So this week saw some shifts...most of them for the better and while to degree 1992 popular music wise has to a degree felt saturated by European techno tracks and sappy love ballads, there's some quality starting to shine through and nowhere is this more evident than at number one with "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers maintaining the number one spot, it held up ahead of "Way Out West" by James Blundell and James Reyne at number two and I'm not sure it's got the momentum to take the number one spot.
Unfortunately what does have momentum and is looming large is "To Be With You" by Mr. Big which climbed three places to number three somehow. Ugh. It also doesn't improve all that much because right behind it is "Stay" by Shakespears Sister up one place to number four.
Fortunately "Not a Day Goes By" by Rick Price rebounded two places to number five this week. Good to see. Glad this song is hanging around.
All of this saw "Get Ready For This" by 2 Unlimited plummet three places to number six as sales fell off and is now coming under pressure from "Be My Baby" by Teen Queens which rose two places to number seven this.
The utter collapse of "Marvellous" by The 12th Man feat. MCG Hammer has begun as the song fell four places to number eight.
Pearl Jam's "Alive" continues to push into the top ten as it rose one spot to number nine this week while making it's way out is "Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard down two to number ten.
Gains
So there are some hugely positive shifts in the gains here, firstly " Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica climbed from its debut of 29 to number 12 while "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons fear Cutty and Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines up off it's debut from 42 to 26 while Girlfriend's "Take It From Me" also climbed off its debut of 41 to 28!.
Also up off it's debut last week was Prince and the New Power Generation which got a ten place boost to break into the top twenty at number 18. Rising nineteen places all of a sudden to 23 is "Dream Alone" by Killing Time...where did that come from?
Finally "Sometimes (Live)" by Midnight Oil rose eleven places off it's debut last week to 36 somehow.
Re Entries
Just one new entry this week, back at number 48 is "America: What Time Is Love?" by The KLF.
Losers
So as per usual, let's start at the bottom and work our way up, falling six places to 49 is "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF. Michael Jackson might well have to "Remember The Time" his top ten hit was on the charts soon as it fell hard from 24 to 46 this week.
In good news, the artsy pretentious wank that is "Sound" by James fell ten places to 43....thank goodness.
"Human Touch" by Bruce Springsteen dropped from 37 to 42 while "Help Yourself" by Julian Lennon slipped ten places to 40.
"Insanity" by Oceanic plunged seven places to 38 while "Baby Love" by Dannii Minogue tumbled from 26 to 32 while "Diamonds & Pearls" by Prince & The New Power Generation dipped from 25 to 31.
Sadly, "Tip Of My Tongue" by Diesel tumbled ten places to 27 and "I Can't Dance" by Genesis slipped six places to 20.
New Entries
Three new entries this week, let's start with...
44. "Weather With You" by Crowded House.
So here's yet another single from "Woodface" and honestly this song is fit for summer! Seriously with those guitars playing off against each other and then the harmonies of Neil and Tim Finn kicking in with lyrics about how we as human beings are taking our shit with us and how we create the environment we are in, how we take it with us which is kind of wild considering how bright and breezy the song is instrumentally but yeah it's still fantastic, if you haven't heard "Woodface" than I highly recommend you do so!
35. "Clunk (EP)" by Frente
So Frente are an Australian group with Angie Hart providing lead vocals with this EP charting on the singles chart and I got to be honest...I'm not at all impressed...Those vocals on "Ordinary Angels" are enough to give Panadol a headache. Come on girl...sing with a consistent tone or register that doesn't make you sound off key although I do suspect that was the whole point. I prefer "Accidentally Kelly Street" to this. Just saying.
33. "Kickin' to the Undersound" by Sound Unlimited Posse
So Sound Unlimited Posse are an Australian four piece hip hop group hailing from Burwood in Sydney with this song sampling songs from Australia's history like "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool and 'Down Under" by Men at Work, the song isn't all that impressive, sure the members have some seriously impressive flow but the production feels so much like a cut and paste job to the point it's not cohesive. I wouldn't say it's completely bad but Aussie hip hop can do so much better than this.
That completes the week with "Weather With You" by Crowdcd House comfortably taking best of the week while "Kickin' to the Undersound" by Sound Unlimited Posse takes the worst of the week.
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