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From the Archive: Mercury Prize judges help us ponder: What makes a truly great album?

From the Archive: Mercury Prize judges help us ponder: What makes a truly great album?

FromDrowned in Sound


From the Archive: Mercury Prize judges help us ponder: What makes a truly great album?

FromDrowned in Sound

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Nov 11, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Mercury Music Prize 2015 judges John Kennedy from Radio X and Kate Mossman from New Statesman/BBC Four, join DiS editor Sean Adams and podcast co-host Danielle Perry from Absolute Radio to discuss this year's Mercury nominees and what this year's 12 albums say about the current state of music plus we ponder what makes a truly great album?
The winner of this year's Mercury Prize will be revealed live on the BBC on Friday 20th Nov
The 2015 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ in association with BBC Music were announced on Friday 16 October. The 2015 Albums of the Year are:Aphex Twin 'Syro'Benjamin Clementine 'At Least For Now'C Duncan 'Architect'Eska 'Eska'Florence + The Machine 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'Gaz Coombes 'Matador' Ghostpoet 'Shedding Skin'Jamie xx 'In Colour'Róisín Murphy 'Hairless Toys'Slaves 'Are You Satisfied?'SOAK 'Before We Forgot How To Dream' Wolf Alice 'My Love Is Cool'

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Released:
Nov 11, 2015
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Podcast episode

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