2010 Mercury Prize Nominations Announced

Posted on July 20, 2010 |

For the last 18 years, The Mercury Prize is awarded each year to what
is considered to be the best album released in the United Kingdom.

Previous winners includes:

Primal Scream, Suede, Portishead, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Franz Ferdinand,
Artic Monkeys, Klaxons, Elbow and Speech Debelle at last year’s ceremony.

Some of those Mercury winners could be considred questionable at best (M People?
Talvin Singh?) but i’d say they get those nominations right about 75% of the time.

This year’s shortlist:

Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions

Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea

Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’ Cheek

Kit Downes Trio – Golden

Foals – Total Life Forever

I Am Kloot – Sky At Night

Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can

Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation

Villagers – Becoming A Jackal

Wild Beasts – Two Dancers

The XX – XX

Decent enough list.

But I gotta ask … no We Were Promised Jetpacks? Doves? Sky Larkin?
Manic Street Preachers? Four Tet?

All released outstanding albums (IMHO) last year.

Every year, the list always has these “who the hell are they?” picks like
Kit Downes Trio? or Villagers? but that’s what an award like this is for,
making new discoveries.

From my own personal tastes I would have Biffy Clyro, Mumford & Sons and
The XX in my top 3 and probably The XX for the win.

Who do you think will win? Who’s missing on the list?

The winner shall be announced on September 7th.

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