Nominations for the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize were announced today.

The list on the whole is what you'd expect- parts guitar parts unknowns, as well as records that should be on the list missing, and records that are in there absolutely unworthy to be nominated in the first place.

Naturally i'm absolutely against the Arctic Monkeys winning, I'd like to see Editors win, but ultimately, I think it could be between Thom Yorke or Muse. Of course, i'd be more than happy if Muse won. At the same time i'm a little dissapointed there's no Snow Patrol, Corinne Baily Rae or The Kooks, but I guess you can't have all your favourite albums in there.

Mercury Music Prize 2006 Nominations

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I''m Not
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Guillemots - Through The Windowpane
Editors - The Back Room
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Sway - This Is My Demo
Hot Chip - The Warning
Lou Rhodes - Beloved One
Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer
Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas