Rolling UK Pop/Chart/"Few people would dispute that Elbow have given us the album of the year" Thread 2009

To be fair to Lex, you can get a £30 return to Italy nowadays. It says a lot for the backwards thinking and, yeah I'll say it, RACISM of the British music-buying public that they weren't prepared to take a day off, throw down three beer tokens, jet off to buy a Kid Cudi single, and return back.

yeah lex stop blaming public when it's promoters and execs to blame. same stupid deal with 'do u mind' after all.

"country" on discogs refers to the nationality of the artist o_0

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-n-Nite-Kid-Cudi/dp/B001MIVU12/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1231807969&sr=1-1

January 12 2009

Discogs lists, as you'd presume being as it's fucking discogs, the vinyl release.

Did you buy it in November, Lex?

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

63% buy the item featured on this page:
Day 'n' Nite

15% buy
Just Dance (2)
£0.59

7% buy
Oracular Spectacular (41)
£6.98

7% buy
The Bang Gang Deejays 'D Is For Disco, E Is For Dancing'
£12.99

Music in 2009: it's awesome

"country" on discogs refers to the nationality of the artist o_0

― lex pretend

Not in my experience it doesn't.

e.g.

http://www.discogs.com/Alejandro-Vivanco-Madre-Tierra/release/1351258

http://www.discogs.com/Ice-Cube-You-Can-Do-It/release/342575

Straight outta Bromsgrove

I just want to know if the lex bought it in november

i was sent the mp3 in, like, may 08. at which point it was already ubiquitous in clubs. anyway i ain't blaming the public, it's just funny and sort of sweet when they catch on so late (like with benga & coki's 'night' like a year later lol), it's also funny and sort of sweet that mes haterz suddenly care about kid cudi release dates!

http://www.discogs.com/Ellen-Allien-Sool/release/1311694

^^only released in GER clearly

it's prob the nationality of the label or something, who really cares

And here's the first 1Xtra playlist of the year. Of particular note - Donaeo's "African Warrior/Devil in a Blue Dress" is on there. Much like it was last August. 1Xtra seems a weirdly depressing place to be, somehow - their schedule on Saturday night simultaneously broadcasts Trevor Nelson's Radio 1 show. Whatever for?

im not a hater.

There's a lot less out-there/underground UK crossover stuff on the 1Xtra playlist than there used to be. Annoying. Also, does "Crack A Bottle" really need to be on a fucking A-list anywhere in 2009?

I can't remember the last time i heard the radio that wasn't when i was in someones car.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/entertainment_enl_1232017849/img/1.jpg

Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton (left) has ruled out the possibility of another reunion while encouraging the public to ditch white bread as part of the Hovis Wholemeal Challenge. Meanwhile, former bandmate Victoria Beckham (right) features on a new campaign for Emporio Armani women's underwear.

And in playlist news - Radio 1 promotes Coldplay, Ida Maria and Danny Merriweather to the A-List. Somewhat confusingly, "Single Ladies" hadn't been on their playlist before, but they're gonna be a bit cautious and just put it on the B-List for now, see if it clicks with the public. It is joined by the new U2 single. Miley Cyrus, The King Blues, N-Dubz, The Prodigy and Rudenko are all added to the C, where they're joined by the entirety of last week's 1-Upfront list - Empire of the Sun, Gary Go and Innerpartysystem - as well as UMMGUMMT, who are valiantly reviving the art of indie bands re-releasing singles for fuck-all reason, in this case with "Time To Pretend" (this being compounded by the fact that "Kids" is the song of theirs that's currently inside the top 20. Hmm). Your all-new 1-Upfront bunch - Blame, Kyla & Crazy Cousins, and Little Boots.

Meanwhile, on Radio 2:

A LIST

JEM - It's Amazing
GIRLS ALOUD – The Loving Kind
DANIEL MERRIWEATHER - Change
*NEW* MORRISSEY - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
FLEET FOXES - Mykonos
PAUL CARRACK - I Don’t Want Your Love
JAMES TAYLOR - It's Growing
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - Working On A Dream
LILY ALLEN - The Fear
COLDPLAY - Life In Technicolor II

B LIST

THE FIREMAN - Dance Till We're High
ANASTACIA - Absolutely Positively
IMELDA MAY - Johnny Got A Boom Boom
BRYN CHRISTOPHER - Fearless
JAMES MORRISON - Broken Strings feat. Nelly Furtado
*NEW* TOM JONES - Give A Little Love
*NEW* ALESHA DIXON - Breathe Slow
*NEW* STONE WALTERS - Trouble
*NEW* THE KILLERS - Spaceman
*NEW* GARY GO - Wonderful
ENYA - My! My! Time Flies!

