{"id":4107,"date":"2018-04-08T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2018-04-08T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T19:40:22","slug":"charts-6-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4107","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 6 April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week with everything still in mid-storyline, if you&#8217;re wondering about reviews. \u00a0From reading it, you&#8217;d think this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>X-Men Gold<\/em> was the last part of &#8220;Cruel and Unusual&#8221;, but the solicitations assure me it isn&#8217;t, so we&#8217;ll take that on trust. \u00a0In the meantime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown &#8211; &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZla1ttZHaw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh. \u00a0Really? \u00a0Oh.<\/p>\n<p>So this has moved 16-5-1 and let&#8217;s say I&#8217;m no more enamoured of it than I was last week or the week before. \u00a0Chris Brown has had a total of fifteen top 10 hits over twelve years, but this is only his second number one, following six years after &#8220;Turn Up The Music&#8221;. \u00a0It also adds Lil Dicky to the one hit wonder list (for now, at least).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->And it&#8217;s a relatively rare modern example of a novelty record making number one, albeit one with a production that wouldn&#8217;t be out of place as a regular single. \u00a0It&#8217;s not an exact category, but on any view it&#8217;s been several years since we had a novelty record as number one. \u00a0There&#8217;s PJ &amp; Duncan&#8217;s &#8220;Let&#8217;s Get Ready to Rhumble&#8221; from 2013, but that was more of an ironic download campaign. \u00a0There&#8217;s Psy&#8217;s &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; from 2012, but that wasn&#8217;t really a novelty record in its native language. \u00a0For an unambiguous novelty number one, you&#8217;re arguably going back to 2009, and &#8220;The Official BBC Children in Need Medley&#8221; by Peter Kay&#8217;s Animated All Star Band.<\/p>\n<p>So much for my prediction that Rudimental could hold on for a second week and clear the asterisk from their number one. \u00a0They&#8217;re back at 2 this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0The Weeknd &#8211; &#8220;Call Out My Name&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3vav5Sfhrw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Weeknd has released a six-track thing called &#8220;My Dear Melancholy,&#8221;, which is apparently regarded as an EP, but meets the criteria for the album chart. \u00a0It&#8217;s the highest new entry over there, landing at 3. \u00a0That&#8217;s not a typo, by the way &#8211; the title really is &#8220;My Dear Melancholy,&#8221;. \u00a0The comma is silent.<\/p>\n<p>Last time the Weeknd released an album, he swamped the chart; that&#8217;s not possible any more, because the chart rules now limit any act to three singles (not counting &#8220;featuring&#8221; credits). \u00a0&#8220;Call Out My Name&#8221; is the\u00a0<em>de facto<\/em> single, since it has a video of sorts. \u00a0It&#8217;s a good choice &#8211; this is the sort of heartfelt stuff he excels at, and I&#8217;d rather have this sort of emotion than the stunned blankness of some of his contemporaries.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>17. \u00a0The Weeknd &#8211; &#8220;Try Me&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y08R20KflNM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>18. \u00a0The Weeknd &#8211; &#8220;Wasted Times&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R0rKB_bsUNg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seems pretty likely that the whole album would have made the top 40 if it could, then. \u00a0And that&#8217;s your lot for new entries this week. \u00a0Thank heavens the Weeknd had an album out.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;This Is Me&#8221; by Keala Settle &amp; The\u00a0<em>Greatest Showman\u00a0<\/em>Ensemble<\/strong> reaches a new peak of 3, on the back of a TV performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;What I Wanna&#8221; by Mostack<\/strong> moves 37-33.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Vrom&#8221; by Yxng Bane<\/strong> climbs 40-36.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, that was the dullest singles chart in months. \u00a0Let&#8217;s see if the albums have anything more to offer. We get off to a bad start, as\u00a0<strong>The\u00a0<em>Greatest Showman<\/em> soundtrack<\/strong> returns to number 1 for a twelfth week. \u00a0And we&#8217;ve already covered\u00a0<strong>&#8220;My Dear Melancholy,&#8221; by the Weeknd<\/strong> at 3&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0The Vaccines &#8211; &#8220;Combat Sports&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6z6wMZAYaxE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their fourth album, all of which have landed in the top 4 &#8211; though their peak was back in 2012 when &#8220;Come of Age&#8221; managed a week at number 1. \u00a0The single above didn&#8217;t chart in the UK, but Wikipedia assures me that it got to number 65 in Belgium. \u00a0I can&#8217;t help feeling there&#8217;s a better song trying to get out of the rather one-dimensional production, and that they might be better live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Kacey Musgraves &#8211; &#8220;Golden Hour&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SrzmDM3rRr8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s somebody on the rise. \u00a0&#8220;Golden Hour&#8221; is Kacey Musgraves&#8217; third regular studio album on a major label &#8211; those qualifications are because she also self-released four albums before competing in\u00a0<em>Nashville Star<\/em> in 2007, and we&#8217;re pretending\u00a0<em>A Very Kacey Christmas<\/em> didn&#8217;t happen. \u00a0Let&#8217;s stick with the overseas hits &#8211; the track above reached number 30 on the US country chart. \u00a0A quick skim of the reviews suggests this is seen as one of the weaker tracks on the album &#8211; the lyric&#8217;s certainly a bit strained &#8211; but it still has a pleasing warmth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. \u00a0The Levellers &#8211; &#8220;We The Collective&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9JBqhMrze8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Celebrating their thirtieth anniversary with an acoustic greatest hits album, basically. \u00a0There are also a couple of original tracks, including the above, which is about refugees (and it&#8217;s a good protest song). \u00a0Although the band have been touring, they haven&#8217;t released an album since 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. \u00a0Cabbage &#8211; &#8220;Nihilistic Glamour Shots&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2u2UvfChPY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you programmed a computer to come up with an indie band, and you fed all the ITV Chart Show Indie Chart segments as a template, it would probably come up with this. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q1FUINh-5lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the video here if you want something even indier.<\/a>\u00a0 (It also has some vaguely disturbing gun-waving, which is why I haven&#8217;t embedded it.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. \u00a0Hayley Kiyoko &#8211; &#8220;Expectations&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YXTzMOmmEfE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hayley Kiyoko is an actress and singer who got some viral play for her single &#8220;Girls Like Girls&#8221; a couple of years ago. \u00a0She also played Velma in a couple of Scooby-Doo sequel movies. \u00a0This is synthpop, and feels like it belongs more on the singles chart, but it&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. \u00a0Rich The Kid &#8211; &#8220;The World Is Yours&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ToY6sjSV8h8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His first studio album, though it comes after seven mixtapes. \u00a0It does feature the requisite parade of guest stars, but I&#8217;ve gone for the single that doesn&#8217;t have any.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. \u00a0Mo Jamil &#8211; &#8220;Evolve&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WwWVGkUeMU0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the album by the winner of\u00a0<em>The Voice UK<\/em> last year, just in time for this year&#8217;s final! \u00a0Obviously, you don&#8217;t schedule an album like that, hoping for number 36. \u00a0<em>The Voice UK<\/em> regularly failed to launch careers on the BBC, but there was always a reasonable theory that the less-inhibited ITV might be able to promote the winner more effectively. \u00a0It seems not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week with everything still in mid-storyline, if you&#8217;re wondering about reviews. \u00a0From reading it, you&#8217;d think this week&#8217;s\u00a0X-Men Gold was the last part of &#8220;Cruel and Unusual&#8221;, but the solicitations assure me it isn&#8217;t, so we&#8217;ll take that on trust. \u00a0In the meantime&#8230; 1. \u00a0Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown &#8211; &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; Oh. \u00a0Really? 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