2007: The End? - February

Much like January 2007, February was somewhat lacking in quantity of new entries with just 28 (vs 24 in January) and around a third of the new entries were from the indie genre which collectively score zero.

In a previous post I mentioned my memory of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nelly Furtado being just about the only mainstream acts producing the goods around this time. Well in February they are the only 2 who get full marks.

The best record goes to Red Hot Chili Peppers with "Desecration Smile". At the time of writing this was their last Top 40 hit to date and came from arguably their best era since the early 90s.

Nelly Furtado had her last decent Top 40 hit to date with "Say It Right", the final hit from her "Loose" album. This does mean future charts are looking less promising.

Dance music wise there is just one record which was "The Beat Is Rockin'" by Erick E. Not a bad record and gets half marks, but nothing to write home about.

Sophie Ellis Bextor takes more of a rock direction on her record "Catch You". We must remember that before anyone really knew who she was, she was singer for short lived 90s indie band Theaudience so it's not that unusual for her. That said this record is bad enough to be crowned worst record of the month.

There's 2 rap records which get half a mark each. Nas had a record called "Hip Hop Is Dead", not a bad record by any means but far from his best at the same time. Then there's yet another posthumous record from 2Pac with "Pac's Life". I agree with another review saying that the vocals from 2Pac were strong but the production was too commercial.

R&B wise aside from Nelly Furtado it's all crap. Given that the newest R&B album I own is Nelly Furtado's "Loose" album I don't hold much hope for the future of the genre in the charts.

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: 13%

Here's a look at the chart:

Looks like January was a one off then, though February is still better than most months in 2006.