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Bowie's "Absolute Beginners" is #1. Sigue Sigue Sputnik drop 6 spots to
#13 with "Love Missile F1-11". "Peter Gunn" comes in at #24 from nowhere,
the Pet Shop Boys' "Love Comes Quickly" comes up 8 notches to #23. New Order's
"Shell Shock" is at #25, also from nowhere. "Hounds of Love" drops from
#24 to #46, and "Marlene on the Wall" from Suzanne Vega pops in at #48. At
the bottom of the list, "C'mon C'mon", from the Bronski Beat, at #50.

As for LP's... "Brothers in Arms" is still #1. "Hounds of Love" is sitting
pretty at #4, sandwiched between "No Jacket Required" and ELO's "Balance of
Power". Talk Talk's latest, "The Colour of Spring", is in the #9 position
with a new single due out soon... Depeche Mode's new album "Black Celebration"
comes into the chart at #22, with the first single "Stripped" coming in at
#5, up from #7. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's album "Paint Your Wagon" jumps into
#48 its first week in the charts. The Damned have their album "Damned But Not
Forgotten" drop to #49 from #46. At the bottom, "Alone" by Nana Mouskouri.

TOP TENS:
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	INDEPENDENT 45'S
	----------- ----
 1 (3)  Trumpton Riots (Half Man Half Biscuit)
 2 (1)  Safety Net (Shop Assistants)
 3 (-)  Shell Shock (New Order)
 4 (3)  Giving Ground (The Sisterhood)
 5 (7)  Stripped (Depeche Mode)
 6 (6)  Once More (The Wedding Present)
 7 (5)  Like an Angel (The Mighty Lemon Drops)
 8 (4)  Fuzzbox EP (We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It)
 9 (15) The Filth and the Fury (Icons of Filth)
 10 (8) See Through (Guana Batz)

	INDEPENDENT LP'S
	----------- ----
 1 (2)  A Date With Elvis (The Cramps)
 2 (1)  Back in the DHSS (Half Man Half Biscuit)
 3 (3)  Paint Your Wagon (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry)
 4 (7)  Wire Play Pop (Wire)
 5 (4)  Damned But Not Forgotten (The Damned)
 6 (-)  Black Celebration (Depeche Mode)
 7 (5)  Kaleidoscope World (The Chills)
 8 (8)  The Old and the New (A Certain Ratio)
 9 (6)  First Avalanche (Rose of Avalanche)
 10 (9) This is Oi (Various)

	UK TOP TEN 45'S
	-- --- --- ----
 1 (4)  Absolute Beginners (David Bowie)
 2 (1)  Chain Reaction (Diana Ross)
 3 (26) Living Doll (Cliff Richard and the Young Ones)
 4 (2)  Manic Monday (The Bangles)
 5 (12) Kiss (Prince and the Revolution)
 6 (5)  Hi Ho Silver (Jim Diamond)
 7 (10) Move Away (Culture Club)
 8 (19) Digging Your Scene (The Blow Monkeys)
 9 (13) The Harlem Shuffle (Rolling Stones)
 10 (3) New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)	[ Huh!?!?! -JDT ]

	UK TOP TEN LP'S
	-- --- --- ----
 1 (1)  Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)
 2 (5)  Whitney Houston
 3 (2)  No Jacket Required (Phil Collins)
 4 (4)  Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
 5 (10) Balance of Power (ELO)
 6 (3)  Hits for Lovers (Various)
 7 (6)  ROCKY IV Soundtrack (Various)
 8 (19) Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister)
 9 (9)  The Colour of Spring (Talk Talk)
 10 (-) Hits IV (Various)

OF NOTE: The Jazz Butcher (Butchie rules!) has a single in the top 20 indie,
called "Hard"! Also, in touring news, Depeche Mode started the concert scene
again this Monday. USA tour, maybe? Huh? Huh? New Smiths album soon, called
"The Queen is Dead". Lovely. And lastly, Pet Shop Boys finally give the world
an elpee, called "Please".

More next week when NME goes to press.

				Save your parity bits for big cash prizes!
						Joe

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