Archy Marshall’s fourth King Krule album Man Alive! is the new UK Record Store Chart number one.
It holds off the challenge of other high debuts from Agnes Obel, Grimes and Ozzy Osbourne, while last week’s number one, Tame Impala’s The Slow Rush, is at #5.
The Official Charts Company launched the UK Record Store Chart in 2012 to reflect the last decade’s drive to support independent music outlets and the concurrent surge in vinyl sales. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) King Krule – Man Alive!
2 – (new) Agnes Obel – Myopia
3 – (new) Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
4 – (new) Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
5 – Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
6 – (new) Lanterns On The Lake – Spook The Herd
7 – (new) Courtney Barnett – MTV Unplugged
8 – (new) Peggy Sue – Vices
9 – (new) Pictish Trail – Thumb World
10 – Moses Boyd – Dark Matter
11 – Stormzy – Heavy Is The Head
12 – David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
13 – Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent
14 – Scott Heron/McCraven – We’re New Again
15 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
16 – (new) Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
17 – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
18 – Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
19 – Joni Mitchell – Blue
20 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
