The Wombats replace Twin Atlantic at the top of the chart.
The Wombats’ new album Fix Yourself, Not The World is the highest new entry on the latest UK Record Store Chart, matching its number one success on the main chart rundown.
Bonobo, Elvis Costello & The Imposters and The Lumineers are more chart debuts to immediately follow, while Milburn complete the Top 5 as a non-mover with Well Well Well.
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) The Wombats – Fix Yourself, Not The World
2/ (new) Bonobo – Fragments
3/ (new) Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If
4/ (new) The Lumineers – Brightside
5/ Milburn – Well Well Well
6/ David Bowie – Low
7/ Orlando Weeks – Hop Up
8/ (new) Blood Red Shoes – Ghosts On Tape
9/ (new) Fickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright?
10/ (new) Cat Power – Covers
11/ (new) Status Quo – Doing Their Thing Live
12/ (new) Boston Manor – Desperate Times Desperate Pleasures
13/ (new) M(H)aol – Gender Studies
14/ Madvillain – Madvillainy
15/ (new) Penelope Isles – Which Way To Happy
16/ (new) Mars Volta – Amputechture
17/ Twin Atlantic – Transparency
18/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
19/ Soulwax – Much Against Everyone’s Advice
20/ Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams