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I am kind of thinking it's going to be Taylor now purely because of her absurd level of multiformatting. I hope it's at least a good album. Idk how I feel about her having such a long lead up to the album with constant announcements of new formats etc. but not a single second of the actual music being released (afaia).

i dunno if i'll open flood gates saying this... but wasn't it always going to be #1?

 

Yes, you're right on this occasion x

 

~

 

The first 3 singles from this have all been decent enough - better on the whole than the singles from the last album bar 'Frail State Of Mind' - but I just can't bring myself to care about them really. I do love DJ Sabrina getting some mainstream exposure (sort of) but 'Happiness' is not her best work really, if anything that's probably my least favourite of those singles oops (but really I like them all roughly the same amount).

Stormzy up to a new peak of #10 on Spotify now. And we do indeed have triple 'Miss You' in the top 100 now, southstar original dropping a place to #34 but the sped up version rises again to #84.

 

Several of Lil Baby's album tracks are also rebounding today along with The 1975's. Notably 'Forever' (feat. Fridayy) has had a huge climb to #63 and is now his second highest song (only 6 places below its debut position, when it entered as only his 7th highest). 'California Breeze' is his highest at #42, 'Real Spill' rounding out his top 3 dropping a place to #72.

This does feel too soon for 'Breathe Slow' to be out, not that it's a huge favourite for me.

OutKast pretty easily! Pleasantly surprised it's looking close so far.

Was kind of hoping they'd just forget 'Love Me More' existed.

@1582049125448945664

 

Single digit approval rating

'Seventeen Going Under' remains a solidly 7.5/10 song at best for me but that seems like a fair enough position for it really, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was even higher than that.

 

Yay at Chris re-entering the top 50 also ~ Pretty consisten runs for both that and 'Be The One'.

Could have been top 5 if Meekul voted, sadge x

Votes are in, think I'd say my top 6 or 7 are my big highlights but there are 14 songs I'd have been happy to vote for.

'I Love Your Smile' will never not make me think of that naff Pixie Lott cover :lol:

 

Still nothing here that was that close to getting points from me but I quite like 'Now That We Found Love' too.

We love to see Dave going platinum (+ silver for 'Lesley' too, one of the best songs on his debut). 'ZITTI E BUONI' certified too *.*

The Cabin Crew/Sunset Strippers debacle is a bit before my time as far as paying attention to music, I remember hearing at least one of the two on the radio a fair bit at the time but I couldn't tell you which one :kink:

Hallelu

 

Haddaway to win. Looking like a close one xx

Stormzy back to his peak on Spotify again already, looks like it should still be a decent hit for him then if not quite on the level of 'Vossi Bop' or 'Own It'. 'Bad Habit' back up to its peak once again as well, currently tough to see it cracking the top 3 but it keeps proving to outlast some of the songs that held it at #4 before!

 

Wow a huge jump for the sped up version of southstar there, could have 3 versions of the song in the top 100 tomorrow then. Very interesting that this is doing so well as usually these sped up/slowed versions don't really make much impact even when they are the versions that actually went viral. Great to see southstar also finally top 100 on Apple.

 

Just heard that Beach Weather track yesterday and I am quite a fan, gives me a little bit of a Glass Animals vibe. Hope that can go top 40!

'Lord It's A Feeling' > 'Give In To Me' tbh (but I do like it as well although didn't come particularly close to my votes).

 

A little surprised 'Roll With It' is so low but as a few said already it is good but not really a huge highlight among their discog.

NO WAY I AM NOT AN HUGE TOP 20 HI

THIS IS AN LIE

 

Oops I flopped

 

I'm really into this particular niche of TikTok hits - feels like another one very in line with the likes of THE ANXIETY, Joji and Steve Lacy :heart: (I suppose JVKE fits that as well, up with the male artists whose names are just normal forenames spelt slightly incorrectly :P)

Daniel Avery has been dropping basically nothing but bangers all year and 'Higher' is definitely my favourite of his 2022 output to date (/his entire discography) so an excellent choice of #1 :wub: Super excited for his album.

 

I love all of your top 8 here - Sung was really robbed, that was your best entry for a while :/ but still grateful for the discovery of course. Love the Beach Boys vibes on the Panda Bear/Sonic Boom track, it really is a time capsule! Julien Bracht fast becoming a new fave electronic act for me (after discovering him via a remix by the aforementioned Daniel Avery) with the song here being my fave I've heard from him to date <3 and 'There'd Better Be A Mirrorball' is a gorgeous comeback from the Arctics, working better for me than anything off their last era.

