 17 19 Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect 18 26 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman 19 15 Bob Marley - 3 Little Birds 20 16 Love City Groove - Love City Groove 21 17 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 22 20 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much 23 Ne The Madness - I Pronounce You 24 Ne Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis 25 30 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 26 Ne Yello - The Race 27 21 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 28 27 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 29 Re The Undertones - Thrill Me 30 Ne S'Express - Theme From S'Express 31 25 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 32 28 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 33 41 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 34 Ne Joe Dolan - Brilliant Disguise 35 23 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 36 35 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever 37 Ne Billy Gilles ft Hannah Boelyn - DNA 38 33 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 39 Ne Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley 40 45 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 41 32 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 42 Ne Dollar - Oh L'Amour 43 22 Bob Marley - One Love 44 Ne Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 45 42 OMD - Don't Go 46 Ne Rod Stewart & Jools Holland - Pennies From Heaven 47 37 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 48 39 Dire Straits - Ride Across The River 49 31 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 50 34 Bill Whelan - Firedance Top 10 Albums (17/02/24 - 23/02/24) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 03 01 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 04 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 88 07 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 08 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 09 10 Therapy? - Troublegum 10 06 Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch Listening to Now Yearbook 88 a bit this week as I hadn't listened to it fully before. This explains most of the nee entries on the tracks chart. The Madness and Undertones songs were just ones that came up randomly on spotify. Edited August 27, 2024Aug 27 by Shaky Fan
March 31, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (24/02/24 - 01/03/24) 01 41 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 Re OMD - Punishment of Luxury 03 29 The Undertones - Thrill Me 04 Ne Saw Doctors - We're The Popsuckers 05 02 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 06 Re Saw Doctors - Bebo 07 01 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 08 04 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 09 09 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 10 03 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 11 Ne OMD - Enola Gay 12 Re Saw Doctors - Good News 13 Re Saw Doctors - I'd Love To Kiss The Bangles 14 45 OMD - Don't Go 15 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 16 06 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 17 14 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 18 05 Therapy? - Screamager 19 Re Saw Doctors - Joe Wall Broke My Heart. 20 11 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 21 13 Dire Straits - So Far Away 22 Re OMD - Look At You Now 23 07 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 24 Re OMD - Slow Train 25 08 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 26 15 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 27 12 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 28 Re Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? 29 Ne OMD - Sailing On The Seven Seas 30 25 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 31 Ne OMD - Aphrodite'sm Favourite Child 32 44 Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 33 16 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 34 21 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 35 Re Saw Doctors - D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar? 36 35 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 37 27 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 38 Re Saw Doctors - Small Ball 39 Re Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 40 36 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever 41 Re Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 42 28 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 43 40 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 44 17 Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect 45 Ne OMD - Anthropocene 46 Re Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 47 37 Billy Gilles ft Hannah Boelyn - DNA 48 33 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 49 22 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much 50 18 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman Top 10 Albums (24/02/24 - 01/03/24) 01 07 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 03 03 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 04 Re OMD - Punishment of Luxury 05 04 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 Re Saw Doctors - That Takes The Biscuit 07 Re Saw Doctors - Play It Again Sham 08 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 09 Re Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street 10 Ne Dire Straits - Money For Nothing OMD opened their UK and Ireland tour in Belfast on Tuesday which meant a good week chartwise. The same day the Saw Doctors announced a couple of new shows including one in Belfast. Finally I decided to move on from Brothers In Arms and gave Dire Straits' Best of.. a couple of plays.
