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Many of the larger acts
have chosen to hold off this week as Noel
Gallagher and his boys return to the fray.
Sampling 'I Walk On Guilded Splinters' by Johnny
Jenkins this fars outstrips anything on the first
and last Oasis albums. While it never was
going to be another 'Wonderwall' or 'Don't Look
Back In Anger' this must be labelled as a return
to form by the band. The drums are powerful
and Liam's vocals remain the most distinctive
around. It all bodes well for the album 'Standing
On The Shoulder Of Giants' which is due on the 28th
February.
Before the bookmakers pack up and
go home the result of this weeks chart is by no
means sewn up. Europop stars Eifel 65 are
back with 'Move Your Body', the follow up to 'Blue(Da
Ba Dee)' which was one of the fastest selling
number ones of all time and only trailed to
Britney Spears in the chart stakes of 1999.
I don't think it quite has the clout to knock
Oasis out of the way, but number two should be
reserved as theirs.
Elsewhere former Stone Roses
frontman Ian Brown returns with the remixed 'Dolphins
Were Monkeys'. While you would question his
lyrical suggestion that 'dolphins were monkeys
who didn't like the land' you can't deny that
Brown has an eye for a killer groove and this is
no exception. The b-side (or CD track two as I
would guess it should now be called) is a cover
of 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson. It's
not going to pose any major threat to the king of
pop, but its well worth £3 of your money any day.
If dance music is your thing then
maybe Joey Negro's release 'Must Be The Music' is
for you. It's been on the dance stations
for some weeks, and a top twenty entry must be
secured, if not a top ten one.
What was important musically 24
years ago has passed somewhat now. While it
may be nice to look back on the Buzzcocks and
their contribution to punk, the release of 'Spiral
Scratch' has little real relevance in 1999.
Simply Red continue on cruise
control with the second single from 'Love And The
Russian Winter' entitled 'Your Eyes'. It
does grow on you, though there are better tracks
on the album. Keep an eye out for the video,
which is probably better than the song. Maybe
avoid the single, but do check out the album for
Mick Hucknall at his very best.
Finally we should mention the
Hepburn girls with their less commercial offering
'Deep Deep Down'. It's not quite the poppy
offerings previously seen from them, but thats a
plus and not a minus. John Peel favourites
Hefner try for top forty glory with 'Revelations'
while My Life Story continue their history of
underachievement with 'Walk Don't Walk'.
We should conclude by poking some
fun at a certain Sunday paper who felt that next
weeks five way battle for the top between Shania
Twain, Christina Aguilera, Aqua, Kelis and All
Saints could see the first ever all new entry top
five. The journalist concerned should hang
their head in shame and recall the day that Cher
'Believe' went in at the top, edging out four
other new entries below it including George
Michael with 'Outside'.
So there you have it - a fifth
number one for Oasis is surely on the cards...
JHME Music Correspondent
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