{"id":4526,"date":"2019-03-16T21:29:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2019-03-16T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T21:29:48","slug":"charts-15-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4526","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 15 March 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know there&#8217;s a few comics out this week to review &#8211; the Iceman one-shot,\u00a0<em>X-Force<\/em> and\u00a0<em>X-23<\/em>, to be exact &#8211; but I feel like keeping this up to date first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Lewis Capaldi &#8211; &#8220;Someone You Loved&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The top four is static, so Lewis Capaldi gets a third week at number one. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t have a huge lead, but it&#8217;s doing well enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aBykMbRIog&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8. \u00a0Dave featuring J Hus &#8211; &#8220;Disaster&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>9. \u00a0Dave &#8211; &#8220;Streatham&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lGduJvOtuT8&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>11. \u00a0Dave featuring Burna Boy &#8211; &#8220;Location&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mkMQNRYlVAQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So much for my surprise a couple of weeks back when the promotional single &#8220;Black&#8221; only got to number 40. \u00a0Dave&#8217;s album <strong>&#8220;Psychodrama&#8221;<\/strong> enters the album chart at number 1, largely through streaming &#8211; which means that the maximum three tracks duly appear on the singles chart. \u00a0Officially it&#8217;s his debut album, but that depends on treating 2017&#8217;s &#8220;Game Over&#8221; and 2016&#8217;s &#8220;Six Paths&#8221; as EPs. \u00a0It&#8217;s an extremely marginal number one, with a margin equivalent to 279 sales, but a number one nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Given how closely together they were bunched, I suspect these three were only marginally ahead of the pack. \u00a0But for what it&#8217;s worth, we&#8217;ve got the official single &#8220;Streatham&#8221;, and the two tracks with the biggest name guests. \u00a0In fact, there are only three tracks on the album with guests attached, because this is a personal, intense album which doesn&#8217;t need to be diluted with a bunch of visitors. \u00a0J Hus had a top ten hit in 2017 with &#8220;Did You See&#8221;, and some lesser follow-up singles; Burna Boy is an Afro fusion singer getting his first singles chart credit. \u00a0&#8220;Location&#8221; is also the most commercial of these three. \u00a0They&#8217;re all good, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m So Tired&#8221; by Lauv &amp; Troye Sivan<\/strong> climbs 14-13, and\u00a0<strong>Sigrid&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Feel Like Crying&#8221;<\/strong>, which I wasn&#8217;t hugely impressed by, climbs 34-20. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Nights Like This&#8221; by Kehlani featuring Ty Dolla $ign<\/strong> moves 29-25, and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0Billie Eilish &#8211; &#8220;Wish You Were Gay&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGZCEa4NjqU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The previous single &#8220;Bury a Friend&#8221; is still hanging around at number 15. \u00a0It&#8217;s an unrequited love song, and I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s the weakest of her three hits so far, but it does bring something different to the singles chart, which has been getting very samey over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. \u00a0Wiley, Stefflon Don &amp; Sean Paul &#8211; &#8220;Boasty&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/huaE85-V8u4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Sean Paul? \u00a0Really?<\/p>\n<p>Mind you,\u00a0<em>Wiley<\/em>. \u00a0The elder statesman of grime hasn&#8217;t been on the singles top 40 since 2013. \u00a0Something tells me the main reason this track has been pushed into the chart by the remix version above, which includes a verse by Idris Elba. \u00a0Elba doesn&#8217;t rap often, but this isn&#8217;t his first time &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IaVhV9G4RmU&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this remix of Skepta&#8217;s &#8220;Shutdown&#8221;<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. \u00a0Juice WRLD &#8211; &#8220;Robbery&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iI34LYmJ1Fs\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At last, a follow-up hit to last year&#8217;s &#8220;Lucid Dreams&#8221;. \u00a0This came out a few weeks ago, but it charts now as a side effect of the album <strong>&#8220;Death Race for Love&#8221;<\/strong> coming out &#8211; it enters at number 12. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know about this. \u00a0I love the beat, I want to like it more, but the delivery is just a bit too shouty for my tastes.