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Mercury music prize short list announced
Check out 2006's runners and riders now
The nominations for this year's Nationwide Mercury music prize have been revealed this morning (July 18).
At a small ceremony at the Royal Commonwealth Club in London, Jools Holland announced the 12 albums that will battle it out for this year's prize.
The nominations are:
Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - 'Ballad Of The Broken Seas'
Editors - 'The Back Room'
Guillemots - 'Through The Windowpane'
Richard Hawley - 'Coles Corner'
Hot Chip - 'The Warning'
Muse - 'Black Holes & Revelations'
Zoe Rahman - 'Melting Pot'
Lou Rhodes - 'Beloved One'
Scritti Politti - 'White Bread Black Beer'
Sway - 'This Is My Demo'
Thom Yorke - 'The Eraser'
Revealing this year's nominees, chair of judges Simon Frith hailed the artists for reflecting contemporary life.
"Above all, this year's shortlist for the Nationwide Mercury prize is about the art of the songwriter," he said. "If you want to know what life is like in Britain today, listen to the country's musicians!"
The overall winner of the £20,000 prize will be announced on September 5.
Following the announcement bookies William Hill have immediately installed Arctic Monkeys and Thom Yorke as 5-1 joint favourites, with Muse, Editors and Guillemots are close behind them at 6-1.
Last year's prize was won by Antony & the Johnsons for the album 'I Am A Bird Now'.
altro articolo:
LONDON (Reuters) - The Arctic Monkeys made it on to the Mercury Prize shortlist of the 12 best British albums of the last year, where they were joined by 1980s act Scritti Politti, on the comeback trail with "White Bread, Black Beer".
Editors, Guillemots, Muse and Sway also made the nominations for the annual awards, as did Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead who has gone solo with "The Eraser".
From Reuters...
The Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" became the fastest-selling debut album in British chart history, with more than 360,000 copies sold in the first week.
"Great songs astonishingly performed. Essential," the Mercury judging panel said of the record, which includes hits "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When The Sun Goes Down".
"Above all, this year's shortlist for the Nationwide Mercury Prize is about the art of the songwriter -- if you want to know what life is like in Britain today, listen to the country's musicians," said panel chairman Simon Frith.
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