 

Some good stuff in the lower half here too, particularly the belated appearance for Mitski, easily by favourite song from her. The George FitzGerald song is fab too but there were a few others from that album I liked more, the trio of 'Setting Sun', 'Cosmonaut Alley' and 'Retina Flash' midway through in particular is just gorgeous as I mentioned in the thread for the album.

 

I really need to get on Gabe Gurnsey with all of this hype coming from various people who I trust to have good taste x

Billboard appear to have quietly changed their rules to be more liberal in allowing older songs that have gone viral to debut in #51-100 / Bubbling Under, hence the chart appearances for Lil Baby's 'Freestyle', Ghost's 'Mary On A Cross' and Steve Lacy's 'Dark Red' in recent weeks as well. I think it's a sensible rule change for once, most of these songs weren't particularly popular on their original release so it makes little sense to arbitrarily deny them a chart position until they make the top 50.

 

Boo at Lil Baby's album not coming one week earlier to stop Glass Animals beating The Weeknd's record :P

Thanks to all for another week with good turnout, glad this has continued to be a success!

 

Not so many established classics this week but still a lot of great stuff, 'Hergest Ridge (Part One)' easily my discovery of the week and I expected no less from Mike Oldfield :wub: Also really enjoyed the little folk trio near the start from Neil Young, Paul Simon and Lindisfarne, the Rick Wakeman song was a great discovery too + I did already know and love 'Angie' but didn't actually know it was by The Rolling Stones so hooray education!

Tracklist for week 3:

 

105 Neil Reid - Neil Reid // Neil Reid - You're The Cream In My Coffee

106 Neil Young - Harvest // Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

107 Paul Simon - Paul Simon // Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard

108 Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne // Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner

109 Deep Purple - Machine Head // Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

110 T. Rex - Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows // T. Rex - Stacey Grove

111 T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // T. Rex - Beltane Walk

112 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. // The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

113 20 Dynamic Hits // Argent - Hold Your Head Up

114 20 Fantastic Hits // The Osmonds - One Bad Apple

115 Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment // Rod Stewart - I'd Rather Go Blind

116 20 All Time Greats Of The 50's // Johnnie Ray - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

117 25 Rockin' & Rollin' Greats // Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula

118 Slade - Slayed? // Slade - Move Over

119 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front // Gilbert O'Sullivan - Who Was It?

120 Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player // Elton John - Crocodile Rock

121 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies // Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy

122 20 Flash Back Greats Of The Sixties // The Coasters - Yakety Yak

123 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy // Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er

124 Faces - Ooh La La // Faces - Ooh La La

125 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane // David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul

126 Pure Gold // The Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows

127 That'll Be The Day OST // The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love

128 Peters & Lee - We Can Make It // Peters & Lee - All Change Places

129 Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod // Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind

130 The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup // The Rolling Stones - Angie

131 Slade - Sladest // Slade - Look Wot You Dun

132 Status Quo - Hello! // Status Quo - Caroline

133 David Bowie - Pinups // David Bowie - Sorrow

134 Roxy Music - Stranded // Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl

135 David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes // David Cassidy - Daydream

136 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road // Elton John - Bennie And The Jets

137 Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans // Yes - The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)

138 Perry Como - And I Love You So // Perry Como - And I Love You So

139 Carpenters - The Singles: 1969-1973 // Carpenters - Top Of The World

140 Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue // Slade - Everyday

141 Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth // Rick Wakeman - The Journey

142 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs // David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

143 Elton John - Caribou // Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

144 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run // Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run

145 Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge // Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (Part One)

 

Other songs played:

 

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (Live) (opening song, second song from The Concert For Bangladesh)

T. Rex - Hot Rod Mama (from the other half of the T. Rex double pack #1)

The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia (played by mistake but we'll pretend it's a very early bonus track for when the album returned to #1 on reissue)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence (from #2 album Greatest Hits)

Focus - Hocus Pocus (from #2 album Moving Waves)

Pink Floyd - Us And Them (from #2 album The Dark Side Of The Moon)

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (from #2 album 1967-1970)

John Williams - Hagrid The Professor (RIP Robbie Coltrane)

Good CHRIST these vocals :puke2: pity as the production itself is rather good, although sounds absolutely nothing like Robin Schulz. Just an odd creation all round.

 

Almost as if it, very famously, isn't Robin Schulz :kink:

 

Good to see southstar clarifying that he didn't actually sell the song to Robin, I really don't know how he's allowed to get away with this.

Sharing a link that Phil posted in the mod forum regarding the history of Comic Sans because I really don't think this is exactly very widely known (I've certainly never come across it after many, many years of Comic Sans being a very frequent target of 'haha font bad' jokes on the Internet):

 

https://jamescalmus.medium.com/why-comic-sa...ng-db98d954bec4

 

Apologies if I caused any offence, no harm was meant.