Mogwai top UK Record Store Chart with As The Love Continues
Mogwai top UK Record Store Chart with As The Love Continues
Mogwai are also at number one on the main UK chart.
It leads an entirely new Top 5, made up of other debuts from Tindersticks, Grandaddy, Ricky Warwick and The Hold Steady, whilst Fleet Foxes remain at #12 after the physical release of Shore.
It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
Northern Ireland rocker Ricky Warwick has thanked local fans for their incredible support after he reached number three in both the rock and indie charts with his latest solo album.
Ricky, who grew up in Newtownards and is now based in Los Angeles, told the Belfast Telegraph he plans to crack open a bottle of champagne this weekend to celebrate the success of his album When Life Was Hard And Fast.
The album is at 66 in the official UK album chart.
The musician, who is lead singer with Scottish outfit The Almighty and frontman of the reformed Thin Lizzy, said he was proud of his latest record, which features an image of a crash during the Ards TT race taken over 100 years ago on the cover.
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