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THE CURRENT TOP 75 (@ Sunday 10 December 2006) (last week in brackets)
1 (1) The Associates—Party Fears Two (1982)
2 (3) The Skids—Into The Valley (1979)
3 (2) Aztec Camera—Oblivious (1983)
4 (5) The Blue Nile—Tinseltown In The Rain (1984)
5 (4) Franz Ferdinand—Take Me Out (2004)
6 (6) Big Country—In A Big Country (1983)
7 (8) Cocteau Twins—Pearly Dewdrops Drops (1984)
8 (7) Edwyn Collins—A Girl Like You (1994)
9 (9) Orange Juice—Rip It Up (1983)*
10 (17) Gerry Rafferty—Baker Street (1978)
11 (11) The Waterboys—Whole of the Moon (1985)
12 (18) Stealers Wheel—Stuck In The Middle With You (1972)
13 (12) Big Country—Fields of Fire (400 Miles) (1983)
14 (13) Jesus and Mary Chain—Never Understand (1985)
15 (10) Danny Wilson—Mary’s Prayer (1987)
16 (14) Deacon Blue—Dignity (1987)
17 (19) The Proclaimers— I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1988)
18 (16) Altered Images—Don’t Talk To Me About Love (1983)
19 (24) The Proclaimers—Letter from America (1987)
20 (23) Del Amitri—Nothing Ever Happens (1990)
21 (15) Trashcan Sinatras—Obscurity Knocks (1990)
22 (39) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie—The Rattler (1986)
23 (37) Belle and Sebastian—Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997)
24 (27) Simple Minds—Waterfront (1983)
25 (38) Primal Scream—Loaded (1990)
26 (20) This Mortal Coil—Song To The Siren (1983)
27 (25) Hipsway—The Honeythief (1986)
28 (22) Teenage Fanclub—Everything Flows (1990)
29 (29) Texas—I Don’t Want A Lover (1989)
30 (32) Wet Wet Wet—Love Is All Around (1994)
31 (28) The Proclaimers—Sunshine On Leith (1988)
32 (35) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions—Perfect Skin (1984)
33 (21) Teenage Fanclub—Sparky’s Dream (1995)
34 (34) Arab Strap—The First Big Weekend (1996)
35 (47) Friends Again—State of Art (1983)
36 (31) Orange Juice—Falling and Laughing (1980)
37 (36) Camera Obscura—Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken (2006)
38 (26) Orange Juice—Felicity (1982)*
39 (30) Strawberry Switchblade—Since Yesterday (1984)
40 (33) The Rezillos—Top of the Pops (1978)
41 (40) Jesus and Mary Chain—Just Like Honey (1985)
42 (57) Strawberry Switchblade—Trees and Flowers (1983)
43 (69) The Big Dish—Miss America (1991)
44 (48) Idlewild—American English (2002)
45 (44) Orange Juice—Blue Boy (1980)
46 (43) The Associates—Club Country (1982)
47 (42) Simple Minds—I Travel (1980)
48 (41) Roddy Frame—Reason For Living (1998)
49 (58) Love and Money—Winter (1991)
50 (54) Sons and Daughters—Johnny Cash (2004)
51 (46) Deacon Blue—Real Gone Kid (1988)
52 (45) Jesus and Mary Chain—Some Candy Talking (1986)
53 (49) Aztec Camera—Walk Out to Winter (1983)
54 (60) Aztec Camera—Somewhere In My Heart (1988)*
55 (64) Camera Obscura—Eighties Fan (2001)*
56 (55) Bay City Rollers—Bye Bye Baby (1975)
57 (71) The Fire Engines—Get Up and Use Me (1980)
58 (61) Altered Images—Happy Birthday (1981)
59 (53) Primal Scream—Movin’ On Up (1992)
60 (51) Average White Band—Pick Up The Pieces (1974)
61 (50) The Vaselines—Son Of A Gun (1987)
62 (59) Travis—Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (1999)
63 (57) Hue and Cry—Labour of Love (1986)
64 (52) Eddi Reader—Patience of Angels (1994)
65 (55) Hue and Cry—Looking for Linda (1989)*
66 (-) Josef K—Sorry for Laughing (1981)
67 (RE) Fiction Factory—(Feels Like) Heaven (1983)
68 (62) Horse—Careful (1990)
69 (70) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions—Lost Weekend (1985)
70 (72) Simple Minds—Don’t You (Forget About Me) (1985)
71 (RE) Deacon Blue—Fergus Sings The Blues (1989)
72 (65) Jesus and Mary Chain—You Trip Me Up (1985)
73 (75) Del Amitri—Always The Last To Know (1992)
74 (-) River Detectives—Chains (1989)
75 (-) Beta Band—Dry The Rain (1997)
* Available earlier on different format

Post-Chart Analysis from Dave in the Stats Bunker:

A record week for votes here at Jock n Roll HQ and some big movers to go with them. The Top 20 remains reasonably stable with a lot of exchanging places though it now looks like the Skids are poised to topple our long standing number 1. Party Fears Two holds it off for another week but for how much longer?

Good week for Gerry Rafferty: St Mirren got a draw and both his featured singles are the big climbers within our Top 20. The Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Belle & Sebastian votes are hardening up behind certain singles and the two James Grant related singles make good moves as does Strawberry Switchblade. Biggest mover of the week however goes to Stephen Lindsay’s neglected Big Dish classic “Miss America”, which has made a great recovery at 43.

Long overdue debuts for Josef K, Beta Band and River Detectives and the Wets are on the up again. Marti and the boys were up in the Top 25 on the secret industry-only midweek stats but were overtaken in the latter stages.

We may have had a busy one in the Bunker but we want even more votes so tell everyone you know to vote.

Are you still getting those poems from wee June?

Dave, Ra Banker in ra Bunker

(Dave, 10 December 2006) NEW CHART: SUNDAY 17 DEC 2006
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the vinyl villain · Level 42 Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 46

Are you still getting those poems from wee June?

It's one of the Sky Movie channels tonight (Monday 11th December) at 11pm. Still makes me giggle after endless viewings so many years on.

Statsbunker · Site Admin 2 Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 68

the vinyl villain · Level 42 Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 46

And it took me all this time to pick up on it. I was too busy reading the charts themselves to notice!!

Still waiting on you using my favourite line tho'.