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Well, not sure the #1 will be getting reshuffled - 152 out of a possible 160 :o

I noticed that too - hope they keep up the standard. A bit annoying that Channel 4 have lost it / didn't recommission as I don't have Netflix and don't intend too.

Ha ha, excellent. Will it be on Spotify?

Fair enough I suppose, I'm really not a fan of their sound at that time. At the moment I'd say Music Complete is good enough to stand up with the 20th century New Order stuff but nothing else is.

I wasn't a massive fan of 'Ain't no Use' at the time as I thought it was a disappointing departure from Space Face but I really do quite like it now. A welcome change from rubbish europop at the top of the dance chart! Think a few people were surprised to learn that Doves were Sub Sub in an earlier guise, but it makes sense when you examine the Doves records as waveforms (not that I suggest anyone do this - I was making a long mix using their song 'Pounding' once on the computer!) and realise that they are perfectly quantised (beat-mapped) and ready to mix into dance records.

Not too difficult really :D +40 Donna Summer - I Feel Love +39 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) +38 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy +37 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK +36 Undertones - Teenage Kicks +35 Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us +34 David Bowie - Starman +33 X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo +32 Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi +31 Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know +30 Blondie - Union City Blue +29 Staple Singers - I'll Take You There +28 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair +27 The Clash - Clash City Rockers +26 Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War +25 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone +24 David Bowie - Heroes +23 Stevie Wonder - Superstition +22 B-52s - Rock Lobster +21 Undertones - Here Comes The Summer +20 The Jam - In The City +19 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain +18 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You +17 Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher +16 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone +15 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper +14 Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack +13 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame +12 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground +11 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music +10 Commodores - Machine Gun +09 Wings - Live And Let Die +08 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +07 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun +06 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye +05 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) +04 Lene Lovich - Say When +03 Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan +02 Natalie Cole - This Will Be +01 Boston - More Than A Feeling 000 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End

Two and a half listens in and I really like it. Restless is the weakest song on the record. Can't agree with you on Get Ready I'm afraid, it's the worst New Order record for me. Siren's Call next worst.

I think Q described it as their best album since Technique. Mind you, that's not saying a great deal. Definitely enjoying it - Plastic, Tutti Frutti and People on the High Line all sound like the band having a great time. I think I'd have bunged Restless somewhere in the middle of the album rather than at the start, Singularity makes much more sense as an opener.

Nope, I'm still none the wiser and I spent a while thinking about it! Sybil - cheesy and best ignored but, yeah, inoffensive is fair enough. No, I don't think I've heard No Limit in 20 years either except maybe in the odd parody version that no longer hits the mark.

Out today - already on my Spotify playlist for this morning.......

A bit flaccid really - oh well.

Can't work out what that would be - will sit tight and wait :)

I suspect there might be challenges from the Vengaboys, Outhere Brothers and, way way off, Eiffel 65. Hmm...what did the Europeans ever do for us?

Yes, it pretty much sums up what is wrong with the system. As I said, it's 100% idealistic and could never work.

+30 Magazine - Shot By Both Sides +29 The Slits - Typical Girls/I Heard It Through The Grapevine +28 Toots and The Maytals - Monkey Man +27 Simple Minds - Life In A Day +26 Kraftwerk - Neon Lights +25 Rezillos - Destination Venus +24 Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind +23 Skids - The Saints Are Coming +22 X-Ray Spex - Highly Inflammable +21 Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) +20 Wire - Outdoor Miner +19 T-Rex - Laser Love +18 Doors - Hello I Love You +17 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Pickney Gal +16 Skids - Sweet Suburbia +15 T-Rex - Zip Gun Boogie +14 The Undertones - Get Over You +13 Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll High School +12 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Jerusalem +11 Sparks - Tryouts For The Human Race +10 The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today +09 Motorhead - Louie Louie +08 T-Rex - The Soul Of My Suit +07 Patti Smith Group - Frederick +06 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Mittageisen (Metal Postcard) +05 AC/DC - Highway To Hell +04 KC & The Sunshine Band - It's The Same Old Song +03 Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling +02 Kate Bush - Hammer Horror +01 Squeeze - Goodbye Girl

Difficult again...but the ones at the top are definitely in the right places +50 Donna Summer - I Feel Love +49 T.Rex - Hot Love +48 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough +47 Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born +46 Gary Numan - Cars +45 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody +44 T.Rex - Get It On +43 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime +42 Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie +41 Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? +40 Dave & Ansil Collins - Double Barrel +39 Slade - Cos I Luv You +38 Sweet - Blockbuster +37 Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour +36 Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You +35 Althia & Donna - Up Town Top Ranking +34 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick +33 Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father +32 David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star +31 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water +30 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize +29 The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star +28 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting +27 Peters & Lee - Welcome Home +26 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun +25 Blondie - Heart Of Glass +24 David Bowie - Space Oddity +23 Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes +22 Blondie - Sunday Girl +21 Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star +20 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile +19 The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me +18 T.Rex - Metal Guru +17 The Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level +16 Demis Roussos - The Roussos Phenomenon (EP) +15 Mud - Tiger Feet +14 The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) +13 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) +12 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown +11 Rod Stewart - Maggie May +10 Status Quo - Down Down +09 Dawn - Knock Three Times +08 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell +07 Abba - Take A Chance On Me +06 The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again +05 Abba - Dancing Queen +04 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord +03 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights +02 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody +01 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Aha, I think I know who that is...no limit to my knowledge.

Looking at the other rates, it's fair to say that I'm alone in most of my choices!

Got to be the hardest ever rate this one. Had to strip down from around 50 to 30 and would have given full marks to several. +30 Mike Oldfield - In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback +29 Van McCoy - The Shuffle +28 Blackfoot Sue - Standing In The Road +27 Sweet - Little Willy +26 Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say? +25 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) +24 Jilted John - Jilted John +23 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again +22 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive +21 Black Sabbath - Paranoid +20 Isaac Hayes - Theme From 'Shaft' +19 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits +18 Kenny - Fancy Pants +17 Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) +16 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy +15 John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man +14 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain +13 Goodies - The Funky Gibbon/Sick Man Blues +12 Wombles - The Wombling Song +11 T-Rex - The Groover +10 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday +09 Emotions - Best Of My Love +08 KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) +07 Status Quo - Whatever You Want +06 Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene (Part 4) +05 Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby +04 Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good +03 Free - My Brother Jake +02 Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone +01 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend

Very surprised that Out of Space was not a dance chart number one! Bring on 1993 - gently.

Just missed out on mine by a place!

Some excellent choices there, Severin. Think Magazine would be my pick overall!

T-Rex - Zip Gun Boogie The Rezillos - Destination Venus The Ramones - Rock and Roll High School Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind X-Ray Spex - Highly Inflammable The Skids - Sweet Suburbia The Skids - The Saints are Coming Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Pickney Gal Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Jerusalem The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today

I'd love to see an end to the notion of political parties. This would, in turn, bring an end to voters simply putting an X next to a party in elections without having found out what the candidate themselves stand for. Instead, five or six local candidates would stand to be elected represent the constituency (which I what they're supposed to be doing). A Prime Minister would then be elected by separate Presidential-style ballot by all voters across the nation and they would select a cabinet in the current style by interviewing applicants and selecting the best person for the job from the returned MPs. It's practically unworkable though - too many people are too lazy to even read individual candidate leaflets or turn up to local debates - and that would be a requirement. Also, politicians are sneaky by nature and choosing the cabinet under this method would still result in the PM picking their cronies rather than the best person. I think it would be the ultimate example of democracy though. No matter how idealistic it is!

Must be nearing 20 years together. Jesus!