Johnny Marr heading for UK Top 10 with ‘Playland’


Johnny Marr (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)

Johnny Marr (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)




Johnny Marr is heading for a place inside the Top 10 on the UK Album Chart according to the official midweek update.

Marr’s second solo LP ‘Playland‘ is one of four consecutive new entries from positions #7-#10, but it’s looking like Hozier will be the highest new entry at #4.

Meanwhile, speaking to XFM this week, the former Smiths guitarist has suggested a third solo album could arrive as early as next year.

“Considering how me and the band are and the music that we’re making, it’s quite likely that I will,” he said on the possibility of releasing another record in 2015. “We’ll start going out and playing all these songs, do this tour, then I might do a couple of singles.”

UK Midweek Album Chart, Top 10:

1/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
2/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
3/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
4/ (new) Hozier – ‘Hozier’
5/ Barbara Streisand – ‘Partners’
6/ Genesis – ‘R-Kive’
7/ (new) Caribou – ‘Our Love’
8/ (new) Johnny Marr – ‘Playland’
9/ (new) Gorgon City – ‘Sirens’
10/ (new) Lady Antebellum – ‘747’


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