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Who will win the mercury prize?

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rising Sand
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11%
Estelle - Shine
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11%
Burial - Untrue
1
11%
British Sea Power - Do You like Rock Music?
No votes
0%
Laura Marling - Alas I cannot Swim
No votes
0%
Elbow - The Seldom seen Kid
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11%
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
No votes
0%
Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
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11%
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset - The Bairns
1
11%
Radiohead - In Rainbows
No votes
0%
Adele - 19
3
33%
Knee Deep in the North Sea - Portico Quartet
No votes
0%
#358770
Who do you want to win? Who will win?

I'd love Rachel Unthank to win but there's no way on earth a folk album will come first :D The Burial album's great as well but I suspect it'll be Radiohead as they've not won it before.

In terms of betting, Burial's the strong favourite followed by Radiohead, Last Shadow Puppets then Rachel Unthank.

I think a poll's in order here :D
#358778
I've never heard of more than half of them, so I have no idea. As long as that terrible album by Robert Plant and the ageing elf Krauss doesn't win. Or Adele - I haven't heard her album and to be fair it might be great, but she gives the impression of being a complete tosser (can a female be described as a tosser? Well you know what I mean) so I hope she loses.
#358798
I wouldn't mind either the Last Shadow Puppets or Radiohead winning it because they are both great albums. However, I really want Burial to win as dubstep is a very exciting new genre and the album deserves all the praise it can get. Also, the prize has been given to famous acts in the last few years so it's about time it was given to something relatively unknown.
#358820
Elbow it is then.

You should have put money on it Lottie.