Although they were prevented from a second week at number one on the main rundown by Sam Smith, Royal Blood have held on to the top spot on this week’s UK Record Store Chart, with Pulled Apart By Horses‘ new LP ‘Blood‘ one place back as the highest new entry.
Twin Atlantic‘s ‘Great Divide‘ is one further spot back at #3, while Lonely The Brave account for the second new entry inside the Top 5 this week.
The UK Record Store Chart was launched in 2012 and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’
2/ (new) Pulled Apart By Horses – ‘Blood’
3/ Twin Atlantic – ‘Great Divide’
4/ (new) Lonely The Brave – ‘The Day’s War’
5/ Ty Segall – ‘Manipulator’
6/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
7/ Kate Bush – ‘The Whole Story’
8/ (new) The Pierces – ‘Creation’
9/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
10/ Morrissey – ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’
11/ (new) Earth – ‘Primitive and Deadly’
12/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
13/ Wytches – ‘Annabel Dream Reader’
14/ Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 – ‘The Motown Years’
15/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
16/ Collabro – ‘Stars’
17/ London Grammar – ‘If You Wait’
18/ Paolo Nutini – ‘Caustic Love’
19/ Jungle – ‘Jungle’
20/ FKA Twigs – ‘LP 1′
