Wednesday at 20:443 days Haha, that is pretty good to be fair! I definitely don't think I've seen that before, must have been a rare week off TOTP for me.The weird thing about the Shamen is that they pretty much owe their hits to the Beatmasters don't they. The Shamen originals of nearly all the singles were nowhere near as commercial (as I'm sure you'll already know) and the Beatmasters really did just reinvent them into pop music.
Thursday at 21:292 days Author 7 Tasmin Archer - Sleeping SatelliteHmmm...another case of weaker chorus than verse. The middle 8 and all the organ work are excellent.The lowest selling number 1 of 1992, 16th best seller over all.Colm's score 7.0 Edited Thursday at 21:392 days by Colm
Thursday at 21:382 days Author 6 Undercover - Baker Street Surprisingly, this hasn't dated as much as I expected - the bleepy sounds aside. I really like the tone of his voice.Got to number 100 in Australia. :D11th best selling single of 1992Colm's Score 7.2
Thursday at 22:172 days Oh I really love Sleeping Satellite, it was a lovely surprise seeing it make #1.Less keen on Baker Street, that’s easily the worst so far for me. I don’t even care for the original that much, even though I can see that the sax is really distinctive and well done.
Friday at 07:222 days Author I used to love Sleeping Satellite a lot more. Baker's Street is thin on redeeming features, I guess. It could just be nostalgia for me.
Friday at 08:092 days 7 is still a reasonable score though, I have to remind myself that you don’t use the hyperbolic 11 and 12/10 rating system that most on here use 😂
Friday at 09:012 days Sleeping Satellite is fab, very different from what was selling at the time so it was a surprise chart-topper really. Baker Street, well the original is my all-time fave and the single edit is perfect in every way so this cover irritated me a bit at the time though I did chart it top 20 - yes I was glad to see the song reach a new audience, but it had none of the emotion and class of Gerry Rafferty and Undercover got more annoying the more I heard it and their carbon copy follow-ups.
Friday at 10:112 days Author 1 hour ago, Popchartfreak said:Sleeping Satellite is fab, very different from what was selling at the time so it was a surprise chart-topper really. Baker Street, well the original is my all-time fave and the single edit is perfect in every way so this cover irritated me a bit at the time though I did chart it top 20 - yes I was glad to see the song reach a new audience, but it had none of the emotion and class of Gerry Rafferty and Undercover got more annoying the more I heard it and their carbon copy follow-ups.😁
Friday at 10:122 days Author 2 hours ago, dandy* said:7 is still a reasonable score though, I have to remind myself that you don’t use the hyperbolic 11 and 12/10 rating system that most on here use 😂Lord, do we have 12/10 now?☹️Songs that I will actively seek out get a 7 or more. Anything less and I'd probably only listen to if there was a particular reason to listen to it - like in this ranking/rating. Edited Friday at 10:162 days by Colm
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