Dominic Howard, Muse (Photo: Live4ever Media)
The higher reaches of the UK Record Store Chart directly echoes the main rundown this week, with Muse and Mumford & Sons at #1 and #2 respectively.
Flying Lotus are another high new entry at no.3 with their album ‘Until The Quiet Comes‘, while Grizzly Bear‘s ‘Shields‘ and Bob Dylan‘s ‘Tempest‘ are both non-movers.
Elsewhere, Florence & The Machine re-enter at #12 and Tim Burgess debuts at no.16 on the chart which is compiled entirely from sales registered at the UK’s independent record shops.
UK Record Store Album Chart, Top 20:
1/ Muse – ‘The 2nd Law’
2/ Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’
3/ Flying Lotus – ‘Until The Quiet Comes’
4/ The xx – ‘Coexist’
5/ Tonight Alive – ‘What Are You So Scared Of?’
6/ Grizzly Bear – ‘Shields’
7/ Bob Dylan – ‘Tempest’
8/ Van Morrison – ‘Born To Sing’
9/ Moon Duo – ‘Circles’
10/ Lower Than Atlantis – ‘Changing Tune’
11/ Lana Del Rey – ‘Born To Die’
12/ Beth Orton – ‘Sugaring Season’
13/ Green Day – ‘Uno’
14/ Florence & The Machine – ‘Ceremonials’
15/ The Killers – ‘Battle Born’
16/ Tim Burgess – ‘Oh No I Love You’
17/ Alt-J – ‘An Awesome Wave’
18/ John Cale – ‘Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood’
19/ Of Monsters And Men – ‘My Head Is An Animal’
20/ Ben Howard – ‘Every Kingdom’
