The Nominees for the 2008 British Mercury Prize were announced yesterday, with the winner set to be announced in September. The list of nominated albums follows:

Adele 19
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music?
Burial Untrue
Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid
Estelle Shine
Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim
Neon Neon Stainless Style
Portico Quartet Knee-Deep In The North Sea
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns
Radiohead In Rainbows
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
The Last Shadow Puppets The Age Of The Understatement

Past winners include the Klaxons and the Arctic Monkeys. In 2001 Murdoc from Gorillaz said winning the award would be "like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".

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