Posted May 16, 200916 yr Here come`s the preview for next week. With the usual info supplied courtesy of Peter Jay, & John McManus in their stores plus the download info from all major sites. The Album Preview: 01 NE RELAPSE - EMINEM 02 01 21st CENTURY BREAKDOWN - GREEN DAY 03 NE JOURNAL FOR PLAGUE LOVERS - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 04 03 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 05 02 R + B COLLECTION SUMMER 2009 - VARIOUS 06 04 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 07 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS CHILLED VOL. 2 91-09 - VARIOUS 08 06 NOW 72 - VARIOUS 09 07 DANCE NATION VOL. 1 - VARIOUS 10 09 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY 11 10 FUNHOUSE - PINK 12 NE LIBERTY OF NORTON FOLGATE - MADNESS 13 08 HANNAH MONTANA - OST 14 11 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE 15 13 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 16 34 VERY BEST OF - JIM REEVES 17 18 FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT 18 24 THE ALESHA SHOW - ALESHA DIXON 19 NE TOWNES - STEVE EARLE 20 NE FURTHER COMPLICATIONS - JARVIS COCKER 21 15 SKA MANIA - VARIOUS 22 NE SERENADE (DELUXE EDITION) - KATHERINE JENKINS 23 16 40 SING-A-LONG DRIVETIME CLASSICS - VARIOUS 24 NE ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN - TORI AMOS 25 12 QUICKEN THE HEART - MAXIMO PARK 26 04 TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE - BOB DYLAN 27 26 TIME TO SAY GOODBYE - VARIOUS 28 17 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON 29 14 BONKERS-THE ORIGINAL HARDCORE - VARIOUS 30 NE MY ONE AND ONLY THRILL - MELODY GARDOT Outside the 30, down for Enemy, Akon, Marmaduke Duke, Pussycat Dolls, Yusuf, Ashes To Ashes 2, Elbow, U2, Ciara, Annie Lennox...Up for Eurovision 09, Ladyhawke, N-Dubz, Jason Mraz, Paolo Nutini, Deadmau5, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Empire Of The Sun, Slumdog Millionaire OST, and Leona Lewis. Other new entries via They Sold A Million - Various, Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton - Live From Madison Square Garden, Katie Melua - Live At The O2 Arena, Lightning Seeds - Four Winds, Passion Pit - Manners, Sunn O))) - Monoliths + Dimensions, Crazy Cousins-This Is Funky - Various, and Busta Rymes - Back On My BS. The Singles Preview: 01 NE BONKERS - DIZZEE RASCAL/ARMAND VAN HELDON 02 01 BOOM BOOM POW - BLACK EYED PEAS 03 NE FAIRYTALE - ALEXANDER RYBAK 04 02 NUMBER ONE - TINCHY STRYDER/N-DUBZ 05 07 WE MADE YOU - EMINEM 06 04 IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX 07 03 NOT FAIR - LILY ALLEN 08 08 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA 09 05 TINY DANCER - IRONIK 10 NE RED - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER 11 06 I`M NOT ALONE - CALVIN HARRIS 12 09 LOVE SEX MAGIC - CIARA 13 12 THE CLIMB - MILEY CYRUS 14 10 JAI HO - A R RAHMAN/PUSSYCAT DOLLS 15 NE IT`S MY TIME - JADE EWEN 16 13 WARRIOR`S DANCE - PRODIGY 17 27 KISS ME THROUGH THE PHONE - SOULJA BOY 18 15 LET`S GET EXCITED - ALESHA DIXON 19 NE CANDY - PAOLO NUTINI 20 21 I REMEMBER - DEADMAU5 21 11 HALO - BEYONCE 22 14 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION 23 16 PLEASE DON`T LEAVE ME - PINK 24 18 RUBBER LOVER - MARMADUKE DUKE 25 20 HOEDOWN THROWDOWN - MILEY CYRUS 26 25 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 27 19 TAKIN` BACK MY LOVE - ENRIQUE 28 28 SUGAR - FLO RIDA 29 23 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT 30 55 KNOCK YOU DOWN - KERI HILSON, KANYE WEST, NE-YO 31 NE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - STARPILOTS 32 17 DON`T UPSET THE RHYTHM - NOISETTES 33 41 KNOW YOUR ENEMY - GREEN DAY 34 33 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 35 22 IF U SEEK AMY - BRITNEY SPEARS 36 31 BEAUTIFUL - AKON 37 NE IS IT TRUE - YOHANNA 38 29 SHE`S GOT ME DANCING - TOMMY SPARKS 39 37 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 40 26 RIGHT ROUND - FLO RIDA 41 NE BEAUTIFUL - EMINEM 42 57 WAKING UP IN VEGAS - KATY PERRY 43 53 STUCK WITH EACH OTHER - SHONTELLE/AKON 44 36 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU - KELLY CLARKSON 45 47 OMEN - PRODIGY 46 RE NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 47 40 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 