Idles in Brooklyn during their Joy As An Act Of Resistance world tour (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever)
New albums from The Who and Idles have debuted at #1 and #2 respectively on the latest UK Record Store Chart.
The first studio LP from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend in well over a decade leads the way, with A Beautiful Thing – the live album recorded by Idles last year in Paris – not far behind.
It was in 2012 when the Official Charts Company began acknowledging the comeback of vinyl which first started over a decade ago with Record Store Day by publishing a weekly Record Store Chart compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) The Who – Who
2 – Idles – A Beautiful Thing: Live At Le Bataclan
3 – Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep
4 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
5 – Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
6 – Leonard Cohen – Thanks For The Dance
7 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
8 – (new) John Frusciante – Curtains
9 – Coldplay – Everyday Life
10 – Rod Stewart – You’re In My Heart
11 – Comet Is Coming – The Afterlife
12 – Snow Patrol – Reworked
13 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
14 – (new) Lee Scratch Perry – Heavy Rain
15 – (new) Gang Starr – One Of The Best Yet
16 – DIIV – Deceiver
17 – The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
18 – Andre Rieu – Happy Days
19 – Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Back Together
20 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
