Mercury Music Prize Shortlist

[Pubey]

Adele - '19'
British Sea Power - 'Do You Like Rock Music?'
Burial - 'Untrue'
Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
Estelle - 'Shine'
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'The Age Of The Understatement'
Laura Marling - 'Alas I Cannot Swim'
Neon Neon - 'Stainless Style'
Portico Quartet - 'Knee-Deep In The North Sea'
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – 'Raising Sand'
Radiohead - 'In Rainbows'
Rachel Unthank And The Winterset – 'The Bairns'

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Adele...great great voice...

 

[Yer Blues]

radiohead but not doubt alex turners haircut must be in with a shout

 

[MK Shrimper]

Well I'd only rate out of the is Last of The Shadow Puppets or Radiohead though both aren't THAT great. Haven't heard any of the others apart from Alison Krauss & Robert Plant's album which is dreadful IMHO - he should stick to reforming Led Zep.

Estelle? American Boy? Jeeezzzussss. Adele?

 

[loz]

surprised not to see Portishead on there. Elbow or Neon Neon for me, though i'd be tempted by a bet on Plant and Krauss given the worship they've been getting most places and the Led Zep reunion. anyone got odds?

 

[loz]

Estelle? American Boy? Jeeezzzussss

great pop single blah blah indie snobs blah etc :)

 

[fatshrimp]

Several of the former winners of the Mercury has disappeared from view after winning. On that Basis, I hope Plant & Krauss win.

That has got to be the worst album I've listened to for ages.

 

[Napster]

Well I'd only rate out of the is Last of The Shadow Puppets or Radiohead though both aren't THAT great. Haven't heard any of the others apart from Alison Krauss & Robert Plant's album which is dreadful IMHO - he should stick to reforming Led Zep.

Estelle? American Boy? Jeeezzzussss. Adele?

Hmmm. I think the Estelle album is cracking. I've also heard some of the Robert Plant album and it's possibly a contender for album of the year. I fear our music tastes are very very different.

 

[MK Shrimper]

great pop single blah blah indie snobs blah etc :)

Poo to you! I loved Estelle's 1980 and I've got no problem with a bit of decent pop music. This however, isn't - but that's my opinion.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Hmmm. I think the Estelle album is cracking. I've also heard some of the Robert Plant album and it's possibly a contender for album of the year. I fear our music tastes are very very different.

I'm sure we overlap somewhere!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Estelle? American Boy? Jeeezzzussss. Adele?

I happen to rate both of them, oh Mr. 70s prog-rock man!

:finger:

 

[Cricko]

Adele, Elbow or Radiohead for me ..but if I had to pick one,it would be Elbow.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I happen to rate both of them, oh Mr. 70s prog-rock man!

:finger:

Erm... are you confusing me with Blueblood :D

Adele is just another in a long line of 60's Dusty Springfield types thats become fashionable - Winehouse, Duffy and now Sharleen Spiteri is peddling it as well. Typical music industry chasing bandwagons.

 

[Cricko]

Erm... are you confusing me with Blueblood :D

Adele is just another in a long line of 60's Dusty Springfield types thats become fashionable - Winehouse, Duffy and now Sharleen Spiteri is peddling it as well.

All those albums are very good though.:stunned:

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

I'm suprised Portishead's Third isn't on there.

Out of that bunch I'd give it to Neon Neon, as that's something genuinely a bit different and inventive.

Estelle could be in with a shout, but they'll give it to Last Shadow Puppets, even though they're crap.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Erm... are you confusing me with Blueblood :D

Adele is just another in a long line of 60's Dusty Springfield types thats become fashionable - Winehouse, Duffy and now Sharleen Spiteri is peddling it as well. Typical music industry chasing bandwagons.

Winheouse - talented, if a f*** up.

Adele - great voice, although I do agree she's been very heavily marketed post winehouse.

Duffy / Spiteri - meh.

Very lazy lumping them together. Yes, the industry is chasing a bandwagon - one that was started by Winehouse, although I think Adele would have emerged irrespective of that.

Estele is nothing like them, and pretty darn good in her own right.

Matt

 

[blues_r_best]

Burial - a dubstep great.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Estele is nothing like them, and pretty darn good in her own right.

Didn't lump her in with the Sandy Shaw/Dusty S wannabees, however I still maintain that American Boy song was lacklustre and dreary - and if that's the best song on the album it won't be making its way onto my Ipod.

 

[Uncle Leo]

British Sea Power - 'Do You Like Rock Music?'

It has to be. It just HAS to be.

Exhibit A m'lud: Waving Flags

 

[seany t]

It has to be. It just HAS to be.

Exhibit A m'lud: Waving Flags

Typical though, that their worst album is the one that gets nominated!

God, that is a dull list...