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M A S S I V E S M A S H . C O M
MUSIC REVIEW
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 02ND 2007
VOL 12 - NO 29 - ONLINE EDITION # 586
FEATURING THE PURE.HITS.CHART &
THE MAJOR'S MASSIVE MEMORIES
A TRADITION SINCE 1985 - ONLINE SINCE 1995
IN THE HIT MUSIC CHART BUSINESS FOR NEARLY 22 YEARS !
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PURE.HITS.CHART LAST EDITION:
# 585 - SUN. AUGUST 19TH
NEXT EDITION:
# 587 - SUN. SEPTEMBER 30TH
P.H.C. THE HOTTEST HITS IN THE LAND P.H.C. YEAR IN REVIEW - 2006 NEARLY 12 YEARS ONLINE !
It's our final online edition for about a month, as we become a monthly publication. ENJOY September, and be sure to check us out when October begins.
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1ST WEEK @ # 1 !
MASSIVE MOVER !
TITLELove In Your Arms
ARTISTEleventyseven
MYSPACEHEAR IT !FRIEND
'11T7' do it again - a # 1 smash on the P.H.C. They do it with a fresh new sound and style. It's all about their "Galactic Conquest", and that's their hot new album that drops at retail on Tuesday September 04th. This new track seems to successfully fuse their traditional pop-punk style with a retro 'Awesome '80s' electronic sound along with just a hint of modern 21ST Century techno.
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TITLEF-Stop
ARTISTSullivan
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Introducing ... Sullivan out of Greensboro North Carolina with their instant out-of-the-box debut smash here on the P.H.C. It's an energetic pop-punker that's the lead-off track from their 2ND album - "Cover Your Eyes" - which was released about 3 months ago. It's currently a TOP 15 smash at U.S. Christian Rock radio.
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FORMER # 1 SMASH !
TITLEFinding Out
ARTISTStellar Kart
MYSPACESITEFRIEND
You found me out. You found me out, and you still love me. Now I'm learning. I'm learning - to see what you see. I'm "Finding Out". I'm "Finding Out" - who I could be. As I'm learning. I'm learning - to love you like you love me.
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FORMER # 1 SMASH !
TITLEYou're On Fire
ARTISTMxPx
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Mike Herrera, Tom Wisniewski, and Yuri Ruley are the Christian punk trio of MxPx, and they've been together for 15 years (since high school). This is their 2ND hit of 2007. Their P.H.C. debut hit - "Role Remodeling" - had an unusually short stay on our chart in January and February (although it did reach # 3).
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TITLELet's Go Back
ARTISTEveryday Sunday
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Everyday Sunday out of Columbus Ohio are on with their 2ND TOP 3 smash in a row. It's a retro-sounding pop-rocker that lyrically and melodically sounds like it's straight out of an 'Awesome '80s' high school prom.
So tell me what you are, and I’ll tell you you’re so much more than anything you thought that you could be.
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POSITIVE POP & PUNK ... RADICAL ROCK ... HAPPY HIP HOP ... IT'S ALL GOOD ON THE PURE.HITS.CHART !
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TITLETime (To Let This Go)
ARTISTNevertheless
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You keep your distance. Like for instance when you told me we should take it slow. It’s been forever. It’s now or never, and it might be "Time (To Let This Go)". And I know that I - I’ve gotta get away 'cause I’ve had enough. "Time". You always needed more "Time", but all we’ve ever had is "Time". So now this is the last "Time". But I’ll be fine.
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TITLESing To Me
ARTISTRun Kid Run
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David Curtis (lead vocalist, guitarist), Neil Endicott (guitarist, vocalist), Lyle Chastain (bassist), and Matt Jackson (drummer) are Run Kid Run out of Illinois. According to a recent blog entry by the band they are currently writing new songs for their next album, and they hope to be in the studio in November / December.
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TITLELie To Me
ARTIST12 Stones
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12 Stones' hot new album is at fine stores everywhere. It's called "Anthem For The Underdog", and it's got this P.H.C. debut smash that's all about betrayal and loss. Too many lies have destroyed the relationship, so don't act like an angel. You've fallen again. Good Bye. Was it worth it in the end ?
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TITLEHole In My Hand
ARTISTDay Of Fire
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With a "Hole In My Hand", and a strength to my stand.
With a flame in my heart - burn in me again.
With a "Hole In My Hand", and a strength to my stand.
With a flame in my heart - burn in me again.
With a "Hole In My Hand". With a "Hole In My Hand".
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TITLEI Need You
ARTISTRelient K
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Relient K are rockin' hard in this 4TH radio single from their current album "Five Score And Seven Years Ago" which has sold an estimated 150,000+ copies since its release this past March. As "The Best Thing" was the follow-up to "Must Have Done Something Right" at U.S. Mainstream TOP 40 radio this is the follow-up to "Forgiven" at U.S. Christian Rock radio.
