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July 18, 2006 at 11:40:00 AM | more stories by this author
Radiohead frontman's debut solo album, released last week, leads a diverse batch of nominees for Nationwide Mercury Prize, the UK's top honor.
The frontman for one of the biggest bands on the planet will battle it out with the buzz band of 2006 and 10 other acclaimed artists for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize, which honors the best albums of the year by British and Irish artists.
Thom Yorke
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke leads the short list of nominees with The Eraser, his debut solo album, which hit stores just last week.
Arctic Monkeys, the Sheffield band whose debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, was also nominated.
UK bookmaker chain William Hill tabbed those two as the favorites to claim the prize soon after the announcement, tabbing each with 5/1 odds. The short list of nominees was picked by 12 judges from a batch of more than 200 albums that were submitted by record labels. Albums had to be released between July 25, 2005, and July 17, 2006, meaning that Yorke's Eraser made it by a week.
The winner, which will be announced September 5, wins £20,000 ($36,520).
The rest of the nominees are a diverse group, including Muse's Black Holes and Revelations, the current top-selling album in the UK, buzz band the Editors' The Back Room, and eclectic beatmakers Hot Chip's The Warning.
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's Ballad of the Broken Seas, Guillemots' Through the Windowpane, Richard Hawley's Coles Corner, Zoe Rahman's Melting Pot, Lou Rhodes' Beloved One, Scritti Politti's White Bread, Black Beer, and Sway's This Is My Demo round out the list of nominees. Last year's prize was won by Antony & the Johnson's I Am a Bird Now.
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