The Flaming Lips debut in Top 10 on UK Record Store Chart

Songwriter Conor Maynard has displaced The Gaslight Anthem at the summit of this week’s UK Record Store Chart, which is compiled entirely from sales registered at Britain’s independent record shops.

Maynard is at number one with his debut album ‘Contrast‘, while elsewhere The Flaming Lips have landed at #6 with their ‘…Heady Fwends‘ LP.

UK Record Store Album Chart, Top 20:

1/ Conor Maynard – ‘Contrast’
2/ The Gaslight Anthem – ‘Handwritten’
3/ Plan B – ‘Ill Manors’
4/ Unthanks – ‘Diversions – Vol. 2’
5/ Alt-J – ‘An Awesome Wave’
6/ The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends – ‘The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends’
7/ Alabama Shakes – ‘Boys and Girls’
8/ Paul Simon – ‘Graceland’
9/ Kyle La Grange – ‘Ashes’
10/ Adele – ’21′
11/ Emeli Sande – ‘Our Version Of Events’
12/ Purity Ring – ‘Shrines’
13/ Slipknot – ‘Antennas To Hell’
14/ Jack White – ‘Blunderbuss’
15/ Elton John vs Pnau – ‘Good Morning To The Light’
16/ Frank Ocean – ‘Channel Orange’
17/ Passion Pit – ‘Gossamer’
18/ AC/DC – ‘Iron Man 2 OST’
19/ Dirty Projectors – ‘Swing Lo Magellan’
20/ The Black Keys – ‘El Camino’