‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper’ tops this week’s UK Record Store Chart

The fifth record from Animal Collective‘s Panda Bear – ‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper‘ – has topped this week’s UK Record Store Chart, displacing Sam Smith who drops to #7.

It’s the only new entry inside the Top 10 as the likes of George Ezra, War On Drugs, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift continue to dominate. Pink Floyd are also still going strong with ‘The Endless River‘, which is at #10.

Further back, First Aid Kit, Alt-J and Catfish & The Bottlemen have all moved back inside the Top 20 with their respective 2014 LPs.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1/ (new) Panda Bear – ‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper’
2/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
3/ War On Drugs – ‘Lost In The Dream’
4/ Hozier – ‘Hozier’
5/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
6/ Taylor Swift – ‘1989’
7/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
8/ Caribou – ‘Our Love’
9/ Paloma Faith – ‘A Perfect Contradiction
10/ Pink Floyd – ‘The Endless River’
11/ Ghost Culture – ‘Ghost Culture’
12/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
13/ Foo Fighters – ‘Sonic Highways’
14/ AC/DC – ‘Rock Or Bust’
15/ First Aid Kit – ‘Stay Gold’
16/ Catfish & The Bottlemen – ‘The Balcony’
17/ Olly Murs – ‘Never Been Better’
18/ Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’
19/ John Legend – ‘Love In The Future’
20/ Alt-J – ‘This Is All Yours’