Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker tops UK Record Store Chart


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The final Leonard Cohen album You Want It Darker has moved back to the top of the UK Record Store Chart after the legendary songwriter’s death earlier this month.

Pink Floyd‘s Early Years collection is new at #3 meanwhile, and Nick & The Bad Seeds are at #11 with their lauded Skeleton Tree LP. There’s another Leonard Cohen album in the Top 10 – The Essential compilation is new at #7.




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/ Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
2/ (new) Cliff Richard – Just Fabulous Rock N Roll
3/ (new) Pink Floyd – The Early Years
4/ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together
5/ Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
6/ (new) Wolf People – Ruins
7/ (new) Leonard Cohen – The Essential
8/ (new) Tigercub – Abstract Figures In The Dark
9/ (new) Sting – 57th & 9th
10/ (new) Emeli Sande – Long Live The Angels
11/ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
12/ Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show
13/ (new) Olly Murs – 24 HRS
14/ (new) Simple Minds – Acoustic
15/ Alexander Armstrong – Upon a Different Shore
16/ (new) Wave Pictures – Bamboo Diner In The Rain
17/ Michael Buble – Nobody Told Me
18/ Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
19/ Lambchop – Flotus
20/ (new) David Bowie – Legacy


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