{"id":3564,"date":"2016-10-10T22:28:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2016-10-10T22:28:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:28:14","slug":"charts-7-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3564","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 7 October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three new entries, not much else\u00a0on the singles charts, deluge on the albums. \u00a0Let&#8217;s run through it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0yW7w8F2TVA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>1. \u00a0James Arthur &#8211; &#8220;Say You Won&#8217;t Let Go&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks at number one, which by the standards of this year is\u00a0hardly a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/34Na4j8AVgA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2. \u00a0The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk &#8211; &#8220;Starboy&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climbing\u00a0one place,\u00a0which it makes it his biggest hit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SXiSVQZLje8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>5. \u00a0Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj &#8211; &#8220;Side to Side&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another one place climb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Niall Horan &#8211; &#8220;This Town&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNBlfyYHu80\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Another One Direction member making his solo debut. \u00a0Where Zayn Malik decided to go\u00a0for the drastic change of direction, Horan is sticking much closer to his established \u00a0territory. \u00a0It&#8217;s not\u00a0at all hard to imagine this\u00a0vaguely folky number as a One Direction song, and\u00a0in fact it would be a pretty good one. \u00a0Well, at least in the version shown in the video above, which is just Horan and an acoustic guitar. \u00a0The\u00a0actual single version\u00a0fills out the arrangement with some strings, which really does it no favours &#8211;\u00a0the effect is simply bland and a bit Sunday afternoon. \u00a0But\u00a0there&#8217;s a respectable song in here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eC-F_VZ2T1c\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>16. \u00a0Zara Larsson &#8211; &#8220;Ain&#8217;t My Fault&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climbing another 7 places. \u00a0This has now moved 30-32-26-23-16, which seems to be a fairly typical slow burn climb in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. \u00a0Craig David &amp; Sigala &#8211; &#8220;Ain&#8217;t Giving Up&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FC9fc12YYC4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s unexpected. \u00a0This entered at 29\u00a0at the start of September and dropped out of the chart almost instantly. \u00a0It re-entered at 39 last week. \u00a0I can only guess the resurgence is thanks to the promotion for\u00a0the release of his album &#8220;Following My Intuition&#8221;, which enters at 1 this week. \u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0his first number 1 since his debut\u00a0&#8220;Born To Do It&#8221; in 2000, but bearing in mind that\u00a0the overall decline of the album market has tended to favour established acts (their audience\u00a0still\u00a0buys albums and still thinks of them as the basic unit of music), it&#8217;s probably not quite as amazing as\u00a0you might think &#8211; after all, David&#8217;s last album, in 2010,\u00a0still managed a respectable\u00a0number 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. \u00a0The Chainsmokers featuring Phoebe Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEi_XBg2Fpk\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blimey, we&#8217;re on to the next single already &#8211; with &#8220;Closer&#8221; still at number 3, and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Me Down&#8221; still at 15. \u00a0And a formula is very clearly emerging. \u00a0Ryan is one of those singers who&#8217;s signed to a major label\u00a0but has more\u00a0success writing for name artists than she does releasing her own material &#8211; this is her chart debut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xwjwCFZpdns\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>28. \u00a0Hailee Steinfeld &amp; Grey featuring Zedd &#8211; &#8220;Starving&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up nine places this week, so it&#8217;s\u00a0gathering momentum now that it&#8217;s finally broken into the top 40.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1nydxbGhgv8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>31. \u00a0Dua Lipa &#8211; &#8220;Blow Your Mind (Mwah)&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up seven places. \u00a0I still think it&#8217;s a bit of a\u00a0novelty record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. \u00a0Neiked &#8211; &#8220;Sexual&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4iTFTfk-fk\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a Swedish\u00a0producer. \u00a0Despite the\u00a0cover art above, this is much more pleasantly\u00a0bouncy and playful than you might be expecting. \u00a0The inexplicably uncredited singer is\u00a0called Dyo.