NME's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade.

Intrigued by the impact X Factor has on the charts at the moment, we wondered if the NME's much publicised "Top 50 Albums Of The Decade" would also have an influence, so studied the charts from last week, to the midweeks today.

Out of the 50 albums we looked at, we could only get information on 4 of them. The rest aren't in the top 200 at the moment (you need to sell just over 500 copies to make the top 200). There's always next week.

Anyway, the four are:

Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
NME 4 - Last Week 171 - This Week 164 - That's up 15.4%

Elbow "Asleep At The Back"
NME 30 - Last Week 200+ - This Week 180 - That's up 50.8%

Muse "Absolution"
NME 49 - Last Week 155 - This Week 170 - That's up 6.7%

Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"
NME 27 - Last Week 165 - This Week 177 - That's down 0.4%

Woo. Is the NME really responsible for this charge on the album charts? Not really. It's probably down to HMV, the Uk's only high street music retailer, who've got an "Up To 80% Off" their "Autumn Specials". All the above albums can be purchased on CD, and you'll get £1.04 change from a £20 note.

Did you know The NME now has a readership of just under 41k? If no one is buying the magazine, and no one is buying the records they recommend, why did the media go overboard when the NME's published this list?

And who has a copy of The Shins record? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Meh.

Haven't We Heard This One Before : Part 2

Well, there's only a certain amount of notes to go around

Muse "Undisclosed Desires"



U2 "Beautiful Day"



A-Ha "The Sun Always Shines On TV"

Competition Winners

Here's two normal looking blokes. Know who they are? They're part of a huge band, a four piece - one that has sold millions of records - one that has an album in the charts RIGHT NOW - one that has appeared across UK media in the last two weeks - including Later With Jools, to promote that album, but! If they were replaced - would anyone notice or care? Have they done this deliberately so they can remain virtually invisible to the general public, or are they actually competition winners?

Pop Star Look A Likes

Is it just us, or are today's "pop stars" starting to look the same? Can you name any of these four, because, pictured together like this, we're buggered if we can. And no, that's not Sienna Miller. Three of them are regular visitors to the top 10 singles chart, one has yet to achieve this, though our sources reveal she did once go to the same school as one of the other more popular ones.