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Coldplay are top candidate for Mercury Prize
25 July 2000

Coldplay’s debut album Parachutes is the favorite among British odds makers William Hill to win the 2000 Mercury Prize, the UK’s most prestigious new music award. Other contenders include (in descending order of prize liklihood) Richard Ashcroft, Leftfield, MJ Cole, Death In Vegas, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy, Nitin Sawhney, The Delgados, Helicopter Girl, Kathryn Williams, and classical composer Nicholas Maw.
Coldplay are a London quartet that are variously compared to Travis, Radiohead, The Verve, and Tim and Jeff Buckley. They’ve managed to score a number one album as well as an extremely rare 9 out of 10 review from UK music mag New Musical Express.
Impress your friends by owning some of the coolest new music before they do—here are links to buy each of the Mercury Prize nominated albums. North American residents can order transparently through Amazon UK—they convert the currency. (And, as always, 10% of your purchases through our site go to human rights charities at no additional cost to you).

artist - title	CDnow	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Coldplay - Parachutes	-	-	go
Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody	go	go	go
Leftfield - Rhythm & Stealth	go	go	go
MJ Cole - Sincere	-	-	go
Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions	go	go	go
Doves - Lost Souls	go	go	go
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast	go	go	go
Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin	go	go	go
The Delgados - The Great Eastern	go	go	go
Helicopter Girl - How To Steal The World	-	-	go
Kathryn Williams - Little Black Numbers	go	go	go
Nicholas Maw - Violin Concerto	-	-	go

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