Fontaines D.C. top UK Record Store Chart with A Hero’s Death

Fontaines D.C. might have missed out to the Taylor Swift marketing machinery on the main rundown, but their new album A Hero’s Death has proved to be the most popular at Britain’s leading record shops during the past week.

The band top the UK Record Store Chart with their second studio album, leading an entirely new Top 5 which also features Creeper, The Psychedelic Furs, Dashboard Confessional and Max Richter.

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) Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death
2 – (new) Creeper – Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
3 – (new) The Psychedelic Furs – Made Of Rain
4 – (new) Dashboard Confessional – The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
5 – (new) Max Richter – Voices
6 – JARV IS… – Beyond The Pale
7 – (new) NOFX/Frank Turner – West Coast vs Wessex
8 – (new) Respighi/Fontane De Roma/Pini De/Feste – Sinfonia Of London/Wilson
9 – (new) Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete
10 – Saint Etienne – Words And Music
11 – Tim Burgess – Oh No I Love You
12 – (new) Belle And Sebastian – Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
13 – Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters
14 – (new) Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie
15 – (new) Kraftwerk – Soest Live
16 – PJ Harvey – Dry
17 – Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
18 – Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
19 – Bob Dylan – Rough And Rowdy Ways
20 – Courtney Marie Andrews – Old Flowers