Arab Strap lead UK Record Store Chart with As Days Get Dark


Arab Strap by Kat Gollack

Arab Strap by Kat Gollack

Arab Strap have climbed from #39 to top the UK Record Store Chart.

Arab Strap are leading the latest UK Record Store Chart with As Days Get Dark, immediately ahead of new entries from Jane Weaver and Zara Larsson.

Kings Of Leon debut at #8 with When You See Yourself, while Maximo Park remain in the Top 10 courtesy of their cracking Nature Always Wins record.




It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1/ Arab Strap- As Days Get Dark
2/ (new) Jane Weaver – Flock
3/ (new) Zara Larsson – Poster Girl
4/ Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist
5/ The Wedding Present – Locked Down And Stripped Back
6/ (new) Madlib – Sound Ancestors
7/ (new) Japan – Quiet Life
8/ (new) Kings Of Leon – When You See Yourself
9/ (new) DMA’s – Live At Brixton
10/ Maximo Park – Nature Always Wins
11/ Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club
12/ Black Country, New Road – For the first time
13/ (new) Mason Hill – Against The Wall
14/ (new) Tigers Jaw – I Won’t Care How You Remember Me
15/ (new) Sophie – Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-insides
16/ (new) Nancy Sinatra – Start Walkin’ 1965-1976
17/ (new) A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome
18/ (new) Billy Nomates – Emergency Telephone
19/ Mogwai – As The Love Continues
20/ (new) Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree


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