Listen to the 2015 Mercury Prize Shortlisted Albums

Listen to the 2015 Mercury Prize Shortlisted Albums

Listen to the 2015 Mercury Prize Shortlisted Albums

The album's dead right?

Playlists are everything and everyone's just interested in one-off pop hits, OK?

Well, not everyone would agree, particularly those who await the announcement of the Mercury Music Prize shortlist each year, where 12 albums worthy of devoting a bit of time, effort and appreciation to are revealed by an expert panel.

But never mind the experts, click on the gallery below to discover who's got the nod - and an Spotify album playlist for each one will enable you to have a listen through and see which one gets your vote.


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Aphex Twin - Syro

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Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool

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Roisin Murphy - Hairless Toys

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C Duncan - Architect

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ESKA - ESKA

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Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

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Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin

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Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now

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Jamie XX - In Colour

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SOAK - Before We Forgot How To Dream

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Gaz Coombes - Matador

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Slaves - Are You Satisfied?