Manic Street Preachers claim top spot on UK Record Store Chart with Resistance Is Futile

The Manic Street Preachers have claimed top spot on the UK Record Store Chart with their new album Resistance Is Futile.

More new releases from The Damned, Metallica and David Bowie also hit the Top 5, while Goat Girl are at #6 with their self-titled debut.

For the past few years, the Official Charts Company has been using the Record Store Chart to showcase the best selling weekly albums from 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1 – (new) Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile
2 – Josh T Pearson – The Straight Hits
3 – (new) The Damned – Evil Spirits
4 – (new) Metallica – The 5.98 EP
5 – (new) David Bowie – Changestwobowie
6 – Goat Girl – Goat Girl
7 – (new) Laura Veirs – The Lookout
8 – (new) Rival Consoles – Persona
9 – Eels – The Deconstruction
10 – Jack White – Boarding House Reach
11 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food
12 – The Vaccines – Combat Sports
13 – Daniel Avery – Song For Alpha
14 – Hinds – I Don’t Run
15 – George Ezra – Staying At Tamara’s
16 – Mastersystem – Dance Music
17 – (new) A Place To Bury Strangers – Pinned
18 – (new) Isaac Gracie – Isaac Gracie
19 – (new) Haggard Cat – Challenger
20 – Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots