Bright Eyes at number one on UK Record Store Chart with comeback album Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was

Bright Eyes are at number one on the UK Record Store Chart with their comeback album Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was.

Nubya Garcia has a high new entry too, while Fontaines D.C. stay in the Top 5 as a non-mover at #4. Elsewhere, PJ Harvey’s career-spanning reissue series continues to take places on the chart, and James Dean Bradfield is at #18 with his second solo LP Even In Exile.

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) Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was
2 – (new) Nubya Garcia – Source
3 – BDRMM – Bedroom
4 – Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death
5 – (new) PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
6 – (new) Lemon Twigs – Songs For The General Public
7 – (new) X – Alphabetland
8 – (new) H.C. McEntire – Eno Axis
9 – Biffy Clyro – A Celebration Of Endings
10 – (new) PJ Harvey – 4-Track Demos
11 – (new) The Killers – Imploding The Mirage
12 – (new) Allis/Macmillan/Ppem In Alium/Vidi – Suzi Digby/Ora Singers
13 – (new) Girl Friday – Androgynous Mary
14 – (new) Erasure – The Neon
15 – Sea Girls – Open Up Your Head
16 – (new) Bully – Sugaregg
17 – Marsicans – Ursa Major
18 – James Dean Bradfield – Even In Exile
19 – (new) LA Witch – Play With Fire
20 – (new) Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes