Mercury nominations just in. Make of them what you will.
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (Universal/Fiction)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Beggars/XL Recordings)
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music (Beggars/Rough Trade)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Universal/Rounder)
Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)
Estelle - Shine (Warner/Atlantic)
Adele - 19 (Beggars/XL Recordings)
Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim (EMI/Virgin)
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns (EMI)
Neon Neon - Stainless Style (Lex)
Portico Quartet - Knee Deep In The North Sea (Vortex)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (Domino)