Mercury Shortlist

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Arctic Monkeys' Favourite Worst Nightmare
Basquiat Strings featuring Seb Rochford's Basquiat Strings
Bat for Lashes' Fur & Gold
Dizzee Rascal's Maths & English
Jamie T's Panic Prevention
Klaxons' Myths of the Near Future
Maps' We Can Create
New Young Pony Club's Fantastic Playroom
Fionn Regan's The End of History
The View's Hats Off to the Buskers
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black
The Young Knives' Voices of Animals and Men

go on then.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Hrrm.

Actually I have just looked at my yr-end list of last year, and my halfway-list of this year, and I would actually say that in Dizzee and Amy the Mercury panel have indeed recognised the best two British albums of the past year!

Also, they're not just the best two British albums, they're the ONLY TWO British albums which are ANY GOOD AT ALL over the past year.

[vumgarda.livejournal.com]

I thought I remember you on ilx liking Bat For Lashes? Although the album was a bit disappointing in the end I suppose

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh no - I approve of BFL in honour of my 16-yr-old self who would have considered a trip-hop Tori Amos kook the very pinnacle of pop music, but I don't like her at all. Haven't heard the album, only seen her live. She tried to get the audience to howl like wolves, which is completely unacceptable.