The Specials have covered artists ranging from Bob Marley to Frank Zappa on their new album.
New albums from The Script and The Specials are leading the latest UK Record Store Chart.
The Script are on top with their greatest hits collection Tales From The Script, The Specials one place back with Protest Songs 1924-2012.
Elsewhere, Public Service Broadcasting are down from #1 to #5 this week, while The Lathums’ debut LP How Beautiful Life Can Be is at #15.
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/ (new) The Script – Tales From The Script
2/ (new) The Specials – Protest Songs 1924-2012
3/ (new) Tirzah – Colourgrade
4/ Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms
5/ Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic
6/ (new) Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
7/ (new) Cindy – 1:2
8/ (new) Neil Young – Carnegie Hall 1970
9/ (new) Ducks Ltd – Modern Fiction
10/ (new) Taylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
11/ (new) Sault – Nine
12/ (new) Audiobooks – Astro Tough
13/ Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
14/ (new) Ray Blk – Access Denied
15/ The Lathums – How Beautiful Life Can Be
16/ (new) Hans Zimmer – No Time To Die OST
17/ (new) Roger Taylor – Outsider
18/ Low – Hey What
19/ Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament
20/ Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
