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THE CURRENT TOP 50 (w/e 14/15 April 07)

1 Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
2 Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
3 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)
4 Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
5 Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
6 Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983)
7 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81 82 83 84) (1982)
8 Deacon Blue - Raintown (1987)
9 The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984)
10 Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (1995)
11 Trashcan Sinatras - Cake (1990)
12 Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1982)
13 Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
14 Travis - The Man Who (1999)
15 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
16 Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain (1984)
17 The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (1988)
18 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Good Deeds And Dirty Rags (1989)
19 The Proclaimers - This Is The Story (1987)
20 The Blue Nile - Hats (1989)
21 The Waterboys – This Is The Sea (1985)
22 Kevin McDermott Orchestra - Mother Nature's Kitchen (1989)
23 Love and Money - Dogs In Traffic (1991)
24 The Skids - The Absolute Game (1980)
25 The Silencers - A Letter From St Paul (1987)
26 Big Dish - Swimmer (1986)
27 Roddy Frame - Surf (2002)
28 The Associates - Sulk (1982)
29 The Skids - Scared To Dance (1979)
30 Josef K - The Only Fun In Town (1981)
31 Arab Strap - The Last Romance (2005)
32 Hipsway – Hipsway (1986)
33 Delgados - The Great Eastern (2000)
34 The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos (1978)
35 Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
36 Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
37 Del Amitri - Waking Hours (1989)
38 John Martyn - Solid Air (1973)
39 Aberfeldy - Young Forever (2004)
40 Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
41 Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)
42 Gun - Taking On The World (1989)
43 Bis - Return To Central (2002)
44 Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
45 Sons and Daughters - Love The Cup (2003)
46 Edwyn Collins - Hope And Despair (1989)
47 Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth (1981)
48 The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)
49 Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
50 Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team (1997)

Post-Chart Analysis from Dave in the Stats Bunker:

Well, that’s the first batch counted and loads of you were very quick off the mark so we can get a Top 50 already.

So who’s winning? Well, most of the top 20 were fighting it out but "Psychocandy" pulled out in front as the last batch came in. It’s ahead but not in the way that "Party Fears 2" was ahead at some points in the Singles poll. The Blue Nile, Simple Minds and The Proclaimers have 2 albums each in the Top 20 and might well have got the top spot were it not for the fact that clearly no one, with one vote for Darklands as the exception, rates any of the other Mary Chain albums.

Clearly Belle and Sebastian are an albums band rather than a singles band and they dominate the first chart with 4 albums making appearances. Nice to see that the 80s are still popular but not as much as in our singles chart and also great to see people like The Silencers, Aberfeldy, Kevin McDermott Orchestra, Incredible String Band, John Martyn and Dick Gaughan, who never even came close to the Singles poll, getting their names on the board.

One thing does strike me however. 9 of my Top 10 are in this Top 10 and all of my choices are within the Top 12. Am I getting too obvious?

Keep them coming!

How daft is Phil Menzies anyway?

Dave, Stats Bunker 14 April 2007 (NEW CHART: Next Weekend)
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