Off The Chart
@offthechart.show
The '80s chart show that takes you on a trip down Memory Lane then abandons you on What The Hell's This? Avenue. Tuesdays at 9pm on Noisebox Radio.
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
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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
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
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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
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-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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-...
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
February 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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
"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
January 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"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
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...
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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...
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
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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
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
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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
"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
January 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
"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
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
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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
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
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
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
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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
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
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
"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
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"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
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
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
"Retreat To Nowhere", from "From Enslavement to Obliteration" by Napalm Death, new at no.7 on the Indie Albums chart and no.8 on the Other Albums chart. The second album by the West Midlands grindcore legends, it features 22 tracks and plays for less than half an hour. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Retreat To Nowhere", from "From Enslavement to Obliteration" by Napalm Death, new at no.7 on the Indie Albums chart and no.8 on the Other Albums chart. The second album by the West Midlands grindcore legends, it features 22 tracks and plays for less than half an hour. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
New at 62, "The Queen Album", surprisingly an album of Queen songs by Elaine Paige. It peaked at 51 and spent eight weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New at 62, "The Queen Album", surprisingly an album of Queen songs by Elaine Paige. It peaked at 51 and spent eight weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
You know, we've got all these hundreds of old episodes of #OffTheChart just gathering dust in a shoebox, we might as well put some of them on again for you to enjoy, right? Off The Chart Gold, 5pm every Sunday on @noiseboxradio.com - like the current show but when we were younger and funnier.
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You know, we've got all these hundreds of old episodes of #OffTheChart just gathering dust in a shoebox, we might as well put some of them on again for you to enjoy, right? Off The Chart Gold, 5pm every Sunday on @noiseboxradio.com - like the current show but when we were younger and funnier.
The ironically titled "We Are The Clash" from "Cut The Crap", the 6th and final studio album by The Clash, although by this stage it was just Joe Strummer and the band's manager Bernie Rhodes making the records. New at 16 this week, it spent just three weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The ironically titled "We Are The Clash" from "Cut The Crap", the 6th and final studio album by The Clash, although by this stage it was just Joe Strummer and the band's manager Bernie Rhodes making the records. New at 16 this week, it spent just three weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Gob On You" from the album "Not The Nine O'Clock News", the first of three albums of songs and sketches from the comedy show of the same name. This and their second album "Hedgehog Sandwich" both reached no.5 on the album chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Gob On You" from the album "Not The Nine O'Clock News", the first of three albums of songs and sketches from the comedy show of the same name. This and their second album "Hedgehog Sandwich" both reached no.5 on the album chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Yep, Paul McCartney's "Give My Regards To Broad Street" may have been a disaster of a film but the soundtrack album was new at no.1 this week in 1984. The album sees Macca revisiting old classics like "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "The Long and Winding Road". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Yep, Paul McCartney's "Give My Regards To Broad Street" may have been a disaster of a film but the soundtrack album was new at no.1 this week in 1984. The album sees Macca revisiting old classics like "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday" and "The Long and Winding Road". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Yes, as given away by the backing vocals before she's even started, this is Liza Minnelli covering "Twist In My Sobriety" from her Pet Shop Boys-produced album "Results", new at no.6 this week in 1989. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yes, as given away by the backing vocals before she's even started, this is Liza Minnelli covering "Twist In My Sobriety" from her Pet Shop Boys-produced album "Results", new at no.6 this week in 1989. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
If you need more '80s than just 2 hours of 1989 in Off The Chart at 9pm AND a bonus hour of Off The Chart Too at 11, why not get over to @noiseboxradio.com an hour early? @benbaker.bsky.social is playing alternative music from '80s films in Middle-Aged Teenage Angst from 8pm! noiseboxradio.com/
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you need more '80s than just 2 hours of 1989 in Off The Chart at 9pm AND a bonus hour of Off The Chart Too at 11, why not get over to @noiseboxradio.com an hour early? @benbaker.bsky.social is playing alternative music from '80s films in Middle-Aged Teenage Angst from 8pm! noiseboxradio.com/
"Home By The Sea" from the twelfth studio album by Genesis, called *checks notes*.... "Genesis". New at no.1 this week it went Double Platinum and spent just short of a year on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Home By The Sea" from the twelfth studio album by Genesis, called *checks notes*.... "Genesis". New at no.1 this week it went Double Platinum and spent just short of a year on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Live in Budapest" was one of three video tapes Queen had in the Music Video chart this week, all right next to each other at 17, 18 and 19. It was later remastered and expanded as "Hungarian Rhapsody" in 2012. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
October 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Live in Budapest" was one of three video tapes Queen had in the Music Video chart this week, all right next to each other at 17, 18 and 19. It was later remastered and expanded as "Hungarian Rhapsody" in 2012. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio