The Mercury Music Prize will be decided shortly, and I was reminded by a BBC News article on the nominees. It asks which of the nominees you thought were best. So I thought I would have a look at them, and see how much it would cost for me to buy all the CDs, and decide in as fair a manner as possible which I thought was best. So I scoured the Internet and looked for the cheapest way I could buy all twelve CDs, and these are my results:
| Artist | Title | Price | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not | £6.99 | BangCd.com |
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Ballad Of The Broken Seas | £7.99 | HMV.co.uk |
| Editors | The Back Room | £5.99 | HMV.co.uk |
| Guillemots | Through The Window Pane | £7.99 | HMV.co.uk |
| Richard Hawley | Coles Corner | £6.99 | BangCd.com |
| Hot Chip | The Warning | £7.97 | Amazon.co.uk |
| Muse | Black Holes And Revelations | £6.99 | BangCd.com |
| Zoe Rahman | Melting Pot | £8.99 | HMV.co.uk |
| Lou Rhodes | Beloved One | £8.75 | cd-wow.com |
| Scritti Politti | White Bread, Black Beer | £7.99 | HMV.co.uk |
| Sway | This Is My Demo | £7.99 | Amazon.co.uk |
| Thom Yorke | The Eraser | £6.99 | cd-wow.com 1 |
| TOTAL | £91.62 | ||
1 The Thom Yorke album from CD WOW! does not have a jewel case.
All of these albums are delivered free from the noted suppliers except Amazon.co.uk - however, they will deliver free if you buy both albums or otherwise spend at least £15.
I don’t think I would pay £91.62 for these CDs. Therefore it would be unfair for me to vote. OK, so maybe downloads would be cheaper. But these are fringe artists and I want to hear this music if they have been dubbed worth-a-listening-to. But I have been priced out the market. I’ll just stick to the albums I have, I think…
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Nothing that great this year I think. The new Muse album is a bit of a disappointment.
As for the prices of CDs, they definatly cost too much now. But still not at the extortinate prices of new release DVDs…
Good point dude. I bet the panal dont have to pay for them thats for sure!
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