Ahead of Tuesday's
announcement of the nominees for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize, we've
hijacked, I dunno, George Lamb's email account for this exclusive rundown of
the runners and riders.
From the Office of Simon Frith, Chair of
the Barclaycard Mercury Prize panel
Dear all,
Right, I'm sure Morley's suggestion that we fill the list with the Beatles
remasters is very droll, but the pissy blogs will crucify us. So here's what
we've got so far:
Laura Marling/I Speak Because I Can Plan B/The Defamation Of Strickland Banks *Fuck Buttons/Tarot Sport Example/Won't Go Quietly The xx/The xx **The Unthanks/Here's The Tender Coming Corinne Bailey Rae/The Sea ***Robyn/Body Talk Part 1 ****Arctic Monkeys/Humbug Dizzee Rascal/Tongue N'Cheek *****The Cribs/Ignore The Ignorant ******Some jazz shit
*Jude assures me this'll keep the Guardian off our sainted backs
**Well, you name another crap-selling folk album
***She's naturalised now, right? If Manuel Almunia
can play for England...
****Yes, I know it's bollocks, but they've promised
a funny video if they win
*****Look, I don't fucking know. Laverne swears
Elbow have released an album, but I've heard jack since Kingdom Of Rust.
Anyone got any ideas?
******Someone - Charles Hazlewood? - dredge some
muck up. Has that big-haired drummer fellow been on anything this year?
