Thanks, Stacey-Lynn. There have been a huge amount of innovative albums down the years, but of the ones we only heard last year, here are the four nominations we've shortened the list to:
”Terra incognita: beyond the horizon”, by Roswell Six
“Ghost”, by Matt Stevens
“Missa Atropos”, by Gazpacho
“Genius” trilogy by Daniele Liverani
And the award goes to...
“Genius” by Daniel Liverani!
Yes indeed. Some may argue that Mr. Liverani had an unfair advantage, as his nomination included three albums to the others' one, but we subjected it to much more rigorous critera, which in fact made it harder to choose. In the end though, the decision was easy, as “Genius” is one of the most innovative albums we have heard in a long time. Well done, Daniel.
And so we come now to the Best Album Track, and if shortening down a list of the most innovative albums was difficult, this task was next to impossible, but we managed it. Helen?
Yes, a tough task certainly. The final list for the nominations for Best Album Track are:
”Orphans”, by the Gaslight Anthem, from “American slang”
“Runaway train”, by Soul Asylum, from “Grave dancers union”
“The tinder box”, by Arena, from “The seventh degree of separation”
“Line of fire”, by Antimatter, from “Planetary confinement”
And the award goes to...
Well, there's a turn-up!
”The tinder box” by Arena!
VERY interesting! An album Trollheart only reviewed last week: obviously made a good impression. Well done, the boys from Arena. And now we come to the Best New Band category. As already explained, this is not a “new” band in the sense that they're just starting out, the moreso in these Non-Chronological categories. But Alicia will tell us more anyway.
Well, once again we stress that the term “new” in this context refers to a band who may indeed be new, or may have been going for some time, but 2011 is the first time we here at the Playlist of Life have heard them. The nominations in this category then are:
Gazpacho
The Gaslight Anthem
Roswell Six
Human Temple
And the winner of the Polly is...
The Gaslight Anthem!
Very well done to the boys, and I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from them in the years to come. Thanks Alicia, and now we come to the “bad” awards, the ones that are perhaps an embarrassment to those who win them, if win can be the correct term. First we have the Most Disappointing Album award, which Laura will read the nominations for.
Some of these albums will be rather old, but still turned out to be a huge disappointment when we listened to them. The nominations are:
”Grace” by the late Jeff Buckley
”Prominence and demise” by Winds
”GTR” by GTR
“Aphrodite” by Kylie Minogue
And the award goes to ...
GTR! What a turkey!
We haven't an award for Most Overrated Album in this section, since it would be likely to stretch back too far, and how much can you overrate an album that's years old? So instead we're going to move directly to the award for Worst Album. Li-Chang?
The Award for Worst Album goes to an album we've heard for the first time in 2011, and the nominations are:
”Surface tension” by Clockwork
“GTR” by GTR
“Prominence and demise” by Winds
“Fur” by Jane Wiedlin
And the award goes to...
Well, what do you know?
”GTR”! Guess it's so bad it wins two awards!
Indeed. No wonder there was just the one album. Thankfully. And that completes the distasteful task of awarding the “bad” Pollys, so let's now move on to the award for Best Debut Album.