The artists and records that are vying for the prestigious award are Guillemots Through The Windowpane; Richard Hawley Coles Corner; Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not; Hot Chip The Warning; Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Ballad Of The Broken Seas; Editors The Back Room; Thom Yorke The Eraser; Zoe Rahman Melting Pot; Scritti Politti White Bread, Black Beer; Sway This Is My Demo; Lou Rhodes Beloved One and Black Holes And Revelations by Hot Press cover stars Muse.
Featuring the hit single, "Supermassive Black Hole", Black Holes... went straight in at No. 1 in both Ireland and the UK upon release earlier this month.
The nominations were announced by Jools Holland at a ceremony at the Royal Commonwealth Club in London this morning (Tuesday).
The overall winner will be announced on September 5.