Pulp celebrate first number one album in 27 years

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Official Charts The Jarvis Cocker-fronted band are celebrating their first number one album in 27 years

Rock band Pulp have achieved their first official number one album in 27 years with their new release More. The Sheffield band have not topped the album chart since they released This Is Hardcore in 1998. Their eighth studio album was also the best selling vinyl album this week, according to Official Charts. It was one of three new entries in the top five this week alongside Addison Rae's self-titled debut Addison which reached number two.

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Released on 6 June, the new Pulp album was produced by James Ford, who has worked with bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine and Kylie Minogue. More was their first studio album since the release of We Love Life in 2001 which made it to number six in the chart. Their only other number one album was 1995's Different Class which featured the hit single Common People.

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