Posted May 12, 200817 yr Here is the weekly thread preview, of what could happen in next Sunday`s charts. With a big thanks to Peter Jay and John McManus in their 2 Music stores. Info taken from HMV, Asda, Smiths, Sainsbury, Woolworths, Tesco, iTunes, Play.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk etc. So today for Albums including Sales and Preorders, we find the following... 01 NE HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 02 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 03 02 ROCK FERRY - DUFFY 04 NE IN SILICO - PENDULUM 05 NE SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME - IRON MAIDEN 06 03 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 07 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 08 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 09 08 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 10 NE HERE AND NOW-80s - VARIOUS 11 10 TRANCE ANTHEMS-DAVE PEARCE - VARIOUS 12 04 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 13 16 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 NE MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN 15 05 THIRD - PORTISHEAD 16 NE ULTIMATE EUROVISION PARTY - VARIOUS 17 NE VERY BEST OF - THE SEARCHERS 18 09 SMASH HITS-THE 80s - VARIOUS 19 NE NOTHING BUT THE BEST - FRANK SINATRA 20 NE MS KELLY - KELLY ROWLAND 21 11 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS 22 27 BACK TO BLACK - AMY W 23 30 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS 24 12 KONK - KOOKS 25 21 19 - ADELE 26 15 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 27 17 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS 28 26 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 29 14 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 30 NE AWAKE LIVE! - JOSH GROBAN Outside the 30 albums are 101 CLASSICAL HITS at 31, BOBBY VEE, SANTOGOLD, CHARLATANS all in the top 40. Further down PARAMORE, RIHANNA go back up...while other entries from DAN LE SAC, ISOBEL CAMPBELL, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, ALPHABEAT, BON IVOR, and last but not least GEMMA HAYES. What a healthy album chart! In the singles/tracks today it was like this... 01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 02 02 WEAR MY ROLEX - WILEY 03 NE THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS 04 03 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 05 NE VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY 06 04 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 07 06 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 08 05 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 09 07 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 10 NE TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA 11 08 LOW - FLO RIDA 12 23 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY 13 18 IN MY ARMS - KYLIE 14 12 MERCY - DUFFY 15 NE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 16 09 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 17 11 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 18 NE CLOSER - NEYO 19 14 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 20 10 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND 21 16 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY 22 15 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 23 13 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 24 36 LOVE SONG - SARAH BARIELLES 25 NE SHAWTY GET LOOSE - LIL` MAMA 26 20 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 27 NE THAT`S WHAT YOU GET - PARAMORE 28 NE IS IT YOU - CASSIE 29 21 WE CRY - SCRIPT 30 22 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 31 38 BLUEBIRDS FLYING HIGH - JAMES FOXX/CARDIFF CITY FC 32 27 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON 33 24 BETTER IN TIME - LEONA 34 26 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 35 28 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS 36 25 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS 37 29 COPS AND ROBBERS - HOOSIERS 38 30 LES ARTISTES - SANTOGOLD 39 28 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 40 17 DADDY O - WIDEBOYS 12 in a row going down there. Meanwhile Chanelle Hayes slips in at 45, but above that is Lil` Wayne and also Cardiff City Fans (Do the Ayatollah) is 41. David Jordan is on the edge of the top 50, along with Hot Chip. Further down download only entries too for, TAIO CRUZ, VAMPIRE WEEKEND and WILL SMITH. Last week we got 37 in the 40, 29 in the 30, 16 in the 20, and 8 in the top 10...Not bad! In the albums 9 in the combined top 10, 16 in the 20, and 27 in the 30. We end today with a look back to 1978. Radio Luxembourg gave us this preview, on Tues 16th May 1978... 01 01 RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M. 02 02 NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES 03 03 TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS/DENIECE WILLIAMS 04 05 AUTOMATIC LOVER - DEE DEE JACKSON 05 07 BECAUSE THE NIGHT - PATTI SMITH GROUP 06 13 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - DARTS 07 04 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY - ANDREW GOLD 08 06 LET`S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND 09 NE LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG 10 NE IF I CAN`T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN 11 15 SHE`S SO MODERN - BOOMTOWN RATS 12 14 EVERYBODY DANCE - CHIC 13 10 JACK AND JILL - RAYDIO 14 19 DO IT DO IT AGAIN - RAFFAELLA CARRA 15 20 I`M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENCE DEAR - BLONDIE 16 NE MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES 17 09 IF YOU CAN`T GIVE ME LOVE - SUZI QUATRO 18 NE NICE AND SLEAZY - STRANGLERS 19 NE HI TENSION - HI TENSION 20 16 BAD OLD DAYS - COCO Now in 1978, Luxembourg got 17 in the 20...missing with ROSE ROYCE and RUBY WINTERS. I remember 78, a lot because like Dave said yesterday, it was the first time Radio One followed the top 40 (increased from the top 30). It was also the first time we had a May Day Bank Holiday. The World Cup (in Argentina) with a theme provided by ROD ARGENT, "ARGENTINE MELODY" under the guise of SAN HOSE, for Rod. The Eurovision Song Contest was won by Israel, and IZHAR COHEN. Our entry came about 12th for COCO, featuring CHERYL BAKER (later of BUCK`s FIZZ fame). BECAUSE THE NIGHT and PATTI SMITH was a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN penned song, RAYDIO was RAY PARKER JNR`s first outing. My favourite female singer YVONNE ELLIMAN struck another top tenner (the Hawaiian singer, who appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar) and sung I DON`T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM. Strange but true, my favourite British female singer PETULA CLARK also sang the very same song, in another production, 2 absolutely brilliant female acts with absoloute class, in my humble opinion. Don`t miss Yvonne singing "I CAN`T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND", on Youtube...and Petula, with, "THE OTHER MAN`s GRASS. Great stuff! Here is some useless info to end with...The MICHAEL ZAGER BAND were number 8, in 78 with "Let`s All Chant", later done by PAT and MICK for charity, but ZAGER is a slang word for "watch", as in wrist watch! Bet you never knew that! :lol:
May 12, 200817 yr hmm...I think it will be a Rihanna-Ting Tings 1/2 come Sunday... and I think Scooter might hang onto the No.1 album :o hope Neil Diamond doesn't get there :puke:
May 12, 200817 yr Neil Diamond? :o BTW Last week you've had Scooter at number 3 and we were laughing on it. In the end they've ended up at number 1 so anything can happen :o
May 12, 200817 yr Author hmm...I think it will be a Rihanna-Ting Tings 1/2 come Sunday... and I think Scooter might hang onto the No.1 album :o hope Neil Diamond doesn't get there :puke: Personally (having seen Neil "live" a couple of times) I would say that I, prefer him as a studio recording man. The "live" concerts, do not quite do the same thing for me. I am trying to think when Neil, was at his best...and I think that (for me) was his 1979 recording of "Forever In Blue Jeans" (money talks, but it don`t sing and dance and it don`t walk etc)!
May 12, 200817 yr Author Neil Diamond? :o BTW Last week you've had Scooter at number 3 and we were laughing on it. In the end they've ended up at number 1 so anything can happen :o Don`t under estimate the team then Ben! ;) Tell you what, I think James definately did not think Scooter would hit even the top 3, last week...and of course it started the mids at no` 2, and took until Sunday to get to the top! Good Here, ain`t it! :lol:
May 12, 200817 yr I'd say your a bit out with The Ting Ting's and Rihanna they are blatantly going to be in the top2. Could The Ting Ting's give us the first one week No1 of 2008 with Rihanna released physically next week?!
May 12, 200817 yr Cardiff City Fans are not in the chart, that's good news :lol: It might well appear, we think Mart!n Trev says 41 today. Last week, James Fox moved in high didn`t he?! But as the pre-orders of the "Fans" were not quite so high, as the "Squad", The Fans won`t get so high as James and the Squad did, but on my own estimate I reckon it will get into the top 30, at least. :D
May 13, 200817 yr Personally (having seen Neil "live" a couple of times) I would say that I, prefer him as a studio recording man. The "live" concerts, do not quite do the same thing for me. I am trying to think when Neil, was at his best...and I think that (for me) was his 1979 recording of "Forever In Blue Jeans" (money talks, but it don`t sing and dance and it don`t walk etc)! actually think it would be agood thing for Neil Diamond to get there - that is if its supposed to be like Johnny Cash's American Recordings rather tha Sweet Caroline (this is the only song I know of his even tho my dad's got his albums)
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