The Pet Shop Boys' album, Yes, sold 27,639 copies last week to secure it a number four chart position, some 9,208 copies behind Keating's Polydor-released Songs For My Mother. That sold 36,847 to secure a second week at number one.

Yes's number four position beats the number five chart peak of the band's last studio album, Fundamental, released in 2006.

However, at points last week it looked as if Yes stood a good chance of topping the chart, giving the ...