Bloc Party‘s comeback record ‘Four‘ has missed out on the UK Album Chart’s top spot this week, with Emeli Sande‘s ‘Our Version Of Events‘ instead remaining at number one.
With early midweek figures placing the LP at the summit, Bloc Party arranged a celebratory free gig in London on August 22nd, but the album has ultimately failed to maintain the initial momentum, and has officially debuted at #3, with Paloma Faith and her record ‘Fall To Grace‘ also outselling the London band.
Elsewhere, Noel Gallagher is back in the top 20 after a successful run of festival gigs this summer, with the debut solo LP ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds‘ standing at #16 this week.
UK Album Chart, Top 20:
1/ Emeli Sande – ‘Our Version Of Events’
2/ Paloma Faith – ‘Fall To Grace’
3/ Bloc Party – ‘Four’
4/ The Darkness – ‘Hot Cakes’
5/ Jessica Ware – ‘Devotion’
6/ Ed Sheeran – ‘+’
7/ The Black Keys – ‘El Camino’
8/ Rihanna – ‘Talk That Talk’
9/ Maroon 5 – ‘Overexposed’
10/ Trey Songz – ‘Chapter V’
11/ Amy MacDonald – ‘Life In a Beautiful Light’
12/ One Direction – ‘Up All Night’
13/ Jessie J – ‘Who You Are’
14/ Ben Howard – ‘Every Kingdom’
15/ Adele – ’21’
16/ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’
17/ Plan B – ‘Ill Manors’
18/ Julio Iglesias – ‘1’
19/ Aiden Grimshaw – ‘Misty Eye’
20/ Madness – ‘Total Madness’