Elbows out, lads
September 9, 2008 by Karl McDonald
Filed under Anablog
Mercury Prize time again, and this year Elbow have walked away with the award. I’ll have to be honest, I was expecting and hoping for Radiohead, but I doubt they’ll be too put out. Maybe it’s for the best that someone like Elbow, a while into their career, have received some major critical recognition. Not to say that the Mercury should turn into a career-recognition thing, like the Oscars do occasionally. But still.
In this blogger’s humble opinion, Radiohead, Burial and possibly even Estelle made better albums, but I’m not going to begrudge Elbow this one. Here’s their video from Grounds for Divorce, which Andrew posted a while back.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXBS_Xansag]
Elbow deservedly won. It was a fantastic album and a crime that it has not become more popular than it is. But thats one of the great things about winning the Mercury Award, large increase in sales. Well done boys!