It’s Blur’s first studio album since 2015.
Blur have topped the UK Record Store Chart with their new album The Ballad Of Darren.
It’s ahead of other Top 5 new entries from As December Falls, Greta Van Fleet and Landscape, while PJ Harvey has another a week inside the Top 10 with I Inside The Old Year Dying.
Elsewhere, Gabriels are down to #13 with Angels & Queens and there’s a reentry for Lana Del Rey thanks to Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Blur – The Ballad Of Darren
2/ (new) As December Falls – Join The Club
3/ (new) Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
4/ (new) Landscape – Landscape A Go-Go
5/ Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
6/ (new) Saint Agnes – Bloodsuckers
7/ (new) Covet – Catharsis
8/ (new) American Football – American Football
9/ PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying
10/ (new) James And The Cold Gun – James And The Cold Gun
11/ Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me OST
12/ Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
13/ Gabriels – Angels & Queens
14/ (new) Miss Tiny – Newden7
15/ Little Simz – No Thank You
16/ Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
17/ Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
18/ Wham! – The Singles
19/ Radiohead – OK Computer
20/ IDLES – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
