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Nothing Great About Britain. Coming in at No. 3 on the albums chart is Pale Waves’ second effort, Who Am I (Dirty Hit). It’s a career best for the Manchester indie rockers, whose 2018 debut My Mind Makes Noises peaked at No. 8. Future Nostalgia (Warner Records) vaults 11-4 following the release of an extended Moonlight Edition, while U.S. rockers The Pretty Reckless score a third U.K. Top 10 album with Death By Rock And Roll (Century Media). It’s new at No. 6. Meanwhile, Rodrigo’s drove the perfect chart race to complete a sixth week at No. 1 with “Drivers License...

Accepting his award from  The Offical Charts Company, Slowthai recounted the period of depression that preceded ‘TYRON”s creation. “When I made this album it was one of the darkest points of my life,” he said. “I was heavily depressed, I had thoughts of suicide. To be honest this album and everyone that took part, and all you guys helped me out, boosted me up and lifted me. Advertisement “So I want to dedicate this award or this position or whatever you wanna call it, to anyone who’s in a dark place, anyone who’s been there along the journey.”

The race for this week's UK number one album is between Slowthai and Pale Waves, with the Northampton rapper currently ahead.

Each and every week, NME rounds up the best vinyl releases available to buy and pre-order. Here are the latest highlights.

Credit: Jenn Five The ‘difficult second album’ cliché is a well-worn one, but in Pale Waves’ case it’s warranted. In the near-three years since their debut album, they’ve negotiated a never-ending tour; the fracturing of a crucial creative partnership between lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie and drummer Ciara Doran; a near-fatal bus crash and having to finish an album in a pandemic, wearing masks in the studio and slathered in hand sanitiser. Yeesh. As if the pressure to follow-up 2018’s Top 10 album ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ wasn’t weighing on them enough,...