Pearl Jam have landed at number one on the UK Record Store Chart with their latest album ‘Lightning Bolt‘.
The Seattle grunge veterans hold off Arctic Monkeys‘ lingering challenge with ‘AM‘, while Sir Paul McCartney mirrors his position on the main chart rundown with a ‘New‘ entry at #3.
The UK Record Store Chart was launched last year and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Pearl Jam – ‘Lightning Bolt’
2/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
3/ Paul McCartney – ‘New’
4/ Jonathan Wilson – ‘Fanfare’
5/ Darkside – ‘Psychic’
6/ Anna Calvi – ‘One Breath’
7/ John Newman – ‘Tribute’
8/ Haim – ‘Days Are Gone’
9/ Lanterns On The Lake – ‘Until The Colours Run’
10/ London Grammar – ‘If You Wait’
11/ Cosmic Machine – ‘Cosmic Machine’
12/ Daniel Avery – ‘Drone Logic’
13/ To Kill a King – ‘Cannibals With Cutlery’
14/ Mazzy Star – ‘Seasons Of Your Day’
15/ Four Tet – ‘Beautiful Rewind’
16/ Prefab Sprout – ‘Crimson/Red’
17/ Kings Of Leon – ‘Mechanical Bull’
18/ Gary Numan – ‘Splinter’
19/ Bill Callahan – ‘Dream River’
20/ Lissie – ‘Back To Forever’
