Kaiser Chiefs playing the O2 in London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)
Kaiser Chiefs have claimed the top spot on the UK Record Store Chart with their new album Duck.
Last week’s number one, ANIMA from Thom Yorke, drops to #2, but recently Mercury Prize nominated records from Fontaines D.C. and black midi both climb in the Top 20.
It was in 2012 when the Official Charts Company began acknowledging the comeback of vinyl which first started over a decade ago with Record Store Day by publishing a weekly Record Store Chart compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) Kaiser Chiefs – Duck
2 – Thom Yorke – ANIMA
3 – (new) Sarathy Korwar – More Arriving
4 – Brian Eno – Apollo Atmospheres And Soundtracks
5 – (new) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana
6 – (new) Solange – When I Get Home
7 – (new) Tubby Hayes Quartet – Grits Beans And Greens
8 – The Black Keys – Let’s Rock
9 – Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
10 – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
11 – (new) B Boys – Dudu
12 – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
13 – Gerry Cinnamon – Erratic Cinematic
14 – Khruangbin – Hasta El Cielo
15 – black midi – Schlagenheim
16 – (new) Spoon – Everything Hits At Once
17 – Africa Express – Egoli
18 – (new) School Of Language – 45
19 – Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project
20 – Billie Eilish – When We Fall Asleep Where Do We Go