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart, it&#8217;s a busy week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Following My Intuition&#8221; by Craig David<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0We&#8217;ve covered that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;22, A Million&#8221; by Bon Iver<\/strong> at 2. \u00a0Their last album got to number 4, so this isn&#8217;t especially a surprise. \u00a0The track listing looks like something off an Aphex Twin album, and the lyric videos look like a video installation. \u00a0Sample track: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9utVR5Q67_k\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;29 #Strafford APTS&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;My Universe&#8221; by The Shires<\/strong> at 3. \u00a0English country music, though that&#8217;s on the extremely broad, self-certifying definition of &#8220;country&#8221; that seems to prevail these days.. \u00a0Their debut album\u00a0made number 10 last year. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s90UHxdcmCU\" target=\"_blank\">Title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Keep Me Singing&#8221; by Van Morrison<\/strong> at 4. \u00a0Studio album number 36. \u00a0His\u00a0studio albums usually make the top ten, but this is\u00a0still the\u00a0highest one has got\u00a0since &#8220;Magic Time&#8221; in 2005. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W0IlS8V77I8\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Too Late&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Take Control&#8221; by Slaves<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0Second album for the punk-rap duo; the first one got to 8. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/05Q5akU8d7g\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Consume or be Consumed&#8221;<\/a>, featuring Mike D. \u00a0Good stuff.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Head Carrier&#8221; by The Pixies<\/strong> at 7. \u00a0Their second album since re-forming. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wCFPpnHFTts\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Um Chagga Lagga&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s not the world&#8217;s greatest video but when you bear in mind that &#8220;Velouria&#8221; had <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nc0Mv4Iyxvc\" target=\"_blank\">a video consisting of 23 seconds of the band running towards the camera<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sorceress&#8221; by Opeth<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0Let&#8217;s see, they&#8217;re on Nuclear Blast records and the single is called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O9vA6dJJX-8\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Wilde Flowers&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; yes, it&#8217;s\u00a0Swedish progressive rock. \u00a0It&#8217;s their 12th album and their fourth\u00a0(and highest) to chart in this country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Believers by Deacon Blue<\/strong> at 13. \u00a0Their third album since re-forming, and\u00a0their highest position for a studio album since 1993 (though to be\u00a0fair, not by much). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xCx6vxRaEno\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;This is a Love Song&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0They still sound pretty much the same as they did at\u00a0their peak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;A Seat at the Table&#8221; by Solange<\/strong> at 17. \u00a0Beyonce&#8217;s sister is on her third album, but has had remarkably little impact on the UK chart &#8211; her only previous appearance on either chart was in 2008 when her single &#8220;I Decided&#8221; reached number 27. \u00a0In America, this is a number one album. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YTtrnDbOQAU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Touch My Hair&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Wild&#8221; by Joanne Shaw Taylor<\/strong> at 19. \u00a0English blues guitarist. \u00a0This is her sixth album, and the first to chart (the previous one got to 41). \u00a0Not to be confused with the presenter of\u00a0<em>Police 5<\/em>. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ijXB2z-Y04Y\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Dyin&#8217; To Know&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Altar&#8221; by Banks<\/strong> at 24. \u00a0Alt-R&amp;B, I guess. \u00a0Second album, coming in slightly below the first. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2IeyrEUkBSk\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Gemini Feed&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;American Band&#8221; by Drive-By Truckers<\/strong> at 29. \u00a0Come on, what\u00a0do you\u00a0<em>think<\/em> it sounds like? \u00a0It&#8217;s their 11th album and the second (and higher) to chart in the UK. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mY0qOCUy27Q\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;What it Means&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Another Fall From Grace&#8221; by The Mission<\/strong> at 38. \u00a0You see what I mean about the failing album market favouring old timers &#8211; the Mission last made\u00a0the album chart in\u00a01992. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_pXJ6xOOblw\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Tyranny of Secrets&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0The video\u00a0offers a subtle and nuanced view of global politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three new entries, not much else\u00a0on the singles charts, deluge on the albums. \u00a0Let&#8217;s run through it&#8230; 1. \u00a0James Arthur &#8211; &#8220;Say You Won&#8217;t Let Go&#8221; Two weeks at number one, which by the standards of this year is\u00a0hardly a surprise. 2. \u00a0The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk &#8211; 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