The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 7th Aug 2009

Another Friday, the usual charts via top books, dvds, films, tv, albums, the Flashback, and back later for the singles.

The Top Books: Compiled from top paperbacks across the UK

01 04 HEART AND SOUL - MAEVE BINCHY

02 01 MY SISTER`S KEEPER - JODI PICOULT

03 07 MICHAEL JACKSON - J. RANDY TARABORRELLI

04 03 RUMOUR HAS IT - JILL MANSELL

05 02 DEAR FATTY - DAWN FRENCH

06 10 GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - STIEG LARSON/REG KEELAND

07 05 A MOST WANTED MAN - JOHN LE CARRE

08 NE SECRET LIFE OF EVIE HAMILTON - CATHERINE ALLIOTT

09 06 SAIL - JAMES PATTERSON

10 08 ROGUE - DANIELLE STEELE

The Top Film Dvds: Compiled by DTR

01 NE DUPLICITY

02 02 MARLEY AND ME

03 01 HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT

04 04 GRAN TORINO

05 03 YOUNG VICTORIA

The Top TV Related Dvds:

01 NE CSI MIAMI SEASON 6 VOL. 2

02 01 PRISON BREAK SERIES 4

03 NE STARGATE SG1-CHILDREN OF THE GODS

04 02 DR WHO: REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS

05 03 TORCHWOOD SERIES 3

The Top UK Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International

01 01 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE

02 NE THE PROPOSAL

03 02 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS

04 03 BRUNO

05 04 THE HANGOVER

06 05 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

07 06 PUBLIC ENEMIES

08 07 MY SISTER`S KEEPER

09 08 MOON

10 NE ANTICHRIST

The book of "My Sister`s Keeper" did rather better...and actually is a better read, than a watch.

The Top Games: Based on all platform sales in Britain

01 01 GUITAR HERO 3: LEGENDS OF ROCK

02 02 SIMS 3

03 04 wii SPORTS RESORT

04 03 EA SPORTS ACTIVE

05 05 POKEMON PLATINUM

06 06 UFC 2009

07 RE LEGO STAR WARS: COMPLETE SAGA

08 07 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE

09 08 FIFA 09

10 RE MY FITNESS COACH

Waiting for Modern Warfare 2 in November? Big pre-orders on that!

The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of multiple programmes are noted)

01 01 CORONATION STREET 9.66

02 RE NEW TRICKS 8.78

03 02 EASTENDERS 8.69

04 04 TOP GEAR 7.38

05 RE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 6.92

06 03 EMMERDALE 6.36

07 06 CASUALTY 5.75

08 NE THE STREET 5.65

09 14 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.43

10 RE HOLBY CITY 5.30

11 12 GUESSTIMATION 4.93

12 15 THE ROYAL 4.69

13 13 TOTAL WIPEOUT 4.68

14 RE TAGGART 4.49

15 NE ALL THE QUEEN`S HORSES 4.46

16 NE SEASIDE RESCUE 4.38

17 RE TRAFFIC COPS 4.24

18 RE WHAT`S REALLY IN OUR FOOD 4.22

19 22 BBC NEWS SAT 4.21

20 16 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.18

21 20 ONE SHOW 4.17

22 26 DOC MARTIN 4.15

23 NE LIVING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON 3.92

24 11 BBC NEWS SUN 3.88

25 NE ANONYMOUS 3.87

26 NE MONDAY MONDAY 3.81

27 19 WHO WANT`S TO BE A MILLIONAIRE 3.81

28 RE HOPE SPRINGS 3.71

29 NE COAST 3.68

30 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 3.60

Trying to find some entertainment there...where is it? :puke2:

The Top Combined Albums: Based on a sales rota, Thurs-Weds with adjusted figures for new entries (excludes all downloads)

01 01 NOW 73 - VARIOUS

02 02 ESSENTIAL - MJ

03 NE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN - A-HA

04 03 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

05 05 GATECRASHER TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

06 07 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI

07 04 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

08 15 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS

09 09 LA ROUX - LA ROUX

10 13 MASH UP MIX NEW 09 - VARIOUS

11 08 MOTOWN YEARS - MJ/J5

12 06 THRILLER - MJ

13 17 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN

14 NE A FRENCH KISS IN THE CHAOS - REVEREND AND THE MAKERS

15 11 WILD YOUNG HEARTS - NOISETTES

16 NE BIG TUNES: BACK TO THE 90s - VARIOUS

17 NE THE ESSENTIAL - ALISON KRAUSS

18 14 OFF THE WALL - MJ

19 20 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL

20 26 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

21 18 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - CASCADA

22 10 BATTLEFIELD - JORDIN SPARKS

23 16 CLUBLAND 15 - VARIOUS

24 22 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

25 RE BEST OF - CHICANE

26 19 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

27 28 BOATERS, BOWLERS, BOWTIES - KENNY BALL/MR ACKER BILK/CHRIS BARBER`S JAZZ BAND

28 24 REGGAE REGGAE - VARIOUS

29 27 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - GREEN DAY

30 21 MASSIVE R + B CLASSICS - VARIOUS

Time for the Flashback to...Aug 1984. Charts compiled by MRIB (Media Research Information Bureau)

