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U.K. Band Elbow Wins Mercury Prize as Judges Surprise Again
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The U.K.'s Nationwide Mercury Prize judges last night burnished their reputation for surprises by handing the 2008 award to Elbow, an alternative rock band which has only released four albums over a 17-year career.
Elbow, formed in Bury, northern England, was first nominated for a Mercury seven years ago for its debut. The quintet has not enjoyed commercial success or fame to match the critical raves for its music. The group's ``The Seldom Seen Kid,'' released in March 2008 on Fiction Records, mixes progressive rock with soaring songs such as ``The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver,'' which the band performed at the award ceremony.