Mercury Music Price Nominations

[Zagreus]

Well, the albums that have been listed are:

 

* Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm'

* Hard-Fi –'Stars Of CCTV'

* Kaiser Chiefs – 'Employment'

* MIA – 'Arular'

* The Magic Numbers – 'The Magic Numbers'

* Coldplay – 'X&Y'

* The Go! Team – 'Thunder, Lightning Strike'

* Antony And The Johnsons – 'I Am A Bird Now'

* KT Tunstall – 'Eye To The Telescope'

* Maximo Park – 'A Certain Trigger'

* Seth Lakeman – 'Kitty Jay'

* Polar Bear – 'Held On The Tips Of Fingers'

 

Out of that lot I only have two of the album - The Magic Number and the Go! Team. The Magic Numbers album is OK, but a bit too AOR really, so I'd have to go for The Go! Team - it's a great album.

[gertcha EFM]

What are the criteria for bands to be nominated for the Mercury Music Prize ?

 

Cold Play look a bit out of place amongst that list in terms of the fact that they sell a sh*t load of records.

[Electric ~soul~]

Haha! Think you're spot on, Gertcha.

 

It's fair to say that the Mercury Awards is about the most pretentious of all the annual music awards. Have you seen the list of previous winners? What a joke.

[gertcha EFM]

Lob the list on here if you can mate.

[SteveP]

I reckon either the Kaisers or Maximo Park. They can't be top sellers to get in which is why I reckon Maximo Park will get it.

[Zagreus]

The list is put togther by an "independant panel of judges" - I think it's just up to them to decide what the "album of the year" is. I do think that they have missed one obvious one though. Why no "Greatist Hits" by GLC?

[Electric ~soul~]

2004 -- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand

2003 -- Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner

2002 -- Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper

2001 -- P J Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

2000 -- Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

1999 -- Talvin Singh - OK

1998 -- Gomez - Bring It On

1997 -- Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms

1996 -- Pulp - Different Class

1995 -- Portishead - Dummy

1994 -- M People - Elegant Slumming

1993 -- Suede - Suede

1992 -- Primal Scream - Screamadelica

[GazzaBTFC]

Fck me what a pretentious pick of albums...

 

So music isn't supposed to be enjoyable anymore...

[jc]

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GazzaBTFC said:
Fck me what a pretentious pick of albums...

So music isn't supposed to be enjoyable anymore...

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree. The following are all excellent albums in my view:

2004 -- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2000 -- Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
1996 -- Pulp - Different Class
1995 -- Portishead - Dummy
1993 -- Suede - Suede

I wouldn't know about the others, since I don't own them.

[Zagreus]

I think "Screamadelica" is brilliant, and I like the Portishead album too. I don't own the Pulp one but they were popular at the time, and I don't mind hearing the songs - yer know, tap yer foot along. I did buy the Badly Drawn Boy album but recently gave it to Mrs Zag - not that keen really!

[Electric ~soul~]

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I don't mind hearing the songs - yer know, tap yer foot along

Shouldn't really make it worthy of a 'prestigious' Album of the Year award though, should it!?

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I wouldn't know about the others

Me either. Probably because they're pretentious choices that most average people have never even heard of.

[MADEFM]

Does anybody know how the nominations are made? e.g. record sales or is it just some blokes opinion?

[Electric ~soul~]

It's record industry snobs are all vote for who they'd like to nominate.

[SteveP]

I quite liked PJ Harvey's album, worth a listen I reckon. They're not all bad, think my pick from that 12 would be 'Different Class', great album, I've got the one at home with the mix and match covers.

[GazzaBTFC]

Actually, I think the Franz Ferdinand is very good...

 

Badly Drawn Boy, in my opoinion, isn't

[EFC_Callum]

 

* Hard-Fi –'Stars Of CCTV'

* MIA – 'Arular'

* The Magic Numbers – 'The Magic Numbers'

* Coldplay – 'X&Y'

Lightning Strike'

* Maximo Park – 'A Certain Trigger'

 

There all pretty new albums especially The hard-fi and mia's albums.

 

I pick Kaiser Cheifs

[YELLOW]

I'm surprised Art Brut are not in there!!

[EFC_Callum]

yer lol

[Chubbhead EFM]

I reckon M.I.A coukd take it, second favourite is probably Kaiser Chiefs. Don't own either (yet!), but they're my predictions anyway!

[EFC_Callum]

M.i.a is she the one who sing, whatya want bucky done gun?