Santa made his list and checked it twice… But while ol’ Saint Nick kicks back with Mrs. Claus, the Shortlist Organization “Listmakers” have only begun to narrow the nominee pool for their annual music prize. The Shortlist Prize, first given in 2001, recognizes an album released between January and November of the previous year that has yet to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 at the time of nomination.
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Santa made his list and checked it twice… But while ol’ Saint Nick kicks back with Mrs. Claus, the Shortlist Organization “Listmakers” have only begun to narrow the nominee pool for their annual music prize. The Shortlist Prize, first given in 2001, recognizes an album released between January and November of the previous year that has yet to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 at the time of nomination.
A group of musicians, producers and journalists, dubbed “listmakers,” determine the winning album each year; previous panels have included Beck, Tori Amos, Dave Matthews, and members of The Roots, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, and The Cure. Winning albums of yesteryear have included cuts by Damien Rice, Sigur Ros, N.E.R.D., TV on the Radio, Sufjan Stevens and Cat Power. This year’s list of nominations includes albums by Arcade Fire, Blonde Redhead, Feist, Gogol Bordello, and Wilco, among others.
Here’s the complete list of those albums being considered for this year’s award. Congrats to all the nominees!
A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In The Sea
Against Me! – New Wave
Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Bad Religion – New Maps Of Hell
Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
Bjork – Volta
Blonde Redhead – 23
Brakes – The Beatific Visions
Burial – Untrue
Calvin Harris – I Created Disco
Dead Heart Bloom – Chelsea Diaries
Digitalism – Idealism
Dollyrots – Because I’m Awesome
Eddie Vedder – Into The Wild’ Soundtrack
Feist – The Reminder
Fionn Regan – The End Of History
Future Of The Left – Curses
Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta
Grinderman – Grinderman
Gui Boratto – Chromaphobia
Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
Jesca Hoop – Kismet
Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests
Juliette & The Licks – Four On The Floor
Justice – Cross
Keren Ann – Keren Ann
Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
Le Loup – The Throne Of The Third Heaven
Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
M.I.A. – Kala
Maps – We Can Create
O’Death – Head Home
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Parts & Labor – Mapmaker
Peter Bjorn & John – Writer’s Block
PJ Harvey – White Chalk
Puscifer – V Is For Vagina
Robert Francis – One By One
Robert Pollard – Standard Gargoyle Decisions
Scout Niblett – This Fool Can Die Now
Serj Tankian – Elect The Dead
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War
Swizz Beatz – One Man Band Man
The Bird & The Bee – The Bird & The Bee
The Hives – Black & White Album
The Thrills – Teenager
Underworld – Oblivion With Bells
Wheat – Everyday I Said A Prayer
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Working For A Nuclear Free City – Businessmen & GhostsIro
