Kind of a blunt prize

no no no

james blake

Cul

Well, good for him. MBV seemed pissed...

probably my aoty so I'm glad it's getting some recognition

Yay

It's a shame that Speech Debelle faded back into obscurity, her first album was great.

kind of a blake prize

yay james blake

I should probably listen to this. Retrograde was pretty sweet.

James Blunt

album is fucking awesome so sweet

hey congrats jimmy good to hear man

Surprised he got it, honestly. Not a slate against the album, but I thought Bowie was going to take it

preferred the bowie album tbh

is it though

Autechre wins Mercury Prize, but...

congrats

prize is dumb anyway, but good on him

called it

Good for him

why is it a dumb prize?? its just the best of a smaller pool of musicians ... and at least these judges aren't blinded by record sales and choose an album based on their merits ... at least I would like to think so

Aside from the BRITS (which are purely corporate backslapping) it's the biggest accolade the UK music
industry has to offer. They do ultimately judge it on artistic merit, but the increasingly chart-
friendly shortlists and the fact artists/labels have to pay £200 just to enter dents its credibility
somewhat.

I like James Blake as an artist and I enjoy Overgrown, but I'm not sure it's Mercury-winning material.
I think he has a classic in him, but for me this record falls slightly short, especially in its second
half. His potential is enormous but there's still plenty left to be realised. Having said that, Jon
Hopkins aside, it was probably my favourite record on a very average shortlist.