Twenty-two years to the week since they made their first album chart appearance, Kasabian become the second group and fourth act in chart history to debut at No.1 with eight consecutive albums, as their ninth studio set, Act III, opens atop the list on consumption of 14,373 units (8,579 CDs, 4,194 vinyl albums, 711 digital downloads and 889 sales-equivalent streams). 

Consisting of 13 tracks with a playing time of less than 33 minutes, Act III is the third Kasabian album ...