Mercury Music Prize 2009

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Albums? What a ridiculous concept...

(format nicked wholesale from last year's poll)

[Poll #1433368]

Comments box questions:

Do you feel compelled to check out any of the above?
Do you think this is a fair representation of British Music in 2009?
How do this lot shape up against last year's nominees?

(Stay tuned for news of this year's Lex 20p Indie prize!)

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Two token jazz nominees? Blimey, the Mercs are getting edgy in their dotage.

I'll probably check out F+TM, but not with any great enthusiasm. I was curious about Speech Wotsit but The Lex upthread has now put me off.

Agree with others that PJH & JP is a surprising absentee.

I was just thinking last night that it would have been great if that Crazy Cousinz cash-in double mix CD had been nominated. But Donae'o would have been the more obvious choice, I suppose. I may go out tonight and buy his record unheard as a gesture of protest against this list. ;)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

has a double album ever been nominated? i think they would just reject the concept outright / not take the idea of 'remixes plus mix of other people's tunes' srsly as a contender

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Technically 'In Rainbows' was a double album but I'm not sure if they took the CD2 tracks into account when nominating.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

different class was a double alBUM on vinyl wasn't it?

also did UFOrb get nommed in the early days? that was DEFFO a double

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

UFOrb is a single CD. lots of albums use two bits of vinyl tho innit?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

what fresh madness is this? generation terrorists fitted on one tape but it doesn't stop it being a double album!!!

(uforb not nommed btw, although checking this on the mercury site reminded me that STARS BY SIMPLY RED was nommed in the first year, so we should THINK OURSELVES LUCKY!!!)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

OK by double album i was only thinking of distinct 'requires two CDs' type affairs and i REFUSE to consider other types damnit.

sleb shag

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

mick hucknall oh yes

Re: sleb shag

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Have you? Or was it his Mancunian punk lookylikey?

Re: sleb shag

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

You know, I am now bursting with curiousity. I think I have to go make a post about this on my own journal...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

interestingly i didn't even think of OK Computer being a double album (although i'm sure the vinyl was...)

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

I think this needs a post of its own, about whether technological advances have rendered existing cncepts of "the double album" meaningless.

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

I enjoy CDs that persist in listing a 'side a' and 'side b'. These days, double albums on CD = triple on vinyl, so the terminology is a bit vague but generally = a bit sprawling. (I think Beyonce's recent double could have fit on one CD, IIRC, for example.)

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's sort of sweet really! A nod to tradition. I like that.