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And maybe 7 others?

Did you get the box thing that’s over £100?

It’s beautiful 😍 But I’ve accepted I can’t have it as it’s sold out everywhere isn’t it?

Also heeelllpopp I definitely want a physical copy of this but can’t decide on which to get. Being tempted by the HMV black glitter one at the moment, but also maybe baby blue from her store

I don’t know which one it is yet but the one that keeps mentioning the playboy bunny has been in my head all day Edit: I’ve left the comment as I now find it funny but yeah that’ll be Playboy Bunny then

Oh no, I don’t love it either 😢 It’s the chorus in particular that feels really flat and lifeless

And in the UK at least, the follow up after that managed to sell more again!

Just listened to it on the train to work and I really like this! It’s quite arty and I love that. My immediate faves were No one Lasts Forever and If You Take Away the Music…

I don’t feel like we say this quite enough but dircadirca really is quite wonderful <3

That's me sold! ~downloads~

The truly harsh thing there is that Robyn hasn’t done enough to warrant being struck out 😭

Will Smith wasn’t on my radar for this either! It makes sense now he’s been revealed but I think it would have taken me quite a while to guess him

At first I thought this would be tough, and then I remembered…

Loving seeing the appreciation for School a couple of pages back… definitely one of the highest highs on the album, the production is everything on it and it never fails to make me move <3

Ah okay - I follow that more now, thanks.

Totally! Did you? I genuinely can’t find it, sorry if I’m being dumb here! Anyway, it doesn’t matter much. I think I was just in the same boat as Gezza in his post, I can’t follow the logic on this one - sorry!

To be fair, I do think you’re introducing counter arguments at tangents here. I think all T Boy is saying is that Janet sold a lot and is a deserved candidate for an act that should have had a number one single and that he’d class her as a huge artist.

It’s arrived! I haven’t played it yet as I’m weirdly nervous about finally owning a copy, but I’m happy enough with the condition of it at least <3 You can see on the left where it’s faded a bit from being on a shelf but I’d rather that than creases or rips etc

Finally! 😍😍😍

Presumably a Christian & Gospel chart has a rule where the song is removed after the 13th week charting on the Friday before being resurrected on the Sunday

I think the main reason I was surprised in this instance was that they were pretty popular on here back in 2010 in particular and that’s where I picked them up from… but that may just have not coincided with when you were around as much. But I get your point more generally though, it becomes more of a struggle each year for me as well. The sheer volume of options these days make it really tough as it feels like wading through endless amounts of songs I’m indifferent to just to find the odd few I really love.

As well as Colm not talking about it, you’ve just made me realise that I haven’t even listened to it yet 😮

^^ (following on from the point in Supercell’s post) That’s probably true but I don’t think ACR is the reason either way that we’re seeing songs spend ages in the chart. It’s the listening habits of the public and the methods available most conveniently to them. I don’t really think there’s any point in trying to recreate the charts as they once were as that’s just not how things are now. Music used to be a relatively affordable luxury and so the charts solely reflected those that could afford to buy things and those that were passionate enough about something to spend money on it. Arguably the current charts are more reflective than they ever were, it’s just that we’re unable to distinguish between deliberate and passive listening - and I’m not sure whether we should even be trying to do that tbh.

Wow I’m really surprised you don’t know of them Colm! They definitely have some great tracks in their back catalogue if you do decide to delve further

@Bror is it still easy for you to copy and paste a list from your all seeing all knowing stat-tastic sheet? If so, could I ask for mine now I’ve finally got 23rd? If it’s not easy then don’t worry!