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The Mountain is my favourite album of the year so far too.

Brilliant to see Berghain on the playlist at last, Radio 1 just need to be a bit braver in their choices more often. Gorillaz is also great news, a surprise return after all this time but I suppose making the best album of the year helps!

Debut album out today and it’s excellent! The Los Angeles-based synth-pop duo have an 80s sound but very eclectic with definite Gaga and Chappell influences, I can also hear some Madonna and Last Dinner Party in there. They’ve previously written for Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue, and wrote and co-produced for Britney Spears and Calvin Harris. With regency clothing and stage theatrics they are great fun! This is my favourite song from the album so far.

Yes Magnetic Fields finally getting their props, Olivia’s version is great though. Got my CD too, to go with the original ‘Help’ I bought in the 90s. I remember that ‘Lucky’ was on it, the first track Radiohead ever made available from OK Computer, 2 years before they released the full album. What a coup that was! Hope something on this new one will become as famous.

London alt-pop group The Itch release their debut LP 10th April. On It’s The Hope That Kills You, there’s dance music mixed with electroclash, indie-rock and europop influences . Some Talking Heads, some LCD Soundsystem but also unique sounding. Well worth a listen.

Sorry, I realised I should have posted this earlier (better late than never I suppose) but here’s an Apple playlist for any other Spotify non believers out there! https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/buzzjacks-ultimate-uk-number-8-single-the-final/pl.u-PDb4N46sEp9E7

Oh Dan I just saw my life flash before me, I’ll be 100 in the 2060s…….. if I live that long! 😩 Fantastic work though, thanks!

Yes it is! It’s a cover version of a Magnetic Fields song from their brilliant album ‘69 Love Songs’, which is exactly ‘what it says on the tin’, 69 songs about love with loads of different genres. One of my all time favourite albums!

Finally got round to listening to the new Gorillaz album and it’s excellent, a real return to form. Will be a deserved number one if it gets there this week

+50 McAlmont & Butler - Yes +49 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For +48 The Smiths – This Charming Man +47 Radiohead – Karma Police +46 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up +45 Oasis - Live Forever +44 Shocking Blue – Venus +43 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell +42 The Beatles – Yesterday +41 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You +40 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message +39 Muse – Time Is Running Out +38 Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +37 Black – Wonderful Life +36 The Beloved – Sweet Harmony +35 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia +34 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay +33 Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine +32 Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town +31 Depeche Mode – Just Can't Get Enough +30 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal +29 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing +28 Robyn – Dancing On My Own +27 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black +26 Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again +25 Visage - Fade To Grey +24 Bananarama – Cruel Summer +23 Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends +22 Eagles – Hotel California +21 Len - Steal My Sunshine +20 Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi +19 Sister Sledge – We Are Family +18 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody +17 Mary J Blige - Family Affair +16 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On +15 Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' +14 Bananarama – Venus +13 Pet Shop Boys – Rent +12 Pink - Try +11 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +10 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) +9 Nero – Guilt +8 Blink 182 - I Miss You +7 Linkin Park – In the End +6 Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi +5 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love +4 Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone +3 Lady Gaga – Judas +2 The Veronicas – Untouched +1 Evanescence – Going Under Great list, I like all of them really. ‘Yes’ is fabulous though, like the best Suede song crossed with the best Spector song added to one of the greatest vocals ever. Still gives me goosebumps even after loving it for 30 years! Wonderfully uplifting.

This is excellent work, thank you!

…..Is my ranking exactly!

Yeah it was a fantastic performance! How to make the biggest sounding song seem even bigger!

I was trying to get an estimate for what streaming numbers (assuming a possible Brits boost) Man I Need would need (pun intended) to get for a reset and resume it’s ‘rightful’ place at #1. Am I right in saying a 25% increase across the week? So, just taking Spotify, approx 3.9m last week would mean approx 4.9m this week being an average 700,000 per day? Is that roughly right or am I completely out? Is that likely/possible given nearly half the week has already gone?

18 of my choices from both semifinals, I’m happy with that!