Manic Street Preachers have gone straight in at number one on the UK Record Store Chart with their new album ‘Futurology‘.
The band displace George Ezra, whose ‘Wanted On Voyage‘ LP drops to #7, while Ed Sheeran and Jack White both retain their positions from last week.
The UK Record Store Chart was launched in 2012 and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of the UK’s leading independent music outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Manic Street Preachers – ‘Futurology’
2/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
3/ Jack White – ‘Lazaretto’
4/ Gregory Porter – ‘Liquid Spirit’
5/ Lana Del Rey – ‘Ultraviolence’
6/ First Aid Kit – ‘Stay Gold’
7/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
8/ Kasabian – ’48:13′
9/ Curtis Stigers – ‘Hooray For Love’
10/ Nicola Benedetti – ‘Homecoming’
11/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
12/ Dolly Parton – ‘Blue Smoke: The Best Of’
13/ Aaron West & The Roaring – ‘We Don’t Have Each Other’
14/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
15/ Led Zeppelin – ‘III’
16/ War On Drugs – ‘Lost In The Dream’
17/ Lewis Watson – ‘The Morning’
18/ David Gray – ‘Mutineers’
19/ Paolo Nutini – ‘Caustic Love’
20/ Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’