48 30 RETURN THE FAVOUR - KERI HILSON 49 24 UNTOUCHABLE - GIRLS ALOUD 50 32 USE SOMEBODY - KOL Ouside the 50, down goes ASHER ROTH, KOL (Sex On Fire), JAMES MORRISON (Broken Strings), T.I, TAYLOR SWIFT still has a wet guitar, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, DEMI LOVATO, BEYONCE (Single Ladies), STEVE ANGELLO, BILL WITHERS, KELLY CLARKSON (I Do Not Hook Up). The top 70 brings LENKA (The Show), ALEX SWINGS OSCAR SINGS (Miss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). GARY GO...doesn`t! MARILYN MANSON also has problems. The KILLERS 7" has problems too, and so do BLACKOUT. Then there is KANYE WEST & KID CUDI oops! These Charts are based on sales from last Tues to this Mon, with today`s sales up to 3pm. New entries are based on pre-order info/today`s sales/downloads/physicals. Last week we got 9 in the top 10, 18 in the 20, and 27 in the 30 in the combined albums. In the singles we got 9 in the top 10, 18 in the 20, 27 in the 30, 36 in the 40, and 44 in the top 50. Back in 1982, Radio Luxembourg got this: (As presented by Tony Prince, on Tues 18th May 1982) 01 04 GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT 02 01 A LITTLE PEACE - NICOLE 03 03 ONLY YOU - YAZOO 04 12 HOUSE OF FUN - MADNESS 05 18 LOOK OF LOVE - ABC 06 07 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN 07 08 FORGET ME NOTS - PATRICE RUSHEN 08 10 FANTASY ISLAND - TIGHT FIT 09 13 MEANING OF LOVE - DEPECHE MODE 10 16 MAMA USED TO SAY - JUNIOR 11 11 I LOVE ROCK N`ROLL - JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 12 06 GIRL CRAZY - HOT CHOCOLATE 13 23 ISLAND OF LOST SOULS - BLONDIE 14 25 LOVE IS ALL IS ALL RIGHT - UB40 15 NE CLUB COUNTRY - ASSOCIATES 16 05 I WON`T LET YOU DOWN - PHD 17 17 CANTONESE BOY - JAPAN 18 NE PAPERLATE - GENESIS 19 02 WE HAVE A DREAM - SCOTTISH WORLD CUP SQUAD 20 09 EBONY AND IVORY - PAUL MCCARTNEY WITH STEVIE WONDER 21 14 SHIRLEY - SHAKIN`STEVENS 22 15 THIS TIME WE`LL GET IT RIGHT/FLY THE FLAG - ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 23 20 NUMBER OF THE BEAST - IRON MAIDEN 24 21 TELEPHONE ALWAYS RINGS - FUN BOY THREE 25 24 URGENT - FOREIGNER 26 NE I`VE NEVER BEEN TO ME - CHARLENE 27 29 VIEW FROM A BRIDGE - KIM WILDE 28 28 BABY IT`S TRUE - MARI WILSON 29 NE BRAVE NEW WORLD - TOYAH 30 NE PINKY BLUE - ALTERED IMAGES Luxembourg got 24 in the 30 in 1982. Airplay good for FOREIGNER, and MARI WILSON...although both records missed the Official top 40. ADAM ANT topped the chart weeks before any other chart. It has to be said though, on those weeks when MADNESS, and ADAM ANT were #1 & #2 respectively...they actually did not have many copies seperating them. These weeks in 1982, particularly memorable for me. Doing some work at the BBC at the time, I remember Simon Bates sitting in for Tommy Vance over the 30th May/6th June, when Simon probably did the best job he ever did by sitting in for Tommy! I always think Simon was better as a stand-in presenter rather than a permanent host. His enthusiasm seemed to die, when he did the programme during 78/79/84. This becoming more apparent just recently, when I helped a student do a project on the Radio One Chart Show. I needed to decipher the best hosts. So, I sat down over a 3 month period and listened back to continuous weeks of Radio One Top 20s/40s. Covering Alan Freeman, Tom Browne, Simon Bates, Tony Blackburn, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, Bruno Brookes, Mark Goodier, Wes Butters, JK and Joel, and Fearne and Reggie. I listened back to the presenters on 13 shows each, when they had got into the swing of actually doing the programme. Then awarded points for their presentation, whether they be dynamic in presenting/slick, and the number of mistakes they made. Here was my result: Tom Browne finished top of the list...slick presentation/hardly any chat/minimal mistakes Alan Freeman in 2nd...maybe a bit too dynamic, but very slick, though more mistakes than Tom Mark Goodier in 3rd...pretty slick at first/but not so much during his 2nd run/hardly any mistakes/although began to get boring Bruno Brookes in 4th...not my favourite personally but pretty slick/again hardly any mistakes Tony Blackburn in 5th...very slick/enthusiastic/unfortunately increasing mistakes Simon Bates in 6th...Very slick/but grating/minimum chat/got a lot of records in 2 hours/mistakes increasing more than Tony/probably best stand-in host Richard Skinner in 7th...Again not my favourite/seemed to laugh a lot/pretty slick/not that many mistakes Wes Butters in 8th...Top 40 a bit of a mess, but not Wes`fault/could be slick/too much chat, not many mistakes though JK and Joel in 9th...Still messy presentation, maybe not their fault again/no slickness/too much chat/mistakes not bad Tommy Vance in 10th...Mistakes a-plenty/What was he talking about generally?