Mercury Nominations 2008

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Downloads might be killing off the album, but the Mercury dudes are carrying on regardless. This year's nominations are below, but do you poptimist folks actually listen to this sort of thing?

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Ones for the comments box:
- of the albums above that you haven't heard yet, which would you like to investigate further?
- do you think this is a fair representation of British Music in 2008?
- is this better or worse than last year's bunch?

Comments

[datura800.livejournal.com]

Only 2 listeners for Elbow?! That album is GENIUS. Not quite as good as the Burial album but amazing nonetheless.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Really? I didn't like the 2nd single very much. Is rest of the album more like Grounds For Divorce? I am quite forgiving towards Elbow, I heart their first album but the rest of their stuff seems too... cheerful? MOAR MAUDLIN PLS.

[vumgarda.livejournal.com]

2nd single is one off embarassing Embrace moment. Rest of the album is plenty maudlin but not much like Grounds For Divorce.

Radiohead and Arctics nominations so inevitable they're impossible to be inspired by, whatever their merits. Agree with comment that is much better than last year's simply by not including The View.

[datura800.livejournal.com]

Even Elbow's 'cheerful' songs are bittersweet and melancholy. I think this is definitely their strongest album to date.