ics ". ▁Pop M atter ss ▁Br ice ▁Ez ell ▁commented ▁on ▁how ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁" st ri pped ▁away ▁the ▁art ifice ▁from ▁their ▁ost ens ible ▁Amer icana ▁a est h etic ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁bo iler plate ▁alt - rock ▁that ▁forms ▁its ▁core ▁circuit ry ". ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁W ilder ▁Mind ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁Albums ▁Chart , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁band ' s ▁second ▁number ▁one ▁album ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁It ▁sold ▁ 8 1 , 3 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁release ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁second ▁fast est - s elling ▁album ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁The ▁following ▁week ▁saw ▁the ▁album ▁spend ▁a ▁second ▁consecutive ▁week ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁album ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁album ▁became ▁the ▁band ' s ▁second ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁debut ing ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁with ▁sales ▁of ▁ 2 3 1 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁or ▁ 2 4 9 , 0 0 0 ▁units ▁including ▁tracks ▁sales ▁and ▁streams . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁band ▁marked ▁the ▁largest ▁debut ▁for ▁a ▁rock ▁album ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁the ▁third - big gest ▁opening ▁overall ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁has ▁sold ▁ 5 6 8 , 0 0 0 ▁copies