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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 29/09/2026

Having trouble with the studio door, "Push Push, Pull Pull" from Judie Tzuke's fifth album "Ritmo", the highest new entry on the album chart at 29 this week in 1983. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 29/09/2026

Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com for this week's Off The Chart as we go back to this day in 1983 for some of the lesser heard hits of that week. Hopefully this week everything will go smoothly and there'll be no more annoying cockups. offthechart.show/29-september...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 22/09/2026

"Blue" by Black, from his/their debut album "Wonderful Life", new at its peak of no.3 this week. Including all three of his/their top 40 hit singles, the album went Platinum in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 22/09/2026

We're no strangers to technical cock-ups, you know the rules and so do we, so join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com as we go back to this day in 1987! Two hours of lesser heard hits and shenanigans as usual; see if you can spot the point where the gremlins crept in. offthechart.show/22-september...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 15/09/2026

"Accent on Youth" from "Rage in Eden", the fifth album by Ultravox and their second with Midge Ure. New at its peak of no.4, it spent 23 weeks on the chart plus another week in 2022 for the Deluxe Edition. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 15/09/2026

Don’t you ever, don’t you ever stop listening to two hours of lesser-heard ’80s hits on Off The Chart! Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com as we square up to 1981 this week! offthechart.show/15-september...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 08/09/2026

"That Was Your Mother" from Paul Simon's "Graceland", the highest new entry on the UK album chart this week in 1986. The album spent 8 weeks at no.1 and a total of 163 weeks in the top 100; it went 9xPlatinum in the UK and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 08/09/2026

Let the tournament begin, don’t give up and don’t give in, but do go back forty years with us as we revisit the UK singles chart from today in 1986 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com and please bring your own cherry wine. offthechart.show/8-september-...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 01/09/2026

Rising up, back on the street, Off The Chart is back with two hours of less remembered hits from the UK singles chart of this day in 1982! Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com, don't save it till the morning after. offthechart.show/1-september-...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 25/08/2026

New at 58, "Good Times" was the follow-up to Matt Bianco's biggest hit, the double A-side "Don't Blame It On That Girl" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie", which was still in the chart at no.53 this week, two places higher than this follow-up ever reached. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 25/08/2026

New at 17 on the album chart, "Rock The World", the fourth album by Five Star. An attempt to reinvent themselves for an older audience, it failed spectacularly, spending only five weeks in the top 100, whereas their first two albums each spent over a year on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 25/08/2026

Hey, guess what? We're back on @noiseboxradio.com at 9pm this very evening! Join us for two hours of unexploded hits from this day in 1988 plus all the usual gubbins. noiseboxradio.com

A red C120 cassette labelled "25 August 1988" under the logos for Off The Chart and Noisebox Radio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 14/06/2026

Before we disappear for the summer, join us on @noiseboxradio.com at 7pm as we celebrate 500 editions of #OffTheChart in our Sunday Something Self-Centred Celebration Show! noiseboxradio.com

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 09/06/2026

Genuinely, thank you everyone for listening, contributing, and generally not telling us to sod off over the course of 500 shows. We'll be back later in the year, and Steve will be here next week with a different '80s show that doesn't take a whole week to produce. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 09/06/2026

"Sensation", the opening track from "Boys and Girls", the sixth solo album by Bryan Ferry. it was new at no.1 this week (his only no.1 solo album) and spent a total of 44 weeks on the chart, achieving a Platinum award for 300,000 sales. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 09/06/2026

Nothing special going on today, nothing to see here, just the FIVE HUNDREDTH EDITION of Off The Chart! Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com for two hours of hits, headlines and hysteria from this day in 1985, but please don't expect an early night. offthechart.show/9-june-1985/

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 02/06/2026

"Not One Of Us" from "Peter Gabriel", the third solo album by Peter Gabriel, the first four of which were all called "Peter Gabriel". New at no.3, it became his first no.1 album in the UK and his biggest hit album in the US to that point. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 26/05/2026

"Game Above My Head" from "Mange Tout", the second album by Blancmange, the highest new entry at no.8 this week. It was their only album to reach the top 20, going Gold in the UK with sales of 100,000 copies. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 19/05/2026

New at 56 on the album chart, "Sue", the debut album by Frazier Chorus, including Noisebox favourites "Dream Kitchen" and "Typical!" They released two proper albums, both of which spent just one week on the chart. 🙄 #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 12/05/2026

New at no.4, "Power, Corruption and Lies", the second album by New Order. In typical Factory style it doesn't have the artist name or title on the sleeve (except in some kind of colour-based code) and doesn't include the hit "Blue Monday". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 05/05/2026

"Curiosity Killed The Cat" by Curiosity Killed The Cat from the album "Curio..." sorry, "Keep Your Distance". New at no.1 on the album chart this week in 1987, it went Platinum in the UK and spent 24 weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 28/04/2026

So, the highest new entry at no.4 on the album chart this week in 1981 was "Living Ornaments '79 and '80" by Gary Numan, a box set of two live albums, but they were also available separately, the '79 album was new at 47 and the '80 album at no.39. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 21/04/2026

New at 10 on the album chart, "Victorialand", the fourth album by Grangemouth's finest the Cocteau Twins. The album is barely half an hour long and plays at 45RPM, but it still became their first top ten hit. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 14/04/2026

The sixth studio album by Motörhead, "Iron Fist" followed "Ace of Spades" and "No Sleep Till Hammersmith" into the top ten. It was the last to be recorded by the classic power trio line-up of Lemmy, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and "Philthy Animal" Taylor. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 14/04/2026

We all know that people are the same wherever you go, and tonight we get a chance to prove that as we have a special guest host on Off The Chart! Join us at 9pm on @noiseboxradio.com to find out who it is!

