Blur debut at No. 1 on Irish Albums Chart

With such a big, well-received comeback, it was perhaps inevitable. This week, returning heroes Blur see their first album in 12 years enter the Irish Albums Chart with a golden bullet.
The Magic Whip is at No. 1, while just below it we have another new entry – all round good guy Josh Groban's lates collection of slick operatic pop Stages is the second biggest selling album in the country.
Hozier keeps a foothold near the summit, slipping just a spot into third, while another debutante is in fourth – Paul Brady's Vicar St. Sessions Vol. 1.
Ed Sheeran rounds off the Top 5 with Taylor Swift's 1989 just beneath him. Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear is climbing, jumping three spots into seventh.
Le Galaxie ar just over a brilliant brace of celebratory launch shows in The Academy and it turns out they had every reason to celebrate, as their major label debut Le Club enters at No. 8.
It leaves Kodaline's Coming Up For Air and last week's chart-topper, Stories From The Surface by HamsandwicH, to close out the Top 10.