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Mary Anne Hobbs sits in

Mary Anne Hobbs reveals the shortlist for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize and chats to some of the artists up for this musical accolade.

Mary Anne Hobbs reveals the shortlist for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize and chats to some of the artists up for the most prestigious album prize in British music.

The Mercury Prize launched in 1992, with Primal Scream scooping the inaugural prize. Last year's winner was the south London singer-songwriter Sampha, who was championed very early on by 6 Music and Lauren Laverne.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 26 Jul 2018 10:00

Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    Slip Inside This House

    • Screamadelica.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 2.
  • PJ Harvey

    Good Fortune

    • Island.
  • Aphex Twin

    minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]

    • Syro.
    • Warp.
    • 001.
  • Radiohead

    Burn The Witch

  • Talvin Singh

    OK

    • OK.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 7.
  • Burial

    Archangel

    • Hyperdub.
  • The xx

    On Hold (Jamie xx Remix)

    • Young Turks.
  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

  • Roots Manuva

    Witness (1 Hope)

    • Big Dada Music.
  • Bees

    A Minha Menina

    • We Love You.
  • SOAK

    Sea Creatures

    • Rough Trade.
  • Elbow

    The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver

    • The Seldom Seen Kid.
    • Polydor Limited.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    Star Treatment

    • Domino.
  • Nadine Shah

    Out The Way

    • Holiday Destination.
    • 1965 Records Limited.
  • Dizzee Rascal

    Fix Up, Look Sharp

    • Boy In Da Corner.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 3.
  • Everything Is Recorded

    Show Love (feat. Sampha & Syd)

    • Show Love.
    • XL.
  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    • Atlas.
  • Florence + The Machine

    Hunger

    • High As Hope.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Jorja Smith

    Teenage Fantasy

    • Lost & Found.
    • FAMM.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Holy Mountain

    • Sourmash.
  • King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

    Bats in the Attic (Unravelled)

    • DOMINO.
  • Everything Everything

    Desire

    • A Fever Dream.
    • RCA Records.
  • Young Fathers

    Get Up

    • Dead.
    • Big Dada.
    • 001.
  • Lily Allen

    Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs)

    • No Shame.
    • Parlophone.
  • King Krule

    Dum Surfer

    • XL Recordings.
  • Gavin Bryars, Tom Waits & Michael Riesman

    Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

    • Obscure Records.
  • GoGo Penguin

    Hopopono

    • V2.0.
    • GONDWANA RECORDS.
    • 10.
  • Sons of Kemet

    My Queen Is Doreen Lawrence

    • Your Queen Is A Reptile.
    • Impulse.
  • Wolf Alice

    Sadboy

    • Visions of a Life.
    • Dirty Hit.
  • Novelist

    Better Way

    • Novelist Guy.
    • MMMYEH RECORDS.
  • David Bowie

    I Can't Give Everything Away

    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Jul 2018 10:00