Shortlist Prize 2004
 

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Once again, MTV2 is a proud sponsor of the Shortlist Music Prize, and this year we're partnering with XM Radio. The Shortlist Music prize honors the year's most creative and adventurous albums; past winners include Damien Rice, N*E*R*D and Sigur Ros. Each year, music insiders are asked to pick their long list of albums they think have not received the attention they deserved. The panel's initial "Long List" of nominated albums have been announced, see below, and the "Shortlist" of 10 finalists will be announced in mid-September.

The 2004 panel of Listmakers are:
Norah Jones, Chris Carraba (Dashboard Confessional), Robert Smith (The Cure), Jack Black, Serj Tankian (System of a Down), the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (The Roots), Will-I-Am (Black Eyed Peas) and the film director Jim Jarmusch, as well as radio personality Nic Harcourt, and journalists Neil Strauss, Josh Tyrangiel, Toure, Thor Christensen, Margeaux Watson and Tom Moon.

The Long List of albums, picked by the above Listmakers, are:

Artist
Album Title

Cesaria Evora
Voz d'Amor

TV On The Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Wrens
The Meadowlands

PJ Harvey
Uh Huh Her

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand

Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Scarling
Sweet Heart Dealer

Oceansize
Effloresce

Keb' Mo'
Keep It Simple

The Killers
Hot Fuss

Bob Schneider
I'm Good Now

Patty Larkin
Regrooving the Dream

David Bowie
Reality

Muse (UK)
Absolution

Eagles Of Death Metal
Peace Love Death Metal

Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto

Buckethead
Bucketheadland, Vol. 2

Bad Acid Trip
Lynch the Weirdo

Joe Strummer
Streetcore

Blonde Redhead
Misery Is a Butterfly

Phil Kline
Zippo Songs

Blanche
If We Can't Trust the Doctors

Ghostface Killah
Pretty Toney Album [Clean]

Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose

Neil Young
Greendale

Holly Golightly
Truly She Is None Other

Macy Gray
The Trouble With Being Myself

Cee-Lo
Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine [Clean]

Rufus Wainwright
Want One

Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner

Nellie McKay
Get Away from Me [Clean]

Magnetic Fields
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Patti Smith
Trampin'

The Fiery Furnaces
Gallowsbird's Bark

Secret Machines
Now Here Is Nowhere

Dead Prez
RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta [Clean]

Slum Village
Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) [Clean]

Amel Larrieux
Bravebird

Josh Ritter
Hello Starling

Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing in the Hands

Ryan Adams
Love Is Hell

Iron & Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days

Jesse Sykes & The...
Oh, My Girl

Jem (Rock)
Finally Woken

Juana Molina
Segundo

The Sleepy Jackson
Lovers

Café Tacuba
Cuatro Caminos

Non-Prophets
Hope

A.C. Newman
The Slow Wonder


Teitur
Poetry & Aeroplanes

Jamie Cullum
Twentysomething

The Streets (UK)
A Grand Don't Come for Free

Air
Talkie Walkie

Ty
Upwards

Elbow
Cast of Thousands

Galactic
Ruckus

My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves

Simple Kid
1

Julieta Venegas
Si

Travis
12 Memories

Gary Jules
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

Van Hunt
Van Hunt

Snow Patrol
Final Straw

The Honorary Title
Anything Else But The Truth

Dios
Dios

Phoenix
Alphabetical

Weakerthans
Reconstruction Site

Keane
Hopes and Fears

Jaylib
Champion Sound

Melt Banana
Cell-Scape

Peaches
Fatherfucker

The Coral
Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker</i></b>

They really have their work cut out for them this year. I was led to believe that in order to be nominated the album had to be brand new but I guess not.

Asta!!

My vote's for Dear Catastrophe Waitress, followed not-so-closely by Absolution. But there are tons of albums here that I haven't heard, and quite a few that I have heard good things about.

I prolly haven't heard half of the albums on the list so far. Last year was good though.

Asta!!

My vote's for The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free followed by Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose, and after that, the wrens - the meadowlands tied with Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere

The Fiery Furnaces should have had Blueberry Boat, Not Gallowsbird's Bark, nominated. That would be my choice if it was up for an award.

And to the best of my knowledge, any album released since the last award was given is eligible for the award.

I've heard and liked quite a few of the albums on the list, but I think Muse - Absolution is the best of the lot.

By the way, if you go to the official website:
http://www.shortlistofmusic.com/
you can see which "listmaker" nominated which album.

eh franz ferdinand, my morning jacket, streets, tv on the radio in no particular order imo

The Streets
Belle & Sebastian
Dizzie Rascal
Muse
Franz Ferdinand

(by the way Keane sucks)

Knaw Keane are great...their sound takes a lil while to get used to though.

Asta!!

Well shoot. Might as well throw in my recommendations

Finalists:
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
Air - Talkie Walkie
Jem - Finally Woken
Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free

With PJ Harvey getting the prize (even though I have not heard the album)

they posted the finalists, as I read on pitchfork.

Dizzee Rascal, TV on the Radio, Loretta Lynn, Nellie McKay, Air, The Streets, the Killers, Ghostface, and i think others are in the final.

EDIT: Wilco and (BLECH!) Franz Ferdinand are also in the final.

Out of those, I vote for TV on the Radio or Wilco.

Is there a website where I can hear what the fuckin craze about T.V. On The Radio is all about? Cause that single Staring At The Sun doesn't really do anything for me I'll even go as far as saying I think it's pretty lousy. If all their songs sound like than then I don't see why they made the final 10. And honestly I'm as big a Wu-Tang fan as you could possibly get and I don't really think Ghostface deserved his spot above some of the other albums I saw recomended.

Asta!!

It's a tough call, but i've gotta pick The Streets, even over Loretta Lynn, whose album i loved.

Too bad Mastodon's Leviathan didn't get released in time. That album is a masterpiece if there ever was one.