And that all important voters chart as we reach the top 100!!

 

1 (1) Spiceboy 463

2 (14) Rogue 432

3 (23) Chez Wombat 428

4 (6) AaronTM 424

5 (5) Stonedragon 418

6 (1) Jay 416

7 (16) Josh! 415

8 (11) Xajnipi 412

9 (10) Padamic Tension 409

9 (27) Dandy* 409

 

11 (1) …ready for it 407

12 (13) Riser 405

12 (28) Roba 405

14 (4) Jra1989 403

15 (11) Lukuzz 400

16 (29) Leonardo 396

17 (9) JulianT 393

17 (17) Jordanlee 393

19 (18) Jade 388

20 (7) Quartonworks 386

20 (20) Lillanv273 386

 

22 (15) Jason 381

23 (26) Dark Horse 374

24 (19) Detonate 372

25 (20) Bris29 369

26 (24) DarrenJames 360

27 (29) Mango 359

28 (34) Marcinjaro 356

29 (34) Mack 352

30 (22) Electroboy 351

 

31 (32) One_For_Sorrow 342

32 (25) Gezza 339

33 (8) Vibe 337

34 (31) JosephBoone 335

34 (32) Smint 335

36 (43) Lee_His_Cheeks 322

37 (34) Rio309 300

38 (41) Jester 298

39 (42) AH Gold 293

40 (37) Gooddelta 292

 

41 (38) WhoOdyssey 277

41 (40) GreyAsh 277

43 (39) Popchartfreak 276

44 (45) Scene 274

45 (42) Chartjack2 251

46 (46) Jimwatts 225

47 (47) Cow P 190

47 (50) Seven 190

49 (51) DoBelieveTheHype 178

50 (52) LewisGT 166

 

51 (48) King Rollo 158

52 (53) Severin 138

53 (49) PeteFromLeeds 104

 

OMG! I lost my 30-pointer at such a crucial moment just an inch from TOP 100, but yesterday I had a feeling it was going to be me.

Edited August 3, 2024Aug 3 by marcinjaro

Alternatively here's how many acts each voter still has in the rate (Asterisk denotes the voters 30 pointer is still in the rate)

 

Spiceboy 29(*)

Rogue 27(*)

…Ready for it 26 (*)

AaronTM 26(*)

Chez Wombat 26(*)

Xajnipi 25(*)

Jade 25 (*)

Padamic Tension 25(*)

Quartonworks 25(*)

Dandy* 25(*)

Stonedragon 25(*)

Lukuzz 23(*)

Bris29 23(*)

Jay 23(*)

Jordanlee 23(*)

Jra1989 23(*)

Riser 23(*)

JulianT 23(*)

Roba 23(*)

Mango 22(*)

Leonardo 22(*)

Josh! 22 (*)

Dark Horse 22(*)

Detonate 22(*)

Lillanv273 22(*)

DarrenJames 22(*)

Gezza 21 (*)

Mack 21(*)

Smint 20(*)

Electroboy 20(*)

marcinjaro 20

Scene 20 (*)

Jason 20(*)

Vibe 19 (*)

One_For_Sorrow 19(*)

Lee_his_cheeks 18(*)

Gooddelta 17(*)

JosephBoone 17(*)

AH Gold 17(*)

GreyAsh 17(*)

Jester 17(*)

Popchartfreak 16(*)

WhoOdyssey 16(*)

Chartjack2 15(*)

Rio309 15(*)

Seven 13(*)

Jimwatts 12(*)

Cow P 11 (*)

DoBelieveTheHype 11(*)

King Rollo 11

PeteFromLeeds 9

LewisGT 8

Severin 7

 

In the top 100 we have 20 climbers from outside the top 100 last time around and 2 New entries!

I was doing very well in the voters’ chart but then lost 3 biggies near the end.

 

Favourites from Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer”, “The Sound Of Silence” and “Homeward Bound”. Criminal that the highest peaking version of “The Sound Of Silence” in the UK is The Bachelors. :drama:

A drop from 8-33 !!!

nice surprise that my 30-pointer (top analysts are no doubt speculating as to who that might be) made it this far!

 

re: Ween - i was completely unaware they had a top 40 single until i checked lmaoo, it was a B-side to Foo Fighters' Walking After You (both songs were part of the X-Files soundtrack). Obviously "Ocean Man" is their best-known song - they're a band well worth diving into though, their back catalogue is......varied, let's just say

 

Shame to lose another of my votes just before the top 100, but at least it was a climber since last time. My OMD favourites are 'Enola Gay', 'Souvenir' and 'Messages', and they're here as I charted 'Bauhaus Staircase' last year.

BOO! I'm out of the top 20 with 10 groups already revealed but it could have been worse.

Joint 101 - interestingly 3 groups who were on my shortlist: Cranberries were the only ones who made it into my top 30, Simon and Garfunkel were the last ones to be eliminated so technically are 31. Eurythmics would’ve been in my top 40. I eliminated them both partly because I only listen to their greatest hits album (though Heart remain in my top 30 despite this).

 

And as others have mentioned, despite Cranberries having two massive albums that sold over half million copies each, not only did the Cranberries not have any top 10 singles, but their two highest charting singles were the first releases from their less successful 3rd and 4th albums.

The Cranberries were a great band and 'Zombie' remains one of the defining songs of the 90s for me. RIP Dolores :(

OMD have so many gems in their discography, it's a shame I didn't have room for them in my votes. Sugar Tax is a brilliant album.

Amazed Simon & Garfunkel didn't get a single point last time. Much more representative position this time.

As for the top 100- we now move to three eliminations per day. Ties will be separated by firstly those acts with the most voters giving them points, and in the event of a tie on that front, by the top mark they got from any one voter, failing that the second highest and so on.

 

 

NO 100- A-HA ( 101)- 62 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Cow P- 3pts, AH Gold- 7pts, GreyAsh- 7pts, Jester- 21pts, Dark Horse- 8pts, Dandy*-16pts

18 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV (#1. 1986)

 

NO 99- THE CARPENTERS ( NEW)- 63 POINTS

 

 

Voters: DoBelieveTheHype-28pts, Jester- 25pts, jra1989- 10pts

17 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (#2, 1973) PLEASE MR POSTMAN (#2, 1975)

 

 

NO 98- ETERNAL ( 169)- 63 POINTS

 

Voters: Vibe- 5pts, Bris29- 1pt, Jay- 22pts, jra1989- 9pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 14pts, Dark Horse- 12pts,

15 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE (#1, 1997)

 

 

Some greats there, don’t know too much of Ahas music mind

 

Carpenters are great need to listen to them more.

What a shame this years Eternal reunion stopped due to the girls outdated and ridiculous views!

Surprised A-Ha aren't a little higher here even with it being 1 place lower last time even.

 

Carpenters have some lovely stuff as well!

Never really got the appeal of The Carpenters.

Eternal were great, had a big soft spot for them back in the day. Even after Louise left they were still good.

A-Ha have got some tunes too and I love Morten's voice.