Shed Seven set for first-ever Number 1 album with A Matter of Time

The York-formed indie five-piece take an early lead in this week's Official Albums Chart race

Shed Seven take an early lead in the race for this week’s Official Number 1 album with their sixth studio collection A Matter of Time.

With four Top 10 albums already under their belt, the York-formed indie five-piece, comprising Rick Witter, Paul Banks, Tom Gladwin, Tim Wills and Rob Maxfield, hope to score their first-ever chart-topping LP with the release. Previously Shed Seven, who celebrate their 30th anniversary this year, enjoyed success with 1994’s Change Giver (16), 1996’s A Maximum High (8), 1998 record Let It Ride (9), 1999 hits compilation Going for Gold (7), 2001’s Truth Be Told (42), 2017’s Instant Pleasures (8) and 2020 album Another Night, Another Town (Live) (31).

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Busted’s former Number 1 collection Greatest Hits 2.0 looks set to rebound back into the Top 5 following the release of an extended Another Present for Everyone edition, featuring the group’s latest single One of These Days (3).

Dublin garage-punk four-piece SPRINTS expect to earn their first-ever Top 5 album this week with debut release Letter to Self (4). The group, formed in 2019, comprises Karla Chubb, Colm O’Reilly, Sam McCann and Jack Callan.

As Teddy Swims’ breakthrough track Lose Control looks set to score a new peak on the Official Singles Chart, his debut major label LP I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) could enter the Top 10 for the first time (8). Get to know American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims, and his chart success so far, here.

Elsewhere, a 10th anniversary repressing of Paramore’s eponymous 2013 album could see it return to the Top 40 for the first time in a decade (16). Paramore went straight to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart on its release.

And finally, as her 2023 Royal Albert Hall concert lands on BBC iPlayer, RAYE’s My 21st Century Blues eyes up a return to the Top 40, up 15 places midweek at Number 39.