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Thom Yorke's The Eraser makes the Mercury Prize shortlist
Thom Yorke's The Eraser is one of 12 albums on this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize shortlist, announced on the morning of 18 July at the Commonwealth Club in London. It has been in the shops for eight days, and William Hill already have Yorke joint favourite with Arctic Monkeys at 5/1, Glide Magazine reports.
The 12 judges picked the list from more than 200 albums entered by labels, and the winner of the £20,000 prize is named in London on 5 September. HMV's Gary Rolfe called it a pretty classic Mercury nominees list
2 and tipped Richard Hawley and Guillemots.
The 2006 Mercury Prize shortlist, with William Hill's odds
| # | Artist | Album | Label | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arctic Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | Domino | 5/1 |
| 2 | Thom Yorke | The Eraser | XL | 5/1 |
| 3 | Editors | The Back Room | Kitchenware | 6/1 |
| 4 | Guillemots | Through the Windowpane | Polydor/Universal | 6/1 |
| 5 | Richard Hawley | Coles Corner | Mute/EMI | 8/1 |
| 6 | Hot Chip | The Warning | EMI | 8/1 |
| 7 | Muse | Black Holes & Revelations | Helium 3/Warner | 8/1 |
| 8 | Sway | This Is My Demo | Dcypha | 8/1 |
| 9 | Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Ballad of the Broken Seas | V2 | 10/1 |
| 10 | Zoe Rahman | Melting Pot | Manu | 10/1 |
| 11 | Lou Rhodes | Beloved One | Infinite Bloom | 10/1 |
| 12 | Scritti Politti | White Bread Black Beer | Rough Trade | 10/1 |