18 Nov 2003

Hey Mama

Black Eyed Peas

A&M

WE SAY

This track works as well as an iPod (it's one of the tracks on their current adverts). With its Diwali-esque handclaps and ear-pricking production, it shows a cooler side to the Peas than Where Is The Love and current single Shut Up, but it's just as commercial in its way. What a blessing Black Eyed Peas have been to music in 2003.

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Blue On Blue

Dave Clarke

Skint

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Dido - Life For Rent

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14 Nov 2003
Blink 182 - Feeling This

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Blink 182

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13 Nov 2003
Future Kings Of Spain - Hanging Around

Hanging Around

Future Kings Of Spain

Red Flag

Another track that we've listened to lots and lots of times, during which time our opinion shifted from thinking there's...

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12 Nov 2003
Kid Symphony - Hands On The Money

Hands On The Money

Kid Symphony

Island

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11 Nov 2003
Will Young - Leave Right Now

Leave Right Now

Will Young

S

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10 Nov 2003
Project X - Subject To Change

Subject To Change

Project X

unsigned

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07 Nov 2003
Mark Aston - Rare Soul

Rare Soul

Mark Aston

unsigned

Repeated from yesterday as some listeners heard an impaired version. Mark is one of the best male rock singers ...

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05 Nov 2003
Outkast - Hey Ya

Hey Ya

Outkast

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No soundclip. What a stroke of marketing genius, to take two solo albums from the Big Boi and Dre and...

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04 Nov 2003
Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up

Shut Up

Black Eyed Peas

A&M

No soundclip. We were the first people in the UK to rave about the #1 single Where Is The Love...

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03 Nov 2003
Future of Junior - Big Thrill

Big Thrill

Future of Junior

unsigned

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31 Oct 2003
The Lost Brothers - Cry Little Sister (I Need U Now)

Cry Little Sister (I Need U Now)

The Lost Brothers

Incentive

We heard this on Judge Jules' show and it lept out. Apparently he's had the only copy all summer and...

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30 Oct 2003
The Cooper Temple Clause - Blind Pilots

Blind Pilots

The Cooper Temple Clause

Morning/BMG

No soundclip. We've struggled to 'get' this band in the past while being impressed that so many people got them...

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29 Oct 2003
Andrea Bocelli - I Believe

I Believe

Andrea Bocelli

Philips

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28 Oct 2003
Jennifer Ellison - Bye Bye Baby

Bye Bye Baby

Jennifer Ellison

East West

This is an English language version of a massive Japanese hit. It's the track that shaped Jennifer's sound, and it...

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Bitmap - Black Arts In The Town Hall

Black Arts In The Town Hall

Bitmap

Gentle Electric

We have to admit we'd never heard of Bitmap, AKA Luke Barwell, or the charmingly named Nottingham label which puts...

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