Sunday, 31 December 2023

25 Years Since....December 1998

Time to go back to 1998 one last time:

E17 - Each Time


At the start of 1997 Brian Harvey was booted out of East 17 for his comments about ecstasy. That seemed to be the end for them, but then at the end of 1998 they were back minus Tony Mortimer and had quite hilariously rebranded themselves as E17.

They were now an R&B group and whilst this record was a success the follow up flopped and that was that for them.

Sash! ft Shannon - Move Mania

This was the first Sash! record not to make the Top 5. I considered it to be the best Sash! record which may explain it's lack of success relative to his previous hits. Don't get me wrong though, this is very much dance music of the commercial variety but a lot of fun to listen to at the same time.

Ruff Driverz Presents Arrola - Dreaming

Ruff Driverz were Chris Brown and Brad Carter who had previously been making happy hardcore records. They left all that behind and this was probably their biggest hit as Ruff Driverz. Something quite nice about moving onto something else only to find those making the music have too.

All Saints - War Of Nerves

The final track from their self titled debut album which was also the final single to be released from the album. I had bought the album earlier on in the year and could definitely see this being a single and quite a good way to end an album too.


The Honeyz - End Of The Line

One day I was playing the Honeyz album in my car which ends with this record. My 2 friends only knew the hits and without any prompting we found ourselves all singing along to this. Afterwards I think we all thought that was weird that we were 3 grown men singing along to this, but it goes to show what a great record it is.

It was a cover of a record that was originally written by an Australian and performed in Malaysian and Indonesian.

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