March 31, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (02/03/24 - 08/03/24) 01 Re Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 02 05 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 03 08 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 04 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 05 07 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 06 10 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 07 09 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 08 03 The Undertones - Thrill Me 09 17 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 10 16 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 11 15 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 12 02 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 13 Re Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Me 14 11 OMD - Enola Gay 15 21 Dire Straits - So Far Away 16 32 Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 17 06 Saw Doctors - Bebo 18 26 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 19 20 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 20 Re Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 21 Re Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 22 14 OMD - Don't Go 23 26 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 24 18 Therapy? - Screamager 25 04 Saw Doctors - We're The Popsuckers 26 Ne Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 27 24 OMD - Slow Train 28 Ne Harry Styles - As It Was 29 31 OMD - Aphrodite's Favourite Child 30 33 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 31 12 Saw Doctors - Good News 32 Re Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - 7" Singles 33 30 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 34 36 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 35 19 Saw Doctors - Joe Wall Broke My Heart. 36 22 OMD - Look At You Now 37 27 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 38 37 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 39 39 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 40 Re Rick Astley - Keep Singing 41 43 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 42 Ne AC/DC - Highway To Hell 43 34 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 44 48 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 45 23 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 46 42 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 47 13 Saw Doctors - I'd Love To Kiss The Bangles 48 38 Saw Doctors - Small Ball 49 41 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 50 28 Saw Doctors - Will It Ever Stop Raining? Top 10 Albums (02/03/24 - 08/03/24) 01 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 Re Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 04 03 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 05 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 04 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 07 Ne Rod Stewart with Jools Holland - Swing Fever 08 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975 - 85 09 06 Saw Doctors - That Takes The Biscuit 10 08 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND Another week, another concert! This week it was the turn of Rick Astley. I finally got round to listening to the new Rod Stewart / Jools Holland CD during the week having collected my signed copy from HMV. With just 2 months before I finally get to see him live I dug out Bruce Springsteen's 5 record Live 75-85 set as well. The 2 new entries on the tracks chart from Harry Styles and AC/DC are also down to Rick as he performed both at his shows.
March 31, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (09/03/24 - 15/03/24) 01 Ne Saw Doctors - All We Love 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 03 02 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 04 01 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 05 05 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 06 06 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 07 Re Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 08 11 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 04 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 09 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 11 07 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 12 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 13 Re Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 14 10 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 15 15 Dire Straits - So Far Away 16 19 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 17 14 OMD - Enola Gay 18 33 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 19 16 Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 20 18 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 21 26 Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 22 23 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 23 12 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 24 Ne Mike Denver - N17 25 34 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 26 Re Tiberius Minnows - Time Flies 27 08 The Undertones - Thrill Me 28 21 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop 29 30 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 30 Re Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 31 38 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 32 37 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 33 41 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 34 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams 35 29 OMD - Aphrodite's Favourite Child 36 Re Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise 37 46 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 38 27 OMD - Slow Train 39 13 Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Me 40 45 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 41 43 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 42 49 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 43 17 Saw Doctors - Bebo 44 20 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 45 28 Harry Styles - As It Was 46 44 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 47 Re Saw Doctors - FCA 48 36 OMD - Look At You Now 49 24 Therapy? - Screamager 50 Ne Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts Top 10 Albums (09/03/24 - 15/03/24) 01 03 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 03 02 Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 04 04 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 05 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 Re Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Live In New York City 08 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 10 06 OMD - Punishment of Luxury Although I have had the CD for years I've never really played Born To Run much but this week I gave it another chance after realsing that I was actually very familiar with most of the tracks from the various live shows I have been listening to. Ironically I was listening to one of those shows again when the news broke of the death of Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird who had been diagnosed with MND a couple of years ago. Charlie was a massive Bruce Springsteen fan and was actually at that very concert when Bruce dedicated Land of Hope and Dreams to him. The most played track on the last day of the chart week was the new single from the Saw Doctors. That day was also the last day of Cheltenham and there was a horse called Pied Piper running in one of the races. The horse came in 3rd and I won a few pounds on it. That was another song that got a few plays that afternoon. Tiberius Minnows got a few plays during the week after seeing that it was 33 years that week since the single was released. Jason Donovan was a random play on spotify. Edited March 31, 20241 yr by Shaky Fan
