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The Nationwide/Mercury Prize 

Also known as in previous years as The Mercury/Technics Prize.

All the nominees and winners of the prize since 1992.  The prize represents the best in British music and nominees are from all musical genres (pop, rock, dance, folk, jazz and contemporary & classic

Aaron Goldfarb ajgoldfa@julian.uwo.ca

NOTE = * winner

 

1992

 

  • Jah Wobble ~ Rising above bedlam

  • U2 ~ Achtung baby

  • St Etienne ~ Foxbase alpha

  • John Taverner & Stone Isserlis ~ Protecting veil

  • *Primal Scream ~ Screamadelica

  • Bheki Mseleku ~ Celebration

  • Jesus & The Mary Chain ~ Honey's head

  • Simply Red ~ Stars

  • Barry Adamson ~ Soul murder

  • The Young Disciples ~ Road to freedom

 

1993

 

  • New Order ~ Republic

  • Apache Indian ~ No reservation

  • Sting ~ Ten summoner's tales

  • *Suede ~ Suede

  • Stan Tracey OBE ~ Portraits plus

  • Dina Carrol ~ So close

  • Gavin Bryars ~ Jesus' blood never failed me

  • The Auters ~ New wave

  • PJ Harvey ~ Rid of me

  • Stereo MC's ~ Connected

 

1994

 

  • Blur ~ Parklife

  • Shara Nelson ~ What silence knows

  • Therapy? ~ Troublegum

  • Paul Weller ~ Wild wood

  • Micheal Nyman ~ Piance concerto

  • Prodigy ~ Music for the jilted generation

  • Take that ~ Everything changes

  • Pulp ~ His 'N' hers

  • Ian McNabb ~ Head like a rock

  • *M People ~ Elegant slumming

 

1995

 

  • Oasis ~ Definitely maybe

  • James MacMillan ~ Seven last words from the cross

  • Leffield ~ Leftism

  • Elastica ~ Elastica

  • Tricky ~ Maxinquaye

  • Van Morrison ~ Days like this

  • PJ Harvey ~ To bring you my love

  • *Portishead ~ Dummy

  • Guy Barker ~ Into the blue

  • Supergrass ~ I should coco

 

1996

 

  • Black Grape ~ It's great when your straight...yeah!

  • Courtney Pine ~ Modern day jazz stories

  • Manic Street Preachers ~ Everything must go

  • Mark Morrison ~ Return of the mack

  • Norma Waterson ~ Norma Waterson

  • Oasis ~ (What's the story?) Morning glory

  • Peter Maxwell Davies  ~ The beltrane fire

  • *Pulp ~ Different class

  • Underwolrd ~ Second toughest on the infants

  • Artists for the war child ~ Help!

 

1997

 

  • Prodigy ~ The fat of the land

  • Spice Girls ~ Spice

  • Beth Orton ~ Trailer park

  • *Roni Size/Reprazent ~ New forms

  • Mark~Anthony Turnage ~ Your roackaby

  • John Taverner ~ Svyati

  • Suede ~ Coming up

  • Primal Scream ~ Vanishing point

  • Chemical Brothers ~ Dig your own hole

  • Radiohead ~ OK computer

 

1998

 

  • Asian Dub Foundation ~ Rafi's revenge

  • The Verve ~ Urban hymns

  • Cornershop ~ When I was born for the 7th time

  • 4~Hero ~ 2 pages

  • John Surman ~ Proverbs and songs

  • Robbie Williams ~ Life through a lens

  • Eliza Carthy ~ Red rice

  • Catatonia ~ International velvet

  • Massive Attack ~ Mezzanine

  • *Gomez ~ Bring it on

  • Pulp ~ This is hardcore

  • Propellerheads ~ Decksanddrumsandrockandroll

 

1999

 