/Messing up jingles/some slickness/pretty good at the chart rundown, ahead of the #1. Fearne and Reggie in bottom place...What are they talking about/no research/far too much chat/kiddish Maybe some people might think, how can I put JK and Joel ahead of Tommy Vance?...but after listening to 13 continuous weeks of Tommy from January - April 1983, I wanted to scream! The final couple of years of Mark Goodier were so boring, they sent me to sleep...so I would say he lost the will over time. Possibly he did the show for too long. The mistakes of Tony Blackburn knocks him back, otherwise he was pretty good, especially during 1981. Richard Skinner could have done better, but everytime he did a rundown of 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1...he seem to not be able to control his laughter. This seemed to happen over the months of Sept-Dec 1985...What was going on in the background? Simon Bates seemed to lose enthusiasm around May 1979. He was ok, during January `79 (Radio 2 also took the final hour then)...then I don`t know what happened to him. In 1984, he made far too many mistakes, and a lot of shows were recorded! Bruno Brookes seemed to be very noisy, almost shouting at times...possibly better before the new chart was unveiled on Sundays in late 1987 (in the July - Sept period). JK and Joel...how could you tell which one was which? What can you say on Fearne and Reggie, to be nice to them? Fearne...nice legs shame about the show, Reggie...why do I need a co-presenter? After listening to 143 editions of the Radio One Chart (1967-2009), enthusiasm got the better of me...and I tackled Independant Radio`s Sunday chart. Difficult to define a "best" host there. They all talk over the music/intros of records etc. Egos rather big...After 65 shows (1984-2009), I settled that David Jensen was the best permanent host, followed by the new host "Richard Clark". Lucio was rather full of himself, and Neil Fox (took the show to disappointment, on the amount of airplay included). Simon Hurst...didn`t like his accent. 13 shows of that, made me wish for Tommy Vance! By far best stand-in was Alan Freeman (1985-88). Steve Penk did a good stand in, for Neil Fox (as he rather took the micky out of certain people i.e. Michael Jackson)! Now a glutton for punishment I further decided to tackle Radio Luxembourg`s weekly chart. A difficult one because there was far too many hosts...Teddy Johnson 1948/1955 (he popped up years later in the late 80s, as a stand-in host on Radio 2, and the mistakes/presentaion was abysmal), Pete Murray 1956/1957 (another later BBC Radio host on Saturday Night`s "Pete`s Party", Keith Fordyce 1957/1958 (later Ready Steady Go host/BBC Radio host), Alan Dell 1958/9 (previous Pick Of The Pops presenter 1956-58), Barry Alldis (1960/1966), Don Wardell (1966/1967), Paul Burnett 1967/74 (future Radio One host including the Tuesday Lunchtime brand new chart), Dave Christian 1974/1975, Peter Powell 1975/1976 (future Radio One presenter, including the chart reprise on Tuesday evenings), Bob Stewart, (1977/1982) Tony Prince (1982), Dave Eastwood (1983/1984), Benny Brown (1984/1985), Jonathon King 1985/6 (Jonathon also working for the BBC on Radio One`s "A King In New York", and appearing on TOTP covering the U.S. and European Charts), Tim Smith 1986/7 (Tim replaced Paul Burnett on BBC World Service`s Top 20 in 1989), Peter Anthony (1987), Shaun Tilley (1987-91), and finally Tony Adams (in 1992). That covered the 1948-92 years, when the original Radio Luxembourg closed. I jumped through these quite quickly...Peter Anthony, & Shaun Tilley were the best I thought. Shaun Tilley did it until, the closedown of Luxembourg`s Medium Wave frequency in 1991.
