Bob Dylan
Uncut magazine revealed its long list for the second anual Uncut Music Award today (September 23) .The prize is to reward the “most inspiring and rewarding musical experience” of the past year.
A full list of the 25 albums from the past year which made the magazine’s cut this year are listed below
Following peers and pros are all on this year’s judging panel :Uncut editor, Allan Jones, UMA 2008 winner Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, Absolute Radio DJ Christian O’Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly.
Launching this years contest, Allan Jones commented: “The inaugural Uncut Music Award was a resounding success. This year’s award looks like it will be just as hotly contested, with the judges facing a daunting task.
“There has been a lot of brilliant music over the last year, as our long list of 25 albums vividly demonstrates. Deciding which of them most merits winning the 2009 Uncut Music Award is going to be an exciting process, but no easy task.”
November’s Uncut issue, on sale October 27, will reveal A shortlist of eight contenders, with the 2009 Uncut Music Award winner being revealed in Uncut’s January 2010 issue.
The inaugural Uncut Music Award was awarded to Fleet Foxes for their self-titled debut album.
The Uncut Music Award longlist 2009 is:
*The Acorn – ‘Glory Hope Mountain’
* Animal Collective – ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’
* Arctic Monkeys – ‘Humbug’
* Bill Callahan – ‘Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle’
* Graham Coxon – ‘The Spinning Top’
* Alela Diane – ‘To Be Still’
* Dirty Projectors – ‘Bitte Orca’
* Doves – ‘Kingdom Of Rust’
* The Duke And The King – ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’
* Bob Dylan – ‘Together Through Life’
* Fever Ray – ‘Fever Ray’
* Grizzly Bear – ‘Veckatimest’
* Levon Helm – ‘Electric Dirt’
* The Horrors – ‘Primary Colours’
* Kings Of Leon – ‘Only By The Night’
* The Low Anthem – ‘Oh My God Charlie Darwin’
* Madness – ‘The Liberty Of Norton Folgate’
* Raphael Saadiq – ‘The Way I See It’
* Super Furry Animals – ‘Dark Days/Light Years’
* TV On The Radio – ‘Dear Science’
* Tinariwen – ‘Imidiwan: Companions’
* White Denim – ‘Fits’
* Wilco – ‘Wilco (The Album)’
* Wild Beasts – ‘Two Dancers’
* The xx – ‘xx’
