Music Charts #14…
September 23rd, 1984
Again, not a lot to say about this singles chart—a few great tracks, a lot of good tracks, and a few duds. Par for the course.
Music Charts #13…
October 16th, 1983
Jumping ahead a couple of months and still not a lot that captures my fancy. About the only interesting thing is the inclusion of Big Log by Robert Plant, his first post-Led Zeppelin single. A few good tracks but nothing mind blowing…at least Renee and Renato are finato! (yes, that is a real word!)
Music Charts #12…
August 21st, 1983
Well, so far we’ve just been seeing what was happening in South Australia in the 80s, so now it’s time for a glimpse into the national charts.
Not surprisingly, a real eclectic bunch of tunes. A few crap ones (IMO, natch) but also some fucking killer tracks. The UK is well represented with Blue Monday by New Order, Speak Like A Child by The Style Council, Come Dancing by The Kinks, Fascination by The Human League, a couple of Eurythmics’ songs, and a host of others. Aussies get a good look in with Pressure Sway by Machinations, Show Me Some Discipline by The Sunnyboys, and tracks by Sharon O’Neil, Tim Finn, Real Life, and INXS amongst others. Pleasantly surprised that the US is the less represented for a change.
Music Charts #11…
July 13th, 1989
Not going to say much here because…well, frankly, there’s not a real lot I find interesting. Not back then, and not now.
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Music Charts #10…
May 25th, 1989
Jumping ahead a few years from the last chart, and you can see there has been some absolutely massive changes. For a start, it’s down 10 tracks and is just a Top 30 now but more importantly, it is now divided into a Compact Disc chart and an Album/Vinyl chart. A lot of the same releases on each chart but also quite a few differences. Oddly enough, on the surface it appears heavy metal fans were slower to adopt the new medium with only Appetite for Destruction appearing in the CD list but it also appears in the vinyl list along with G’N'R Lies, And Justice For All, and Hysteria. I bought my first CD player in ‘88—a Yamaha that gave me no end of trouble with a disc tray that wouldn’t open properly—and the CD version of Metallica’s, And Justice For All, was one of the first CDs I bought…and I still have it.
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