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..... (strokes chin) http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProduct...&sku=659407

Muse and Lostprophets are 'hard rock'? :wacko:

Number 26 on iTunes and, I believe, number 48 on the official midweek chart on downloads alone. Pretty good. Physical release 28/5/07.

FA seems to be getting a lot of airplay already. It's got definite number 1 potential (just as long as they don't release it when 2 corporate divas decide to release a duet or summat).

Interview with O'Malley. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/2...on_2nd_try.html

No idea, tbh. They could be for yet another EP, or they may be shelved until the new album. Or they could be shelved for ever. I read a review by some Yank the other day stating that in their (current) 75 min show they more or less exhausted all their songs. It's a total nonsense, of course, I reckon AM have approx 50 songs they could play at any one time.

I actually think there will be 3 chart-eligible singles relaesed from this album, which should help, then of course headlining Glastonbury won't exactly harm album sales. But the great thing about AM is you never can predict what they will do next. Turner has already got a few songs ready for recording, so who knows what will come of them?

Down to 41 on Hits Daily Double. Not entirely unexpected, tbh.

Absolutely stunning live accoustic versions of the 'mythical' Bakery Song, Only Ones Who Know (perfect stripped down version) and FA. Bit of an interview as well. Recommended. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/w...arctic_monkeys/

Sorry, forgot to say Digital Chart :lol: Fantastic all the same. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/char...+Digital+Albums

Got Xmas single written all over it. Not that they would ever be so crass as to release a Xmas single...would they? :lol: PS 505 would probably be the 'break out' track for them IMHO. It's like nothing they have done before and would attract a whole new army of fans. IMHO.

I think he was 17 when they recorded that and it's just plain weird hearing him sing in that pseudo-American accent, isn't it? It can be found on www.arctic-monkeys.com , btw.

Strange thing for them to come out with, though, isn't it? It may well be true but it makes The Kooks just sound a bit immature, really, don't you think? I enjoyed their songs at first but bloody 'ell, that singer's voice has really started to grate on me now. I have some sympathy for the people who criticise Turner's voice because he hasn't got what you would call a 'proper' singing voice at all. Thing I love about Turner's 'singing' style is the fact that he isn't trying to sing by putting on a silly voice like the Kooks bloke does (Borell's another one of those who's voice sounds so 'fake'). I think this is the reason why Turner invariably sounds spot on live - he's not trying to be someone he's not.

A bit of trivia: Reverend (Jon McClure) co-wrote Old Yellow Bricks on Arctic Monkeys' new album (his brother, Chris, was the bladdered bloke on the front cover of the debut album)

Almost. Substitute When the Sun Goes Down for Mardy Bum. :D

Someone on the official forum was at the recording. 505, FA and Do Me A Favour IIRC? 11.35pm BBC2!

Proper recording here: http://www.myspace.com/reverendmusic

Number 4 in Canada.

I don't see any Indie-label bands/artists in this post, apart from Arctic Monkeys. You have to remember, this band are working for a label that until recently were administered from the proprietor's flat and had approx 15 employees. They are an INDIE BAND on an INDIE LABEL. ALL the bands/artists you mention were on MAJOR LABELS and, I suspect, way further than 18 months into their careers when these 'amazing' things happened to them. You say don't fall for the hype but a lot of your post is misleading in that it is not comparing like with like. Different times, different circumstances blah blah blah.

It's a top song from a top band but they haven't had the necessary exposure to attain the chart position they deserve - yet.

Teenage pregnancy/unprotected sex. Balaclava in this context is NOT the thing one wears on one's face (I almost said head :P )

