Charting 1997: Album Chart, 11th January

From next week onward, my plan is actually to post the album charts first, but frankly there isn't much going on in this one, and most of the albums we'll be seeing again later this year, so it didn't quite seem dramatic enough a place to start. So just a quick post today.

01. (1) Spice Girls - Spice
Starting the year as they meant to go on, topping both charts. I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to say we'll be seeing a lot of this. 
02. (2) Celine Dion - Falling into you
03. (3) The Beautiful South - Blue is the colour
04. (7) Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
05. (6) Fugees - The Score
06.(10) Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive
07.(12) Kula Shaker - K
08.(19) Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go
09. (5) Simply Red - Greatest Hits
10.(11) Original Soundtrack - Evita
11.(18) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
12. (8) George Michael - Older
13. (9) Boyzone - A Different Beat
14.(16) Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
15. (4) Robson And Jerome - Take Two
16.(14) Toni Braxton - Secrets
17.(21) Robert Miles - Dreamland
18.(13) Crowded House - Recurring Dream - The Very Best of
19.(15) East 17 - Around The World The Journey So Far
20.(23) Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
21.(24) Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley shoals
22.(26) Space - Spiders
23.(28) The Smurfs - The Smurfs Go Pop
24.(27) Peter Andre - Natural
25.(25) Fine Young Cannibals - The Finest
26.(17) Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes II
27.(41) Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
28.(20) Rod Stewart - If We Fall In Love Tonight
29.(37) Louise - Naked
30.(29) Enigma - Le roi est mort vive le roi
31.(38) The Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights
32.(47) Suede - Coming Up
33.(32) The Woolpackers - Emmerdance
34.(48) Garbage - Garbage
35.(45) Oasis - Definitely Maybe
36.(33) Gabrielle - Gabrielle
37.(56) The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
38.(40) REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
39.(46) Alisha's Attic - Alisha Rules The World
40.(35) Stevie Wonder - Song Review - A Greatest Hits Collection
41.(34) Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die
42.(58) Faithless - Reverence
43.(31) Buddy Holly - The Very best of
44.(30) Phil Collins - Dance into the light
45.(RE) Beck - Odelay
46.(39) Tina Turner - Wildest dreams
47.(59) Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
48.(62) Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather
49.(63) Cast - All Change
50.(42) Daniel O'Donnell - Songs of inspiration
51.(RE) Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself
52.(60) The Beatles - Anthology 3


Wonder how long that'll stay up?
53.(71) Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
54.(52) Mark Owen - Green man
55.(RE) Massive Attack - Blue Lines
56.(36) Roy Orbison - The Very Best Of
57.(43) Michael Ball - The Musicals
58.(61) Michael Jackson - History - Past, Present and Future - Book 1
59.(51) Dina Carroll - Only Human
60.(68) Skunk Anansie - Stoosh
61.(RE) Radiohead - The Bends
62.(RE) Sleeper - The It Girl
63.(RE) 3T - Brotherhood
64.(RE) Pulp - Different Class
65.(75) The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts The Best of
66.(22) The Smurfs - Christmas Party
67.(RE) The Prodigy - Experience
68.(RE) Shed Seven - A Maximum High
69.(44) Art Garfunkel - The Very Best Of: Across America
70.(57) The Moody Blues - The Very Best Of
71.(RE) Baby Bird - Ugly Beautiful
72.(RE) Blackstreet - Another Level
73.(RE) Paul Weller - Stanley Road
74.(67) M People - Bizarre Fruit/Bizarre Fruit II
75.(74) Runrig - Long Distance The Best Of