C LIST

GLENN TILBROOK AND THE FLUFFERS - Still
*NEW* WAYNE GIDDEN - I've Changed My Ways
HENRY PRIESTMAN - Grey Is The New Blonde
LISBEE STAINTON - Red

lol "fluffers"

that is the best photo of posh i've ever seen

and the 2nd best of emma

Somewhat confusingly, "Single Ladies" hadn't been on their playlist before, but they're gonna be a bit cautious and just put it on the B-List for now, see if it clicks with the public

you would think its current top 10 position would give them some indication of this

"Single Ladies" hadn't been on their playlist before

Unforgiveable. Fuck Radio 1.

And so Gaga was number one again and Kid Cudi was number two and everything else = zzzzzzzzzzzzzz... well, I mean, I suppose it's kind of noteworthy that The Saturdays are at number 4 and Girls Aloud are at number 10, or that "Heartless" is at 11, or that "Breathe Slow" climbs to 23, or that there are first-evah hits for White Lies and Tinchy Stryder, but it's just really not very interesting anymore, is it? Lady Gaga has her second-evah hit at number 30 with the ineffably tedious "Poker Face" and A Jordin Sparks Single Or Something is also new.

So come on the albums, let's get some life into - oh wait The Script are number one never mind then. Lady Gaga is at 3, Fleet Foxes 13 (fiver in HMV is probably a contributing factor, I guess), Roger Whittaker 17, Animal Collective 26.

and rabid Girls Aloud fans breathe a collective sigh of relief as "The Loving Kind" just barely manages to keep their top 10 singles run intact. It's their 20th but was apparently only 500 copies clear of Kanye.

Kevin Rudolf up to 5 - a number one in the making if the UK public has any sense. Great single.

Midweeks:

The Lady still holding off the Kid at the top & the top five completely unchanged; Tinchy up to 8, Kanye to 9, new FRanz F only makes it to 22.

In the albums the fucking awful White Lies are in at number one FFS OBTUSE BRITISH PUBLIC GIVE ME SOME DECENT NUMBER ONE ALBUMS TO WRITE ABOUT IN MY OLD AGE and the new Antony is in at 6.

Perhaps worth pointing out that the current number one album, i.e. The Script, is in the 2 for £10 at HMV.

Antony at 6 and Animal Collective at 26 in the same week Kaka turned down City = my faith in humanity is restored. Tinchy breaking the top 10 is great too.

The Grauniad says the charts matter again.

Question is: it's all very well saying that "single sales" were up last year, but what price "single sales" when at 79p per download the business is making zero money out of them?

How much money did anyone ever make off CD singles etc though? Taking into account pressing and distribution costs.

Probably very little. Generally they were designed as loss leader promos for albums.

Also the FT graph cited is misleading - I suspect one showing actual singles sales would have told a very different story.

Things pick up a little, but not to the extent that GaGa's not number one anymore or anything. Howeverrrrr - Stryder's climbed to number 3, which is sort of something; "Sober" gets to 9, and "Heartless" cracketh the top 10 at last at, er, 10. "Breathe Slow" clambers to 13. Yr highest new entry - Franz, with "Ulysses" debuting at a Maximo Park-tastic number 20. And that's with physicals factored in. Still, their being on Domino means they're probably not gonna have to worry about being dropped or anything, which is alright. Jay Sean is at number 23 and is sort of OK in an unremarkable manner, but there's a wee surprise lurking further down - yes, Bon Iver has now had as many top 40 hits as The Bravery, with "Blood Bank" entering at number 37.

White Lies heroically top the album chart for no reason at all, and they're not even in the 2 for £10 or anything. Triumph for real music, I guess. Mraz, Saturdays and UMMGUMMT make their first incursions into the album chart top 10 at 8 thru 10, with Seasick Steve re-entering at 17 off the back of his being featured on BBC 4 last Friday. Antony and The Johnsons are at 18 (DEAL WITH IT, TALVIN SINGH), and some other Seasick Steve album makes its chart debut at 37.

Maybe it's all their adverts on TV and on Spotify.

TOP FIVE ALBUMS
1. To Lose My Life - White Lies
2. The Script - Script
3. Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
4. The Fame - Lady GaGa
5. Songs For You Truths For Me - James Morrisson

Has there been a worse top 5 in the past year?

