We’re going back to 1988 on this week’s Off The Chart as Steve and Julian unearth some forgotten hits, look back at the day’s events and play three tracks from a featured album, a track from this week’s French chart … read more
We’re arriving back in 1988 this week on Off The Chart with two hours of half-remembered hits, vague reminiscences, a featured album of the week and the top five singles in full – all six of them. The launderette is … read more
A new look, a new feature, but mainly the same old nonsense from Steve and Julian as they dissect the UK singles chart of 18 March 1988. There’s a load of hits you never hear anymore, three tracks from a … read more
Amazon.co.uk Widgets The Rolling Stones’ new blues album Blue & Lonesome enters the chart at number 1 this week with over 100,000 sales, the second biggest opening week total this year after Bowie’s ★ shifted 146,000 in January. It’s also … read more
This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from ABC, UB40, The Rolling Stones, Jean-Michel Jarre and Cliff Richard, plus a mix of festive and not-so-festive ’80s hits, misses and mixes. Enjoy! read more
It’s officially Christmas as The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl embark on their annual climb up the single chart, Fairytale of New York re-entering this week at 66, stealing a march on Wham!’s Last Christmas at 75 and Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry … read more
Much gnashing of teeth in the Metallica household this week as Hardwired… To Self-Destruct enters the chart at number 2, kept off the top by the might of Little Mix. The UB40 splinter group featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey enter … read more
We’re slowly dissolving in acid this week as we revisit the chart of 29 October 1988! Steve and Julian play some of the forgotten hits of the week, including acid house tracks of varying quality from D-Mob, Yazz and even … read more
We’re 21 today! On the twenty-first edition of Off The Chart we look at the chart of 20 August 1988. Steve and Julian play some of the hits you don’t often hear, three tracks from the album of the week … read more
Every Saturday in our podcast-style-radio-show-thing Off The Chart, Steve Binnie and Julian Sparrow look at the chart from the corresponding week in one of the ’80s years and play the songs you don’t normally hear on a chart rundown. They … read more
Chart Watch A quiet week this week, except for the Pet Shop Boys; although, like most ’80s acts, they no longer seem able to trouble the singles chart even with a widely acclaimed single like The Pop Kids, their latest … read more
Thanks to the increased availability of samplers and home recording equipment, in 1988 36% of the population was taking old records apart and welding them back together to make new ones. Bomb The Bass, Coldcut and S-Express were the most … read more
