Mercury... for the masses

Bat For Lashes: Fur And Gold
The Young Knives: Voices Of Animals And Men
Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Fionn Regan: The End Of History
Maps: We Can Create
Klaxons: Myths Of The Near Future
Basquiat Strings: Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford
New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom
Amy Winehouse: Back To Black
The View: Hats Off To The Buskers
Dizzee Rascal: Maths + English
Jamie T: Panic Prevention

Yes, these are the albums up for a Mercury Award.... And I just hate it... they should give more than one award... I mean, there's Monkeys... and their brilliant sophomore album... and they should totally take the award this time as well... However... there's Klaxons... and they are so great, so literate, so weird, so alcoholic that they have "Winners Of A Mercury" written all over them... Then there's two brilliant debuts... Imagine, if either NYPC or Jamie T win the award, it would be a way to recognize their incredible talent... and i'd have even more reasons to rave about the music...
aaand then again... Where are Bloc Party, Maximo Park, Simian Mobile Disco, Patrick Wolf?... I mean, Patrick's album is fooking mindblowing... oO... and, who knows?... maybe a wee better than View's album...or even The Good The Bad And The Queen...