The Top TV, back then:

01 CORONATION STREET 12.20

02 THAT`S LIFE 12.00 Esther joined by Chris Serle, Paul Heiney, and Cyril Fletcher

03 MORCAMBE AND WISE SHOW 9.50 one of the last, as Eric died in May 1984

04 CROSSROADS 9.20

05 WHAT`S MY LINE 9.1 the panel game of guess the occupation with Eamonn Andrews, and the panel that always had Barbara Kelly on it

06 WIMBLEDON (MENS FINAL) 8.90 John McEnroe beats Jimmy Conners

07 SORRELL AND SON 8.70 ITV Drama, where Son carries on Father`s business

08 DYNASTY 8.40 Blake Carrington and co

09 A CRY IN THE WILDERNESS 8.40 a father is bitten by a skunk and chains himself to a barn to protect the family against rabies in this drama

10 SOLO 8.30 Felicity Kendal`s sitcom, of a divorcee

11 SHINE ON HARVEY MOON 8.20 comedy/drama during the war and the Moon family, that also featured Linda Robson

12 BRASS 8.10 a very northern, pretty boring sitcom starring Timothy West

13 SIMON AND SIMON 8.10 Fridays ITV 7.30 U.S. Private detective brothers series

14 BOB MONKHOUSE SHOW 8.00 Bob back on the BBC for this chat show, where we first met Joan "Can We Talk" Rivers

15 WIMBLEDON (LADIES FINAL) 8.00 Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd

16 THE GENTLE TOUCH 7.80 More crime solving a la Juliet Bravo via ITV with Jill Gascoigne as Maggie Forbes

17 STARSKY AND HUTCH 7.80 a repeat for BBC1

18 WINNER TAKES ALL 7.50 Jimmy Tarbuck/Geoffrey Wheeler still asking the questions/betting on Fridays at 7pm

19 PULL THE OTHER ONE 7.50 Michael Elphick Husband/wife sitcom a la "Happy Ever After" set in Birmingham...where Gran comes to stay, but never leaves

20 THE BRIEF 7.40 ITV legal Drama

The Top Albums in Aug 1984:

01 01 LEGEND - BOB MARLEY

02 05 VICTORY - JACKSONS

03 02 PARADE - SPANDAU BALLET

04 18 PURPLE RAIN - PRINCE

05 07 CAN`T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE

06 03 BREAKING HEARTS - ELTON JOHN

07 12 PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER

08 08 HUMAN RACING - NIK KERSHAW

09 04 BREAKDANCE - OST/VA

10 10 AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL

11 11 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

12 09 BREAK OUT - POINTER SISTERS

13 48 LAST IN LINE - DIO

14 14 REWIND 1971-84 - ROLLING STONES

15 06 AMERICAN HEARTBEAT - VA

16 13 SHE`S SO UNUSUAL - CYNDI LAUPER

17 22 HUMAN`S LIB - HOWARD JONES

18 26 OCEAN RAIN - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

19 15 LAMENT - ULTRAVOX

20 19 INTO THE GAP - THOMPSON TWINS

Bob Marley supreme leader in 1984. The album most people own! On the Jackson front...there were 3 related albums in the top 30 here, for Michael had "Farewell My Summer Love" down from 20 to 27.

The Top Singles in Aug 1984:

01 01 TWO TRIBES - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 7th of 9 weeks at the top

02 02 HOLE IN MY SHOE - NEIL the young ones paying off for Nigel Planer, if it hadn`t been for Frankie...

03 05 WHEN DOVES CRY - PRINCE another from Purple Rain

04 03 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD up and down like a yo-yo, and still played on Independant Radio (much to the BBC`s annoyance)

05 07 WHAT`S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT - TINA TURNER taken from Private Dancer

06 04 TIME AFTER TIME - CYNDI LAUPER the 2nd hit for Cyndi...slowing it down since covering Dana!

07 13 EVERYBODYS LAUGHING - PHIL FEARON/GALAXY everyone forgets that Phil used to sing with the group Kandidate in 78/79

08 10 STATE OF SHOCK - JACKSONS/MICK JAGGER bit of a shock that Mick teamed up with them, it missed the Radio One top 10 by 4 places

09 06 LOVE RESURRECTION - ALISON MOYET paying off since the end of Yazoo

10 08 YOUNG AT HEART - BLUEBELLS the first time around peaked at #8

11 09 SISTER OF MERCY - THOMPSON TWINS another hit for the threesome, peaking at #11 on Radio One

12 12 WHITE LINES - GRANDMASTER AND MELLE MEL sticking in the chart for the whole of 1984

13 14 SEVEN SEAS - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN the one where we kiss the tortoise

14 29 DAY BEFORE YOU CAME - BLANCMANGE covering Abba, and no Marilyn French...instead Barbara Cartland!

