One thing this week in 1992's new entries peaking outside the top 100 have in common is that I hadn't heard any of them before. Perhaps they are new for you, too? Before taking a look at them, I have updated the following earlier post:
* 8 April 1991 - audio added for a single by No Justice.
I have also added top 150 chart runs for posts going back to 6 July 1992.
Stephen Cummings kept his tally of top 150 'hits' rolling with this release in 1992.
Top 150 debuts:
Number 139 "Incinerator" by Falling Joys
Peak: number 131
Peak date: 24 August 1992
Weeks in top 150: 6 weeks
Weeks on chart: 7 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 139-131-142-140-145-(out)-143
Australian alternative rock band Falling Joys formed in Canberra in 1985. While they released a couple of singles in the late 1980s, their first taste of commercial success would come in late 1990, with the single "Lock It" (number 55, February 1991). They followed that up with the single "Jennifer", which initially peaked at number 104 in April 1991, before being reissued as the Jennifer live EP, with new live recordings, which peaked at number 60 in August 1991. Both tracks were lifted from the band's debut album Wish List (number 51, February 1991).
"Incinerator" was the second single issued from the band's second album Psychohum (number 35, May 1992), following "Black Bandages" (number 100, June 1992). On the state charts, “Incinerator” performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 116.
We'll next see Falling Joys in 1993.
Number 140 "Keep the Ball Rolling" by Stephen Cummings
Peak: number 125
Peak date: 24 August 1992
Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks
Weeks on chart: 8 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 140-125-149-144-147
We last saw Australian singer-songwriter and jingle-writer Stephen Cummings in 1991.
"Keep the Ball Rolling" was the lead single from Stephen's sixth studio album Unguided Tour (number 76, August 1992). The single performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 93.
This track was a lot more guitar-heavy than I was expecting.
We'll next see Stephen in 1993.
Number 141 "The New Message" by Nikolaj Steen featuring Melle Mel and Scorpio
Peak: number 134
Peak dates: 31 August 1992 and 7 September 1992
Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 141-(out)-134-134-138-(out)-150
Before listening to this track for the first time, I assumed it was a 'new' version of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message" (number 21, April 1983), given the title and that Melle Mel, who was the lead vocalist in the aforementioned group, was one of the featured artists. Well, I was right...
I can't find evidence of this one charting elsewhere. It was the only top 150 entry for Nikolaj Steen.
Number 147 "Do Re Me, So Far So Good" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Peak: number 136
Peak date: 24 August 1992
Weeks in top 150: 2 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 147-136
We last saw English indie band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine in March 1992.
"Do Re Me, So Far So Good" was the second single lifted from the band's third studio album 1992 The Love Album (number 89, May 1992). It followed "The Only Living Boy in New Cross" (number 70, June 1992), which was the band's biggest 'hit' in Australia, and only single to dent the ARIA top 100.
Internationally, "Do Re Me..." peaked at number 22 in the UK in June 1992.
This would be the band's final top 150 single in Australia; however, they had a later album denting the top 150, with Post Historic Monsters (number 128, September 1993).
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