So you probably know them by now but these are the twelve albums up for the big trophy, £20,000 and title of best album at the Mercury Prize later this year.
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (PAST WINNERS)
Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford
Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold
Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English (PAST WINNER)
Fionn Regan - The End of History
Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
Maps - We Can Create
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
The Young Knives - Voices of Animals and Men
Somehow the token obscure albums seem a lot more out of place. My advice if you're betting is to either take the safe option of Arctics or Winehouse but put a little insurance on New Young Pony Club, I think they could cause an upset.
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