Lily is the only one who deserves my vote :wub:

Feels such a dull list, all names that one can expect and have been relatively prominent even in just indie circles and no real risks at all apart from ofc. the token jazz nomination. I've always thought this to be the award that recognise under-the-radar genres and award music that isn't perhaps being as recognised as it should, but this list doesn't rlly reflect what likely any other award would so I'm wondering what the point is.

What a shocking list. Everything Everything to win, please.

No Father John Misty?

 

Wolf Alice for me!

No Father John Misty?

 

Wolf Alice for me!

Father John Misty is ineligible as he is American!

 

(his album was fantastic though)

Out of that list I’d like to see Wolf Alice win!

Was Isaac Gracie not eligible?

 

Also given some of those nominations, Snow Patrol have been robbed.

Edited July 26, 20186 yr by Midge

I think out of those (quite disappointing if I'm honest) nominations, I think that King Krule would be my favourite - and I hope he wins. “Dum Surfer” is a bloody TUNE.

Heard + love: Everything Everything, Florence and the Machine, Jorja Smith, Lily Allen, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Wolf Alice

Heard: Arctic Monkeys, Everything is Recorded, Novelist

Not heard: King Krule, Nadine Shah (in fact, I'd never even heard of her), Sons of Kemet (again, hadn't heard of them)

 

Hoping for Everything Everything or Lily Allen to win, though at the end of the day just being nominated is the achievement (though sad times for George Ezra, Liam Gallagher, Jon Hopkins, and Tom Misch).

Father John Misty is ineligible as he is American!

 

(his album was fantastic though)

 

Oh I see!!

While we're waiting for the award ceremony tomorrow, how about I give my ranking of the winners of the prize from 1992(first prize)-2017:

1. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid [2008]
2. Sampha - Process [2017]
3. Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now [2015]
4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake [2011] (Fun Fact: Harvey is, as of today, the only artist to win the prize more than once)
5. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea [2000, won the prize in 2001]
6. Young Fathers - Dead [2014]
7. Suede - Suede [1993]
8. James Blake - Overgrown [2013]
9. Portishead - Dummy [1994, won the prize in 1995]
10. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast [2000]
11. Primal Scream - Screamadelica [1991, won the first ever Mercury prize in 1992]
12. alt-J - An Awesome Wave [2012]
13. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now [2005]
14. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future [2007]
15. Talvin Singh - OK [1998, won the prize in 1999]
16. The xx - xx [2009, won the prize in 2010]
17. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [2006]
18. Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms [1997]
19. Gomez - Bring It On [1998]
20. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner [2003]
21. Pulp - Different Class [1995, won the prize in 1996]
22. Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy [2009]
23. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand [2004]
24. M People - Elegant Slumming [1994]
25. Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper [2002]
26. Skepta - Konnichiwa [2016]

I think all of them are brilliant, with 1-13 being candidates for my "favourite albums of all time" list.

Edited September 19, 20186 yr by DalekTurret32

My top 3 would be

 

1. Everything Everything "A Fever Dream"

2. Sons Of Kemet "My Queen Is A Reptile"

3. King Krule "The Ooz"

 

Although I doubt any of those three will come anywhere near the top.

My top 3:

 

1. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino

2. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon

3. Everything Everything - A Fever Dream

only semi-like the Florence album and even that is maybe a 5/10 :/

very poor choices in there especially Arctics and Noel

wouldn't be surprised if they give it to the Arctics

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Wow... Amazing for Wolf Alice never expected for them to win it

After Sampha won last year, his single got to #92. Could Wolf Alice get their first ever charting single?

A quite inspired choice compared to the acts there I guess, good for them, Don't Delete the Kisses is a great song.

In the back of my mind something was telling me Lily Allen would nab it, but good for Wolf Alice! I had placed a bet on Everything Everything to win - that performance of "Night of the Long Knives" was just fantastic.

That WOLfalice album is fantastic!