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ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK January 15, 1994
HEADLINE NEWS The year has started on a high note as album sales look set to have increased in volume in 1993 - at almost double the rate for total UK retail sales. Initial Gallup figures indicate album sales last year were up 6.9% in the 52-week period ending on January 1, representing around an extra 5.5m units. CBI economist Robert Francis says the figures prove the music industry is coming out of recession. Some multiples have reported sales figures much higher than the Gallup total. Tower Records MD Ken Sockolov says sales in the first half of 1993 were up as much as 30% before tailing off to end the year up 17%.
ALSO The decision to invite the whole music industry to vote in this year’s Brit Awards has thrown up an exciting list of nominations, with half of all artists shortlisted having released just one or two albums. The finalists include few of the big names of previous years. Instead leading nominees include Jamiroquai, Apache Indian and Suede.
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 15.01.94
VARIOUS ARTISTS Rave Generation 2 DEPECHE MODE In Your Room Rave Generation 2 is Album of the Week. The 40-track double CD is a mix of house, hardcore, rave and techno hits from various artists together with big pop tracks like Ebeneezer Goode and Workaholic. “With TV and radio support, it’s bound to be a hit,” says Alan Jones. Single of the Week is In Your Room by Depeche Mode. Despite being “fairly dark” the track is “quite commercial”. With “dense guitar work” and a “pleasant chorus”, it’s likely to reach the Top 10.
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SINGLES TOP 10 15.01.94 POS ARTIST
SINGLE 1 CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS 2 D:REAM 3 EAST 17 4 K7 5 CULTURE BEAT 6 DINA CARROLL Twist And Shout
Things Can Only Get Better
It’s Alright Come Baby Come Anything The Perfect Year
7 BRYAN ADAMS... All For Love 8 BEE GEES
9 MR BLOBBY 10 TAKE THAT Mr Blobby Babe
ALBUMS TOP 10 15.01.94 POS ARTIST
SINGLE
1 BRYAN ADAMS So Far So Good 2 DINA CARROLL
So Close 3 TAKE THAT 4 M PEOPLE 5 BJORK 6 DIANA ROSS 7 MEAT LOAF 8 PHIL COLLINS 9 WET WET WET Everything Changes Elegant Slumming Debut
One Woman – The Ultimate Collection
Bat Out Of Hell II – Back To Hell
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Where do you write and what do you write on/with? I write in little bedroom studios or big plush ones over Skype. I’m old school - it’s pen and paper for me.
Who is your favourite songwriter of all time? Diane Warren. She’s from another planet, her songs hit me every time.
And your favourite songwriter at the moment? Fellow Hackney lad Labrinth because his production and writing is groundbreaking.
What is the song you’re proudest of and why? I co-wrote the smash My My My by Armand Van Helden - I’m very proud of that.
Which song do you wish you’d written and why? I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. It’s straight from the heart like a song should be.
WRITER’S
Top-notch tunesmiths on their history with songs
Joe Killington
Published by Notting Hill Music, artists written for include Stacey Solomon and Dominique Young Unique
For Whom The Bell Tolls
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NOTES
What was the first song you ever wrote? A garage track called Music For The People which I released via a Hackney based label called E8 Records.
And the last song you wrote? One with Lauren Goodger from [TV reality series] The Only Way Is Essex called More Than Glamorous.
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