Charting 1997: Album chart 18th January

Nobody releases albums in the first week of January so still not a lot of excitement here. The biggest movement seems to be Michael Jackson's leap from outside the Top 50 to the Top 20, and I can't even remember why that happened.

01. (1) Spice Girls - Spice
02.(10) Original Soundtrack - Evita
03. (3) The Beautiful South - Blue is the colour
04. (2) Celine Dion - Falling into you
05. (4) Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
06. (6) Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive
07. (5) Fugees - The Score
08. (8) Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go
09. (9) Simply Red - Greatest Hits
10. (7) Kula Shaker - K
11.(16) Toni Braxton - Secrets
12.(12) George Michael - Older
13.(17) Robert Miles - Dreamland
14.(11) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
15.(14) Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
16.(18) Crowded House - Recurring Dream - The Very Best of
17.(19) East 17 - Around The World The Journey So Far
18.(20) Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
19.(15) Robson And Jerome - Take Two
20.(58) Michael Jackson - History - Past, Present and Future - Book 1
21.(13) Boyzone - A Different Beat
22.(21) Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley shoals
23.(31) The Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights
24.(22) Space - Spiders
25.(30) Enigma - Le roi est mort vive le roi
26.(32) Suede - Coming Up
27.(28) Rod Stewart - If We Fall In Love Tonight
28.(42) Faithless - Reverence
29.(26) Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes II
30.(25) Fine Young Cannibals - The Finest
31.(45) Beck - Odelay
32.(37) The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
33.(27) Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
34.(34) Garbage - Garbage
35.(33) The Woolpackers - Emmerdance
36.(36) Gabrielle - Gabrielle
37.(35) Oasis - Definitely Maybe
38.(29) Louise - Naked
39.(23) The Smurfs - The Smurfs Go Pop
40.(39) Alisha's Attic - Alisha Rules The World

54.(RE) Whitney Houston - The Preacher's Wife
As Houston-fronted soundtracks go, it was less of a blockbuster than The Bodyguard but hardly a flop.
62.(NE) No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Bolstered by airplay for their next single.
64.(RE) Orbital - In Sides
I downloaded a version of this album that includes the hit version of 'Satan' but I don't think that was ever released phsycially in the UK. Presumably it raised their profile enough anyway.
72.(RE) Elvis Presley - Presley the all time greatest hits
Somebody must have mentioned that the anniversary of his death was coming up.
74.(RE) Celine Dion - The Colour of my love