When did the Pet Shop Boys last have three albums in the chart at once? Probably not since 1987, when Actually joined Please and remix album Disco in the listings. This week they’ve done it again with new entries for … read more
Another quiet chart week, the main point of interest being the return of U2′s The Joshua Tree to the top thirty, leaping from 73 to 28 thanks to the band’s UK tour (i.e. two gigs in London) last weekend. This … read more
As always at this time of year, Glastonbury propels a number of “heritage acts” back into the album chart, not least the Bee Gees whose contradictorily titled Timeless – The All-Time Greatest Hits enters at #9 following Barry Gibb’s performance … read more
An unexpected return to the Official Singles Chart for The Smiths this week as a limited 7″ and 12″ release of the title track from their 1986 album The Queen is Dead reaches #85 – inevitably, it’s also #1 on … read more
It’s a quiet week on the album chart with Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie being the only album by an ’80s related act to make any significant impact, entering at number 5. Neither party has troubled the top fifty with … read more
Pet Shop Boys have announced details of their long awaited reissue programme Catalogue: 1985-2012, which will see all their studio albums for Parlophone remastered and expanded with bonus material. The duo’s first six albums, from Please to Bilingual were previously … read more
Beautifully timed for the week of the General Election, Is This The Life We Really Want? enters the album chart at number 3 for Roger Waters, his highest ever solo placing and his first top ten album since Amused To … read more
It’s still not an ’80s record but we’re claiming it anyway: the seminal Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its twentieth anniversary in 1987 by returning to number 1 in the album chart, … read more
Erasure enter the album chart at number 6 with World Be Gone, their thirteenth top twenty album and their highest placing since I Say I Say I Say brought their run of five consecutive number one albums to a close … read more
A mere two months after reaching the top fifty with his Jawbone soundtrack, Paul Weller scores his seventeenth solo top ten album with A Kind Revolution which débuts at #5 today. Blondie’s Pollinator drops from 4 to 19 and Nick … read more
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have announced details of their new album The Punishment of Luxury and a European tour towards the end of the year. Released on 1 September, The Punishment of Luxury will be OMD’s third album since … read more
There was a lot of hoohah a few months back about Dame Vera Lynn scoring a hit album at the age of 100, but today Deborah Harry joins the very select list of female artists to achieve a top five … read more
