Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Want You Had been Right here has made historical past by taking the highest spot on the newest Official UK Albums Chart. Not solely does it have the glory of being this yr’s No. 1 for Christmas week, it additionally breaks a file held by The Beatles.
The long-lasting LP’s chart achievement was little question helped by a brand new 50th anniversary edition that was launched in numerous codecs. Want You Had been Right here 50 boasts a Dolby Atmos combine and 25 bonus tracks.
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By taking the No. 1 spot 50 years after it first hit No. 1 in 1975, Want You Had been Right here sets a new record for the longest span of time between topping the Official UK Albums Chart. The Beatles’ Abbey Highway beforehand held the file at slightly below 50 years, having hit No. 1 in 1969 and once more in 2019.
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Pink Floyd singer-guitarist David Gilmour celebrated the achievement on Instagram, by sharing a photograph of himself elevating a glass of beer (or cider?) at a pub, with the phrases, “Elevating a glass to the great information that Want You Had been Right here is the UK’s Christmas No 1 album.”
Whereas Want You Had been Right here marks Pink Floyd’s first-ever Christmas No. 1 album, the band beforehand had the Christmas No. 1 single in 1979 with “One other Brick within the Wall, Half 2.”
See the Instagram put up by David Gilmour beneath, and order Want You Had been Right here 50 by way of Amazon.
