Glass Animals‘ second album ‘How To Be a Human Being‘ holds top billing on this week’s UK Record Store Chart.
The highest new entry is given a close run for its money by De La Soul, who land at #2, while Michael Kiwanuka and Blossoms both climb back into the Top 10.
Launched in conjunction with the Record Store Day celebrations of 2012, the UK Record Store Chart aims to support Britain’s independent music shops and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of those leading outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Glass Animals – ‘How To Be a Human Being’
2/ (new) De La Soul – ‘And The Anonymous Nobody’
3/ Ryley Walker – ‘Golden Sings That Have Been Sung’
4/ Radiohead – ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’
5/ (new) Barbara Streisand – ‘Encore’
6/ Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Love & Hate’
7/ Factory Floor – ’25 25′
8/ Blossoms – ‘Blossoms’
9/ (new) Morgan Delt – ‘Phase Zero’
10/ Wild Beasts – ‘Boy King’
11/ (new) Hunna – ‘100’
12/ (new) Pink Floyd – ‘The Wall’
13/ Lisa Hannigan – ‘At Swim’
14/ Christine & The Queens – ‘Chaleur Humaine’
15/ Thee Oh Sees – ‘A Weird Exits’
16/ ELO – ‘All Over The World: The Very Best Of’
17/ Dolly Parton – ‘Pure & Simple’
18/ Bob Marley – ‘Legend’
19/ (new) Veils – ‘Total Depravity’
20/ Blood Orange – ‘Freetown Sound’