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Gaslight have a pretty loyal fanbase but I expect it will be very front end loaded so will drop over the course of the week - hope I'm wrong though. Edit: meant to reply to the other post not my own d'oh

great to see Brian Fallon's album in the top 10 - hope it can stay there - it's a fabulous album

I love Gaslight - all of their previous 3 albums are great - although the last 2 are a step up on the first one. Handwritten is, in my view, a step up again on anything they have done. i really hope they crack through into the big league with this album because they are the best rock band around at the moment. another great track off the album

I'm a huge fan of Gaslight - personally think they are one of the best bands around and I'd love to see them get the success they deserve with Handwritten (which is fantastic). The album is holding up on itunes which may be a sign that they can hold on for the week - I don't expect it to be number 2 but a top 10 album would be incredible for them - and may encourage them to come over and do more dates!!

I have avoided the leaks and even not watched Jimmy Fallon until I got my hands on the album. It arrived this morning (got to love Play.com) and it is fantastic - best thing he's done for 10 years

No I don'k think so. I've had it on repeat all day and I'm loving it. Of course it's not his best but when you best is Thunder Road you can fall a long long way and still kick the shit out of most of today's artists. It's already stirring up political controversy in the US and from what I hear the rest of the album is even more political / angry. Not a huge fan of WOAD but for me this looks like it's back to the sort of standard of Magic and The Rising - so I'm one very happy Bruce fan. Roll on March 5th and then June!!!

do you have a date for the springsteen album - i'd heard 5th march on twitter?

top 100 and 3 pages of comments and no-one has mentioned Nils Lofgren - how you can have a top 100 without even mentioning him I just don't get

there is no single version released, just the Alias remixes (which are surprisingly good considering I generally hate dance music) so presumably the chart position is a combination of people downloading the song from the album plus the remixes. I'm surprised it is charting though - if indeed it is also most people seem to be downloading it from amazon as it is easier to find there

I'll be very interested to see how this does tbh - I'm definitely in the "donate direct" camp and XF has taken such a slating this year perhaps it isn't the nailed on certainty million seller it once was

I don't think there's any doubt he will make more albums - it's all he is interested in doing and he has a big enough following to allow that to happen. The only real question is whether he will stay with a major label or go independent. The signs are good that he'll be able to stay with Columbia but tbh there are advantages in taking another route so I'm not too concerned either way.

that's not bad at all - just needs to keep racking the sales up to xmas and over the tour and he'll do fine

I wonder why Westlife have gone with a song written by a major competitor? Very odd - I know why Matt did - he was told to and had no choice by don't get Westlife at all.

isn't it? :o but I'm glad I asked cos it's been driving me mad for weeks try to work out the maths and just when I think I've got it, it doesn't work - but that explains it if it's not actual maths :dance:

will Young? thanks