So I got the Dizzee Rascal CD the other day and am quite enjoying it - it figures it took a Brit to bring back my favorite hip-hop breakbeat - Billy Squier's "Big Beat." Anyway, the Mercury Music Prize seems to have a whole lot more credibility than the Grammys (although the latter gets props for selecting OutKast this year). So, how many Mercury Music Prize winning albums do you have?

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1994: M People - Elegant Slumming
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
1999: Talvin Singh - OK
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002: Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper
2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner

I've got five: Primal Scream, Pulp, Badly Drawn Boy, Ms. Dynamite, and Dizzee Rascal. I won the Talvin Singh disc in a giveaway by a website back in 1999 (TheDen.com - now dead), but never received it, so I guess that doesn't count.

I have one, Primal Scream. You've piqued my curiousity regarding Dizzee Rascal though.

I got these seven:

(I'm from Europe)

Nine:

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1994: M People - Elegant Slumming
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

I have six:

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast

Considering those are some of my favorite albums of the past 15 years, I think I should get more.

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1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1994: M People - Elegant Slumming
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Just four.

Pulp, Primal, Badly Drawn and PJ.

I've got:

Radiohead - OK Computer, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief
David Bowie - Reality

I have 8, but the ones that I flagged with the "*" are albums that I never really enjoyed:

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms*
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea*

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I have these:

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998: Gomez - Bring It On
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner

I will get Talvin Singh and Ms. Dynamite eventually.

1992: Primal Sream - Screamadelica
1993: Suede - Suede
1995: Portishead - Dummy
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
2001: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002: Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper
2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner

Nine out of twelve.


John

The only one that I have is BDB's The Hour of the Bewilderbeast. I have come very close to picking up the Gomez and Portishead albums on several occasions. Maybe I will actually do so one day.

1993: Suede - Suede
1996: Pulp - Different Class
1998: Gomez - Bring It On

Mine, like most, has a distinct lack of M-People...

I always thought that the Mercury prize was the kiss of death for any new artist?

Your answer is also my answer. I've only got the BDB album but really should pick up Gomez, Portishead and PJ Harvey.

I was impressed with the list until I got to the Darkness, it must be a misprint. I have about 10 of the albums including all the Radiohead, Prodigy and Chemical Brothers albums.

Primal Scream, Badly Drawn Boy & PJ Harvey.


PJ Harvey's "Stories from the City" is a brilliant record.