March 31, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (16/03/24 - 22/03/24) 01 06 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 02 01 Saw Doctors - All We Love 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 04 03 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 05 05 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 06 04 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 07 07 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 08 Re Saw Doctors - She Says 09 19 Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 10 08 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 11 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 12 10 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 13 18 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 14 16 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 15 15 Dire Straits - So Far Away 16 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 17 21 Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 18 20 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 19 Ne Bob Marley - Three Little Birds 20 12 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 21 14 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 22 Ne Beoga ft Lissie - In A Rocket 23 Re Shakin' Stevens - All You Need Is Greed 24 25 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 25 22 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 26 32 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 27 Ne Simple Minds - Belfast Child 28 29 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 29 13 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 30 17 OMD - Enola Gay 31 33 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 32 23 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 33 Re Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever 34 31 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 35 40 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 36 35 OMD - Aphrodite's Favourite Child 37 Re Lewis Capaldi - Burning 38 30 Saw Doctors - Broke My Heart 39 26 Tiberius Minnows - Time Flies 40 37 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 41 42 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 42 Re Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 43 47 Saw Doctors - FCA 44 Re Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 45 Re Sleaford Mods - West End Girls 46 41 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 47 38 OMD - Slow Train 48 46 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 49 Ne Simple Minds - Mandela Day 50 Re Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind Top 10 Albums (16/03/24 - 22/03/24) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 04 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 04 06 Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam 05 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2019/03/19 Los Angeles 06 Re Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 Ne Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years 08 09 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 09 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 10 03 Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? Went to Simple Minds on Tuesday and had a listen to the Street Fighting Years album beforehand. Also had a few plays of Lewis Capaldi after not having listened to it much recently. The Bruce Springsteen new entry is the first in what could be a regular series of one week stays. I discovered this week that every Monday they put a handful of shows up for free streaming on the nugs.net app. She Says by The Saw Doctors makes a high re-entry as I had been to see the stage show version of the BBC NI sitcom Give My Head Peace for which it is the theme tune (although not actually featured in the live show). The Shaky and Beoga tracks came up randomly on Spotify.
March 31, 20241 yr Author Top 50 Tracks (23/03/24 - 29/03/24) 01 03 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 02 02 Saw Doctors - All We Love 03 01 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 04 Ne Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rich 05 04 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 06 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 07 35 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 08 09 Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 09 Ne Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Brand New Friend 10 22 Beoga ft Lissie - In A Rocket 11 05 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 12 12 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 13 Ne Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Wekend 14 14 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 15 11 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 16 21 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 17 20 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 18 07 Saw Doctors - Pied Piper 19 Ne Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Why I Love Country Music 20 25 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 21 06 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 22 Ne Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 23 13 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 24 16 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 25 08 Saw Doctors - She Says 26 19 Bob Marley - Three Little Birds 27 15 Dire Straits - So Far Away 28 26 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 29 18 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick 30 28 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 31 31 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 32 17 Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 33 42 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 34 23 Shakin' Stevens - All You Need Is Greed 35 37 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 36 33 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever 37 Ne Bruce Springsteen - I Wanna Marry You 38 30 OMD - Enola Gay 39 24 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 40 48 Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love 41 27 Simple Minds - Belfast Child 42 50 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 43 41 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 44 34 Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 45 46 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 46 29 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 47 32 OMD - Punishment of Luxury 48 40 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 49 39 Tiberius Minnows - Time Flies 50 44 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life Top 10 Albums (16/03/24 - 29/03/24) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 Ne Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Easy Pieces 03 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/03/19 Phoenix, ARIZONA 04 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 05 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 1988/03/28 Detroit, MICHIGAN 06 06 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - The River 08 03 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 09 Ne Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair 10 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase Monday saw another one week Bruce Springsteen gig available on nugs.net, this time From Detroit in March 1988. Much more up to date and permanent as I bought it as a download fromm the site is the opening show of the 2024 tour which was in Phoenix, Arizona on 19th March. The River was this week's selection from the Springsteen back catalogue. And 2 classic 80s album also chart this week - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions and Tears For Fears. Two tracks make massive climbs this week and in both cases it is mainly due to a concert I attended to mark the centenary of my old school. There were songs from each decade since the school opened and the one chosen to represent the current decade was Stick Season. One of the guest musicians was one of the members of Beoga who is a past pupil.
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