The National Reach Career Highest Chart Positions Around The World

THE NATIONAL SCORE HIGHEST CHART POSITIONS OF CAREER INCLUDING #1's IN FOUR COUNTRIES
THE BAND HITS #2 ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD TOP 200
The National have achieved their highest chart position in the US today, coming in at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 for their new album Sleep Well Beast (4AD). In addition they have scored #1's in the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Canada. The band received their highest chart position ever in a total of eleven countries. The National also claimed their first #1 at commercial radio on the Triple-A radio chart with "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness."
Sleep Well Beast is the band's seventh studio album and the follow up to their GRAMMY nominated album Trouble Will Find Me. Over their 16-year career the band has sold more than 1.7 million albums in the U.S. alone. The National are currently on a sold-out tour of the UK and return to the U.S. for a run of dates beginning October 5th. Highlights include Forrest Hills Stadium in New York, NY on October 6th and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 11th.  Photo Credit: Graham MacIndoe
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PRAISE FOR  SLEEP WELL BEAST:
"Elegant melancholia isn't enough for the National anymore. On its seventh album, "Sleep Well Beast," its new songs have more rhythmic ferment and melodic crosscurrents; they translate emotional complexity into musical counterpoint."-The New York Times
"Over the past 16 years this veteran indie quintet has quietly become one of the biggest bands in the country, and with their seventh album they've achieved the rare feat of releasing one of their best - if not the best - collection to date."-Variety
"The National's best LP yet. Haunted by Mordant beauty, rattled paranoia. ****" -Rolling Stone 
"The National is back when we need them most...on their sonically expansive seventh outing, [they] have come roaring back with their most ambitious, urgent album yet." -USA TODAY
"The National's upcoming full-length, Sleep Well Beast, is shaping up to be the best album the band has done." - NPR
"'Sleep Well Beast' is the band's fifth album in a row that feels essential, connected, and unflinching." -AV CLUB
"The National are having a moment, however unassumingly, at the top of whatever is left of serious rock music." -Magnet
"Sleep Well Beast is a towering achievement." -Under the Radar
"This seventh record from the aughts' indie superstars promises a feast of grandiose rock." -New York Magazine
"Sleep Well Beast kicks harder than any National album in more than a decade." -Stereogum
"This generation's glum-funny heir to Leonard Cohen, Matt Berninger, delivers unusually lucid lyrics as his now-venerable Brooklyn band experiments with drum machines and snarling guitar solos." -The Atlantic
"...The National might be the closest thing America has ever had to The Smiths: a dexterous guitar band with a magnetically morose frontman who's able to complain about the government and his love life in the same breath with the same eloquence and the same dark humor." -Consequence of Sound 
"While performing, Berninger is an inscrutable and arresting presence...The work is hard and serious. For anyone who has ever found herself mired in this sort of situation-apathy mixed with deep hunger-Berninger's echoing of it can feel like a public service." -The New Yorker
WORLD TOUR:# w/ Daughter% w/ Local Natives^ w/ This Is The Kit* w/ Adia Victoria
9/20/17 - Usher Hall - Edinburgh, UK (SOLD OUT)9/21/17 - Usher Hall - Edinburgh, UK (SOLD OUT)9/22/17 - O2 Apollo - Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)9/23/17 - O2 Apollo - Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)9/25/17 - Eventim Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)9/26/17 - Eventim Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)9/27/17 - Eventim Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)9/28/17 - Eventim Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)10/05/17 - Wang Theatre - Boston, MA * (SOLD OUT)10/06/17 - Forest Hills Stadium - New York, NY #10/7/17 - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA #10/8/17 - Masonic Hall - Detroit, MI #10/11/17 - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA % #10/12/17 - CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA #10/14/17 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA # (SOLD OUT)10/15/17 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA10/21/17 - Elbphilharmonie - Hamburg, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)10/23/17 - Tempodrom - Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)10/24/17 - Tempodrom - Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)10/25/17 - AFAS Live - Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS (SOLD OUT)10/26/17 - AFAS Live - Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS10/28/17 - Coliseum - Lisbon, PORTUGAL (SOLD OUT)10/30/17 - Bozar - Brussels, BELGIUM (SOLD OUT)10/31/17 - Bozar - Brussels, BELGIUM (SOLD OUT)11/02/17 - Pitchfork Paris, Paris FRANCE11/04/17 - Annexet - Stockholm, SWEDEN (SOLD OUT)11/05/17 - Annexet - Stockholm, SWEDEN11/06/17 - Sentrum Scene - Oslo, NORWAY (SOLD OUT)11/07/17 - Sentrum Scene - Oslo, NORWAY (SOLD OUT)11/27/17 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland, OR  ^ (SOLD OUT)11/28/17 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA ^ (SOLD OUT)11/29/17 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/01/17 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Vancouver BC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/02/17 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Vancouver BC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/04/17 - Verizon Hall - Philadelphia, PA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/05/17 - The Anthem - Washington,DC ^ (SOLD OUT)12/07/17 - Metropolis - Montreal QC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/08/17 - Metropolis - Montreal QC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/09/17 - Sony Centre - Toronto ON, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/10/17 - Hamilton Place Theatre - Hamilton ON, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)12/12/17 - Civic Opera House - Chicago, IL ^ (SOLD OUT)12/13/17 - Civic Opera House - Chicago, IL ^ (SOLD OUT)1/20/18 -  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV1/23/18 - Pepsi Center WTC - Mexico City, MX2/21/18 - Sydney Opera House Forecourt - Sydney, AUSTRALIA2/22/18 - Sydney Opera House Forecourt - Sydney, AUSTRALIA2/25/18 - Villa Maria Winery - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND2/27/18 - Riverstage - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA3/1/18 - Sidney Myer Music Bowl - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA