The Jesus & Mary Chain live in London, March 2016 (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
The Jesus & Mary Chain have gone in at number two on this week’s UK Record Store Chart.
More high new entries from The Moonlandingz and Johnny Flynn aren’t enough to end Ed Sheeran’s reign at the top, while further back Temples have returned to the Top 20 with Volcano.
Launched in conjunction with the Record Store Day celebrations of 2012, the UK Record Store Chart aims to support Britain’s independent music shops and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of those leading outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Ed Sheeran – ÷
2/ (new) The Jesus & Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
3/ Rag N Bone Man – Human
4/ (new) The Moonlandingz – Interplanetary Class Classics
5/ (new) Johnny Flynn – Sillion
6/ Depeche Mode – Spirit
7/ Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Navigator
8/ Vera Lynn – 100
9/ Laura Marling – Semper Femina
10/ (new) Take That – Wonderland
11/ (new) Creeper – Eternity In Your Arms
12/ (new) Steve Hackett – The Night Siren
13/ Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
14/ (new) James Blunt – The Afterlove
15/ (new) Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
16/ Grandaddy – Last Place
17/ Real Estate – In Mind
18/ Jarvis Cocker/Chilly Gonzales – Room 29
19/ (new) Laetitia Sadier Source Ens – Find Me Finding You
20/ Temples – Volcano