Launch ceremony: 26/07/2018

The winner will be revealed on this date: 20/09/2018

 

 

Possible contenders:

 

Ghostpoet

Young Fathers

George Ezra

Liam Gallagher

Ben Howard

Nadine Shah

Arctic Monkeys

Benjamin Clementine

Shame

Baxter Dury

GoGo Penguin

Jon Hopkins/Daniel Avery/George Fitzgerald (at least one of the three)

LUMP

Dream Wife

Florence + The Machine

Jorja Smith

 

 

 

Personal wishlist: Bicep, Gwenno, Willie J Healey, Django Django, Robert Plant, Everything Everything, Gaz Coombes, Hookworms, King Krule, Superorganism, Boy Azooga, Years & Years, Phil Selway's Let Me Go (if a soundtrack album gets nominated like with Plan B's ill manors in 2012)

Edited September 19, 20186 yr by DalekTurret32

I REALLY want Bicep to be there. Genuinely the best dance album over the past year.

Let's Eat Grandma and Superorganism absolutely have to be on there!

 

Everything Everything deserve a spot by default after that fucking TRAVESTY of Get To Heaven being snubbed (i'm guessing it's unlikely though). another personal wish would be Cosmo Sheldrake's album but that's a bit too left field probably

 

I REALLY want Bicep to be there. Genuinely the best dance album over the past year.

 

Me too.

 

 

 

Everything Everything deserve a spot by default after that fucking TRAVESTY of Get To Heaven being snubbed (i'm guessing it's unlikely though)

 

I think they need their first nom since Man Alive in 2011

 

 

Ideal wishlist:

 

Parquet Courts

Young Fathers

George Fitzgerald

Jon Hopkins

Superorganism

Let's Eat Grandma

Bodega

Nilufer Yanya

Snail Mail

Everything Everything

 

Unfortunately I can't see any of them winning, aside from MAYBE Jon Hopkins?

Ideal wishlist:

 

Parquet Courts

Young Fathers

George Fitzgerald

Jon Hopkins

Superorganism

Let's Eat Grandma

Bodega

Nilufer Yanya

Snail Mail

Everything Everything

 

Snail Mail and Bodega are from USA.

The entries have to be from artists based in UK and Ireland (and sometimes Scotland [biffy Clyro, Belle And Sebastian] and Wales [Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics]), or have at least half of the members from Britain or Ireland in order to qualify.

Anthony And The Johnsons won the prize in 2005 with I Am A Bird Now, depsite being based in New York City, however at least half of the members (including the lead singer ANOHNI) were English-born so they managed to qualify.

 

 

I'd love to see LG be nominated, it would be well deserved after his successful comeback!

I really hope Arctic Monkeys DON’T get nominated - so much more deserving records. Fingers crossed for Superorganism, Everything Everything, Jorja Smith, and George Ezra.

Lily Allen: No Shame

Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino

Everything Everything: A Fever Dream

Everything Is Recorded: Everything Is Recorded

Florence + the Machine: High as Hope

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Who Built the Moon?

King Krule: The Ooz

Novelist: Novelist Guy

Nadine Shah: Holiday Destination

Jorja Smith: Lost and Found

Sons of Kemet: Your Queen is a Reptile

Wolf Alice: Visions of a Life

 

thoughts?

YAY for Arctic Monkeys, Everything Everything and King Krule!

No Bicep?

Edited July 26, 20186 yr by DalekTurret32

I am shocked at what has to be the most mainstream list in years?

Arctic Monkeys 100% deserve to win.

 

If not them, I'd be happy with Everything Everything or Noel winning.

oh wow they actually nominated Everything Everything! <3 that alone should make this worthwhile (but the lack of Superorganism and Let's Eat Grandma is a total farce so this thing is still cancelled)

 

Sons of Kemet album is really good so I'd be down with the 'jazz pick' somehow winning this time

I am shocked at what has to be the most mainstream list in years?

I was just thinking about how many albums I not only recognised but have listened to! :lol:

I think it's a pretty awful list, especially when there are plenty of obvious omissions. Hookworms, SOPHIE, Let's Eat Grandma, Jon Hopkins, Young Fathers...

 

Nothing is quite as bad as Ed Sheeran making it last year though.

Edited July 26, 20186 yr by blacksquare

Could a poll be added to this thread?

worst list ever, almost reads like a joke made-up list

Ben Howard should have been in that list

but they chose joke acts like Noel, best album ever, especially his cover of Ricky Martin-She Bangs :/

 

rather they give it to Jorja Smith, I'm a fan of Flo and AM but their albums are disappointing

this is like "List made by the NME" with the weekly payola from Noel and AM :/

should be renamed the Joke Prize

Shocked at no Young Fathers or SOPHIE nomination.

Really glad ‘No Shame’ is up there though, actually wasn’t expecting that.

Could a poll be added to this thread?

done!