Suede - Dog Man Star

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

Mansun - Six

 

(yes, my three favourites ever)

 

Bloc Party - Intimacy

 

These came to mind:

 

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (how on earth did Rooty get nominated two years later?!)

Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

Pet Shop Boys' Fundamental and Yes (criminal)

PJ Harvey - White Chalk

Radiohead - Kid A (They chose Amnesiac instead)

Edited July 6, 201114 yr by SKOB

Portishead - 3

Kate Bush - Aerial

Massive Attack - Heligoland

Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods (a massively underrated album)

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash

Groove Armada - Vertigo (don't think this was nominated anyway)

 

Portishead - 3

Kate Bush - Aerial

Massive Attack - Heligoland

Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods (a massively underrated album)

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash

Groove Armada - Vertigo (don't think this was nominated anyway)

 

Portishead weren't nominated? :manson:

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash

 

Kish Kash was nominated.

Blur - Think Tank

Muse - Absolution and Origin of Symetry

Edited July 12, 201114 yr by Sinner

Orbital - Insides

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devition

 

Cheryl - A Million Lights

was that critically acclaimed? If not then it's surprise that it was left out

was that critically acclaimed? If not then it's surprise that it was left out

There was nowhere in the OP that said the albums had to be critically acclaimed, but it received a positive review from the BBC and 3 stars from both The Guardian and The Independent, if they're good enough for you??

 

My original post was in fact a joke though (no matter how good I find the album, it'd never be nominated due to the name attached).

Edited September 13, 201212 yr by THEO.

The Horrors - Skying

 

Still bitter.

Edited September 13, 201212 yr by ▲▲▲

My original post was in fact a joke though (no matter how good I find the album, it'd never be nominated due to the name attached).

So was his Theodore!

 

(omg i forgot about Skying! I was kinda expecting it to be on this year at one point because it was pretty much on the edge)

There was nowhere in the OP that said the albums had to be critically acclaimed, but it received a positive review from the BBC and 3 stars from both The Guardian and The Independent, if they're good enough for you??

 

My original post was in fact a joke though (no matter how good I find the album, it'd never be nominated due to the name attached).

 

 

Spice Girls and Take That were nominated.and M People even won so it's not impossible for someone like Cheryl to be nominated.

 

It is, because older acts outside the indie genre(s), I mean acts who've been around for a while, will never get nominations.

 

I don't like how most of the nominees are debut albums, again. Saint Etienne, Florence & the Machine, Orbital, Kate Bush have all released a great or even a groundbreaking album. But they're not there. And mediocre efforts by Maccabees, Lianne la Havas are.

Edited September 14, 201212 yr by SKOB

That is a fair point. Back in the 90s established acts had no trouble getting nominated - Paul Weller, New Order, U2, Simply Red, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, Underworld all got nominated with later albums.

Now SKOB, The Maccabees have been around for a lot longer than Florence and the Machine. But you're right, they're mediocre also-rans.

There was nowhere in the OP that said the albums had to be critically acclaimed, but it received a positive review from the BBC and 3 stars from both The Guardian and The Independent, if they're good enough for you??

 

My original post was in fact a joke though (no matter how good I find the album, it'd never be nominated due to the name attached).

 

Jokes are meant to be funny though. :kink:

Erm, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto was a big prediction. Shockingly it doesn't make it.

The Maccabees were mediocre also-rans. I'd say no British indie band that emerged in the 2004-7 years and made the charts have shown anywhere near as much progression as The Maccabees have. 'Given To The Wild' is stunning.

 

Edit: Thinking about it, it's not like they have much (any) competition really. Bloc Party did but they've killed all that with their recent album.

Bloc Party's recent album is heartbreakingly poor.