CHART DATE: 04/30/2007 LAST UPDATE: 05/01/2007 14:20:39 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change 1 1 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 116,149 -60% BEST DAMN THING -- 2 JOE JIVE/ZLG 98,664 -- AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE ME 3 3 NOW 24 EMI 53,572 -24% VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 4 NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 52,164 -72% YEAR ZERO 6 5 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 48,162 -9% DAUGHTRY 8 6 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 44,872 -13% KONVICTED -- 7 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 44,738 -- FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE 9 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 43,860 -3% SOME HEARTS 7 9 TIM MCGRAW CURB 37,237 -29% LET IT GO 5 10 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 35,860 -36% WAKING UP LAUGHING 15 11 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 34,474 +3% BACK TO BLACK 12 12 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 32,852 -16% THE DUTCHESS 11 13 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 32,745 -17% THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 10 14 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 30,498 -24% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 13 15 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 29,328 -18% B'DAY 31 16 JOSS STONE VIRGIN 28,629 +45% INTRODUCING JOSS STONE 19 17 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 26,403 -9% FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 21 18 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 25,803 -5% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 16 19 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 25,373 -21% A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 18 20 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 25,263 -14% THE SWEET ESCAPE -- 21 NEIL SEDAKA RAZOR & TIE 25,240 -- DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 22 22 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 25,091 +5% TAYLOR SWIFT 26 23 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 23,635 +11% ME AND MY GANG 4 24 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 23,322 -62% BUCKY COVINGTON 24 25 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 22,361 -1% CORINNE BAILEY RAE 17 26 HILARY DUFF HOLLYWOOD 21,396 -28% DIGNITY 33 27 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 20,814 +7% SOUNDTRACK 30 28 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 20,561 -1% LOOSE 27 29 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,626 -8% EXTREME BEHAVIOR -- 30 DONNY OSMOND DECCA 19,209 -- LOVE SONGS OF THE '70S 32 31 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 18,885 -5% STREET LOVE 23 32 YOUNG BUCK INTERSCOPE 18,777 -21% BUCK THE WORLD 20 33 PAUL WALL ATLANTIC/ATL G 17,915 -36% GET MONEY, STAY TRUE 38 34 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/BNLG 17,616 +3% NOT TOO LATE 29 35 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 17,020 -19% LUVANMUSIQ 25 36 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 16,841 -24% INFINITY ON HIGH 40 37 MIMS CAPITOL 15,767 -7% MUSIC IS MY SAVIOR 34 38 MODEST MOUSE EPIC 14,589 -20% WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP... 35 39 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 14,001 -23% MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 28 40 BRIGHT EYES SADDLE CREEK 13,635 -35% CASSADAGA 36 41 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 13,540 -25% ENJOY THE RIDE 39 42 CHEVELLE EPIC 13,122 -23% VENA SERA 48 43 RICH BOY INTERSCOPE 13,122 -6% RICH BOY 37 44 JACKSON, STRAIT, BUFFETT MCA NASHVILLE 12,857 -27% LIVE AT TEXAS STADIUM -- 45 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 12,763 -- PHOBIA 46 46 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 12,526 -14% GREATEST HITS 14 47 CLAY WALKER CURB 11,653 -67% FALL 45 48 ELTON JOHN ISLAND/IDJMG 11,640 -23% ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES 50 49 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 11,212 -2% A BEAUTIFUL LIE 44 50 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 10,758 -31% I'M NOT DEAD

CHART DATE: 04/30/2007 LAST UPDATE: 05/01/2007 08:56:17 NOW IN: 65.69% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 74,308 BEST DAMN THING -- 2 JOE JIVE/ZLG 60,789 AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE ME 3 3 NOW 24 EMI 42,246 VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 4 TIM MCGRAW CURB 26,884 LET IT GO 8 5 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 26,313 KONVICTED 9 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 23,048 SOME HEARTS 6 7 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 22,426 DAUGHTRY 5 8 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 22,347 WAKING UP LAUGHING 12 9 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 20,372 THE DUTCHESS 22 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 19,403 TAYLOR SWIFT 2 11 NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 18,534 YEAR ZERO 16 12 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 18,339 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 4 13 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 18,107 BUCKY COVINGTON 11 14 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 17,729 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 13 15 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 17,679 B'DAY 26 16 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 17,220 ME AND MY GANG 21 17 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 16,856 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS -- 18 DONNY OSMOND DECCA 15,729 LOVE SONGS OF THE '70S 18 19 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 15,109 THE SWEET ESCAPE 24 20 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 12,112 CORINNE BAILEY RAE 35 21 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 11,429 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 31 22 JOSS STONE VIRGIN 11,296 INTRODUCING JOSS STONE -- 23 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 11,206 FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE 30 24 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 10,831 LOOSE 15 25 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,693 BACK TO BLACK 32 26 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 10,010 STREET LOVE 33 27 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 9,858 SOUNDTRACK 37 28 JACKSON, STRAIT, BUFFETT MCA NASHVILLE 9,831 LIVE AT TEXAS STADIUM 17 29 HILARY DUFF HOLLYWOOD 9,787 DIGNITY 14 30 CLAY WALKER CURB 9,403 FALL 27 31 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,298 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 36 32 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 8,893 ENJOY THE RIDE 19 33 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 8,817 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 46 34 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 8,796 GREATEST HITS 10 35 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 8,378 TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 40 36 MIMS CAPITOL 8,328 MUSIC IS MY SAVIOR 42 37 DISNEYMANIA 5 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 8,155 VARIOUS ARTISTS 29 38 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 7,572 LUVANMUSIQ 44 39 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 7,440 I'M NOT DEAD 25 40 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 7,207 INFINITY ON HIGH -- 41 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 6,861 AWAKE 38 42 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/BNLG 6,604 NOT TOO LATE 47 43 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS VIRGIN 6,486 DON'T YOU FAKE IT 45 44 ELTON JOHN ISLAND/IDJMG 6,460 ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES -- 45 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 6,207 YOUR MAN -- 46 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,201 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY... 50 47 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 5,632 A BEAUTIFUL LIE -- 48 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 5,514 THE EVOLUTION -- 49 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA 5,251 CONTINUUM -- 50 ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY RECORDS 5,240 ELLIOTT YAMIN

LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 53,015 BEST DAMN THING -- 2 JOE JIVE/ZLG 37,640 AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE ME 3 3 NOW 24 EMI 30,726 VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 4 TIM MCGRAW CURB 19,358 LET IT GO 8 5 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 19,277 KONVICTED 9 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 17,827 SOME HEARTS 6 7 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 17,180 DAUGHTRY 12 8 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 16,616 THE DUTCHESS 5 9 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 16,260 WAKING UP LAUGHING 16 10 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 15,747 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 22 11 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 13,655 TAYLOR SWIFT -- 12 DONNY OSMOND DECCA 13,468 LOVE SONGS OF THE '70S 26 13 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 13,420 ME AND MY GANG 2 14 NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 13,257 YEAR ZERO 4 15 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 13,115 BUCKY COVINGTON 18 16 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 12,807 THE SWEET ESCAPE 13 17 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 12,571 B'DAY 11 18 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 12,414 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 21 19 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 12,107 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 24 20 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 10,425 CORINNE BAILEY RAE 15 21 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,427 BACK TO BLACK 30 22 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 9,083 LOOSE 31 23 JOSS STONE VIRGIN 8,988 INTRODUCING JOSS STONE 37 24 JACKSON, STRAIT, BUFFETT MCA NASHVILLE 8,197 LIVE AT TEXAS STADIUM 33 25 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 8,084 SOUNDTRACK 35 26 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 8,025 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 42 27 DISNEYMANIA 5 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 7,973 VARIOUS ARTISTS 17 28 HILARY DUFF HOLLYWOOD 7,936 DIGNITY 32 29 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 7,692 STREET LOVE -- 30 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 7,304 FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE 14 31 CLAY WALKER CURB 7,103 FALL 19 32 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 6,936 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 27 33 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 6,817 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 36 34 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,661 ENJOY THE RIDE 46 35 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 6,618 GREATEST HITS 10 36 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 6,564 TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 40 37 MIMS CAPITOL 6,542 MUSIC IS MY SAVIOR 44 38 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 5,991 I'M NOT DEAD 38 39 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/BNLG 5,945 NOT TOO LATE 25 40 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 5,660 INFINITY ON HIGH 47 41 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS VIRGIN 5,640 DON'T YOU FAKE IT 45 42 ELTON JOHN ISLAND/IDJMG 5,625 ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES -- 43 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 5,380 AWAKE -- 44 CELTIC WOMAN MANHATTAN/BNLG 5,195 A NEW JOURNEY 50 45 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 4,940 A BEAUTIFUL LIE -- 46 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,681 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY... 41 47 JENNIFER LOPEZ EPIC 4,483 COMO AMA UNA MUJER -- 48 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA 4,372 CONTINUUM 29 49 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 4,343 LUVANMUSIQ -- 50 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 4,258 YOUR MAN

It's a radip rip NOT a rip of the single! It's on listen again on Jo Whiley if anyone wants to listen to it. Coming from someone who actually bought TEN copies of the album, I would never encourage pilthering of their songs.