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Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations

Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations

By Piers Fawkes on July 21, 2009

The organizers behind the prestigious Mercury Prize have announced the nominations for this year’s award. The 12 albums were all released in the last year by British and Irish artists. The list includes:

Bat For Lashes – ‘Two Suns’
Florence And The Machine – ‘Lungs’
Friendly Fires – ‘Friendly Fires’
Glasvegas – ‘Glasvegas’
The Horrors – ‘Primary Colours’
La Roux – ‘La Roux’
Led Bib – ‘Sensible Shoes’
The Leisure Society – ‘Sleeper’
Lisa Hannigan – ‘Sea Saw
Kasabian – ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’
Speech Debelle – ‘Speech Therapy’
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – ‘Twice Born Men’

It’s interesting to note how many of the albums feature the name of the artist, no?

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