The Coral by Kevin Power
The Coral are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album.
The Coral’s self-titled first LP is a high new entry on this week’s UK Record Store Chart which is led by Marillion and An Hour Before It’s Dark.
Another reissue – The Lemonheads’ It’s A Shame About Ray – is also in the Top 5, while alt-J are a rare non-mover at #15 with their latest album The Dream.
A decade ago, The Official Charts Company began compiling the UK Record Store Chart to reflect the boom in vinyl sales which had begun during the previous decade. Its figures are taken from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark
2/ (new) The Coral – The Coral
3/ (new) Kojey Radical – Reason To Smile
4/ (new) The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
5/ (new) Kawala – Better With You
6/ (new) Nilufer Yanya – Painless
7/ (new) Band Of Horses – Things Are Great
8/ (new) The Coral – Live At The Bandwagon
9/ Central Cee – 23
10/ (new) Charlotte Adigery/Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
11/ (new) Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
12/ Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point
13/ Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1-4
14/ Twin Atlantic – Transparency
15/ alt-J – The Dream
16/ Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
17/ Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
18/ Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
19/ Biffy Clyro – The Myth Of The Happily Ever After
20/ (new) Stereophonics – Oochya