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P.H.C.THE PURE.HITS.CHART WILL CONTINUE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FIRST ...P.H.C.
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THE MAJOR'S
MASSIVE MEMORIES
480 PAST MEMORIES COMPLETE INDEX OF ARTISTS
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
A VAST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC HIT SONGS REPRESENTING
22 YEARS OF GREAT MEMORIES FOR MAJOR HITWAVES
481 & 482 - THE 'AWESOME '80S IN AUGUST' !
TITLESay You Will
ARTISTForeigner
PEAK2WKS13PTS441YRS1987-8
Foreigner scored 16 U.S. TOP 40 hits from the late-1970s through the late-1980s. Fans of their late-1970s hits may cherish "Feels Like The First Time", "Cold As Ice", "Hot Blooded", and "Double Vision". This was their 2ND-to-last hit on the pop charts nearly a decade after all of those initial great hits, and it came from their 6TH album "Inside Information".
TITLEJust Between You And Me
ARTISTLou Gramm
PEAK3WKS21PTS478YRS1989-90
Before and after the Foreigner album that contained the adjacent MASSIVE Memory inductee "Say You Will" the Foreigner front man scored two huge solo hits. "Midnight Blue" was a U.S. TOP 5 smash a year before "Say You Will" early on in 1987, and then late in 1989 he hit again with this long-running pop radio smash that lasted well into 1990.
... And with that we close the book on this year's edition of the 'Awesome '80s In August'. We inducted 7 MASSIVE Memories from (in alphabetical order) Beastie Boys, Foreigner, Howard Jones, Johnny Hates Jazz, Lionel Richie, Lou Gramm, and White Lion. It was a fun trip down MASSIVE Memory lane, but the trip back to the 'Awesome '80s In August' doesn't have to end here. Over 160 MASSIVE Memories from 1985 to 1989 have been inducted thus far, and you can always check them out on our MASSIVE Memories pages by year via all of the links above.
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P.H.C.... WE NOW RETURN TO THE 2ND HALF OF THE PURE.HITS.CHARTP.H.C.
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MASSIVE DEBUT !
TITLEHotel Aquarium
ARTISTFalling Up
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It's Falling Up's 3RD attempt at a P.H.C. smash, and it looks like the 3RD time is a charm. "Contact" only spent 2 weeks with us nearly a year ago (peaking at # 20), and the 'Indoor Soccer' remix of "Searchlights" managed 7 weeks with us earlier this year (hitting # 15). This one appears headed for P.H.C. TOP 10 stardom.
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TITLEAmazing Because It Is
ARTISTThe Almost
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Aaron Gillespie's band are on with their 2ND smash, and it's their follow-up to their long-running TOP 10 hit "Say This Sooner" (also from the album "Southern Weather"). It's all about that "Amazing Grace". How sweet the sound. That saves a wretch like me. I once was lost. But now I'm found. Was blind but now I see.
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FORMER # 1 SMASH !
TITLEZero
ARTISTHawk Nelson
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"The Show" & "Zero" - 2 hits - 11 weeks at # 1 combined for Ontario Canada's Christian pop-punk band Hawk Nelson. They are the first act to score back-to-back # 1 hits on our chart since The All-American Rejects did so last year (also as a P.H.C. debut artist).
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TITLEPopularity
ARTISTJonezetta
MYSPACESITEFRIEND
Jackson Mississippi's Jonezetta are on with their follow-up hit to "Communicate" which spent a brief time with us to end 2006 and kick-off 2007. This is the title-track of their current album that included the previous single, and it's "Popularity" is now confirmed.
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TITLENew Skeptic
ARTISTThe Fold
MYSPACEHEAR IT & SEE IT !FRIEND
About a month into our flip from Mainstream Pop to Christian Rock last Summer The Fold arrived on the scene with their uplifting "Gravity". It became our biggest 'New Rock Generation' smash of the remainder of 2006. Over 8 months after they departed the're on with their current smash that you shouldn't be skeptical about.
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P.H.C.THE PURE.HITS.CHART = POSITIVE + INSPIRATIONAL + CONTAGIOUS !P.H.C.
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TITLEMake Money Money
ARTISTJohn Reuben
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Columbus Ohio's John Reuben is on with his 2ND hit single from "Word Of Mouth". SPOILER ALERT - The title track of his album recently ended a 26-week reign on the P.H.C., and it's currently our # 1 smash of the entire year (based on total chart points). Mark Sunday December 30TH 2007 on your calendar. That's when our annual 'Year-In-Review' edition will be published !
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TITLEBoulevard Nights
ARTISTRed Cloud
MYSPACESITEFRIEND
Christian hip hop artist Red Cloud hails out of Hawthorne California (near Los Angeles). This track comes from his album "Hawthorne's Most Wanted". You can't hear it on his MySpace site, but you can see the video for it on my own You Tube site. Check him out as he gets a tattoo for Syntax (as in Syntax Records).
