Mercury Nominations Revealed

[Plebings]

Adele- '21'
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins- 'Diamond Mine'
Everything Everything- 'Man Alive'
Ghostpoet- 'Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam'
Metronomy- 'The English Riviera'
Gwilym Simcock- 'Good Days at Schloss Emaul'
Katy B- 'On A Mission'
Anna Calvi- 'Anna Calvi'
Elbow- 'build a rocket boys!'
PJ Harvey- 'Let England Shake'
Tinie Tempah- 'Let England Shake'
James Blake- 'James Blake'

HELLO FRIENDS, that is the list for the mercury awards and here is my VERY important comments about them

It seems quite a boring list this year :( The new Elbow record is so very dire and I have no idea why it is here.
Simcock is the token jazz act, but it could be their year (!?)
PJ Harvey probably has the best on the list for me, but having won once already, does that discount her?

For the more well known albums, 21, On A Mission and Discovery, they are actually pretty solid pop albums and quite deserving to be on, deserving enough to win? Not in my opinion, they like to give it to the bands that sell like 67 albums anyway

Everything Everything are quite polarising, good in small doses (his voice agh) and with only about 3 good songs on the album, this is probably the one with the least chance.

Anna Calvi is basically a not as good PJ Harvey, and Ghostpoet seems to be a dark horse this year.

James Blake is my pick from the bunch, really think he'll win (but Jamie Woon would have been a better pick)

Metronomy is one of my favourites of the year, with so many killer songs, I hope it stands a chance, but the popular opinion of them is that they are too boring

The rest I don't know or forgot!

SO WHAT DIDN'T MAKE IT??

well for one thing WILD BEASTS SMOTHER ISN'T ON THE LIST WHICH IS EASILY THE BEST ALBUM THIS YEAR!!

Sad not to see The Go! Team or Friendly Fires on, as I love those albums so.. :(

IF YOU READ IT THIS FAR - what do you like best, what do you hope will win?

[beth]

HIYA!!!!!

don't think adele should be there for a start (she makes mediocre depressing music) but yadayadayada she's "amazing", lets all worship adele.

i like tinie tempah!! everytime i hear he has a new song out, i generally enjoy it. it's just really fun beats haha, don't think it's really suitable for this prize though. surely he has enough brits or whatever for recognition of his album. doesn't really fit in with the ideology of the mercury prize.

i want ghostpoet to win. mainly because ghostpoet calloborates alot with one of my favourite artists (entrepreneurs: ex vocalist of elle milano) quite often, and i enjoy their work. and i think he is one of the deserving people on the list. i do like katy b though, and i like the journey she has come over the year, i think she will win it personally. she's still making her music quite underground though she's mainstream now. i also love james blake's album but i don't really think it was anything too special.

so yeah to sum up: i would LIKE ghostpoet to win, though i reckon katy b will win.

[Plebings]

Didn't really think KB stood much of a chance, but now you've mentioned it, it does look good for her.

STILL METRONOMY TO WIN PLS, pj deserves but she already won init

[beth]

just think it's her year, don't really know much of the album but the singles are pretty quality! none of my favourite bands have really released an album this year ha!

[Plebings]

LC! to release new one in Novemberish and I dont have a clue what JoFo is doing

M83 in October though!! New song is ace :D

[beth]

LC! to release new one in Novemberish and I dont have a clue what JoFo is doing

M83 in October though!! New song is ace :D

jofo are october/november-ish too. gonna be a good month!!!!!!!!!!!!!