Posted February 29, 200817 yr Not often we get a Saturday chart, on a Friday night, but this week we have it early. With thanks to Dave Taylor (daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week, we have the Album chart, the film chart, the dvd chart, and the most up to date chart in Britain as usual. Add a classic chart, from this week in 1971. Which is something special, because in 1971, a postal strike prevented Music Week, from printing an album chart. Many people use the Melody Maker chart, from the 8 week postal strike, but Dave has dug out the EMI charts, for that period. At the time equivalent to MRIB (who didn`t actually exist under that name, until 1981, but were basically the same as the Record Business magazine, published weekly between 1978 - 83. Anyway on to this week`s Albums... w/k ending 07/03 01 NE SEVENTH TREE - GOLDFRAPP 02 02 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 03 07 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 04 06 19 - ADELE 05 25 YOU RAISE ME UP 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 RE VERSION - MARK RONSON 07 01 JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING 08 14 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 09 03 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 10 04 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS 11 NE SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 16 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 13 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 14 NE JUST FOR YOU - VARIOUS ARTISTS 15 NE MUM`S FAVOURITE SONGS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 16 09 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 17 05 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 18 RE X - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 10 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 20 11 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS GOLDFRAPP win. Why is AMY WINEHOUSE not in the top 3, is the question. Only mrib, can answer that one. So, let`s go back to 1971, and the EMI compiled album top 20... w/k ending 5th Mar 1971 01 01 ALL THINGS MUST PASS - GEORGE HARRISON 02 02 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 03 03 TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION - ELTON JOHN 04 04 GREATEST HITS - ANDY WILLIAMS 05 06 LED ZEPPELIN III - LED ZEPPELIN 06 05 MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS VOL. 4 07 08 PENDULUM - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 08 07 SWEET BABY JAMES - JAMES TAYLOR 09 12 ELTON JOHN - ELTON JOHN 10 13 AIR CONDITIONING - CURVED AIR 11 09 DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK - DEEP PURPLE 12 10 GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - FRANK SINATRA 13 18 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - JOHN LENNON 14 11 EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER - EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER 15 14 STEPEHEN STILLS - STEPHEN STILLS 16 25 YES ALBUM - YES 17 20 CHICAGO 3 - CHICAGO 18 23 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - NEIL YOUNG 19 24 WATT - TEN YEARS AFTER 20 21 EASY LISTENING - VARIOUS ARTISTS Lots of self-titled albums in 71. ALL THINGS MUST PASS and GEORGE HARRISON contained the single MY SWEET LORD (the song, that alledgedly nicked the melody of HE`S SO FINE), it also featured it`s B side WHAT IS LIFE (later covered by OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN). BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER of course contained the single, and it`s B side KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED. ELTON JOHN`s career was finally taking off, after being well known, as a session singer, here he had 2 albums in the top ten. LED ZEPPELIN never released singles in the UK, but the albums sold absolutely brilliantly (although one of the members JOHN PAUL JOANS released a single, THE MAN FROM NAZARETH, about Jesus, of course). JAMES TAYLOR was married to CARLY SIMON in those days, he was doing well in the albums. DEEP PURPLE were breaking into the singles market, by now, but the albums still selling well. The single HUSH in 1968, didn`t quite make it in Britain, but did in Europe, and was a cover of a JOE SOUTH song. JOHN LENNON went all peace loving with YOKO. EMERSON LAKE and PALMER kept the rock alive, pleasing ALAN FREEMAN, most certainly! CHICAGO were originally the CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, and shortened it to just CHICAGO. NEIL YOUNG wrote AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, but later the song became mor associated with PRELUDE in 1974. MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS, and EASY LISTENING were just like it said on the tin, and did very well, in the compilations market. ANDY WILLIAMS had a top U.S. TV show, and his albums, sold well off of that, and of course so did, the singles. One day Dave Taylor is going to get the original British Market Research Bureau/BBC album charts, for this 8 week period. And they have not been seen, anywhere since Radio one, in 1971! Who remembers 1971`s singles... w/k ending 5th Mar 1971 01 01 MY SWEET LORD - GEORGE HARRISON 02 02 PUSHBIKE SONG - MIXTURES 03 05 IT`S IMPOSSIBLE - PERRY COMO 04 10 BABY JUMP - MUNGO JERRY 05 03 RESSURECTION SHUFFLE - ASHTON GARDNER AND DYKE 06 