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?

[Poll #1227631]

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

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's interesting comparing people's suggestions with last December's Album of 2007 (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/496688.html) poptimist poll. No mention of Roisin there! (Justice just missed the deadline I think.) Also we have managed to properly sweep Tangled Up under the carpet...

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

MIA is the only eligible album of those 5

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Indeed - I guess the US dudes pretty much trumped everyone last year.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I see the Popjustice £20 noms have also just been unveiled. Call The Shots has at least been remembered there, and will probably romp home with the prize.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i reckon 'about you now' could be in with a chance. (i have become very fond of this song long after it was current for some reason)

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's grown on me too. A&E & Song 4 Mutya are the two other stand-outs there for me.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It's a really brilliant song - I want 'Bleeding Love' to win (I didn't care for it much for at least half the 94338239043 weeks it was at No 1 but it's just gotten better and better with age, I listened to it last night and it sounded like such a standard). 'Call The Shots' is a fine song but GA winning again at this juncture would be so lame, plus it's a less-good version of 'Early Winter'. There are some really appalling tracks on the Pjustice list, even more so than the merely-dull Mercury - nothing on the Merc list is anywhere near as terrible as the Ting Tings :o

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

ugh I meant I want 'Bleeding Love' to win but would be happy with an 'About You Now' trophy too.