The first official chart placing for Faith No More’s album Sol Invictus and it goes in at number 10 in Ireland on the IRMA album charts. It is quite an achievement for the album as there has been literally no promo of the record in – no interviews, no album reviews, no scheduled concerts.
Faith No More are also number two on the independent albums chart behind Irish act Fight Like Apes.
Public broadcaster RTE reported today: “New on the album chart this week are Irish act Fight Like Apes with their self-titled release, Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers with The Desired Effect, Paul Weller with Saturns Pattern and rap metal pioneers Faith No More with Sol Invictus.” Number one is the latest poster boy for Ireland’s own peculiar genre of faux-country, adopted Irishman Nathan Carter.
Ireland, vote yes.
Full chart
LW | TW | Title | Artist | Label | W-o-C | |||
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1 | BEAUTIFUL LIFE | NATHAN CARTER | DECCA | 2 | ||
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2 | THE DESIRED EFFECT | BRANDON FLOWERS | VERTIGO | 1 | ||
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3 | FIGHT LIKE APES | FIGHT LIKE APES | ALCOPOP | 1 | ||
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4 | 1989 | TAYLOR SWIFT | BIG MACHINE | 30 | ||
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5 | WILDER MIND | MUMFORD & SONS | ISLAND | 3 | ||
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6 | HOZIER | HOZIER | ISLAND | 35 | ||
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7 | X | ED SHEERAN | ASYLUM | 48 | ||
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8 | COMING UP FOR AIR | KODALINE | B-UNIQUE | 15 | ||
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9 | SATURNS PATTERN | PAUL WELLER | PARLOPHONE | 1 | ||
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10 | SOL INVICTUS | FAITH NO MORE | RECLAMATION/IPECAC | 1 |
Indie chart
LW | TW | Title | Artist | Label | W-o-C | |||
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1 | FIGHT LIKE APES | FIGHT LIKE APES | ALCOPOP | 1 | ||
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2 | SOL INVICTUS | FAITH NO MORE | RECLAMATION/IPECAC | 1 | ||
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3 | AFTER THE SHERRY WENT ROUND | ESKIES | PAROCHIAL DANCEHALL | 1 | ||
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4 | THE COLOUR OF FREEDOM | KILKENNYS | BEAUMEX | 1 | ||
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5 | WHY MAKE SENSE? | HOT CHIP | DOMINO | 1 | ||
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6 | DARLING ARITHMETIC | VILLAGERS | DOMINO | 6 | ||
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7 | THE VICAR ST. SESSIONS VOL. 1 | PAUL BRADY | PROPER | 4 | ||
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8 | CHASING YESTERDAY | NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS | SOUR MASH | 12 | ||
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9 | STORIES FROM THE SURFACE | HAM SANDWICH | ROUTE 109A | 5 | ||
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10 | HAIRLESS TOYS | ROISIN MURPHY | PLAY IT AGAIN SAM | 2 |
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