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12 albums that should have been nominated for the Mercury Prize
They couldn't please everyone but these should have been in there
by Gigwise
Yesterday evening (10 September), the Mercury Prize nominations were announced. With cracking acts such as East India Youth, Jungle, Royal Blood and FKA Twigs on the list, it's a fairly sterling effort from the judging panel. There is, however, always room for improvement.
Wild Beasts, La Roux, Chvrches, Owl John and many other British artists released brilliant, innovative albums this year - which haven't been deemed quite good enough for the Mercurys.
Admittedly they couldn't fit them all on the list - and the merit of the awards is up for serious dispute in the first place - but here's our favourite albums of the last year which could, and should, have been given a Mercury nod.
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