Holding Forth at top - on fewer sales than The Verve might be used to.

The Verve's Urban Hymns sold 250,054 copies when it debuted at number one in 1997, appearing in the immediate wake of their two biggest hit singles, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work but an 11-year lay-off and a big change in the retail landscape mean that the newly reformed band's Forth manages to make its maiden chart appearance at number one on a less stellar 72,768 sales.

The album's sales included 7,403 digital deliveries - a significantly higher percentage than the market average, not least because some retailers priced the download as cheap as #5 last week.

Country veteran Glen Campbell extends his span of hits album to 38 years, debuting at number 54 on 3,081 sales of Meet Glen Campbell. Campbell is 72 years old, and the album - his first to chart since a 1999 Hits And Love Songs set - contains his versions of well-known contemporary songs like Good Riddance by Green Day, Times Like These by Foo Fighters, All I Want Is You by U2 and Travis' Sing.

Abba's Gold Greatest Hits continues its slow decline, falling 2-6, while selling a further 23,400 copies. Meanwhile, the band's mid-priced 18 Hits compilation moves 27-24 on sales of 6,068. They are joined in the chart by More Abba Gold, which re-enters the chart at number 63 (2,643 sales) after being re-issued.

More Abba Gold was initially released in 1993, and peaked at number 13 in 1999. It fell off the chart later that year and did not ...