Mercury Music Prize 2011

[Jedi Shrimper]

It's time for SZ's yearly evisceration of the Mercury nominations....

Adele - 21
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything - Man Alive
Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock - Good Days At Schloss Elmau
James Blake - James Blake
Katy B - On A Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Metronomy - The English Riviera
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy

 

[Pubey]

Awful awful awful list.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Awful awful awful list.

Amen brother.

I'm guessing the new Horrors album was released too late (not that I've heard it yet).

Plus while I'm no fan, surely Chase & Status should be on there.

 

[Pubey]

Adele - 21 it's ok, the missus likes it
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi not heard it
Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys! like elbow a lot but a poor album by the lads
Everything Everything - Man Alive a few good songs but lots of filler. these lads have potential though
Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam great album
Gwilym Simcock - Good Days At Schloss Elmau not heard it
James Blake - James Blake massively overrated, the EP's are far better
Katy B - On A Mission only heard the singles, which the missus likes but i'm not a fan of
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine ok album
Metronomy - The English Riviera good album
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake ok album but IMO overrated, her other albums are better and she already won it
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy wwaaahhhhh??:stunned:

Obvious omissions - Radiohead, Wild Beasts, Mogwai, The Horrors (too late?).

My picks - Mount Kimbie, WU LYF, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, The Streets, Jamie Woon, SBTRKT

 

[Uncle Leo]

Am

Plus while I'm no fan, surely Chas & Dave should be on there.

Edited for accuracy

 

[South Bank Hank]

James Blake - James Blake

Lazy ******* !!!

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Awful awful awful list.

Hear hear - but I am a grumpy old git (got there before somebody else did :winking:)

 

[haveaguiness]

According to the dates for the Mercury Prize The Horrors album could have been entered as it was released on the very last day for entries.

Personally out of all the albums from that list I have listened to, The Horrors is far better than all of them. It's a shame they don't get more recognition.

I agree though, it is rather a poor line up this year.

 

[Pie and Mash]

Anyone but Adele please

 

[Pubey]

Anyone but Adele please

I bet she goes like a train though

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

And my vote goes to...... Phil Collins - 'No Jacket Required'.

 

[Crawliano]

And my vote goes to...... Phil Collins - 'No Jacket Required'.

Tut, "No Parlez" by Paul Young or "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Tut, "No Parlez" by Paul Young or "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis.

Both sit proudly in the Shackleford vinyl library.

 

[Pubey]

Both sit proudly in the Shackleford vinyl library.

I thought you were a new-fangled CD fan??