The Interscope/Polydor-issued Recovery, which was replaced at the top after two weeks last Sunday by Minogue's Aphrodite, has opened up an early sales lead this week of around 3,000 units, according to OCC data.

Just behind Minogue is fellow Parlophone artist Eliza Doolittle, whose self-titled debut set is one of four newly-issued albums occupying Top 10 positions at this stage of the week, while there are a further six between positions 11 and 40.

Doolittle's album sits at three presently, ...