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Originally Posted by musiclipse
James Blake‘s ‘Overgrown’ has won the 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize. Blake’s debut LP was nominated in 2011 but lost to PJ Harvey’s ‘Let England Shake’.
Blake succeeds Alt-J who have won last year with the debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’. The 25 year old musician beat off competition from ‘heavyweights’ like David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, alongside revelations as Savages, Disclosure and Laura Mvula (which was given as a favorite by punters).
Do you think this was a deserved victory?
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James Blake didn't really beat off anyone to the award. A panel of so-called industry experts liked James Blake's album the most, and that's it.
I'm sure James Blake is delighted as it's great publicity and Mercury winning/nominated albums always see a huge icrease in sales. What I wanna know is why do the public care what a bunch of so-called experts think? And not just the Mercury Awards, the Oscars, Grammies, Cannes, Brits, why do people care if a select few say this is the best film, this is the best rock album, this is the best actress? I don't get it.
