About this site

Mercurial Albums is a website dedicated to the Mercury Music Prize. and the albums that have been shortlisted for it over the years.

The Mercury Prize has a reputation for highlighting interesting, unusual, and sometimes unexpected albums, and this site exists to make it easy to explore the prize’s history — to browse by year, discover shortlisted albums and artists, and find new music to listen to.

This is an independent website and is not affiliated with the Mercury Prize, the BPI, or any record label or artist. All album and artist information is provided for informational purposes.

If you would like to get in touch about the site, please use the contact page.