‘Probably the Best of the Beatles’ – Alan Partridge on his favourite Fab Four album.
Just when you think the Meteor Awards couldn’t get any more redundant they shortlist the following LPs for Best Album:
Best Irish Pop Album
Blue Lights on the Runway – Bell X1
Tony was an Ex-Con – The Coronas
The Duckworth-Lewis Method – The Duckworth-Lewis Method
Up to Now – Snow Patrol
No Line On The Horizon – U2
Typical nod to big band despite poor record? Check (U2)
Mediocre pop-rock du jour noted? Check (The Coronas)
Album most people attending the awards have never heard of in a vain effort at credibility? Check (The Duckworth-Lewis Method)
Bell X1? Check.
What’s remarkable about this year’s nominees it that the vapid PR hacks who have assembled this marketing tool awards ceremony have actually nominated Snow Patrol’s BEST OF as an album of the year.
Are they that desperate for coverage? So hopeful Gary Lightbody will show up for ‘the optics’ that they will ignore the wealth of good Irish albums released in the last year?
Roll on the Choice Prize.
