Also debuting this week is Gabrielleâs seventh studio album
Do It Again (BMG), new at No. 4. Itâs the British soul singerâs third Top 5 and her highest-charting album in two decades, since her career retrospective
Dreams Can Come True peaked at No. 2 in 2001.
Poster Girl (Black Butter) bows at No. 12, new wave outfit Japan return to the chart with the reissue of their 1980 album
Quiet Life (BMG). It arrives at No. 13, easily eclipsing the setâs previous chart peak of No. 53.
Veteran Scottish alternative rock outfit Arab Strap bag their highest chart position with
As Days Get Dark (Quiet Action), new at No. 14; Aussie Britpop revivalists DMAâs see their
There’s action aplenty in the U.K. chart races where Nathan Evans’ sea shanty “Wellerman” (Polydor) takes the challenge to Olivia Rodrigo’s leader “Drivers License” (Interscope) and just 103 units separate the two best-selling albums at the halfway point.