Though the mighty ’sself-claimed ‘swords of rock’ looked strong in Wednesday’s , reigning album titleholders slowly clawed their way back to retain their position at the top of the today with .
and aka ,took an early lead over , but finishes the week in a very respectable second place, giving the comedy rock duo their highest charting album to date in the UK.
Their previous highest placing came courtesy of 2006’s (10). In a rock premonition earlier this week, musician and comedy actor Black claimed that his band will eclipse former chart toppers , and . "I do love , I love the , and , but our album is better than all of those,” the actor told Reuters. "In a hundred years' time, no-one will remember or the rest, but the shining beacon of - they're going to start religions after us!"Completing today’s Top 5 is with (3), ’s (4) and Salford-born singer/songwriter who debuts at Number 5 with her first album, .
New Entries In addition to (2) and (5), Scottish/American rockers are back and straight in the Top 10 with their long-awaited new studio album (10).
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