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The Silverys

In the lead-up to the 2021 Mercury Prize, Steve tries to decide what's the best album from 1991 in his annual Silvery Awards.

In the lead-up to the 2021 Mercury Prize, Steve looks to find the best album from 1991 in his annual Silvery Awards. The nominations are as follows:

Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Carter USM - 30 Something
Half Man Half Biscuit - McIntyre, Treadmore And Davitt
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
808 State - ex:el
Galliano - In Pursuit Of The 13th Note
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Richard Thompson – Rumour & Sigh

Also, there's a never-before-heard track from The Charlatans, and Steve needs you to choose a song that relates to today's classic National Anthem story.

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Mon 6 Sep 202116:00
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Music Played

  • Mystery Jets

    Half In Love With Elizabeth

    • CD SINGLE.
    • SIXSEVENINE.
    • 1.

  • Jungle

    Truth

    • Caiola Records/AWAL.

  • Electronic

    Get The Message

    • Factory.

  • Liz Lawrence

    Drive

    • Second Breakfast Records.

  • Carl Cox

    I Want You (Forever)

    • I Want You (Forever).
    • Perfecto Records.
    • 1.

  • Bleach Lab

    Real Thing

    • Bleach Lab.

  • Red Rum Club

    Vibrate

    • How To Steal The World.
    • Modern Sky.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Ocean Rain (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993)

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Hut Music.

  • Common

    Imagine (feat. PJ)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Be Your Own Pet

    Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle

    • Be Your Own Pet.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Black Box Recorder

    The Facts Of Life

    • More Cold Feet: Official Soundtrack CD2.
    • Nude.
    • 5.

  • Joy Orbison & Léa Sen

    Better

    • XL Recordings.

  • Spector

    Bad Summer

    • Bad Summer.
    • Lab Records.

  • The Prodigy

    Take Me to the Hospital

  • Nirvana

    Lithium

    • Geffen.

  • Dawn Richard

    Nostalgia

    • Merge Records.

  • Miriam Makeba

    Pata Pata

    • Buried Treasure: Lost Gems From Deep In The '60s Vaults CD2.
    • Reprise Records.
    • 8.

  • The Charlatans

    C'Mon C'Mon

  • Tom Vek

    If You Want

  • Amyl and the Sniffers

    Guided By Angels

    • Rough Trade.

  • Little Simz

    Two Worlds Apart

  • The Smiths

    Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 5.

  • Sea Power

    Two Fingers

    • Golden Chariot Records.

  • Johnny Cash

    Man In Black

    • The Man In Black: The Definitive Collection.

  • Nas

    Rare

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Pip Blom

    You Don't Want This

    • Welcome Break.
    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • AC/DC

    Thunderstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • ATCO Records.
    • 420.

  • Jon Hopkins & Kelly Lee Owens

    Luminous Spaces

    • Domino.

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Iggy Pop

    Lust For Life

    • Virgin.

  • Hand Habits

    Aquamarine

    • Saddlecreek.

  • Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

    A Prince in a Pauper's Grave

    • 30 Something.
    • 4.

  • Self Esteem

    How Can I Help You

    • Prioritise Pleasure.
    • Fiction Records.

  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • CBS.

  • Nation of Language

    This Fractured Mind

    • Nation Of Language.

  • The House of Love

    Destroy The Heart

    • DESTROY THE HEART.
    • Creation Records.

  • Swindle

    Lost (feat. Loyle Carner & Kojey Radical)

    • BMG.

  • The Leopards

    Starlings

  • TOKiMONSTA

    Naked (feat. Channel Tres)

    • Young Art Records.

  • I Monster

    Daydream In Blue

    • (CD Single).
    • Instant Karma.

  • Stone

    Let's Dance to the Real Thing

    • Let's Dance to the Real Thing.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Sep 202116:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music