Twin Atlantic supporting Catfish & The Bottlemen in Hull (Gary Mather / Live4ever)
Twin Atlantic have entered the UK Record Store Chart at number one with their new album POWER.
Top 5 new entries also come from Wire, Pet Shop Boys and Nicolas Godin (find reviews of those records on Live4ever right here), while Michael Kiwanuka is a non-mover at #14.
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) Twin Atlantic – POWER
2 – (new) Wire – Mind Hive
3 – (new) Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot
4 – (new) Nicolas Godin – Concrete And Glass
5 – The Courteeners – More. Again. Forever.
6 – Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
7 – (new) Milk – Cages
8 – (new) Vukovi – Fall Better
9 – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
10 – (new) October Drift – Forever Whatever
11 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
12 – (new) Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
13 – (new) Supergrass – The Strange Ones
14 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
15 – (new) Chromatics – Closer To Grey
16 – The Big Moon – Walking Like We Do
17 – The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
18 – Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
19 – Joni Mitchell – Blue
20 – (new) Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa