Elton John scores first number 1 album in 22 years

The last time Elton John topped the British Album chart was November 1990 with The Very Best of Elton John.

22 years later, he has returned to the summit with the Australian group Pnau with Good Morning to the Night. The album sees the group using Elton's master tapes (with his permission) to create entirely new versions of some of his iconic songs.

Paul Simon's 25th Anniversary version of Graceland moves from 8 to 4 in its third week in the top ten.

The other new album by a veteran artist for the week is Jimmy Cliff's Rebirth which starts at 83.

Chart of July 28, 2012

Top 100 Albums
TW LW Title Artist
1 N Good Morning to the Night Elton John vs. Pnau
2 3 Overexposed Maroon 5
3 2 Channel Orange Frank Ocean
4 8 Graceland Paul Simon
5 6 + Ed Sheeran
18 24 Number Ones Bee Gees
39 38 25 Years: The Chain Fleetwood Mac
47 66 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen
49 53 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen
57 56 Legend Bob Marley & the Wailers
59 110 MDNA Madonna
60 63 Greatest Hits Bon Jovi
61 21 Clockwork Angels Rush
68 44 Very Best Of Stone Roses
72 120 The Journey 1978-2009 Chris Rea
74 59 Working My Way Back to You Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
78 69 Apocalyptic Love Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy
79 75 18 Hits ABBA
83 N Rebirth Jimmy Cliff
84 85 Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses
86 95 Official Release Series Discs 1-4 Neil Young
91 98 The Very Best of: 1980-2000 UB40
95 139 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
96 113 Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel
97 126 Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
100 105 Soup: Cream of Beautiful South / Housemartins

Dropped Off:
X 62 30 Years of Bananarama Bananarama
X 73 Ashes and Roses Mary Chapin Carpenter
X 83 The Stone Roses Stone Roses
X 93 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
X 96 Paranoid Black Sabbath

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