The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
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21 Albums That Amazingly Never Won The Mercury Prize
19. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Mike Skinner must have arrogantly laughed to himself when he saw the 2004 shortlist. "Jamelia? Keane? Basement Jaxx? Joss Stone?! This is in the bag," he surely thought. His Jack-The-Lad concept album lost out to Franz Ferdinand, however, and he joined the great list of Mercury losers.
