April 14 1984

Chart Number; 1400

THE PUKKA ORCHESTRA ~ "LISTEN TO THE RADIO";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 7

2 ~ 3 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 10

3 ~ 2 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 8

4 ~ 8 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 5

5 ~ 5 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 7

6 ~ 10 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 5

7 ~ 4 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 14

8 ~ 11 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 5

9 ~ 9 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 9

10 ~ 19 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 4 ~ !

11 ~ 6 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 9

12 ~ 7 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 7

13 ~ 15 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 9 ~ cc

14 ~ 14 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 7

15 ~ 20 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 4

16 ~ 13 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 9 ~ cc

17 ~ 18 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 8 ~ cc

18 ~ 23 ~ Yes ~ Leave It ~ WEA ~ 3

19 ~ 21 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 5 ~ cc

20 ~ 24 ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody ~ RCA ~ 3

21 ~ 12 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 11

22 ~ 29 ~ Genesis ~ Illegal Alien ~ WEA ~ 2

23 ~ 17 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 10

24 ~ 27 ~ Martha & The Muffins ~ Black Stations/White Stations ~ RCA ~ 3 ~ cc

25 ~ 30 ~ Bonnie Tyler ~ Holding Out For A Hero ~ CBS ~ 2

26 ~ 16 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 8

27 ~ n.a ~ Nik Kershaw ~ Wouldn't It Be Good ~ MCA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Tracy Ullman ~ They Don't Know ~ MCA ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Don't Answer Me ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ The Pukka Orchestra ~ Listen To The Radio ~ CBS ~ 1 ~ cc

NIK KERSHAW ~ "WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums; April 14 1984;
Chart No.255

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 14

2 ~ 2 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 15

3 ~ 9 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 5 ~ !

4 ~ 4 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 9

5 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 26

6 ~ 6 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 7

7 ~ 3 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 13

8 ~ 7 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 21

9 ~ 8 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 7

10 ~ 10 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 8

11 ~ 11 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 13

12 ~ 12 ~ Wangchung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 8

13 ~ 13 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 11 ~ cc

14 ~ 15 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 5

15 ~ 16 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 5

16 ~ 17 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 5

17 ~ 14 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 15

18 ~ 23 ~ Joe Jackson ~ Body & Soul ~ A&M ~ 3

19 ~ 20 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 6

20 ~ 25 ~ Various Artists ~ Against All Odds Soundtrack ~ WEA ~ 2

21 ~ 26 ~ David Gilmour ~ About Face ~ CBS ~ 2

22 ~ 21 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 22

23 ~ 24 ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 4

24 ~ 22 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 12

25 ~ 18 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 22

26 ~ 27 ~ The Alarm ~ Declaration ~ A&M ~ 2

27 ~ 19 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 17

28 ~ n.a ~ Dire Straits ~ Alchemy ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ The Style Council ~ My Ever Changing Moods ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ 29 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 12

JUDAS PRIEST ~ "LOVE BITES";


========================================================= By comparison here are the top 4 from campus station CHRW in London

Artist/Album/Label/Cancon;

1. L'Etranger ~ Running Out Of Funtown ~ Sensible ~ cc

2. Big Country ~ Wonderland ~ Mercury

3. Rational Youth ~ I Want To See The Light ~ EMI ~ cc

4. Tribal Earth ~ Interaction/Reaction ~ indie ~ cc

BIG COUNTRY ~ "WONDERLAND";


RATIONAL YOUTH ~ "NO MORE & NO LESS";


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Playing that week were; Black Flag, The Meat Puppets & Nighiest at Party Central, Van Halen at MLG, Sturm Group at Barrymores in Ottawa

VAN HALEN ~ "UNCHAINED";


BLACK FLAG ~ "MY WAR";


THE MEAT PUPPETS ~ "SWIMMING GROUND" & "MAIDEN'S MILK";