Incidentally, despite his singles chart superstardom, Bon Iver's album has yet to grace the UK top 40.

White Lies heroically top the album chart for no reason at all

The White Lies album is selling for under £7 at Sainsbury's.

Seasick Steve re-entering at 17 off the back of his being featured on BBC 4 last Friday

also the Brit nom probably

Also £7 at HMV.

Midweeks:

1 (up from 168!) Lily Allen
2 GaGa
3 Cudi
4 Tinchy
5 Jim Morrison & Nelly F
6 Alesha
7 Kevin Rudolf
8 Beyonce
9 Saturdays
10 Leon and the Kings
11 Tommy Reilly (que?)

In the albums, the Boss at 1, Franz at 2 and, erm, Rifles at 17.

Tommy Reilly was on Mobile Act Unsigned, the indie X-Factor on T4 Sunday mornings.

Rifles (que?)

Bog standard English pseudo-indie beloved of Dermot O'Dreary.

http://designermagazine.tripod.com/TheRiflesPIC1.jpg

That hat guy looks really annoying.

^^^ This is never not true.

Hmmm, I wonder which band they sound exactly like.

http://img.skysports.com/08/05/218x298/TheRifles_841585.jpg

Is it me or does the Lily Allen single sound like 'Calling America' period ELO, a sound I never thought would be revived?

I really like the sound of that song as long as I don't pay attention to the words.

After two whole weeks, Little Boots has vanished from the Radio 1 playlist. Oh. Instead, they look to be giving Ladyhawke another go. Also: first appearance for Chipmunk, and returns for PCD, Wombats, Friendly Fires, Kings of Leon, Red Light Company, Kelly Clarkson and Akon Ft. Kardinal Offishal Ft. Colby O'Donis. Also the fourth single off the Ting Tings album is on the B-List. Still, at least "Hwawt & Cwowld" has finally buggered off.

Wombats? Bit late for "Is this Christmas" init?

Gaga finally trumped by The Triumphant Return Of Lily Allen, garnering her second number one with "Bad Things Are Bad, I Suppose". Except for Alesha's second incursion into the top 10, at number six, nothing else to note up there...

So what else? Well, OrangeUnsignedAct (it might have spaces, but it doesn't feel as though it would) winner Tommy Reilly gets what may end up being the first of many hits for him at number 14. Having watched a couple of episodes of said programme, I can confidently say this might have turned out significantly worse. Then again, having watched a couple of episodes of said programme, I was fairly certain that it wouldn't actually have any impact on anything outside of its allotted running time, so for a top 20 hit to have come out of it... we shall see how developments unfold, eh? Another first-time hit sees Shontelle at 25, and then at 35 THE FRAY ARE BACK, and at 38 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS ARE BACK, and at 39 The Airborne Toxic Event are, um, a band, I guess.

Albums - BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCE is at number one, with Franz Ferdinand slotting in behind. Rifles (why?) at 27, and Naturally 7 - NO INSTRUMENTS, JUST VOICES, FUCK YOU "MOGWAI" - at 29. Ah, January, we barely knew ye...

Lillah has herself a merry little second week ahead of Gaga, with Tinchy Stryder up at number three. Right behind them - new entry! Eminem = Back! Lovely. Daniel Merriweather's shit-awful "Change" pings in at eight.

Below the ten - "T-Shirt" climbs to 13, "Gives You Hell" climbs to 20. Coldplay's "Life In Technicolor 2" takes a bow at 28. Airborne Toxic Event are up to 33, and N-Dubz get (I think) their third top 40 hit at number 40.

Bruce stays almighty in the albums. However, who's that roaring up to number 3? It's Fleet Foxes, that's who! They get advertised on telly now and everything! The View's Very Important Second Album debuts at 4. That also gets advertised on telly, but they're not allowed to call it "Which Bitch" on telly. Elbow are also on the climb, up to 6 from 17, and Alesha is knocking on the door of the top 10 for the first time in ages, up to number 12. One behind her is A Buddy Holly Compilation; two further down, Luciano Pavarotti's "Duets" album; four after that, The Love Songs Of UB40. Yes. Then at 23, The Cover Songs Of James Taylor. Uh-huh. And at 27, The Love Songs Of Luther Vandross. Officially eight places less good than The Love Songs Of UB40.

Incidentally, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand drops from 2 to 21 this week. Hmm.