So the short-list gets announced tomorrow, so whom do you think will make the list?

I couldn't give a t*ss after some of the garbage it's served up in recent years!:rolleyes:

Antony and the Johnsons and Dizzee Rascal spring immediately to mind.

So you need not to post in this thread again, since you couldn't give a toss about the list.

So you need not to post in this thread again, since you couldn't give a toss about the list.

 

I'll see how I feel.:rolleyes:

I know the mercury prize on some years have awarded the prize to some dodgy albums instead of the best album of the year.

 

Take last year, giving the award to the Arctic Monkeys instead of Editors

Yeah like the editors are any shitter than the monkeys. I mean they are equally shit.

Yeah like the editors are any shitter than the monkeys. I mean they are equally shit.

 

Indeed.

 

Put me on the panel. Then you'd get the rightful winner.

The full list of nominations are as follows:

 

Arctic Monkeys - 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'

Klaxons - 'Myths Of The Near Future'

Amy Winehouse - 'Back To Black'

Maps - 'We Can Create'

The View - 'Hats Off To The Buskers'

Jamie T - 'Panic Prevention'

Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths & English'

Bat For Lashes - 'Fur And Gold'

Young Knives - 'Voices of Animals And Men'

Fionn Regan - 'The End Of History'

New Young Pony Club - 'Fantastic Playroom'

Basquiat Strings - 'Basquiat Strings'

 

 

 

Worst List Ever.

that's hilarious

 

new young pony club? and their website wearepony, well.

 

*singing* her love's a pony

:dance: :dance: Maps! Maps! Maps! Maps! Maps! :dance: :dance:

I love that album so much. :nice:

 

Otherwise, yeah. I think this is official proof that this has been one of the worst years in music ever. :disappointed:

 

I'm thinking Amy Winehouse will win. Or maybe Klaxons.

The full list of nominations are as follows:

 

Arctic Monkeys - 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'

Klaxons - 'Myths Of The Near Future'

Amy Winehouse - 'Back To Black'

Maps - 'We Can Create'

The View - 'Hats Off To The Buskers'

Jamie T - 'Panic Prevention'

Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths & English'

Bat For Lashes - 'Fur And Gold'

Young Knives - 'Voices of Animals And Men'

Fionn Regan - 'The End Of History'

New Young Pony Club - 'Fantastic Playroom'

Basquiat Strings - 'Basquiat Strings'

 

 

 

Worst List Ever.

 

what a crap

The full list of nominations are as follows:

 

Arctic Monkeys - 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'

Klaxons - 'Myths Of The Near Future'

Amy Winehouse - 'Back To Black'

Maps - 'We Can Create'

The View - 'Hats Off To The Buskers'

Jamie T - 'Panic Prevention'

Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths & English'

Bat For Lashes - 'Fur And Gold'

Young Knives - 'Voices of Animals And Men'

Fionn Regan - 'The End Of History'

New Young Pony Club - 'Fantastic Playroom'

Basquiat Strings - 'Basquiat Strings'

 

 

 

Worst List Ever.

 

Dizee bloody Rascal AGAIN?? Do they feel sorry for him or something?:stunned:

Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys Are Shortlisted for Mercury Prize

 

July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys are among artists whose albums have been shortlisted for the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize, the organizers said.

 

Winehouse's CD ``Back to Black'' (Island) is the second album by the 23-year-old British singer and includes the singles ``You Know I'm No Good'' and ``Rehab.'' The Arctic Monkeys won the prize last year and are now on the shortlist of 12 for their second album, ``Favourite Worst Nightmare'' (Domino).

 

The winner will be announced on Sept. 4. The award is valued at 20,000 pounds ($40,900), although the probable boost in sales for the winning record is worth much more.

 

Simon Frith, chairman of the judges, said in an e-mailed statement that the shortlist ``marks the emergence of a wealth of eclectic talent.''

 

The award is given to British or Irish artists for the best album of the year. The Mercury Prize Web site states that the music on the recording is the only factor taken into account, rather than sales or media exposure.

 

The award has not always gone to the most obvious choices. The Mercury picked Dizzee Rascal over Coldplay in 2003; and Roni Size/Reprazent's ``New Forms'' in 1997 over Radiohead's ``OK Computer,'' often cited in polls as among the finest rock albums. In 1999, the winner was Talvin Singh's ``OK,'' beating Blur's ``13.''

 

The prize is sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, the U.K.'s biggest customer-owned lender.

 

The full shortlist is:

 

Amy Winehouse -- ``Back to Black'' (Island)

Arctic Monkeys -- ``Favourite Worst Nightmare'' (Domino)

Basquiat Strings -- ``Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford'' (F-IRE)

Bat for Lashes -- ``Fur and Gold'' (Echo)

Dizzee Rascal -- ``Maths and English'' (XL)

Fionn Regan -- ``The End of History'' (Bella Union)

Jamie T -- ``Panic Prevention'' (Virgin)

Klaxons -- ``Myths of the Near Future'' (Polydor)

Maps -- ``We Can Create'' (Mute)

New Young Pony Club -- ``Fantastic Playroom'' (Universal)

The View -- ``Hats Off to the Buskers'' (1965)

The Young Knives -- ``Voices of Animals and Men'' (Wea)

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a6RNrvW.Q7dE&refer=muse

I'm voting for Fioon Regan since he's Irish.... his music is too quiet for me.

What a crap list...

 

Last year I owned 8 of the 12 albums, this year I own 3.

What a crap list...

 

Last year I owned 8 of the 12 albums, this year I own 3.

 

Which ones?

View, Young Knives, Arctic Monkeys (which I got given by my brother)

View, Young Knives, Arctic Monkeys (which I got given by my brother)

 

And?

That's 3.

That's 3.

 

I'm waiting for a critique.;)

I reckon Winehouse'll probably win.. I'd put my vote on Fionn, though.

I'd like bat for lashes to win, if only for her mega video for 'what's a girl to do' - I realise this prize isnt judged on best video, and I actually have only heard that one song..but yeah whatever i'd like the random underdog to win considering how poor the list is.

If they say the Arctic Monkey's 2 out of 10 album is the best release of the past 12 months than I will stop buying new music.

If they say the Arctic Monkey's 2 out of 10 album is the best release of the past 12 months than I will stop buying new music.

 

And what marks did you award the other two albums?:rolleyes:

Young Knives is a pretty good album, nothing over the top brilliance though. 7/10

 

The View's album has a few V. good songs (same Jeans, face for the radio, The Don) and a couple songs which are good, but contains too much filler material which sounds too similar. Would make an excellent 6 track EP. 6/10