Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing at Manchester Arena (Gary Mather / Live4ever)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have topped the final UK Record Store Chart of 2019.
Ghosteen will run into the new year at number one immediately ahead of records from Michael Kiwanuka, Rod Stewart, The Who and Fleetwood Mac, while Idles have climbed a place with their recent live album A Beautiful Thing.
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 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
2 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
3 – Rod Stewart – You’re In My Heart
4 – The Who – Who
5 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
6 – Coldplay – Everyday Life
7 – Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
8 – Leonard Cohen – Thanks For The Dance
9 – Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?
10 – Harry Styles – Fine Line
11 – Idles – A Beautiful Thing: Live At Le Bataclan
12 – Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell
13 – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
14 – Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep
15 – Robbie Williams – The Christmas Present
16 – W.H. Lung – Incidental Music
17 – Joni Mitchell – Blue
18 – Thom Yorke – ANIMA
19 – Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Back Together
20 – (new) Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