04 STONED LOVE - SUPREMES 07 06 AMAZING GRACE - JUDY COLLINS 08 30 ANOTHER DAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY 09 18 SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND 10 07 YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN 11 23 ROSE GARDEN - LYNN ANDERSON 12 15 FORGET ME NOT - MARTHA REEVES/VANDELLAS 13 08 NO MATTER WHAT - BADFINGER 14 11 COME AROUND HERE I`M THE ONE YOU NEED - SMOKEY ROBINSON/MIRACLES 15 09 CANDIDA - DAWN 16 22 TOMORROW NIGHT - ATOMIC ROOSTER 17 16 RUPERT - JACKIE LEE 18 21 EVERYTHING`S TUESDAY - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 19 20 CHESTNUT MARE - BYRDS 20 25 I THINK I LOVE YOU - PARTRIDGE FAMILY 21 NE HOT LOVE - T. REX 22 12 GRANDAD - CLIVE DUNN 23 14 SHE`S A LADY - TOM JONES 24 29 WHO PUT THE LIGHTS OUT - DANA 25 17 IT`S THE SAME OLD SONG - WEATHERMEN 26 13 APEMAN - KINKS 27 31 ROSE GARDEN - NEW WORLD 28 19 SUNNY HONEY GIRL - CLIFF RICHARD 29 34 I WILL DRINK THE WINE - FRANK SINATRA 30 24 RIDE A WHITE SWAN - T. REX GEORGE HARRISON topping both album, and singles charts, in 71. THE MIXTURES could not follow up THE PUSHBIKE SONG, the follow up did not sell entitled NEVER BE UNTRUE, an Australian outfit, with just the one, UK hit. PERRY COMO, had his own series, much like ANDY WILLIAMS did, and again did him well. MUNGO JERRY had singer RAY DORSET (who penned FEELS LIKE I`M IN LOVE in 1977, with ELVIS PRESLEY in mind, unfortunately ELVIS died before he even saw it, and it later topped the 1980 chart, for KELLY MARIE). Both ELTON JOHN and NEIL DIAMOND had their first UK chart singles. MOTOWN ruled for the SUPREMES, MARTHA REEVES and SMOKEY ROBINSON. ATOMIC ROOSTER were known to produce the music known as "underground". JACKIE LEE recorded RUPERT the theme to the ATV produced puppet series (previously JACKIE recorded the theme of another series WHITE HORSES in 68). MARC BOLAN had 2 hits in the the top 30. ROGER McGWINN returned to the top 20, fronting the BYRDS. The KINKS had a dodgy lyric in APEMAN (was the air-pollution fogging up their eyes, or something else)?!!! The WEATHERMAN was actually JONOTHAN KING, covering the FOUR TOPS 1965 top 30 hit. FRANK SINATRA was doing good, both in singles, and albums. JUDY COLLINS stayed in the charts forever, with the vocal version of AMAZING GRACE...CLIFF had a small hit, many small hits folowed in the early part of the 70s, and he too, had a BBC Saturday night series. PETULA CLARK was bubbling under with SONG OF MY LIFE, and ELVIS was again, covering old songs, as YOU DON`T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME, slipped outside the 30, from the number 23 album, THAT`S THE WAY IT IS. CLIVE DUNN (MR JONES, in DAD`S ARMY) went all the way too the top with GRANDAD (written by HERBIE FLOWERS, of BLUE MINK fame. NEW WORLD won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (the talent show in 1970, and covered ROSE GARDEN, featured in the very first series of, the TWO RONNIES). ROSE GARDEN was also a very minor hit for, SANDIE SHAW. Also on tv, in 1971, over on ITV, there was a technicians strike, it started in Dec 1970, ending in Feb 71, all ITV`s programmes, had to be made in black & white, because of the strike, including early outings for, ON THE BUSES, UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, and the first seven editions of, BLESS THIS HOUSE with SIDNEY JAMES, DIANA COUPLAND and SALLY GEESON. Here are this week`s films... w/k ending 7th Mar 08 01 01 JUMPER 02 NE BE KIND REWIND 03 NE RAMBO 04 03 JUNO 05 02 NATIONAL TREASURE 06 04 THE WATER HORSE 07 07 THERE WILL BE LOVE 08 06 BUCKET LIST 09 05 CLOVERFIELD 10 14 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS A bit of a half-term reflection, in the top films, this week. Here are the top off-line dvds... w/k ending 7th Mar 08 01 NE RUN FAT BOY RUN 02 NE RESIDENT EVIL EXTINCTION 03 NE MICHAEL CLAXTON 04 01 THE BRAVE ONE 05 03 MR BROOKES 06 02 RATATOUILLE 07 04 HEARTBREAK KID 08 05 THE KINGDOM 09 09 KNOCKED UP 10 07 SUPERBAD Ready for the latest top singles/tracks, here we go... w/k ending 07/03 50 NE TAKE YOU THERE - SEAN KINGSTON * 49 43 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 48 38 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 47 RE STOP ME - MARK RONSON 46 42 HEARTBROKEN - T2 45 27 WHEN I`M GONE - SIMPLE PLAN 44 39 SIX OF ONE THING - CRAIG DAVID 43 45 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA 42 NE UP ALL NIGHT - YOUNG KNIVES 41 30 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM * 40 NE US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE * 39 NE BETTER IN TIME - LEONA LEWIS * 38 31 BE MINE - ROBYN 37 36 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 36 40 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 35 34 JUST - MARK RONSON 34 NE CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD * 33 NE MY DESTINY - DELINQUENT * 32 32 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 31 37 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 30 27 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 29 24 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 28 18 SOMETHING GOOD - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE * 27 31 RELAX - MIKA 26 26 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 25 15 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 24 NE FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT * 23 21 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 22 17 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 21 20 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 20 29 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 19 33 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN * 18 16 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 17 11 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - FEELING 16 19 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHWERZINGER * 15 13 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 14 12 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 13 14 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 12 22 LOW - FLORIDA 11 23 COME ON GIRL - TAIO CRUZ * 10 10 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 09 08 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 08 07 SUN GOES DOWN - JORDAN 07 09 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC * 06 06 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 05 04 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 04 05 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY * (Denotes download only track) Well, a bit static near the top, DUFFY`s physical release pushes it too 50% up on last week`s sales, and quite a gap below. Outside the 50, ALICIA KEYS new one enters at 54, MARCO DEMARK is 56, R.E.M. stumble at 61, with BODIES WITHOUT ORGANS coming in at 64, SUGABABES have a DENIAL in the top 70, and poor KATIE MELUA what happened? We do also note this week, that the TINGS TINGS (if not disqualified at the moment) would be at 27. On a physical chart this week it looks like this in the top 5....01) DUFFY, 02) H TWO 0, 03) KYLIE, 04) NICKELBACK, 05) BASSHUNTER...On a download top 5....01) DUFFY, 02) H TWO 0, 03) NICKELBACK, 04) BASSHUNTER, 05 ADELE. Don`t forget we will attempt NEXT WEEK`S CHART on Monday, and we will find out why KATIE did not even make the top 75!!!!! Edited March 7, 200817 yr by trevs
February 29, 200817 yr :mellow: On a Friday :blink: I reckon the official top 40 Singles chart we look something like it, just by looking at the mids for today. And your prediction for Katie Melua, definitely went out of the window, perhaps you all pushed the boat too far :D :P
February 29, 200817 yr Author :mellow: On a Friday :blink: I reckon the official top 40 Singles chart we look something like it, just by looking at the mids for today. And your prediction for Katie Melua, definitely went out of the window, perhaps you all pushed the boat too far :D :P We messed up somewhere on Monday!!! Even the album chart!! I think the stores info, we had was not added properly, on an average, and certainly the HMV album chart, was not added in, and neither Tesco. As for Katie, well!! She actually made the HMV end of week physical top 20 today, and R.E.M. went top 10. We used to be good on the sales of physicals, but now we are losing with ever incresing downloads. I wish download versions, and physicals were issued together, at the same time. What do you reckon Mart!n? Do you think it would be better, if not fairer? Edited February 29, 200817 yr by trevs
February 29, 200817 yr I wish download versions, and physicals were issued together, at the same time. What do you reckon Mart!n? Do you think it would be better, if not fairer? I totally agree on that point, there are too many download tracks in the chart this week with no physical entries, a couple years ago we used to have 13 -16 new entries a week in the chart. It just making the chart and slower and slower, and the #1s will stick around much longer, I can see Duffy sticking around for a further 3 to 4 weeks, I'm just hoping Taio Cruz might reach #1, when its physically released in a fortnite's time
February 29, 200817 yr Author I totally agree on that point, there are too many download tracks in the chart this week with no physical entries, a couple years ago we used to have 13 -16 new entries a week in the chart. It just making the chart and slower and slower, and the #1s will stick around much longer, I can see Duffy sticking around for a further 3 to 4 weeks, I'm just hoping Taio Cruz might reach #1, when its physically released in a fortnite's time I think it would have done the chart justice, had the colloberation of release dates been simultaneous, from the moment downloads, were allowed to chart, in the first place. It makes me think, even more, when if downloads only were not in, Alicia, R.E.M. etc, would actually have entered the top 40, this week. Dodgy dodgy dodgy.
March 1, 200817 yr Very early Trevs :D Is it the same break off as usual tho? Shame about the Tings Tings, will it be aloud in next week, on release physically? :huh:
March 1, 200817 yr Author Very early Trevs :D Is it the same break off as usual tho? Shame about the Tings Tings, will it be aloud in next week, on release physically? :huh: Same break off point, which is around 5pm on a Friday. Tings Tings, physically released on Monday...so it will be in next Saturdays chart. It wasn`t disqualified in mrib`s, they have basic rules. We took it out, so it would give a better idea, of tomorrows Radio one countdown. They are in the top 30, at 27 (if we hadn`t taken it out). So, probably in the top 20, next week, if not top 10.
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