So the shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize Album of the Year has been announced. From the official website:
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
- Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford – Basquiat Strings
- Bat For Lashes – Fur and Gold
- Dizzee Rascal – Maths and English
- Fionn Regan – The End Of History
- Jamie T – Panic Prevention
- Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
- Maps - We Can Create
- New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom
- The View – Hats Off to the Buskers
- The Young Knives – Voices of Animals and Men
Make of it what you will.