Ex-Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour is on monitor to assert the No. 1 spot on this week’s U.Ok. Official Albums Chart midweek replace together with his newest launch, Luck and Unusual.
If the album maintains its lead, this could be Gilmour’s third solo chart-topper, following Rattle That Lock in 2015 and On an Island in 2006.
As a member of Pink Floyd, Gilmour has already secured six No. 1 albums within the U.Ok. His return to the highest of the charts with Luck and Unusual would mark his first solo No. 1 in 9 years.
Talking to Billboard final month, Gilmour commented that his new album is “the very best album I’ve made since Darkish Facet of the Moon, since 1973.”
“The album appears like a stable physique of cohesive work,” Gilmour defined. “It’s the cohesiveness of the entire thing — the writing, the work, the fun it nonetheless provides me to take heed to it right through as an album. There’s a consistency of thought and of feeling that runs by means of it that excites me in a approach that makes me make these comparisons.”
In the meantime, Sabrina Carpenter’s Brief n’ Candy holds its floor at No. 2 on the chart blast, eyeing a second consecutive week in that place. The pop sensation’s newest launch continues to attract consideration, remaining a powerful contender within the U.Ok. charts.
Indie favourite Rex Orange County can also be making waves, together with his new album The Alexander Approach at the moment sitting at No. 5. This marks his third Prime 5 entry, following the success of Pony (2019) and WHO CARES? (2022).
Veteran new wave band The The is making a big comeback with Ensoulment, their first album in 25 years.
The file is monitoring to debut at No. 6, doubtlessly changing into their highest-charting album since Nightfall peaked at No. 2 in 1993. South London’s Fats Canine is ready to make a formidable debut with WOOF, their first full-length launch, at the moment positioned at No. 7.
Fred once more.. is aiming for a Prime 10 debut with ten days, which is monitoring at No. 8, whereas Ultravox’s Fortieth-anniversary version of Lament can also be set to re-enter the charts at No. 11.
Linkin Park’s biggest hits assortment Papercuts is climbing to No. 13, whereas their basic debut Hybrid Idea is seeing a resurgence, at the moment at No. 45 midweek.