<\/p>\n<p>Over on the album chart&#8230; well, we&#8217;ve already noted\u00a0<strong>Dave<\/strong> at number 1. \u00a0The record he marginally beat is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0Foals &#8211; &#8220;Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost &#8211; Part 1&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6YMCjpfH0c\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Poor old Foals. \u00a0This is their fifth album, and the fourth to place in the top three. \u00a0And they so nearly made it to the top this time. \u00a0Oh well, the single is excellent, if extremely eighties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Dido &#8211; &#8220;Still On My Mind&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VsVMKuG8QZU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dido hasn&#8217;t released an album since 2013. \u00a0This comeback album was produced by her brother Rollo, best known as a member of Faithless. \u00a0And number three&#8217;s clearly not bad after a long absence, particularly in a busy week (the 2013 album only got to 5). \u00a0The single is&#8230; recognisably Dido.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigrid<\/strong>&#8216;s debut album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Sucker Punch<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong> enters at 4; I&#8217;ve already mentioned the current single.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Paul Weller &#8211; &#8220;Other Aspects &#8211; Live at the Royal Festival Hall&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Ra1WieGVLU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exactly as it sounds: a live album of his orchestra-backed concert last year. \u00a0It&#8217;s his nineteenth top ten album. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A9_ffgwLVCs&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Wild Wood&#8221;<\/a>, above, was originally a number 13 hit in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Juice WRLD<\/strong> album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Death Race For Love&#8221;<\/strong> enters at 12, but we&#8217;ve covered that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. \u00a0James Morrison &#8211; &#8220;You&#8217;re Stronger Than You Know&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oMEBw7y0qM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His fifth album, and the first to miss the top 10. \u00a0It&#8217;s been over three years since the last album, admittedly, and that one in turn came over four years after its predecessor. \u00a0The track above is above average MOR &#8211; it&#8217;s rather good by the end &#8211; but I think he&#8217;s drifting off people&#8217;s radar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. \u00a0Kate Bush &#8211; &#8220;The Other Sides&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oWaj8wU_qRg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A separate release for the four miscellany discs that were included in last year&#8217;s &#8220;Remastered&#8221; compilations &#8211; B-sides, rarities, 12&#8243; mixes, and random covers. \u00a0Her YouTube channel has four videos for this album, but (being the tracks that have videos) three of them aren&#8217;t really that obscure at all. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5agt0cpxsKU&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her version of &#8220;Rocket Man&#8221;<\/a> is on the covers disc, but it comes from her 1991 album &#8220;Two Rooms&#8217;, and it reached number 12 as a single. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RkYcD-Kh78o&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her cover of &#8220;The Man I Love&#8221;<\/a> is from a various artists Gershwin tribute album, but it too was released as a single in 1994 and reached 27. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NTUcoR8_pyE&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0&#8220;Experiment IV&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0was the token new track on her 1986 compilation album, which is why it winds up on the miscellany disc of &#8220;Remastered&#8221;, but it was a number 23 hit. \u00a0So let&#8217;s go with &#8220;Under the Ivy&#8221;, which actually is a rarity &#8211; it&#8217;s the B-side of &#8220;Running Up That Hill&#8221;, and the video is a random performance on\u00a0<em>The Tube<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. \u00a0David Gray &#8211; &#8220;Gold in a Brass Age&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQKEZHhhuSI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been nearly five years since the last David Gray album, and eight years since the one before, so he&#8217;s not exactly been churning them out. \u00a0The single above is rather more charming than I was expecting.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for new entries, but we round off with\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Number Ones&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> re-entering at number 28. \u00a0A number one album on its release in 2003, it&#8217;s a perennial that&#8217;s been hovering in the lower reaches of the top 100 for years &#8211; and it doesn&#8217;t take that much to get an album into the lower reaches of the top 40 for a week these days. \u00a0Evidently it&#8217;s here because of the publicity from the\u00a0<em>Leaving Neverland<\/em> documentary being shown on Channel 4. \u00a0That doesn&#8217;t seem like something that would boost sales, but presumably a lot of this is coming from defiant fans who refuse to accept the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know there&#8217;s a few comics out this week to review &#8211; 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