This Year's Mercury Music Prize Shortlist

[u2popmofo]

This year?s shortlist is:

Basement Jaxx ? ?Kish Kash?
Belle & Sebastian ? ?Dear Catastrophe Waitress?
Franz Ferdinand ? ?Franz Ferdinand?
Jamelia ? ?Thank You?
Keane ? ?Hopes And Fears?
Snow Patrol ? ?Final Straw?
Joss Stone ? ?The Soul Sessions?
The Streets ? ?A Grand Don?t Come For Free?
Ty ? ?Upwards?
Amy Winehouse ? ?Frank?
Robert Wyatt ? ?Cuckooland?
The Zutons ? ?Who Killed The Zutons?

http://www.nme.com/news/109226.htm


It says in the article that bookmakers are looking to Franz and The Streets as joint favourites to win the award, with odds of 3-1. Not too surprising.

 

[Salome]

hmm

I love:
Belle & Sebastian ? ?Dear Catastrophe Waitress?
Joss Stone ? ?The Soul Sessions?
The Streets ? ?A Grand Don?t Come For Free?


Belle & Sebastian have been great for long enough and 'Waitress' is a wonderful album
Joss Stone has the most lovely voice I've heard the last decade
and right now my guess is that not even U2 will release a better the ?A Grand Don?t Come For Free? this year


so my vote goes to The Streets

 

[jkayet]

I like:

Belle & Sebastian ? ?Dear Catastrophe Waitress?
Franz Ferdinand ? ?Franz Ferdinand?
Keane ? ?Hopes And Fears?
Snow Patrol ? ?Final Straw?
The Streets ? ?A Grand Don?t Come For Free?
The Zutons ? ?Who Killed The Zutons?

I also like basement jaxx, but i'm not familiar with that album really, and I prefer the first Streets album. Hmm...I really think I might have to go with Snow Patrol...

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Franz Ferdinand is the only album on there I've heard. But I like the songs I've heard from Keane and Snow Patrol, and I know people around here speak highly of the other artists. I'm sure whoever wins will be worthy.

 

[Jack In The Box]

Snow Patrol?

 

[u2popmofo]

Franz Ferdinand won:

http://www.nme.com/news/109796.htm

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I grabbed their CD and listened to it on the way home from work today. Hadn't listened to it in weeks.

*is creeped out by musical telepathy*

 

[Bono's shades]

Franz Ferdinand won:

http://www.nme.com/news/109796.htm

Yay! I've been listening to that album a lot.

 

[IWasBored]

am i the only one seeing a lot of ?s between words?

 

[beli]

am i the only one seeing a lot of ?s between words?

I see them too. Inside little diamonds. They have been coming and going since the new server was installed.

Same with the clock. Its truely buggered.

 

[IWasBored]

diamonds?

 

[beli]

The question marks are inside little diamonds for me. Theyre not for you? I use Mozilla.

edited: I just checked in IE, just question marks without the surrounding diamond.

Still weird either which way.

 

[IWasBored]

wierd stuff.

 

[Elvis Presley]

Franz Ferdinand won:

http://www.nme.com/news/109796.htm

Piss

 

[Elvis]

Im not sure why.. but when I upgraded the database for the new server... it seems to have had a problem with ' and " characters.

 

[Elvis]

‘Kish Kash’

 

[Elvis]

odd. its only happening with 'old' data.

 

[Elvis]

Jamelia – ‘Thank You’
Keane – ‘Hopes And Fears’
Snow Patrol – ‘Final Straw’
Joss Stone – ‘The Soul Sessions’
The Streets – ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’

 

[IWasBored]

freaky stuff.