Dandy Chart - 7th May 2006

[dandyhighwayman]

01 - 08 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins "You Are What You Love" *1 week at #1*
02 - 01 Islands "Rough Gem" (01)
03 - 04 Mew "The Zookeeper's Boy"
04 - 06 Pipettes "Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me" (03)
05 - 16 Tiga "(Far From) Home"
06 - 18 The Captain "Broke"
07 - 12 Pet Shop Boys "I'm With Stupid"
08 - 10 The Cardigans "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"
09 - 03 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (01)
10 - 02 Belle & Sebastian "The Blues Are Still Blue" (02)

11 - 20 The Director "Reconnect"
12 - 17 Sigur Ros "Hoppipolla" (01)
13 - 05 Guillemots "We're Here" (04)
14 - NE Lorraine "I Feel It"
15 - 07 The Flaming Lips "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (07)
16 - 11 Snow Patrol "You're All I Have" (11)
17 - 27 Primal Scream "Country Girl"
18 - 13 The Organ "Brother" (03)
19 - 14 Nelly Furtado "Maneater" (14)
20 - 09 David Gray "Alibi" (01)

21 - NE Matt Costa "Cold December"
22 - 24 Jim Noir "My Patch"
23 - 15 Massive Attack "Live With Me" (01)
24 - NE Mocky "Fighting Away The Tears"
25 - NE The Raconteurs "Steady As She Goes"
26 - 19 A-Ha "Cosy Prisons" (15)
27 - 23 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion" (04)
28 - NE Joseph Arthur "Can't Exist"
29 - NE Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Band "Honey Child What Can I Do?"
30 - 22 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (22)

31 - 28 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul" (01)
32 - NE Architecture In Helsinki "Wishbone"
33 - 21 David Ford “I Don’t Care What You Call Me” (08)
34 - 38 Grandaddy "Elevate Yourself"
35 - NE Metric "Poster Of A Girl"
36 - 35 Placebo "Song To Say Goodbye" (35)
37 - 30 Cut Copy "Going Nowhere" (02)
38 - 50 Nina Simone vs Groovefinder "Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
39 - 33 Laura Veirs "Secret Someones" (31)
40 - NE Graham Coxon "You & I"

41 - NE The Upper Room "Black & White"
42 - NE Delays "Hideaway"
43 - NE Corinne Bailey Rae "Trouble Sleeping"
44 - 26 Stereolab "Eye Of The Volcano" (06)
45 - 36 Delays "Valentine" (02)
46 - 29 Goldfrapp "Fly Me Away" (26)
47 - 32 Infernal "From Paris To Berlin" (32)
48 - 31 Wigwam "Wigwam" (13)
49 - 25 Gorillaz "Kids With Guns / El Manana" (09)
50 - 34 The Boy Least Likely To "Be Gentle With Me" (04)



Losing:

37 Editors "All Sparks" (09)
39 Madonna "Sorry" (02)
40 Smoosh "LA Pump" (14)
41 Death Cab For Cutie "Crooked Teeth" (19)
42 Jim Noir "Key Of C" (12)
43 The Zutons "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love" (26)
44 Jose Gonzalez "Heartbeats" (01)
45 Protocol "Where's The Pleasure" (01)
46 Stereolab "Whisper Pitch" (32)
47 The Modern "Industry" (10)
48 White Rose Movement "Girls In The Back" (17)
49 Richard Hawley "Just Like The Rain" (17)



Commentary & info:

Big changes this week as the two songs that have been hogging the top 2 spots of late both drop to the final places within the top 10. At the top, Islands are cast away (RA HA) after just one week as Jenny Lewis and those Watson Twins leap to #1 this week. Pipettes move back up the chart to #4 just behind the lovely Mew track (think classic Cocteau Twins) while Tiga leaps up to complete the top 5.

New entry wise, Lorraine get the highest as "I Feel It" bursts in at #14 and there are also debut hits on my chart this week for Matt Costa, Mocky, The Raconteurs, Joseph Arthur, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Band, Architecture In Helsinki and finally Metric! Plus a further four new entries towards the foot of the chart from acts with previous chart form:

Graham Coxon ("You & I" #40)
"Freakin' Out" (#14)
"Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery" (#10)
"Spectacular" (#25)
"Freakin' Out" re-release (#17)
"Standing On My Own Again" (#26)

The Upper Room ("Black & White" #41)
"All Over This Town" (#07)

The Delays ("Hideaway" #42)
"Long Time Coming" (#20)
"Nearer Than Heaven" (#05)
"Lost In A Melody" (#19)
"Valentine" (#02)

Corinne Bailey Rae ("Trouble Sleeping" #43)
"Put Your Records On" (#06)



...and finally, the #1s of 2006 so far!

01/01/06 Editors "Munich"
08/01/06 Editors "Munich"
15/01/06 Jose Gonzalez "Heartbeats"
22/01/06 Jose Gonzalez "Heartbeats"
29/01/06 Protocol "Where's The Pleasure?"
05/02/06 Protocol "Where's The Pleasure?"
12/02/06 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul"
19/02/06 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul"
26/02/06 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul"
05/03/06 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul"
12/03/06 Stellastarr* "Sweet Troubled Soul"
19/03/06 Massive Attack "Live With Me"
26/03/06 David Gray "Alibi"
02/04/06 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
09/04/06 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
16/04/06 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
23/04/06 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
30/04/06 Islands "Rough Gem"
07/05/06 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins "You Are What You Love"

[Doctor Blind]

Great chart, haven't heard your number 1 but it's great to see both Captain and PSB breaking into the Top 10.

New entries at fourteen for Lorraine, at thirty five for Metric, fourty for Graham Coxon, fourty-one for The Upper Room, fourty-two for Delays and at fourty-three for Corinne Bailey Rae are my favourite new-entries this week from what I've heard.

"Poster Of A Girl" also entered my personal chart at nr.36 this week and should make a big climb next week!

[Paul]

Someone else that likes the Cardigans song

[Laurence]

The Lorraine song is aeons old!

And it's not very good either...

[Admin]

I only really know tiga from your top 5, saw jenny lewis on jools, wasn't impressed and heard the mew track once...Tiga is GREAT though.

[dandyhighwayman]

paulm said:

Someone else that likes the Cardigans song

YES! It's been so unfairly overlooked when it's one of the best things they've ever done - did you like the last one too Paul?

[dandyhighwayman]

homesplace said:

The Lorraine song is aeons old!

And it's not very good either...

I know it's last month but I somehow completely missed it at the time... I like it, it's not #1 material at all but is rather catchy and upbeat and fun and I'll stop trying to justify it now... #Canadian#

[dandyhighwayman]

admin said:

I only really know tiga from your top 5, saw jenny lewis on jools, wasn't impressed and heard the mew track once...Tiga is GREAT though.

Tiga is indeed GREAT!

Jenny Lewis is a real grower and obviously I love it as it's #1... Mew is a real grower too, think Cocteau Twins if you used to like them at all? You surely MUST love Pipettes?!!! If not, you need them in your life quick smartish while Islands are a great upbeat poppy type of indie.

[dandyhighwayman]

dannyuk said:

Great chart, haven't heard your number 1 but it's great to see both Captain and PSB breaking into the Top 10.

New entries at fourteen for Lorraine, at thirty five for Metric, fourty for Graham Coxon, fourty-one for The Upper Room, fourty-two for Delays and at fourty-three for Corinne Bailey Rae are my favourite new-entries this week from what I've heard.

"Poster Of A Girl" also entered my personal chart at nr.36 this week and should make a big climb next week!

Thanks for your comments, great to see you like so many of them and it would appear we have similar taste. I'll have to check your chart out, do you post it here?

*goes to look*

[Maximo Mark]

Out of your nine number ones 6 have been in my top 2

[Paul]

dandyhighwayman said:

paulm said:

Someone else that likes the Cardigans song

YES! It's been so unfairly overlooked when it's one of the best things they've ever done - did you like the last one too Paul?

Yep twas a good song. This album and the last album were both fantastic, never got the acclaim though

[frag]

MEW for #1 #cheer# ;D
I should check out your #1, actually...

dandyhighwayman said:

paulm said:

Someone else that likes the Cardigans song

YES! It's been so unfairly overlooked when it's one of the best things they've ever done - did you like the last one too Paul?

I like it too... *jumps up and down*

[Laurence]

mark said:

Out of your nine number ones 6 have been in my top 2

Only 1 has for me - Gnarls Barkley

But Editors, Jose, Stellastar, Massive Attack and David Gray have made my top 10.