The Nominees for this year's Mercury Prize have been announced, and they are as follows:
Adele – 21
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything – Man Alive
Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock – Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake – James Blake
Katy B – On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
Metronomy – The English Riviera
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy
Over the next few days I'll be taking a look at some of these artists and what I think, but I'm going to today discuss who I think should win.
To me it's down to two contenders. I'm not bothered about artistic achievement as I have to confess that I've only heard of about half the artists.
I feel that it should go to one of two people. Firstly Adele, who has done marvelously well with her second album '21' which is both an excellent record and done well commercially. I'd also like to see her win to see her sales increase and to see her do another rant about paying tax, but that's just me.
'Rolling In The Deep' is one of the songs of the year, if not the decade, and sits well in the album.
Secondly it would be Mr. Tempah who released a diverse and catchy album in 'Disc-Overy' with lots of very strong tracks that are immediately familiar to everyone. 'Pass Out', 'Frisky', 'Wonderman' and 'Miami 2 Ibiza' were four of the best singles but there are some corkers on the album not released as singles.
Of course I highly doubt it'll be one of them. So I'll predict Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam.
It's the weirdest act and album name.
Wednesday 20 July 2011
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