Bookies Paddy Power have released their speculative list of odds for potential winners of the Mercury music prize for 2012. With the list headed by the likes of Alt-J, Florence and the Machine, Richard Hawley, Django Django and Kate Bush. Who should make this year’s shortlist and who have they missed out?Ultimately who do you back to win the prize this year?!
| Alt-J (An Awesome Wave) | 6/4 |
| | Jessie Ware (Devotion) | 20/1 |
| | Spiritualized (Sweet Heart Sweet Light) | 25/1 |
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| Florence & The Machine (Ceremonials) | 10/1 |
| | Bombay Bicycle Club (A Different Kind Of Fix) | 20/1 |
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| Richard Hawley (Standing At The Sky’s Edge) | 10/1 |
| | Rustie (Glass Swords) | 20/1 |
| | Dry the River (Shallow Bed) | 33/1 |
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| Sweet Billy Pilgrim (Crown and Treaty) | 10/1 |
| | Rumer (Boys Don’t Cry) | 20/1 |
| | Tindersticks (The Something Rain) | 40/1 |
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| Django Django (Django Django) | 14/1 |
| | Lianne La Havas (Is Your Love Big Enough) | 25/1 |
| | The 2 Bears (Be Strong) | 50/1 |
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| Emeli Sand� (Our Version Of Events) | 14/1 |
| | June Tabor & Oysterband (Ragged Kingdom) | 25/1 |
| | Maverick Sabre (Lonely Are The Brave) | 50/1 |
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| The Maccabees (Given To The Wild) | 14/1 |
| | | Labrinth (Electronic Earth) | 50/1 |
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| Portico Quartet (Portico Quartet) | 16/1 |
| | Kindness (World, You Need A Change Of Mind) | 25/1 |
| | Rizzle Kicks (Stereo Typical) | 80/1 |
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| Coldplay (Mylo Xyloto) | 20/1 |
| | Pulled Apart By Horses (Tough Love) | 25/1 |
| | Marina & The Diamonds (Electra Heart) | 100/1 |
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| Kate Bush (50 Words For Snow) | 20/1 |
| | Laura Marling (A Creature I Don’t Know) | 25/1 |
| | The Ting Tings (Songs From Nowheresville) | 150/1 |
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| Michael Kiwanuka (Home Again) | 20/1 |
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This year’s Mercury Prize ceremony will take place on November 1 at London’s Roundhouse in Camden, with the ‘Album Of The Year’ nominees to be revealed on September 12.
PJ Harvey won last year’s Mercury Prize for her album Let England Shake.
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