AC/DC have stormed to the top of the UK album chart with new album ‘Black Ice’, claiming their first number one since ‘Back In Black in 1980.

The veteran rockers who start their world tour in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (October 28) sold double the number of albums than other high new entry, Kaiser Chiefs – who chart at number two with their third album ‘Off With Their Heads’.

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You can click here to read Uncut’s reviews of Black Ice and Off With Their Heads.

The rest of the UK’s album top 10 (w/c October 26, 2008) looks like this:

1. AC/DC – Black Ice (Columbia)

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2. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads (B Unique/Polydor)

3. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night (Hand Me Down)

4. Leon Jackson – Right Now (Syco Music)

5. Katherine Jenkins Sacred Arias (UCJ)

6. Keane – Perfect Symmetry (Island)

7. Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother)

8. Sugababes – Catfights And Spotlights (Island)

9. Boyzone – Back Again – No Matter What (Polydor)

10. Sash – The Best Of (Hard2Beat)

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