15 16 LAMENT - ULTRAVOX from the album of the same name, it peaked at 22 on Radio One

16 11 BREAKIN...THERE`S NO STOPPIN` US - OLLIE AND JERRY break dancing all over the shop in 1984

17 22 DOWN ON THE STREET - SHAKATAK almost the end for them

18 40 YOU THINK YOU`RE A MAN - DIVINE the best looking chap around!

19 15 STUCK ON YOU - LIONEL RICHIE waiting for the Trevor Walters cover

20 23 SWEET SOMEBODY - SHANNON following up "Let The Music Play"

21 21 SMALLTOWN BOY - BRONSKI BEAT the first for Jimmy Somerville, a video I first saw on MTV via Rediffusion`s cable set in 1984, and Sky was Sky Channel

22 32 COME BACK - MIGHTY WAH slightly forgotten for a top ten hit

23 43 EYES WITHOUT A FACE - BILLY IDOL a bigger hit for Generation x`s ex

24 34 CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN - KANE GANG classy stuff, that deserved better

25 NE IT`S A HARD LIFE - QUEEN following up "I Want To Break Free"

26 18 I WON`T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - NIK KERSHAW finally a hit after missing out in 1983

27 20 JUMP FOR MY LOVE - POINTER SISTERS another follow up this time to "Automatic"...still in the top 50

28 35 MINE - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL strangely only peakin at #58 on Radio One

29 33 ON THE WINGS OF LOVE - JEFFREY OSBOURNE another re-issue from 1983, just missing the 84 top 10

30 17 LIFE ON YOUR OWN - HUMAN LEAGUE more classy stuff, a 1984 thing for the League...just like Louise, great stuff

31 19 TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK just missing the ten

32 24 FAREWELL MY SUMMER LOVE - MICHAEL JACKSON originally recorded in 1969, and from an unreleased 1974 album

33 42 TOSSING AND TURNING - WINDJAMMER some stations refused to play this, mis-reading it, and it missed the top 15

34 25 I WANNA BE LOVED - ELVIS COSTELLO slightly forgotten hit, it peaked at #19 here, but only #25 on Radio One

35 20 CHANGE OF HEART - CHANGE Luther Vandross`old band

36 NE SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK - ROD STEWART covering Robert Palmer...Why Rod?

37 27 ABSOLUTE - SCRITTI POLITTI another to miss the top 15

38 21 SAD SONGS - ELTON JOHN Elton`s best in years

39 38 BEAT IT - GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL/FURIOUS FIVE missing the Radio One top 40 by 2 places

40 26 WAITING IN VAIN - BOB MARLEY re-issue from 1977, couldn`t get the top 20

41 NE SELF CONTROL - LAURA BRANIGAN the late lady well missed

42 28 PERFECT SKIN - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS early hit for the band peaked at #22 here (26 on Radio One)

43 36 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO - WHAM another #1

44 39 ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE - SPANDAU BALLET a top 3 hit, but were they beginning to dry up?

45 45 AUTOMATIC - POINTER SISTERS still hanging around

46 NE SUNGLASSES - TRACEY ULLMAN making it big all over for Tracey apart from the awful Girls On Top tv series

47 50 A NEW DAY - KILLING JOKE a Radio One #56

48 41 SUSANNAH - ART COMPANY similar in style to Opus in 1985

49 46 I`M STEPPING OUT - JOHN LENNON well forgotten, it peaked at #88 on Radio One

50 NE IN THE COUNTRY - FARMERS BOYS scraping the top 40 here, but a Radio One #44, a Cliff Richard cover

Coming soon this week`s singles, but first the top pre-orders this week.

The top pre-order Singles:

01 KEEP YOUR HEAD UP - GIRLS CAN`T CATCH 3rd Aug

02 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 10th Aug

03 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 10th Aug

04 FUNHOUSE - PINK 3rd Aug

05 READY FOR THE WEEKEND - CALVIN HARRIS 10th Aug

06 NEVER LEAVE YOU - TINCHY/AMELLE 3rd Aug

07 TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL - PRODIGY 31st Aug

08 DON`T WANNA RUN NO MORE - VAGABOND 3rd Aug

09 WHEN YOU LEAVE - ALINA 3rd Aug

10 BEAUTIFUL - EMINEM 3rd Aug

The top pre-order Albums:

01 HUMBUG - ARTIC MONKEYS 24th Aug

02 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 14th Sept

03 READY FOR THE WEEKEND - CALVIN HARRIS 17th Aug

04 JEWELLERY QUARTER - TWANG 3rd Aug

05 COMPLETE ME - FRANKMUSIK 3rd Aug

06 20th ANNIVERSARY - STONE ROSES 10th Aug

07 BACKSPACER - PEARL JAM 21st Sept

08 CATCH 22 - TINCHY STRYDER 17th Aug

09 BLACK SWAN - ATHLETE 24th Aug

10 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 14th Sept

Unfortunately the remainder of the thread was lost during the server upgrade. The Singles Top 50 can be found on the back up site!