The nomination list is out for the Mercury Music Prize…

• 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

The three in italics are the ones I don’t have (or haven’t heard) – so I’ll reserve my judgement until I’ve done that – but I there are some great albums in here. Elbow is my favourite, but I’m not sure it’s a Mercury winner.

It is going to be very hard to choose.