  • Beth Orton ~ Central reservation

  • *Talvin Singh ~ OK

  • Blur ~ 13

  • Faithless ~ Sunday 8pm

  • Sterophonics ~ Performance and cocktails

  • Manic Street Preachers ~ This is my truth, tell me yours

  • Kate Rusby ~ Sleepless

  • Black Star Liner ~ Bengali bantam youth experience

  • Chemical Brothers ~ Surrender

  • Denny Baptiste ~ Be where you are

  • Underworld ~ Beacoup fish

  • Thomas Apes ~ Asyla

2000

 

  • Coldplay ~ Parachutes

  • MJ Cole ~ Sincere

  • Leftfield ~ Rhythym & stealth

  • Nicholas Maw ~ Violin concerto

  • The Delgados ~ The great eastern

  • Nitin Sawney ~ Beyond skin

  • Kathryn Williams ~ Little black numbers

  • *Badly Drawn Boy ~ The hour of bewilderbeast

  • Doves ~ Lost souls

  • Richard Ashcroft ~ Alone with everybody

  • Helicopter Girl ~ How to steal the world

  • Death in Vegas ~ The Contino Sessions

2001

 

  • Elbow ~ Asleep at the back

  • Super furry animals - Rings around the world

  • Turin Breaks - The Optimist LP

  • Basement Jaxx - Rooty

  • Radiohead ~ Amnesiac

  • Zero 7 ~ Simple Things

  • Ed Hardcourt ~ Here be monsters

  • Gorillaz ~ Gorillaz*

  • Tom McCrae ~ Tom McRae

  • *P.J. Harvey - Stories from the city, stories from the sea

  • Goldfrapp ~ Felt mountain

  • Susheela Raman ~ Sault Rain

*The Gorillaz album was withdrawn from the shortlist at the request of the band.

 
2002

 

  • Doves - The last broadcast

  • The Streets - Original pirate material

  • *Ms Dynamite - A little deeper

  • David Bowie - Heathen

  • Beverley Night - Who am I

  • Roots Manuva - Run come save me

  • The Coral - The Coral

  • Electric soft parade - Holes in the wall

  • Gemma Hayes - Night on my side

  • Johanna MacGregor - Play

  • Guy Backer - Soundtrack

  • The Bees - Sunshine hit me

2003

 

  • Radiohead - hail to the thief

  • *Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da corner

  • The Thrills - So much for the city

  • Soweto Kinch - Conversations with the Unseen

  • Flowetey - Floetic

  • The Darkness - Permission to land

  • Coldplay - A rush of blood to the head

  • Martina Toply-Bird - Quixotic

  • Eliza Carthy - Anglicana

  • Athlete - Vehicles & animals

  • Teri Walker - Untitled

  • Lemon Jelly - Lost horizons

2004

 

  • Amy Winehouse - Frank

  • Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash

  • Belle & Sebastain - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

  • *Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

  • Jamelia - Thank You

  • Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions

  • Keane - Hopes & Fears

  • Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

  • Snow Patrol - Final Straw

  • The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For A Fiver

  • TY - Upwards

  • The Zutons - Who Killed ... The Zutons

2005
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

  • Coldplay - X & Y

  • Block Party - Silent Alarm

  • The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

  • M.I.A. - Arular

  • Polar Bear - Held On The Tips Of Fingers

  • Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

  • KT Tunstall - Eye Of The Telescope

  • Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay

  • The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers

  • Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV

  • *Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

2006
 

  • Guillemots - Through The Windowpane
  • Hot Chip - The Warning
  • Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot
  • Sway - This Is My Demo
  • Editors - The Back Room
  • IsobelCampbell & Mark Lenegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
  • Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
  • Lou Rhodes - Beloved One
  • *Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not
  • Thom Yorke - The Eraser
  • Scritti Politi - White Bread Black Beer
  • Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
2007

  • *Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
  • The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
  • Jamie T - Panic Prevention
  • Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford
  • Arctic Monkeys - favourite Worst Nightmare
  • New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
  • Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
  • Maps - We Can Create
  • Dizzee Rascal - Maths & English
  • Bat For Lashes - Fur For Gold
  • Fionn Regan - The End Of History
  • The Young Knives - Voices Of Animals & Men
2008

 

  • 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

 

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