The Script score second number one album

The Script have entered the UK album chart at number one with their second album Science & Faith.

The Dublin trio, whose debut album The Script also topped the chart in 2008, replaced Flamingo by Brandon Flowers in pole position. Flowers's first solo LP dropped four places to number five, after entering at number one last week.

The top five was made up of three other new entries: Linkin Park's new release A Thousand Suns entered at number two, while rock legend Robert Plant's Band Of Joy debuted at number three.

Phil Collins's latest album Going Back, which features covers of 1960s Motown and soul classics, reached number four.

Mercury Prize winners The xx continue to benefit from increased sales of their first album xx, which ended up at number six.

Katy Perry's Teenage Dream fell five places to number seven, while also dropping further down the top ten was Eminem's seventh album Recovery, which placed at number eight.

Lady GaGa's four-time platinum record The Fame continues to climb in sales, moving one place from ten to nine, while Interpol's self-titled album debuts at number ten.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) The Script: 'Science & Faith'
2. (-) Linkin Park: 'A Thousand Suns'
3. (-) Robert Plant: 'Band Of Joy'
4. (-) Phil Collins: 'Going Back'
5. (1) Brandon Flowers: 'Flamingo'
6. (3) The xx : 'xx'
7. (2) Katy Perry: 'Teenage Dream'
8. (5) Eminem: 'Recovery'
9. (10) Lady GaGa: 'The Fame'
10. (-) Interpol: 'Interpol'

Source: Official Charts Company

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