May 18, 200916 yr Thanks Dave. Amazing to see where Alexander, Jade and Yohanna are - do you think they have a shot at holding or climbing during the week? Thanks for the reviews of the top 40 presenters too, interesting stuff :) Bruno Brookes was my fave, but I don't remember Tom Browne and to be honese Alan Freeman was before my time :lol:
May 18, 200916 yr Author Thanks Dave. Amazing to see where Alexander, Jade and Yohanna are - do you think they have a shot at holding or climbing during the week? Will they hold on? Well, Alexander & Jade will stick it out, but Yohanna will be out by the end of the week I should think. Quite a long time since so many Eurovision entries went into the top 40. 1974 was the best year with Abba (Waterloo), Olivia Newton John (Long Live Love), Mouth & McNeal (I See A Star), and Gigliola Cinquetti (Go Before You Break My Heart)...Very strangely in 1988 "Go" (our entry for Scott Fitzgerald) lost out by 1 point...and the lyrics could have been nicked from the Gigliola entry from 1974. May have cost Scott the Contest...
May 18, 200916 yr Thanks for the reviews of the top 40 presenters too, interesting stuff :) Bruno Brookes was my fave, but I don't remember Tom Browne and to be honese Alan Freeman was before my time :lol: I thought the same! Unfortunately I can't tell who is better or worse because 1. I'm not british, so I started to listen to the show when already JK and Joel presented it 2. there are some presenters that were also before my time :lol: but to read your summary, Dave was very interesting!
May 18, 200916 yr Will they hold on? Well, Alexander & Jade will stick it out, but Yohanna will be out by the end of the week I should think. Quite a long time since so many Eurovision entries went into the top 40. 1974 was the best year with Abba (Waterloo), Olivia Newton John (Long Live Love), Mouth & McNeal (I See A Star), and Gigliola Cinquetti (Go Before You Break My Heart)...Very strangely in 1988 "Go" (our entry for Scott Fitzgerald) lost out by 1 point...and the lyrics could have been nicked from the Gigliola entry from 1974. May have cost Scott the Contest... Well 1974, was an amazing year quality wise, as was this year, albeit with a runaway winner. Maybe 2044 will be as good? :kink:
May 18, 200916 yr I hope 'Red' manages to beat 'Change''s peak! :( Or at least has a decent run! I think Red should definitely get at least #8 like Change did, but I'm hoping for a slightly better - or at least less catastrophically awful - chart run. Change started somewhat promisingly - 8-13- - then bombed 33-48-out.
May 18, 200916 yr Um, I've just noticed Jai Ho isn't in the singles at all - is that a mistake, or did it plummet? :unsure:
May 18, 200916 yr Author Um, I've just noticed Jai Ho isn't in the singles at all - is that a mistake, or did it plummet? :unsure: No, it`s in! I wondered why the computer was telling me, that Starpilots were not in the top 30! Unfortunately Jai Ho knocks Jade down a place. :teresa:
May 18, 200916 yr Are we likely to see any Kings Of Leon tracks back inside the top 40 :unsure: Excellent retro btw, one of my favourite years
May 18, 200916 yr Author Quickly add the top pre-order singles at the moment. 01 Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 25th May 02 Pixie Lott - Mama Do 8th June 03 Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up 1st June 04 Flo Rida - Sugar 25th May 05 Pet Shop Boys - Did You See Me Coming 1st June 06 Kasabian - Fire 1st June 07 La Roux - Bulletproof 15th June 08 Freemasons - Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer 22nd June 09 Little Boots - New In Town 25th May 10 Florence And The Machine - Rabbit Heart Raise It Up 22nd June 11 JLS - Beat Again 13th July 12 Placebo - For What It`s Worth 1st June 13 Demi Lovato - La La Land 1st June 14 Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober 15th June 15 Enter Shakiri - Juggernauts 1st June 16 Shinedown - Second Chance 22nd June 17 Voluntary Butler Scheme - Tabasco Sole 29th June 18 Patrizio Buanne - Make Love 22nd June 19 Kevin Rudolf - Welcome To The World 25th May 20 The Gossip - Heavy Cross 15th June JLS #1 on Sunday 19th July? 2 months to wait! We think Pixie Lott might do it on Sunday 14th June...maybe?
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