A new number one single takes over while Kasabian still top a veterans-packed albums chart.

 

Having entered at number seven last week despite the song not being released until late in the week, it was almost inevitable that David Guetta and Kelly Rowland would take the top spot this week with When Love Takes Over. And indeed that is exactly what has happened. Last week’s top three all move down one place.

 

The highest new entry of the week comes from Take That at number nine with Said It All. To quote the song I have nothing to say at all, nothing to say that matters. They have made some great pop songs since their comeback but this isn’t one of them. It’s not bad, just not particularly good either.

 

Lady GaGa also enters the top ten with Paparazzi rising to number eight. Leaving the top ten are Soulja Boy (let’s hope he never returns) and Kasabian.

 

We haven’t heard much from Sophie Ellis-Bextor for a while and I’m very grateful for that. But she’s back this week alongside Freemasons with Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) at number 15. It’s by no means the worst song in the chart (after all, Soulja Boy probably has that title to himself for a few more weeks) but it’s far from the best too.

 

This week’s Duffy / Amy / Lily wannabe goes by the name of Paloma Faith. Her first attempt at fame was an appearance in the critically-panned St Trinian’s film. Perhaps, like Billie Piper in reverse, she’s a better singer than she is an actress and Stone Cold Sober gives her a new entry at 17. It’s certainly better than Pink’s Sober. Strangely though it’s the b-side, I Just Wait, which has been used in an alcohol awareness advert. It should also be said that the thought of Amy Winehouse or Lily Allen ever recording a song warning of the dangers of alcohol doesn’t seem very likely.

 

In a large gap between successive new entries two songs make healthy climbs. The Saturdays work their way up to number 31 and Lenka shows up at number 22.

 

With his new album out tomorrow Jack Peňate enters at number 35 with Be The One, the follow-up to April’s Tonight’s Today. It’s another good song and with a rather more comprehensible title this time.

 

The Yeah You’s (sic) sign up for their 15 Minutes of fame at number 36. Mike Kintish, the Manc of the duo, was originally hoping to be novelist and a playwright. Maybe that will still happen. After all, the likes of Louise Wiener have published novels. However, if he hopes to be a novelist, he ought to learn how to use an apostrophe.

 

Last week Gossip just missed out on the top 40, rising to number 42. Unfortunately they make amends this week by climbing a further two places. If you haven’t liked Gossip’s previous output, Heavy Cross is unlikely to make you change your mind about them.

 

Totally predictably, Lady GaGa’s Poker Face becomes the 108th record to clock up 23 weeks in the top 40 while Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours becomes the 90th song to reach 24 weeks. However, with Jason Mraz at number 39 this week, 24 weeks may be as far as he gets.

 

It’s a bad week for the Cyrus family (but a good one for music fans) as both Miley and Metro Station leave the top 40. Also departing are Ironik and friends, Kasabian (with the album track Underdog), Pink and, inevitably, Airi L.

 

Kasabian and Paolo Nutini stay at number two this week and Bruce Springsteen climbs to number three with what can safely be assumed to form a large part of his set at Glastonbury on Saturday. Whatever songs he performs, his appearance is bound to be one of the highlights of the festival.

 

George Harrison, at nember four, heads a procession of new entries from veteran artists as the Fathers’ Day effect takes hold of the albums chart. Rather surprisingly, this is the first collection from the former Beatle and Travelling Wilbury and comes a full 7 ½ years after his death. Daniel Merriweather falls one place to complete the top five.

 

The Jonas Brothers released their third album, A Little Bit Longer, just three months after their second album finally made the charts. If only it had gone the way of their debut which failed to chart at all. They’ve waited a little bit longer to release their latest abomination but not nearly long enough and it is a new entry at number nine.

 

Meat Loaf’s Hits Out Of Hell leaps a full 18 places up to number ten. The thought of Meat Loaf leaping very far isn’t one I want to entertain for very long. Kings of Leon re-enter the top ten climbing from 16 to number six. Making way and heading out of the top ten are Eminem and Lily Allen with modest falls. Little Boots crashes from number five to number 40 while Plaebo drop out of the top forty from last week’s number eight.

 

Enter Shikari have a new entry at number 16 with Common Dreads while The Proclaimers have the only new entry with a new studio album at number 30 with Notes and Rhymes.

 

In the absence of any new material there’s a new Blur collection ahead of the reformed band’s much anticipated live appearances this summer. As there has been only one studio album since the last collection in 2000, it is perhaps not surprising that it has not performed particularly well although it may get a boost from their performance at Glastonbury next weekend. Whether it gets enough of a boost to take it higher than this week’s position of number 20 remains to be seen.

 

One of Damon Albarn’s big influences has been Ray Davies of The Kinks, an influence which was at its most obvious on the Parklife album. On Channel 4’s much missed music programme The White Room they performed Waterloo Sunset together before Davies seemingly surprised Albarn by going into an impromptu version of Parklife. It therefore became a case of two of this country’s greatest songwriters playing homage to each other. Ray Davies has reworked some of his vast catalogue of songs and recorded them with the Crouch End Festival Chorus. The Chorus have appeared on many previous albums but this is the first time they have received a credit. As well as Waterloo Sunset the album also includes Victoria but nothing called Charing Cross or Marylebone. It enters at number 28.

 

You need to be getting on a bit to remember The Seekers in their heyday although they only declared the carnival to be over in 2006. Their latest Greatest Hits collection fell one place short of the top 40 last week but it enters this week at number 34. Plenty of dads will thus be enjoying a nostalgia-fest today listening to some good tunes from the Australian band.

 

The latest version of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds is supposedly meant to mark the 30th anniversary of the original. However, as that was released in 1978, they are a year late which suggests that a time machine may have gone wrong somewhere. To mark the fact that the original book was set in Woking where H G Wells was living at the time (and not anywhere in America), the local council erected a sculpture of a Martian. Anyway, despite being a year late (even Virgin Trains aren’t that bad), this latest edition (which includes a couple extras tracks) makes number 23 this week.

 

All other major chart movements can pretty much be put down to Fathers’ Day. There are new entries with compilations from Cat Stevens (back again), Black Sabbath and Michael Buble (do fathers really listen to this blandfest?) and a big climb for Mike Oldfield.

 

The Jonas Brothers released their third album, A Little Bit Longer, just three months after their second album finally made the charts. If only it had gone the way of their debut which failed to chart at all. They’ve waited a little bit longer to release their latest abomination but not nearly long enough and it is a new entry at number nine.

 

I don't get it. The debut of self titled entered at #9 back last year, 'A Little Bit Longer' their 2nd #19 (end of 2008) and this latest one 'Lines, Vines & Trying Times' at #9 too. :)

Edited June 21, 200916 yr by Jamieed

I don't get it. The debut of self titled entered at #9 back last year, 'A Little Bit Longer' their 2nd #19 (end of 2008) and this latest one 'Lines, Vines & Trying Times' at #9 too. :)

It looks like the UK release date was a long time after the US date. I should have relied on the first information I found rather than looking for more :lol: I still think they're rubbish though :lol: