UK Rock/Metal Charts (1980s and early '90s)

[Metalweb]

29 Jun 91

01(02) Get The Funk Out - Extreme [20]
02(01) Monkey Business - Skid Row [66]
03(08) Hey Stoopid - Alice Cooper [25]
04(03) Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) - Marillion [52]
05(09) Jealous Again /She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes
06(05) Solace Of You - Living Colour [62]
07(34) Dead Ringer For Love - Meat Loaf [59]
08(14) Poundcake - Van Halen
09(04) Space - New Model Army
10 (-) Little Lost Sometimes - Almighty [42]
11(06) Mass Appeal Madness - Napalm Death
12(07) Kids In America - Lawnmower Deth
13 (-) (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams [08]
14 (-) Empire - Beyond
15(37) Lowdown And Dirty - Foreigner
16(12) Young Gods - Little Angels
17(16) Mothers Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
18(13) Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction
19(11) Wind Of Change - Scorpions
20(10) Headlong - Queen
21(15) Rebel - Atom Seed
22(35) One Step Too Far - Beyond
23(21) Devil's Toy - Almighty
24(24) Under Siege - Sepultura
25(19) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
26(18) Crawl - Entombed
27(27) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
28(20) Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
29(17) Fight Fire With Fire - Heartland
30(23) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
31(26) Love Don't Come Easy - White Lion
32(25) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
33(22) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
34(32) Headed For A Heartbreak - Winger
35(30) Falling Away - Mordred
36(28) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
37 (-) True Love - Pat Benatar
38(33) Come Down Sister - Throbs
39(29) Unnatural Woman - RPLA
40 (-) Don't Treat Me Bad - Firehouse

[Robbie]

I wonder what the chart sales week has changed to? Records are suddenly taking big leaps to number 1.

[Metalweb]

22 Jun 91

01(12) Monkey Business - Skid Row [31]
02(01) Get The Funk Out - Extreme [19]
03(06) Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) - Marillion [34]
04(02) Space - New Model Army
05(03) Solace Of You - Living Colour [41]
06(14) Mass Appeal Madness - Napalm Death
07(10) Kids In America - Lawnmower Deth
08 (-) Hey Stoopid - Alice Cooper [43]
09 (-) Jealous Again / She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes
10(04) Headlong - Queen
11(11) Wind Of Change - Scorpions
12(05) Young Gods - Little Angels
13(07) Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction
14 (-) Poundcake - Van Halen [74]
15(08) Rebel - Atom Seed
16(09) Mother's Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
17(32) Fight Fire With Fire - Heartland
18(16) Crawl - Entombed
19(18) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
20(20) Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
21(13) Devil's Toy - Almighty
22(36) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
23(19) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
24(22) Under Siege - Sepultura
25(24) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
26 (-) Love Don't Come Easy - White Lion
27(28) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
28(15) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
29(17) Unnatural Woman - RPLA
30(23) Falling Away - Mordred
31(33) Good Times - Goat
32 (-) Headed For A Heartbreak - Winger
33(21) Come Down Sister - Throbs
34 (-) Dead Ringer For Love - Meat Loaf [53]
35(26) One Step Too Far - Beyond
36(27) Enough Is Enough - Sweet Addiction
37 (-) Lowdown And Dirty - Foreigner
38(34) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
39(29) Signs - Tesla
40(31) Tower Of Love - Roadhouse

[Blondini]

Oh it seems i posted the Chart Show chart a week early looking at Skid Row who were brand new at 19 UK that week of the 15th cover date (and the actual top selling metal single). Of course the TV broadcast on the 8th corresponds to the chart broadcast that Sunday, the 9th.

But it still means Lawnmower Death charted at least 2 weeks late on both charts.

[Metalweb]

15 Jun 91

01(28) Get The Funk Out - Extreme [26]
02 (-) Space - New Model Army [54]
03(03) Solace Of You - Living Colour [33]
04(02) Headlong - Queen [45]
05(01) Young Gods - Little Angels
06(22) Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) - Marillion [34]
07(04) Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction
08(07) Rebel - Atom Seed
09(05) Mother's Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
10 (-) Kids In America - Lawnmower Deth
11(06) Wind Of Change - Scorpions [72]
12 (-) Monkey Business - Skid Row [19]
13(08) Devil's Toy - Almighty
14 (-) Mass Appeal Madness - Napalm Death
15(12) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
16(26) Crawl - Entombed
17(21) Unnatural Woman - RPLA
18(27) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
19(16) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
20(09) Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
21(10) Come Down Sister - Throbs
22(30) Under Siege - Sepultura
23(11) Falling Away - Mordred
24(18) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
25(31) Lights And Thunder - White Lion
26(13) One Step Too Far - Beyond
27(15) Enough Is Enough - Sweet Addiction
28(25) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
29(17) Signs - Tesla
30(14) Are You Ready - AC/DC
31(20) Tower Of Love - Roadhouse
32 (-) Fight Fire With Fire - Heartland
33(24) Good Times - Goat
34(19) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
35(29) Stonewall - Annihilator
36(34) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
37(32) Big Bad Moon - Joe Satriani
38(39) Beautiful Disaster - Cheap And Nasty
39(33) Cherry Pie - Warrant
40(35) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes

[Blondini]

I see the band Catherine Wheel in the top 100 with their second single (an EP featuring an early version of I Want To Touch You). They should be on the rock charts with that. They were a borderline alt rock / shoegaze band. I think they're included later, like the Manics.
Their frontman Rob Dickinson is Bruce's cousin.

[Robbie]

I'd forgotten about part of the top 200 being included in adverts in Music Week. I'd started buying Music Week every week when Record Mirror closed and can now remember the advert you've linked to.

[kingofskiffle]

Some do have some issues of it. All I have are images from the adverts in Music Week. Actually this does make for some interest in this post. The answer is 139 (seemingly joint 139) on the chart they date as week ending 1 June.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f1fh1h36m9...Chart.jpg?dl=0

I think only two prints where added in Music Week of the charts to try and get you to subscribe. It was eye watering in 1991 - £500 for the year I think. Roughly £1200 today.

i don’t have anything other than what’s here sadly.

[Robbie]

^
no-one seems to have positions 76-100 for this period. They are in the Gallup chart reports which the BPI have and they were also published in the original (Music Week owned) ChartsPlus publication at the time but no-one seems to have copies of the publication.

[Blondini]

I remember seeing the Chart Show the week 'Kids In America' by Lawnmower Deth was featured. A strange, yet effective, cover.

do you know if it made the unpublished UK top 100?

Just noticed Scorpions are missing from Chart Show top ten - that's the first release of Wind Of Change when it only peaked at 53 in UK.

[Robbie]

I remember seeing the Chart Show the week 'Kids In America' by Lawnmower Deth was featured. A strange, yet effective, cover.

[Blondini]

The Chart Show Rock Chart (8th June 1991)

10 Lawnmower Deth - Kids In America
6 Skid Row - Monkey Business - played
1 Extreme - Get The Funk Out - played but uploader had to truncate it

here's the full video of Lawnmower Deth

[Metalweb]

8 Jun 91

01(06) Young Gods - Little Angels [63]
02(01) Headlong - Queen [24]
03(39) Solace Of You - Living Colour [40]
04(10) Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction
05(02) Mother's Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
06(37) Wind Of Change - Scorpions [64]
07(33) Rebel - Atom Seed
08(03) Devils Toy - Almighty
09(05) Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
10(04) Come Down Sister - Throbs
11(08) Falling Away - Mordred
12(15) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
13(11) One Step Too Far - Beyond
14(07) Are You Ready - AC/DC
15(13) Enough Is Enough - Sweet Addiction
16(09) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
17(14) Signs - Tesla
18(12) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
19(18) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
20(16) Tower Of Love - Roadhouse
21(24) Unnatural Woman - RPLA
22 (-) Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) - Marillion [42]
23(17) The Drill Song - Mr Big
24(22) Good Times - Goat
25(20) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
26(19) Crawl - Entombed
27(30) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
28 (-) Get The Funk Out - Extreme [43]
29(28) Stonewall - Annihilator
30(23) Under Siege - Sepultura
31(25) Lights And Thunder - White Lion
32(27) Big Bad Moon - Joe Satriani
33(21) Cherry Pie - Warrant
34(26) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
35(29) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes
36(34) Free n Easy - Almighty
37(32) It's Love - Kings X
38(31) Loud Sex EP 1991 - Loud
39(36) Beautiful Disaster - Cheap And Nasty
40(35) Sensible Shoes - David Lee Roth

[Blondini]

^

RPLA got the front cover of the May 11 issue and a rave write-up inside, but a gig reviewer in the May 25 issue was far from impressed:

"So this is what the fuss is all about?! You're joking, aren't you? RPLA - whatever that may stand for - follow a long, long line of bands who try very hard to sound like the Cult. Their songs are strong on rhythm but ultimately go nowhere. Don't be surprised if RPLA have disappeared by this time next year, as Kerrang! wipes another bad egg off its face. RPLA are just boring."

yes, i smelt The Cult, too

[Metalweb]

^

RPLA got the front cover of the May 11 issue and a rave write-up inside, but a gig reviewer in the May 25 issue was far from impressed:

"So this is what the fuss is all about?! You're joking, aren't you? RPLA - whatever that may stand for - follow a long, long line of bands who try very hard to sound like the Cult. Their songs are strong on rhythm but ultimately go nowhere. Don't be surprised if RPLA have disappeared by this time next year, as Kerrang! wipes another bad egg off its face. RPLA are just boring."

[Metalweb]

^

Review of the Atom Seed single from the June 1 issue of Kerrang!

"It jerks into life like Jane Addiction's 'Been Caught Stealing' but Rebel's wiry white-funk metal is closest to the crunch and yelp of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The Atom Seed's major label debut single is vital and anthemic, a real shit-kicker. They don't sound so English these days though."

Elsewhere in the same issue there's a competition to win one of three "mega exclusive paint-by-numbers Atom Seed shirts for you to decorate at your leisure!"

[Blondini]

Look how busier it is already! RPLA i've not heard of - stands for Red Patent Leather Angels.
Atom Seed i've not heard of either. Interesting looking them up.

[Metalweb]

1 Jun 91

01(16) Headlong - Queen [14]
02(19) Mother's Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
03(01) Devils Toy - Almighty
04(08) Come Down Sister - Throbs
05(04) Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
06 (-) Young Gods - Little Angels [34]
07(03) Are You Ready - AC/DC
08(05) Falling Away - Mordred
09(02) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
10 (-) Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction [60]
11(07) One Step Too Far - Beyond
12(09) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
13 (-) Enough Is Enough - Sweet Addiction
14(06) Signs - Tesla
15(21) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
16(40) Tower Of Love - Roadhouse
17(23) The Drill Song - Mr Big
18(11) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
19(14) Crawl - Entombed
20(15) Hangar 18 - Entombed
21(25) Cherry Pie - Warrant
22(13) Good Times - Goat
23(10) Under Siege - Sepultura
24 (-) Unnatural Woman - RPLA
25(12) Lights And Thunder - White Lion
26(26) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
27(18) Big Bad Moon - Joe Satriani
28(17) Stonewall - Annihilator
29(29) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes
30(20) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
31(27) Loud Sex EP 1991 - Loud
32(28) It's Love - Kings X
33 (-) Rebel - Atom Seed
34(31) Free n Easy - Almighty
35(22) Sensible Shoes - David Lee Roth
36(24) Beautiful Disaster - Cheap And Nasty
37 (-) Wind Of Change - Scorpions [53]
38(30) Waiting For Love - Alias
39 (-) Solace Of You - Living Colour [52]
40(34) Stairway To Heaven - Frank Zappa

[Blondini]

^

Hadn't noticed Michael Bolton had dropped right off the chart.....

Obviously nobody likes him but wasn't that plagiarism case absurd?

His single had nothing in common with the Isley Brothers flop except its title.....

i wouldn't say nobody likes him (EDIT: oh, yes - the reviews weren't great at the time)

he's cool again after The Lonely Island

How Can We Be Lovers? is a decent pop rock song, as is Time, Love & Tenderness.

Even though The Isleys won the case they still don't get a writing credit.

[Metalweb]

^

Hadn't noticed Michael Bolton had dropped right off the chart.....

Obviously nobody likes him but wasn't that plagiarism case absurd?

His single had nothing in common with the Isley Brothers flop except its title.....

[Blondini]

Queen included! (rather low) So Kerrang! is finally in line with UK chart for releases.

So here's the Chart Show Rock Chart for the previous week/day - 18th May

So as the charts are different it can be concluded that they were no longer using MRIB for their charts by this point and had compiled them using their own people.
Note Throbs (actually called The Throbs) having a similar high placing but the week before Kerrang!. What a jump! Mr Big as well. MRIB would have had a different time period for collation so only half the first week sales of a new release would be counted.

EDIT: Bolton off Kerrang! chart

[Metalweb]

25 May 91

01(01) Devil's Toy - Almighty
02(02) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
03(03) Are You Ready - AC/DC
04(39) Green-Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
05(26) Falling Away - Mordred
06(07) Signs - Tesla
07(15) One Step Too Far - Beyond
08(40) Come Down Sister - Throbs
09(04) Heartbreak Situation - Cinderella
10(10) Under Siege - Sepultura
11(05) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
12(11) Lights And Thunder - White Lion
13(08) Good Times - Goat
14(09) Crawl - Entombed
15(12) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
16 (-) Headlong - Queen [28]
17(20) Stonewall - Annihilator
18 (-) Big Bad Moon - Joe Satriani
19 (-) Mother's Eyes - Enuff Z'Nuff
20(14) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
21(13) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
22(22) Sensible Shoes - David Lee Roth
23(17) The Drill Song - Mr Big
24(re) Beautiful Disaster - Cheap And Nasty
25(16) Cherry Pie - Warrant
26(23) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
27(18) Loud Sex EP 1991 - Loud
28(21) It's Love - Kings X
29(19) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes
30(28) Waiting For Love - Alias
31(25) Free N Easy - Almighty
32(24) The Boys Are Back In Town Remix - Thin Lizzy
33(27) Real World - Heartland
34(31) Stairway To Heaven - Frank Zappa
35(32) A Touch Of Evil - Judas Priest
36(29) Kids Of The Century - Helloween
37(30) Born In '58 - Bruce Dickinson
38(33) We Will Remember - Saxon
39(34) Show Me The Way - Styx
40 (-) Tower Of Love - Roadhouse

[Metalweb]

18 May 91

01(05) Devil's Toy - Almighty [53]
02(01) Silent Lucidity - Queensryche [64]
03(02) Are You Ready - AC/DC
04(03) Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
05(04) My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top
06(07) Love Is A Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton [23]
07(06) Signs - Tesla
08(14) Good Times - Goat
09(20) Crawl - Entombed
10(08) Under Siege - Sepultura
11(10) Lights And Thunder - White Lion
12(12) Hangar 18 - Megadeth
13(15) Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
14(09) Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
15 (-) One Step Too Far - Beyond
16(16) Cherry Pie - Warrant
17(22) The Drill Song - Mr Big
18(11) Loud Sex Ep 1991 - Loud
19(27) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes
20(17) Stonewall - Annihilator
21(13) It's Love - Kings X
22(23) Sensible Shoes - David Lee Roth
23(19) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
24(36) The Boys Are Back In Town Remix - Thin Lizzy
25(29) Free n Easy - Almighty
26 (-) Falling Away - Mordred
27(18) Real World - Heartland
28(24) Waiting For Love - Alias
29(26) Kids Of The Century - Helloween
30(31) Born In '58 - Bruce Dickinson
31(30) Stairway To Heaven - Frank Zappa
32(32) A Touch Of Evil - Judas Priest
33(33) We Will Remember - Saxon
34(40) Show Me The Way - Styx
35(34) If You Needed Someone - Bad Company
36(35) Laying Down The Law - The Law
37(39) I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen
38(38) Secret - Heart
39 (-) Green-Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big
40 (-) Come Down Sister - Throbs

[Blondini]

Sepultura! The chart might actually resemble The Chart Show one from now on. Let's see...

next one available is for 18th May (so 25th May for Kerrang!)

we've got Queen and Manic Street Preachers coming up for UK chart 25th May . At least 1 of those should chart. I think it took a few releases before Manics were included so they might not be yet.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...19910519/7501/

[Metalweb]

11 May 91

01 Silent Lucidity - Queensryche [44]
02 Are You Ready - AC/DC [61]
03 Heartbreak Station - Cinderella
04 My Head's In Mississippi - ZZ Top [64]
05 Devil's Toy - Almighty [36]
06 Signs - Tesla
07 Love Is A Wonderful Thing - Michael Bolton [24]
08 Under Siege - Sepultura
09 Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
10 Lights And Thunder - White Lion
11 Loud Sex EP 1991 - Loud
12 Hangar 18 - Megadeth
13 It's Love - Kings X
14 Good Times - Goat
15 Product Of The Working Class - Little Angels
16 Cherry Pie - Warrant
17 Stonewall - Annihilator
18 Real World - Heartland
19 Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
20 Crawl - Entombed
21 Power Of Dreams EP - Power Of Dreams
22 The Drill Song - Mr Big
23 Sensible Shoes - David Lee Roth
24 Waiting For Love - Alias
25 Beautiful Disaster - Cheap & Nasty
26 Kids Of The Century - Helloween
27 Twice As Hard - Black Crowes
28 My Brother Jake - Free
29 Free n Easy - Almighty
30 Stairway To Heaven - Frank Zappa
31 Born In '58 - Bruce Dickinson
32 A Touch Of Evil - Judas Priest
33 We Will Remember - Saxon
34 If You Needed Someone - Bad Company
35 Laying Down The Law - The Law
36 The Boys Are Back In Town Remix - Thin Lizzy
37 Let's Make It Last All Night - Jimmy Barnes
38 Secret - Heart
39 I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen
40 Show Me The Way - Styx

No prior week positions given this week as the chart is now credited to MRIB (rather than Gallup)

Michael Bolton and his Isley Brothers non-soundalike single now included.....