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THE CURRENT TOP 50 (@ Sunday 29 October 2006) (last week in brackets)
1 (1) The Associates—Party Fears Two (1982)
2 (4) Aztec Camera—Oblivious (1983)
3 (3) The Blue Nile—Tinseltown In The Rain (1984)
4 (2) The Skids—Into The Valley (1979)
5 (7) Franz Ferdinand—Take Me Out (2004)
6 (11) Jesus and Mary Chain—Never Understand (1985)
7 (5) Big Country—In A Big Country (1983)
8 (10) Deacon Blue—Dignity (1987)
9 (12) Big Country—Fields of Fire (400 Miles) (1983)
10 (9) Orange Juice—Rip It Up (1983*)
11 (15) Del Amitri—Nothing Ever Happens (1990)
12 (26) Danny Wilson—Mary’s Prayer (1987)
13 (8) Cocteau Twins—Pearly Dewdrops Drops (1984)
14 (6) Simple Minds—Waterfront (1983)
15 (16) Altered Images—Don’t Talk To Me About Love (1983)
16 (20) Orange Juice—Falling and Laughing (1980)
17 (14) The Proclaimers—Letter from America (1987)
18 (13) Trashcan Sinatras—Obscurity Knocks (1990)
19 (19) Gerry Rafferty—Baker Street (1978)
20 (28) Stealers Wheel—Stuck In The Middle With You (1972)
21 (18) Strawberry Switchblade—Since Yesterday (1984)
22 (17) Arab Strap—The First Big Weekend (1996)
23 (25) Edwyn Collins—A Girl Like You (1994)
24 (21) Hipsway—The Honeythief (1986)
25 (32) Texas—I Don’t Want A Lover (1989)
26 (30) The Proclaimers— I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1988)
27 (RE) Teenage Fanclub—Everything Flows (1990)
28 (22) Teenage Fanclub—Sparky’s Dream (1995)
29 (21) The Rezillos—Top of the Pops (1978)
30 (23) The Waterboys—Whole of the Moon (1985)
31 (43) Orange Juice—Felicity (1982*)
32 (41) Camera Obscura—Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken (2006)
33 (33) Wet Wet Wet—Love Is All Around (1994)
34 (46) Primal Scream—Movin’ On Up (1992)
35 (27) Average White Band—Pick Up The Pieces (1974)
36 (RE) Roddy Frame—Reason For Loving (1998)
37 (24) Aztec Camera—Walk Out To Winter (1983)
38 (40) Camera Obscura—Eighties Fan (2001)
39 (RE) Orange Juice—Blue Boy (1980)
40 (42) The Bay City Rollers—Bye Bye Baby (1975)
41 (31) The Associates—Club Country (1982)
42 (RE) Jesus and Mary Chain—Just Like Honey (1985)
43 (RE) Belle and Sebastian—Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997)
44 (RE) Eddi Reader—Patience of Angels (1994)
45 (36) Jesus and Mary Chain—Some Candy Talking (1986)
46 (50) The Vaselines—Son of a Gun (1987)
47 (37) Friends Again—State of Art (1983)
48 (38) The Proclaimers—Sunshine On Leith (1988)
49 (48) Travis—Why Does It Always Rain On Me (1999)
50 (-) Horse—Careful (1990)
* Available earlier on different format

Post-Chart Analysis from Dave in the Stats Bunker:

Welcome back to Belle and Sebastian—about bloody time! Hi to Chris Kelly whose nitpicking on belle and Sebastian put even The Cat and I , the pedant’s pedants to shame! Only joking Chris, we embrace your pedantry.

Only one new entry this week with a welcome debut appearance from Horse at number 50. Biggest climber this week is from Dundee’s second finest as “Mary’s Prayer” jumps 14 big Jock ‘n’ Roll places. The late Stuart Adamson had three tracks in the Top 20 last week but this week they’re all in the Top 10. Also, his football team don’t have a manager. No, we can’t make that link either. It is interesting though, isn’t it? No, okay, it’s not. (Dave’s been spending too long in the Stats bunker methinks—The Cat)

In the real world “Love Is All Around” stayed at number 1 for umpteen weeks. In the Jock ‘n’ Roll parallel universe it stalls at 33. One more reason why Jock ‘n’ Roll is better than real life.

It’s been a good week for Camera Obscura and 10% of our chart features Edwyn Collins. If you see Edwyn, give him our love and if you see anyone else, get them to vote.

And that’s not how you spell Caracas anyway!

(Dave, 29 October 2006) NEW CHART: SUNDAY 5 NOV 2006
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