Arctic Monkeys on track for sixth UK number one album with Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Arctic Monkeys look set to continue their chart dominance with a sixth UK Number 1 album.
The Sheffield-based band have topped the charts with their five previous albums and look set to match the success with Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
The group are currently outselling the rest of the Top 20 combined since dropping their newest release last Friday, which has accumulated 66,000 combined chart sales in three days.
Their previous records also look set to challenge the Top 10 with 2013’s AM up 29 places to Number 11, their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not up 30 positions to Number 20 and their sophomore release Favourite Worst Nightmare at Number 40 after scaling 71 places.
The band, made up of Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook and Nick O'Malley divided fans with the new album after taking a marked departure from their familiar sound.
The piano-led concept album left some calling for the return of guitar anthems, with one branding the album “extremely disappointing”.
One fan tweeted: “I feel like I would be able to fall asleep listening to this new Arctic Monkeys album. Not because it’s relaxing or anything, it’s just so boring.”
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Another wrote: “Waiting for Arctic Monkeys to confirm they dropped a steady album as a joke, then release an album of bangers.”
Others loved the change of direction with one tweeting: “Really digging the new album from Arctic Monkeys, feels so mature and I love the concept and the flow of the album.”
The group will tour the new album across the UK in September. Tickets went on sale last month and were being touted on Viagogo for as much as £4,000 within minutes.
