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Mercury Prize

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
I don't think there's a thread on this yet, so here we go.

This years nominations:
Artic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Editors: The Back Room
Guillemots: Through the Windowpane
Hot Chip: The Warning
I Campbell and M Lenegan: Ballad of The Broken Seas
Lou Rhodes: Beloved One
Muse: Black Holes and Revelations
Richard Hawley: Coles Corner
Scritti Politti: White Bread Black Beer
Sway: This Is My Demo
Thom Yorke: The Eraser
Zoe Rahman: Melting Pot

So, who do you want to win? Who do you think will win? Who do you think deserved a nomination and didn't get one?

I've only got the Thom Yorke album out of those, and I've only heard the Artic Monkeys and Editors ones other than that because I'm a cheap bastard, so I won't buy full price CD's. Thom Yorke's album is good, but it's not as good as Radiohead stuff, and for some unknown reason, they've never won it, so I don't reckon it will.

I'm gonna say that it'll be between Hot Chip (saw them on Jools Holland - very good) and The Guillemots, because both have had excellent reviews overall.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bit dissapointed that Lily Allen's album isn't listed, I was a bit sceptical at first but I actually really like the album, you can never say whos going to win as it usually some random album as last years winner proved.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've been a bit skeptical of the Mercury Prize ever since Belle & Sebastian won it.

    I like the Editors' album, but it'll more than likely be something I've never heard of that wins. Or worse...

    (Thom Yorke - Wanker!
    Arctic Monkeys - Hugely Overrated!
    Muse - 70's Queen Rip-Off)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've been a bit skeptical of the Mercury Prize ever since Belle & Sebastian won it.

    I like the Editors' album, but it'll more than likely be something I've never heard of that wins. Or worse...

    (Thom Yorke - Wanker!
    Arctic Monkeys - Hugely Overrated!
    Muse - 70's Queen Rip-Off)

    Nah I'd say that this muse album is a radiohead rip off!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nah I'd say that this muse album is a radiohead rip off!

    I'd call it a cross between the two then. (RetroWank! - A Genre for the Noughties!)

    In any case, I was decidedly underwhelmed when listening to it on the bus last week. I actually found myself turning the volume down in case anyone else could hear what I was listening to.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i really like the muse track supermassive black hole

    till i realised it sounded like britney spears
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thom Yorke - Wanker!
    Still the best songwriter this country's ever produced.
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