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Top 100 Best Albums of The 00’s – Part 4

Friday, November 27th, 2009

And finally here is the Top 25

1 – Radiohead Kid A
2 – Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
3 – Radiohead – In Rainbows
4 – Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
5 – Britney Spears – Blackout
6 – The Strokes – Is This It
7 – Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
8 – The White Stripes – Elephant
9 – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
10 – Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
11 – Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
12 – The Streets – Original Pirate Material
13 – Kanye West – The College Dropout
14 – Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
15 – Bonnie Prince Billy – The Letting Go
16 – Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
17 – Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
18 – M.I.A. – Kala
19 – Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
20 – The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
21 – LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
22 – Bruce Springsteen – Magic
23 – Lily Allen – Alright Still
24 – Burial – Untrue
25 – Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Top 100 Best Albums Of The 00’s – Part 3

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Here are numbers 26 – 50

26 – Joanna Newsom – Ys
27 – Dizzee Rascal – Maths & English
28 – Cat Power The Greatest
29 – Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor
30 – Mos Def – The Ecstatic
31 – The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
32 – Justin TImberlake – Justified
33 – Lambchop – Nixon
34 – P.J. Harvey – Songs From The City, Songs From The Sea
35 – Arcade Fire – Funeral
36 – The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
37 – Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
38 – Bob Dylan – Love & Theft
39 – Field Music – Field Music
40 – Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
41 – The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike
42 – Brian Wilson – Smile
43 – Broadcast – Tender Buttons
44 – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
45 – Jamie T – Panic Prevention
46 – David Bowie – Reality
47 – Gorillaz – Demon Days
48 – Beck – The Information
49 – The Libertines – Up The Bracket
50 – Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man – Out Of Season

Top 100 Best Albums Of The 00’s – Part 2

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Here are Numbers 51 – 75

51 – Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche a Bamako
52 – Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
53 – Paolo Conte – Elegia
54 – Ryan Adams – 29
55 – The Futureheads – The Futureheads
56 – Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
57 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
58 – Missy Elliott – Miss E … So Addictive
59 – Take That – Beautiful World
60 – Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
61 – Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott?
62 – Girls Aloud – Tangled Up
63 – Air – 10,000Hz Legend
64 – Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
65 – Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
66 – Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
67 – Jay Z – The Blueprint
68 – Bjork – Vespertine
69 – The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
70 – The Lilac Time – Looking For A Day In The Night
71 – Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
72 – Fever Ray – Fever Ray
73 – Circulus – A Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
74 – The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
75 – Al Green – Lay It Down

Top 100 Best Albums of The 00’s – Part 1

Friday, November 27th, 2009

On Saturday 21st November The Times newspaper printed what is considered to be the Top 100 Albums of this decade (so far) so if you are sitting comfortably I shall start by putting numbers 76 – 100 ending with the Top 25 best albums.

76 – Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
77 – The XX – The XX
78 – Paul McCartney – Chaos & Creation In The Backyard
79 – Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
80 – Justice – Cross
81 – The Horrors – Primary Colours
82 – Holy F*** – Holy F***
83 – Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
84 – Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
85 – James Yorkston & The Athletes – Just Beyond The River
86 – Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
87 – Gruff Rhys – Candylion
88 – Saint Etienne – Finisterre
89 – Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
90 – Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
91 – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
92 – Kings Of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
93 – Butcher Boy – React Or Die
94 – F*** Buttons – Tarot Sport
95 – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
96 – M Ward – The Transfiguration Of Vincent
97 – Lykke Li – Youth Novels
98 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
99 – Paul Simon – Surprise
100 – Neil Diamond – 12 Songs

Chart Legend Dies

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

It has been reported that Al Martino has died aged 82.

Al Martino was the 1st person at Number one on the very 1st UK Singles Chart with “Here In My Heart” which stayed at Number 1 for 9 weeks.  He is also famous for appearing in the 1972 film The Godfather, playing Johnny Fonatne, rumoured to be based around Frank Sinatra.

His UK chart career ended in 1973 with the re-release of “Spanish Eyes” reaching Number 5, however he continued to enter the US Adult Comtemporary chart until 1978 with the song “One Last Time”.

September’s Music Review

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

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The 2009 Mercury Music Prize

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Well last night the judges deliberated, talked and finally decided that the winner of this year’s Mercury Music Prize is …………………….Speeck Debelle with her album “Speech Therapy”.

She takes home the usual prize money of £20,000 and the hopefulness of scoring a chart entry this week with the album.

Other acts which were up for the prize included La Roux, Kasabian & Bat For Lashes.

She said afterwards that her win proved “if you believe in something and you think you can do it, you can. I feel so good, it feels better than I imagined.”

July’s Music Review

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Go check out July’s music and entertainment news

The Mercury Music Prize

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Earlier today, the 12 hopefuls nominated for this years Mercury Music Prize were announced. La Roux, Kasabian and BRIT Award winners Florence & The Machine feature in the shortlist.

The awards ceremony takes place on September 8th where the winner will be announced and will take home the £20,000 prize.

Here’s who made the nominations list:

Bat For Lashes: Two Suns
Friendly Fires: Friendly Fires
Florence and the Machine: Lungs
Glasvegas: Glasvegas
Lisa Hannigan: Sea Shew
The Horrors: Primary Colours
The Invisible: Invisible
Kasabian: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux: La Roux
Led Bib: Sensible Shoes
Speech Debelle: Speech Therapy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Twice Born Men

Michael Jackson R.I.P.

Monday, June 29th, 2009

On the 25th June the world stood still in shock over the death of the biggest music icons of recent time. Michael Jackson suffered a Cardiac Arrest and passed away in Los Angeles. His music, dance moves and videos will definitely stand the test of time and to prove this, he had no less that 26 songs back inside the Top 100 singles chart this week. Here is what song entered the chart and at what position:

Number 11 – Man In The Mirror
Number 23 – Thriller
Number 25 – Billie Jean
Number 28 – Smooth Criminal
Number 30 – Beat It
Number 38 – Earth Song
Number 44 – You Are Not Alone
Number 45 – Black Or White
Number 47 – The Way You Make Me Feel
Number 48 – Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
Number 50 – Dirty Diana
Number 55 – I Want You Back (credited as The Jackson 5)
Number 57 – Bad
Number 58 – Ben
Number 65 – ABC (credited as The Jackson 5)
Number 67 – They Don’t Care About Us
Number 71 – I’ll Be There (credited as The Jackson 5)
Number 72 – Wanna Be Starting Something
Number 75 – Blame It On The Boogie (credited as The Jacksons)
Number 78 – Heal The World
Number 85 – Off The Wall
Number 86 – Can You Feel It? (credited as The Jacksons)
Number 95 – She’s Out Of My Life
Number 96 – Ain’t No Sunshine
Number 97 – You Rock My World
Number 99 – One Day In Your Life

Also his albums sold in their thousands this week and here is where he entered the Album Top 100:

Number 1 – Number Ones
Number 7 – Thriller
Number 14 – King Of Pop
Number 17 -Off The Wall
Number 20 – The Essential
Number 45 – Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition
Number 59 – Bad

This information is supplied by The Official Charts Company