Damon Albarn leads Idles on UK Record Store Chart

It’s Damon Albarn’s successor to 2014’s solo debut Everyday Robots.

Damon Albarn is leading the UK Record Store Chart with his new solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.

Idles are next up with their essential fourth studio record Crawler, while more stand-out new releases from Courtney Barnett and W. H. Lung are also close behind.

It’s 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) Damon Albarn – The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
2/ (new) Idles – Crawler
3/ (new) The Wanted – Most Wanted
4/ (new) Reytons – Kids Off The Estate
5/ (new) Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
6/ (new) W. H. Lung – Vanities
7/ (new) Ronan Keating – Songs From Home
8/ Nirvana – Nevermind
9/ ABBA – Voyage
10/ (new) Paramore – All We Know Is Falling
11/ (new) Portico Quartet – Monument
12/ Radiohead – Kid A Mnesia
13/ (new) black midi – Live-Cade
14/ (new) Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version)
15/ (new) The Wombats – This Modern Glitch
16/ (new) Jarvis Cocker – Chansons D’ennui Tip-Top
17/ The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
18/ Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
19/ Snail Mail – Valentine
20/ (new) Red Rum Club – How To Steal The World