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Top 5 Mercury 2008 Nominees

1. Untrue (Burial): What it feels like to live in any metropolis in the world right now. Dark, uncompromising and alienated, but not without hope. Favourite track: Etched Headplate
2. Stainless Style (Neon Neon): Supergroup concept album turns its credentials on its collective head to deliver the finest '80s disco homage out of the more recent releases. Favourite Track: Raquel
3. In Rainbows (Radiohead): They've still got it... even if this represents a more commercial return-to-form after their more out-of-leftfield releases. Favourite Track: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
4. Do You Like Rock Music? (British Sea Power): A lot like fellow nominees, The Last Shadow Puppets, but delivering a reverb-heavy post-rock slow burn of epic proportions instead of harmonic orchestral rock. Favourite Track: Atom
5. Knee-Deep In The North Sea (Portico Quartet): A very fine debut of instrumental jazz with a keen ear for world music influences. Favourite Track: Zavodovski Island (my smart money's on them...)
Current rating: 4.5
Top 5
1 Vespertine (Bjork)  
  Her finest album. Glitchy and lo-fi with gorgeous orchestral and choral arrangements making it both deeply intimate and immensely epic at the same time. Favorite track: Unison
  
2 Music for Airports (Brian Eno)  
  The first album of its kind that still stands tall amongst its more modern peers in its nebulous beauty. Favorite track: 1/1
  
3 Takk... (Sigur Rós)  
  Maybe not as interesting or deep as their previous albums, however, the beauty of each and every song can't help but move me to tears. Favorite track: Sćglópur
  
4 This Binary Universe (BT)  
  Mostly well known for his uninspired dance-pop, Brian Transeau confounded all expectations with this gorgeous panoramic experience. Favorite track: All That Is Human Continues
  
5 Black Cherry (Goldfrapp)  
  Filthy raunch and sexy strutting a-go-go on the finest pop album this century has yet seen, all mechanized lasciviousness and orgasmic screams. Favorite track: Twist
  
  Last updated: 06/08/08 17:43
 
Current rating: 4.5