UK Top 10 Albums 10-12-18 – 10-18-18

1 – A STAR IS BORN – MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING – D+

2 – TRENCH – TWENTY ONE PILOTS – B-

3 – BLOOD RED ROSES – ROD STEWART – C+

4 – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN – MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING – D+

5 – KAMIKAZE – EMINEM – B+

6 – VI – YOU ME AT SIX – C

7 – STAYING AT TAMARA’S – GEORGE EZRA – C

8 – DANCING QUEEN – CHER – B-

9 – MAMMA MIA – HERE WE GO AGAIN – MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING – C

10 – SWEETENER – ARIANA GRANDE – B

Comment: Three soundtrack albums and that’s cool but two ABBA albums chock filled with oldies, and a third that just fell off the tio ten after being there on and off all year. The ABBA story is more European than American, and as 1970s and 2018 -actually much more so. It is a testament to the sheer addictive quality of the songwriting that it actually jumped a generation to be re-discovered in ABBA maniac (like the UKs love of Presley, it is endemic). One more thing, hip hop isn’t ruling or remotely close to it here.