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TITLECash Or Christ
ARTISTTrip Lee Ft. Lecrae
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Got money. Got whips. Got ice. Still broke homeboy. No Christ. Got a debt to pay. Some real heavy wages, and the payment for his sin is pretty outrageous. I seen him park the car. Suicide doors. Without Christ he walking through a suicide door. The dollar bill say 'In God We Trust'. It's funny 'cause money is the only God he trust.
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TITLEComatose
ARTISTSkillet
MYSPACEHEAR IT !FRIEND
MASSIVE Memory artist Skillet are back on the P.H.C. with their 3RD hit. Their "Rebirthing" hit # 2, spent 15 weeks on our chart, and is a MASSIVE Memory for 2006. "The Last Night" hit # 5, spent 18 weeks on our chart, and is one of our biggest hits of the year thus far. This is the title-track of their 2006 album.
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TITLEFight Like This
ARTISTDecyfer Down
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Caleb Oliver (lead vocalist, bassist), Brandon Mills (guitarist, vocalist), Chris Clonts (guitarist, vocalist), and Josh Oliver (drummer) are Decyfer Down who hail from the Atlantic coastline of North Carolina. This is 1 of 18 hits on the P.H.C. this week that are also in the TOP 25 at U.S. Christian Rock radio.
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TITLEMadmen
ARTISTWavorly
MYSPACEHEAR IT !FRIEND
This one took awhile to reach the P.H.C. It's already been a MASSIVE hit at U.S. Christian Rock radio (for over 4 months now) where it was a national # 1 smash. You can catch Wavorly LIVE in concert from mid-September through mid-October as part of Disciple's "Scars Remain" tour along with Fireflight and Dizmas.
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TITLEMinor Prophets
ARTISTHaste The Day
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Haste The Day scored a MASSIVE hit on our chart from last November through this past March with their loud and rambunctious speed-metal romp "When Everything Falls". It was an unexpected TOP 3 smash that survived for an amazing 18 weeks on the P.H.C. Now the Indie band from Indy are on with more positive metal.
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TITLETemptation Come My Way
ARTISTThe Showdown
MYSPACEHEAR IT !FRIEND
Now this is heavy metal. If you can't rock out to this track then you just aren't trying hard enough. It's The Showdown, and it's a far cry from their roots as a pop-punk band known as 2540 (as in Matthew 25:40):
And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me !'
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TITLEEvil (A Chorus Of Resistance)
ARTISTProject 86
MYSPACEHEAR IT & SEE IT !FRIEND
Andrew Schwab (lead vocalist), Randy Torres (guitarist, pianist, background vocalist), and Steven Dail (bassist, background vocalist) are the trio of Project 86 out of the 'O.C.' in Southern California.
I want something you have. I want it all so bad. Don't move - hand it over. I won't stop until it's in my hands !
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TITLEYour Demon
ARTISTKids In The Way
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David Pelsue (lead vocalist), Nathan Ehman (guitarist), Eric Carter (drummer), and Willie Bostic (bassist) are Kids In The Way out of Indianapolis Indiana. Their previous P.H.C. hit (a year ago) was "Fiction", and you can catch its music video on my You Tube site.
OFF THE CHART & ONTO THE ARCHIVES THE MAJOR'S MYSPACE
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FORMER # 2 SMASH !
TITLECross The Line
ARTISTRuth
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TITLEPlay It Safe
ARTISTDizmas
MYSPACEHEAR IT !FRIEND
Effective with this edition of the MASSIVESMASH.COM Music Review we are now a monthly publication. This edition serves as the September 2007 edition. The October 2007 edition is scheduled to be compiled during the final week of September, and it should be online right here at the same location - massivesmash.com/hits - no later than the evening of Saturday September 29TH 2007.

In-between new editions online be sure to check out my blog. Occasional updates to the Pure.Hits.Chart (P.H.C.) will be revealed, and new MASSIVE Memories will be inducted. Any changes to the P.H.C. and additions to the MASSIVE Memories made offline (in-between new editions) will be reflected on the next edition of the MASSIVESMASH.COM Music Review.

MYSPACE FRIENDS WANTED:
CHRISTIAN MUSIC ARTISTS

I am now up to 67 MySpace friends, and a large majority of those friends are Christian Pop, Punk, Rock, and Hip Hop artists. If you or your band is already a friend then you are halfway there. To get to be a 'Top Friend' (displayed) on my MySpace site all you need to do is to produce a hit song at U.S. Christian hit music radio. Once you've done that your chances are great that it will hit the Pure.Hits.Chart (P.H.C.).

If you or your band is not currently a friend then click on my 'Add To Friends' link. I will check out your MySpace profile, and if it meets the appropriate criteria then I will 'approve' you as a friend. I will also check out your music, and perhaps even do a little bit of free promotion on your behalf. Who knows - You may be a future P.H.C. TOP 25 artist !


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