2006: The End? - October

When I used to watch the Galaxy Chart on MTV Dance one thing I discovered I had in common with presenter Jo Good is that we both don't like vocals in dance music. She mentioned it several times and quite possible mentioned it with one of the records from this month.

Chris Lake had an instrumental tune called changes and it's a very good tune. For its Top 40 release though he added vocals to it making it nowhere near as good. Because the instrumental is so good though it just about gets a point. No points for the other 2 dance records though which came from Bob Sinclar with essentially a remake of "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory which is a tune I've never liked. The other was "Superfreak" by Beatfreakz which just sounds pointless.

No points for either of the rap records, there was "Prangin Out" by The Streets which I don't think much of any "Come To Me" by P Diddy which is just nonsense.

Not only do the 3 R&B records get no points but all 3 are really strong contenders for worst record. There was Cassie with "Long Way 2 Go" who fortunately never troubled the charts again after this. Then we have Beyonce with "Irreplaceable" but as bad as it is she's done worse.

The worst record though goes to fellow former Destiny's Child band mate Letoya with "Torn". It takes a soul classic in "You Are Everything" and completely ruins it with her singing something completely different.

Another very strong contender for worst record was Amy Winehouse with "Rehab". This was actually her Top 40 debut and I took an instant dislike to it. I never saw what the fuss was with Amy Winehouse, I thought she was terrible.

The best record was an easy pick, "Welcome To The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. I just love the speed and energy of it and it was the only record aside from Chris Lake to get full marks.

Just the one record gets half mark which is "Anthem (We Are The Fire)" by Trivium. It was nice to hear some guitar music that wasn't the boring indie records of which there was still plenty of.

Here's a list of the records with the best on top, worst at the bottom and the good ones in green, OK ones in amber and rubbish ones in red (and in no particular order):

Score: 8%

Here's a look at the chart:

The joint worst month so far and given the percentage score is helped by the small quantity this really is the worst month so far.