At the moment Gorillaz' third album Plastic Beach (Parlophone) has a slender lead over Boyzone's Brother (Polydor), followed by Macdonald's second album A Curious Thing and the Original Cast Recording from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, the follow up to Phantom Of The Opera.

In a busy week for new releases, albums from the likes of Jimi Hendrix (Valleys Of Neptune [Columbia]), Airbourne (No Guts No Glory [Roadrunner]), Lemar (The Hits [Epic]) and Broken Bells (Broken Bells [Columbia]) are ...