![]() ![]() The set, their first since the retirement of drummer Jet Black and death of keyboardist Dave Greenfield, is on track to be their highest-charting album in 43 years since 1978’s Black & White. Punk rock legends The Stranglers are in at Number 3 with Dark Matters, their first album in nine years. ![]() The record is on course to become their third consecutive Number 2 album since their comeback four years ago, matching the peaks of Tears On The Dancefloor (2017) and What The Future Holds (2020). Meanwhile, Steps currently have the most downloaded album of the week with their seventh studio album What The Future Holds Pt. Should the band’s momentum continue, The Ultra Vivid Lament will become the band’s second Number 1 album and first since that very week they beat Steps. On today’s Official Chart Update (September 13), Manic Street Preachers’ 14th studio album The Ultra Vivid Lament leads the way having racked up the most physical sales over the weekend. Fast-forward 23 years and the gap between them is much closer, with just 3,000 chart sales separating the Welsh rockers and pop purists. In September 1998, Manics’ This Is My Truth Now Tell Me Yours beat Steps’ Step One to the top spot by a huge margin of 95,000 sales. Two 90s chart rivals are once again battling it out for the top spot on the Official Albums Chart, as Manic Street Preachers and Steps face off for the UK’s Number 1 album. ![]()
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