David Bowie, Disclosure, Arctic Monkeys And More Nominated For 2013 Mercury Prize

The shortlist for the 2013 Mercury Prize has been revealed overnight, with the likes of legendary musician David Bowie, dance game-changers Disclosure, indie rockers Arctic Monkeys and electro producer, singer-songwriter James Blake all up for Album Of The Year.

Check out the full list of artists and their respective albums:

Arctic Monkeys - AM
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Foals - Holy Fire
James Blake - Overgrown
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon
Rudimental - Home
Savages - Silence Yourself
Villagers - {Awayland}

There's a definite dance/electro vibe to this year's nominations with names like Rudimental, Jon Hopkins and the Lawrence brothers from Disclosure. In somewhat of a surprise, the Arctic Monkeys' album was only officially released last week. What do you make of the list?

Last year's winner was Alt-J with their acclaimed LP An Awesome Wave.

A number of these records featured in our list of the 15 Best Albums of 2013 So Far, which you can relive here.