Essays – Popular

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— 1 September 2003 Tom 9 comments

We put together this list as part of our Popular project, which sees Tom Ewing review all these number ones in chronological order. (more…)[…]

Nixon on ELTON JOHN – "Candle In The Wind '97" / "Something About The Way You Look Tonight"1 May 2025
Replying over eleven years later, but someone showed me this today and I am vindicated (or at least relieved, if…
AB C on SPACEDUST – "Gym And Tonic"1 May 2025
To me, Gym and Tonic by Spacedust is bad and has no charm at all. Instead, I find not just…
will on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”1 May 2025
It's erroneous to dismiss this is a 'ringtone', I mean it was also a CD. Does anyone know how many…
Tommy Mack on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”30 April 2025
Did anyone ever get to the bottom of why his hoverbike was invisible? Was it just to show off his…
glue_factory on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”29 April 2025
Listening to this now, probably for the first time since 2005, I'm surprised by how much of Axel F is…
Peter on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”29 April 2025
I genuinely thought that the long gap after Amarillo was a fear of having to review this. Turns out no,…
AMZ1981 on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”29 April 2025
If Axel F deserves to be remembered for anything it is as a reminder that in 2005 the concept of…
Brandon Martin-Moore on CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”28 April 2025
A ringtone is surely the opposite of a normal single, you're supposed to want to switch it off as quickly…