Dizzee Rascal and the xx will fight it out as favourites to win this year’s [COLOR=#005689]Mercury prize. From a decidedly indie list, bookmaker William Hill put Dizzee’s Tongue N‘ Cheek and the xx’s eponymous debut album at 4/1 to win the prize.
Elsewhere there were nominations for Paul Weller’s Wake Up the Nation (6/1), Wild Beasts‘ Two Dancers (8/1) and Corinne Bailey Rae’s critically acclaimed third album the Sea (6/1).
Laura Marling will go head to head with her boyfriend, Marcus Mumford, of nu-folk trio Mumford and Sons – both artists have odds of 6/1 for I Speak Because I Can and Sigh No More respectively. The closest thing to a wildcard this year is Kit Downes Trio’s Golden, which has odds of 10/1 to win.
The full list is as follows:
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N‘ Cheek (4/1)
The xx – xx (4/1)
Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation (6/1)
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea (6/1)
Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More (6/1)
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can (6/1)
Foals – Total Life Forever (8/1)
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (8/1)
Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions (8/1)
Villagers – Becoming a Jackal (10/1)
Kit Downes Trio – Golden (10/1)
I Am Kloot – Sky at Night (10/1)
Last year’s Mercury prize was won by Speech Debelle. The ceremony takes place in London on 7 September.
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