Shed Seven rating second UK Quantity One album of the 12 months
Shed Seven have scored their second Quantity One album with their particular Thirtieth-anniversary tribute album ‘Liquid Gold’.
The band – comprised of Rick Witter, Paul Banks, Tom Gladwin, Tim Wills and Rob Maxfield – beforehand landed the highest spot at first of this 12 months with their sixth studio effort ‘A Matter Of Time’ and made historical past because the British rock band with the longest hole between their first LP and first Quantity One album with 26 years and three months in between.
It solely took them 10 months to assert their second prime spot on the charts, placing them in the identical firm because the likes of The Beatles, Elton John, Diana Ross, Queen, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and ABBA, who’ve additionally managed two or extra Quantity One albums in a 12 months.
Talking about incomes the Quantity One spot in a press release to Official Charts, the band shared: “Can’t fairly actually consider that we’re standing right here as soon as once more this 12 months, however that is our second Quantity One in every of 2024, which is completely mind-blowing. We want to thank our superb label, Cooking Vinyl, all our crew, and most of all, all of the followers who’ve been getting on the market this week and getting behind us.
“We’re immensely proud, and we are able to’t wait to get out on tour and have a good time what an incredible 12 months we’ve had. We’d prefer to dedicate this to our departed family members; our 4 Dads and Max’s Mum. Thanks.”
Launched on September 27, ‘Liquid Gold’ served as a particular album created as a tribute to the band’s expansive 30-year profession and sees them reimagine iconic tracks and fan favourites from their discography. It additionally encompasses a new observe titled ‘All Roads Lead To You’.
Beforehand chatting with NME about lastly shedding their 90s “nostalgia tag”, Witter mentioned: “We’ve misplaced that nostalgia of simply going out and taking part in our previous hits like plenty of bands are likely to do,” he added. “We’ve discovered ourselves feeling a bit of extra present once more as a result of we’re doing model new stuff. The very fact the brand new stuff positively stands up with our previous materials within the sense that it sounds very recent and present is a superb factor. So we’ve discovered ourselves in a extremely wholesome place.
“Having mentioned that I’ve by no means bought bored of singing our previous stuff due to the truth that everybody there in that room watching us is simply having the perfect time. It’s tough to get bored whenever you’re 2,000 individuals trying like they’re having a extremely, actually good night time out.”