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Barclaycard Mercury Prize Albums Of The Year Revealed

• 19th Jul 2011

The list of 12 Albums of the Year shortlisted for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize has been revealed.

“This year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist highlights the remarkable possibilities of what can be achieved with music – the grand gesture and telling detail, albums that are dramatic, ambitious and artful, emotional and affectionate, funny and profound,” says Simon Frith, Chair of Judges. “Much of the music here evokes a sense of place and time, providing a wonderful snapshot of
Britain’s varied musical life.”

The 2011 Albums of the Year are:

Adele – 21
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything – Man Alive
Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock – Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake – James Blake
Katy B – On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
Metronomy – The English Riviera
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy

The overall winnder will be announced live on BBC Two and 6Music on Tuesday September 6th.

More information can be found by following this link.

MSD