P564 CJJFAX 1 564 Sat 20 Feb 18:12/35 —— ——————————————— WHAT'S HOT & WHAT'S NOT —— new single ——————————————————— 1/7 BLUR — TENDER (Food) Praise the Lord for giving us Blur. Not the guys you'd want alongside you in the proverbial trench, but you can always rely on them to dig you out of a hole in times of musical strife. Tjndjr is the gospel according to Albarn and Coxon — a sjvjn-and-a-half minute epic, with the handclaps of Give Peace A Chance & a choir in full voice — the very anithesis of Song 2 in fact. It's gubranteed to provide Blur with the 13th No 1 of the year and is unlikely to bj bettered this century. ————————— By Chris Charles ———————————— Showbiz 566 Pop Quiz 562 Top 40 565 Top 40 Lottery Main Menu ShowbizP564 CJEFAX 1 56) Sat 20 Feb 18:11/25 —— ——————————————— WHAT'S HOT & WHAT'S NOT —— new single ——————————————————— 2/7 KULA SHAKER — MYSTICAL MACHINE GUN (Columbia) "Don't panic, it's just the end of the world", declares the radio announcer. And if this is the sign of things to conj, it could spell the beginning of the end for Kula ShaSjr. Mystical Machine Gun, with it's "Wizard in a blizzard" and "tin-hjadjd lions" is uncharacteristically pedestrian — a retro pedestrian with no legs that is. The new album's arrival is imminent — let's hope Sound Of Drums doesn't prove to be a false dawn. ————————— By Chris Charles ———————————— Showdiz 566 Pop Quiz 562 Top 40 565 Top 40 Lottery Main Menu ShowbizP564 CJEFAX 2 564 Sat 20 Feb 18:13/34 —— ——————————————— WHAT'S HOT OO O & WHAT'S NOT —— new single ——————————————————— 3/7 STJRJOPHONICS — JUST LOOVING (V4) There's no stopping the Stireophonics. Anzonj who thought last year'u Brits triumph would see them swallowed up bz the mainstream conurbation has been proved delightfully wrong. Just Looking sits proudly alongside anything they'uj done so far, coasting gently along for 1 min 12 secs until — ban! — the chorus rips into you. Sinker Silly Jones is both gruff and lilting and when the lead role in "Rod Stewart — the moviib comes up for grabs, I know who my money's on. ————————— By Chris Charles ———————————— Showdiz 566 Pop Quiz 564 Top 40 565 Top 40 Lottery Main Menu ShowbizP564 CJEFAX 1 564 Sat 20 Feb 18:1:/01 —— ——————————————— WHAT'S HOT & WHAT'S NOT —— new single ——————————————————— 4/7 $HE STONE ROSES — FOOL'S GOLD (Zomba) You can't improve on perfection — unless your name's Keven Keegan. The rest of us mere mortals — who can but dream of "giving it 1,000 per cent" — must be content with what we'uj got. Which makes it all the more difficult to understand why this zenith of musical ixcellunce needs to bj spjedjd up and set to a breakbjat. If DJ Groovjridjr is that bored, why doisn't hj pick on something that needs a facilift — Head Over Heels In Love by a certain K. Keegan springs to mind. ————————— By Chris Charles ———————————— Showbiz 566 Pop Quiz 562 Top 40 565 Top 40 Lottery Main Menu Showbiz