A strong week for ’80s acts as Bruce Springsteen‘s new compilation Chapter and Verse débuts at number 2 on the album chart, followed closely by Marillion‘s F E A R at number 4, with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry‘s Shine … read more
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds hold on at number 2 in the album chart with Skeleton Tree, this week outselling Led Zeppelin as well as the Beatles. Bob Marley & The Wailers‘ Legend is climbing again to number 9 … read more
Remarkable scenes in the album chart as Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds outsell the Beatles to score their biggest hit album to date; Skeleton Tree enters at number 2 ahead of the Beatles’ Live at the Hollywood Bowl at … read more
The remix of Bob Marley‘s Is This Love continues to climb the singles chart, up another four places to 16 this week, while Legend slips three places to number 9 on the album listings. Freddie Mercury‘s 70th birthday celebratory Messenger … read more
Absolute scenes on the singles chart as the remix of Bob Marley‘s Is This Love leaps nineteen places to number 20 after seven weeks pootling around in the shallow end. Conversely Legend drops a place to number 6 on the … read more
The slow moving Bob Marley revival rumbles on as the remix of Is This Love breaks into the top forty for the first time, climbing to 39 on its seventh week on the chart. Meanwhile Legend holds steady at 5 … read more
The unexpected Bob Marley revival rolls on this week as after three consecutive weeks at number 43 the remix of Is This Love climbs a place to 42. Meanwhile, in its 734th week on the album chart (I know that … read more
This week Bon Jovi are back with a new single This House Is Not For Sale, which may help propel their Greatest Hits back up the chart; it’s at 48 this week in its 166th week on the chart. ZZ … read more
There’s some very strange magic going on in this week’s album chart as All Over the World – The Very Best of ELO finally reaches number 1, over eleven years after it was first released. The Electric Light Orchestra last … read more
An interesting week on the album chart which celebrates its 60th birthday today; as part of the celebrations lots of notable albums have been on special promotion this week and consequently feature strongly in this week’s chart. Bob Marley‘s Legend … read more
A quiet week chartwise, the only notable events being the re-entry of ABC‘s The Lexicon of Love II at 49 (presumably due to its vinyl début last week) and Heart‘s Beautiful Broken entering at 77. Not much in the way … read more
The Stone Roses’ All For One re-enters the singles chart at 77 following its belated physical release last week – it’s also number 1 on the Physical Singles and Vinyl Singles charts. A busier week for new releases this week, … read more
