2007 Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize was recently announced. "The Nationwide Mercury Prize exists soley to champion UK music by promoting the 12 Albums of the Year by British or Irish artists. All genres of music are eligible and all albums are treated equally. The Nationwide Mercury Prize is Europe's Number One Arts Prize in terms of media coverage and influence."

Here's their shortlist:

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (MySpace)

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (MySpace)

Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford (MySpace)

Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold (MySpace)

Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English (MySpace)

Fionn Regan - The End of History (MySpace)

Jamie T - Panic Prevention (MySpace)

Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (MySpace)

Maps - We Can Create (MySpace)

New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom (MySpace)

The View - Hats Off to the Buskers (MySpace)

The Young Knives - Voice of Animals and Men (MySpace)

And the winner is...click here. The site also has a nice archive of past years. Spend some time on this site.