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 07/04/2026

From the various artists album "Sgt Pepper Knew My Father", an album put together by the NME featuring lots of different acts each covering a track from "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in aid of Childline, this is The Fall covering "A Day In The Life". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 05/04/2026

Rejoice in our special thing! We've been doing Off The Chart for ten whole bloody years, and to celebrate we're taking over the Sunday Something slot on @noiseboxradio.com with the return of our old feature Further Off The Chart! Join us at 7pm! noiseboxradio.com

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 31/03/2026

"Bite The Hand That Feeds" from "The Secret of Association", Paul Young's second album, straight in to the album chart at no.1 this week. Although not as successful as "No Parlez", it spent 49 weeks on the chart and went Double Platinum. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 24/03/2026

"She's a Beezer" from B.A. Robertson's "Initial Success" which, despite the title, was his third album. New at 69 this week, it includes four hit singles and peaked at no.32. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 10/03/2026

New at no.28 on the album chart, "Oranges and Lemons", the 11th album by XTC. It was their first top 30 album since "English Settlement" in 1982 and, like that LP it was a double album, but also released as a single cassette or CD, as well as a pack of three 3" CDs. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 03/03/2026

Remarkably Steve Hillage's "Kamikaze Eyes" appears on both the highest new entry on the album chart this week in 1983 (K-Tel's "Hotline" compilation at no.17) and the second highest new entry (his own album "For To Next" at no.48). #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 24/02/2026

The highest of only three new entries on the album chart this week in 1987, "Tell God I'm Here" by Hurrah! was new at no.71 but spent just a single week on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 24/02/2026

When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see, it’s probably time for Off The Chart! Join us at 9pm on Noisebox Radio for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from 1987! offthechart.show/24-february-...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 17/02/2026

"Regiment" by Brian Eno & David Byrne, from their album "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". It was new at 13 on the Record Business album chart and a more modest 39 on the Official chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 17/02/2026

We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on the window pane, yeah, it’s taters out, so why not stay in and listen to Off The Chart? Two hours of hits from today in 1981, but focusing on the obscure ones, not the obvious ones everybody plays. 9pm on Noisebox Radio? offthechart.show/17-february-...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 10/02/2026

New at 46, "Stages" was the second of three singles from ZZ Top's 9th album "Afterburner", released as three separate but interlocking picture discs. See if you can spot what's gone wrong here. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 10/02/2026

The highest new entry on the album chart this week in 1986 was "album" by Public Image Ltd at no.14, featuring an all-star cast including Steve Vai on guitar, Ryuichi Sakamoto on keyboards and Ginger Baker on drums. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 10/02/2026

I’ve got something to tell you, I’ve got something to say: it’s that you should listen to Off The Chart as we go back forty years to this day in 1986! When the going gets tough, the tough got to noiseboxradio.com at 9pm. offthechart.show/10-february-...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 03/02/2026

New at 44 on the Record Business album chart, "Private Eyes", the tenth album by Hall & Oates and their most successful in the UK; it reached no.8 and spent 21 weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 27/01/2026

"Lullaby of London" from "If I Should Fall From Grace With God", by far the biggest of the four new entries on the album chart this week, new at no.3; and also the biggest album by the Pogues. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 27/01/2026

At 9pm on Noisebox Radio we’re running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another’s hands, trying to get away into Off The Chart for a look at the hits of this week in 1988! We've got shiny new artwork and everything! offthechart.show/27-january-1...

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 20/01/2026

New at 63 on the album chart this week in 1985, "Too Tough To Die", the eighth studio album by the Ramones and their first UK hit album in five years. Conversely in the US it was their least successful album to that point. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 13/01/2026

None of M's albums ever troubled the Official Chart but their debut set, "New York, London, Paris, Munich" was new at 59 on the RB chart this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 06/01/2026

"The Village" from "Power, Corruption & Lies", the second album by New Order and the biggest selling indie album of 1983. It doesn't have "Blue Monday" on it, or even the artist or title in any discernible way. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 06/01/2026

Chart Trek 1 and indeed Chart Trek 2 were new at 29 this week, peaking at 20 next week. Fad Gadget, aka Frank Tovey, went on to have two top 100 hits, both in 1984, but "I Discover Love" peaked at no.105. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 30/12/2025

Gawd 'elp us, no new entries at all on the Artists Album Chart and only one on the Compilation Albums Chart: "Ware's The House" at no.15. It went all the way to no.2 on that chart, proving how bad things were at the start of 1990. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 16/12/2025

The only non-compilation new entry on the album chart this week, new at 64, "Inside Information" was the sixth studio album by Foreigner. It did better in the US where it reached no.15 and went Platinum. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 09/12/2025

The highest new entry at 36 on the album chart, "Once Upon a Time - The Singles", a rather meagre compilation of ten early tracks by Siouxsie & The Banshees, including this track "Mirage" which wasn't even a single. Still, the album gave them their first Gold record. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 02/12/2025

"Notorious" was Duran Duran's first studio album for three years and their first since the departure of Andy and Roger Taylor. Their first three albums all reached the top three, but "Notorious" entered at its peak position of no.16 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Off The Chart @offthechart.show · 25/11/2025

Despite including their last top 40 hit "My Girl Lollipop", Bad Manners' fourth album "Forging Ahead" did no such thing, spending just one week on the chart at no.78. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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