This week sees three new entries inside the top four with the Merseyside electronic synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) consisting of founding duo and principal songwriters Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin Cooper (keyboards, saxophone) and Stuart Kershaw (drums) debut at the top of the Haven Combi Album chart with their 14th studio album.
There are 5 new entries from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; Duran Duran; Taylor Swift; Sundara Karma; The Kills
There are 1 re-entries this week from Slowdive
New chart peaks come from Holly Humberstone; Bombay Bicycle Club; Sampha
New Releases on Friday 3rd November came from .... Cliff Richard; Jung Kook; Johnny Marr; Van Morrison; Dire Straits; Gregory Porter; King Creosote; The Struts; Dirty Honey; etc
Note: For albums tied on points, if one album has been charted by more posters than another, then that album with the most posters will be given the higher position. And spelling pedants please be aware I've got fed up with the increased upper and lower case letters with album titles and artist monikers where they should not be, so I've reverted back to standard English grammar.Haven Album Combi Chart Top 30
Week Ending 10th November 2023
TW/LW/PK/Artist - Title/WOC/Points
(01) (49) (01) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase (1) (165)
(02) (01) (01) Kylie Minogue - Tension (6) (140)
(03) (43) (03) Duran Duran - Danse Macabre (1) (129)
(04) (NE) (04) Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) (1) (124)
(05) (02) (02) The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds (2) (115)
(06) (04) (02) Ash - Race The Night (7) (104)
(07) (06) (03) Jorja Smith – Falling Or Flying (5) (103)
(08) (05) (01) Romy - Mid Air (8) (99)
(09) (12) (09) Holly Humberstone - Paint My Bedroom Black (3) (93)
(10) (07) (02) Olivia Rodrigo – Guts (8) (87)
(11) (14) (11) Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day (2) (85)
(12) (08) (01) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good (27) (82)
(13) (11) (11) Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (3) (79)
(14) (77) (14) Sundara Karma - Better Luck Next Time (1) (73)
(15) (09) (09) Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (7) (71)
(16) (16) (16) Metric – Formentera II (3) (62)
(17) (17) (17) Ren - Sick Boi (3) (61)
(18) (03) (03) Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (3) (60)
(19) (13) (01) Blur – The Ballad Of Darren (15) (59)
(20) (NE) (20) The Kills - God Games (1) (56)
(21) (15) (06) Royal Blood – Back To The Water Below (9) (55)
(22) (09) (01) Roisin Murphy - Hit Parade (8) (53)
(23) (20) (20) Hannah Diamond – Perfect Picture (4) (52)
(24) (23) (03) Jungle - Volcano (12) (51)
(25) (18) (11) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? (3) (51)
(26) (30) (26) Sampha – Lahai (2) (49)
(27) (26) (05) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts (13) (48)
(28) (24) (05) The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling (8) (45)
=(29) (22) (14) Doja Cat - Scarlet (6) (44)
=(29) (32) (11) Slowdive – Everything Is Alive (7) (44)
Drop Outs:
(36) (29) (08) Claire Richards - Euphoria (8)
(38) (27) (27) Pip Blom – Bobbie (1)
(44) (20) (20) Martin Solveig - Back To Life (1)
(52) (28) (25) Sufjan Stevens – Javelin (2)
(59) (19) (19) Pet Shop Boys - Relentless (1)
(100) (24) (02) Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City (17) (50)
Thanks to the 12 charts from: darkstar79; Blondini; raliverpool; mic1812; Mark; Razzle Dazzle; Smurfie; krescendo; Jordan; AoN; S!m; ShakyFan;
And 3 frozen charts from: greendemon; Thenode; Shireblogger;
List of last 53 weeks of Number 1's:
2022:
Week 44: Being Funny In A Foreign Language - The 1975
Week 45: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 46: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 47: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 48: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 49: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 50: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 51: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 52: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 53: Midnights - Taylor Swift
2023:
Week 01: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 02: Midnights - Taylor Swift
Week 03: SOS - SZA
Week 04: Turn The Car Around - Gaz Coombes
Week 05: Turn The Car Around - Gaz Coombes
Week 06: SOS - SZA
Week 07: My 21st Century Blues - Raye
Week 08: SOS - SZA
Week 09: Desire, I Want To Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek
Week 10: Cracker Island - Gorillaz
Week 11: From Nothing To A Little Bit More - The Lathums
Week 12: From Nothing To A Little Bit More - The Lathums
Week 13: Cracker Island - Gorillaz
Week 14: Cracker Island - Gorillaz
Week 15: The Record - Boygenius
Week 16: The Record - Boygenius
Week 17: The Record - Boygenius
Week 18: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 19: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 20: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 21: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 22: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 23: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 24: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 25: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 26: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 27: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 28: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 29: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 30: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
Week 31: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 32: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 33: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 34: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 35: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 36: The Ballad Of Darren - Blur
Week 37: Hit Parade - Roisin Murphy
Week 38: Hit Parade - Roisin Murphy / Mid Air - Romy
Week 39: Tension - Kylie Minogue
Week 40: Tension - Kylie Minogue
Week 41: Tension - Kylie Minogue
Week 42: Tension - Kylie Minogue
Week 43: Tension - Kylie Minogue
Week 44: Bauhaus Staircase - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
