Polaris Poll Update

Over 2,200 votes are in so far in our Shadow Polaris poll and our list is pretty good and very different from the official one. If your favorite album isn't on the list don't let that discourage you, there are other albums who were only a few votes shy of making this list:

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The Top 40 Right Now
(alphabetical order - an artists place on this list has nothing to do with their actual place in the poll.)

AC Newman - Get Guilty
Andrew Vincent - Rotten Pear
the Arkells - Jackson Square
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers - Tales of Lovers
Black Hat Brigade - Fathers
Bruce Peninsula - AMIAM
the Burning Hell - Baby
the CFL Sessions
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane
Cour de Pirate - Self Titled
The Dears - Missiles
Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours
Dog is Blue - Makes Ghost Noise
Elliot Brood - Mountain Meadows
Gentleman Reg - Jet Black
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Hot Panda - Volcano Bloody Volcano
Jenn Grant - Echoes
Jill Barber - Chances
Joel Plaskett - Three
Jon-Rae Fletcher - Oh Maria
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Kara Keith - Visions Fugitives
Laura Barrett -Victory Garden
Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Metric - Fantasies
Mother Mother - O My
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - self titled
One Hundred Dollars - Forest of Tears
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Rock Plaza Central - At The Moment Of Our Most Needing ...
Said The Whale - Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
Sebastien Granger and the Mountains - self titled
Sunparlour Players - Wave North
Timbre Timbre - self titled
Women - Self Titled
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada

Who Should Win Polaris?

Are you a Polaris Juror? Neither am I. Let's play pretend though. If you were a polaris juror who would you be looking at for the prize? You don't have to pick just one (yet). Make a list in the comments section, or reply on Twitter, or send an email to [email protected] - from that I'll make a long, long list and then we'll work at shortening it down as the actual Polaris Music Prize draws closer.

We'll skip the full list of Rules (cause it's not the real thing) but we'll stick with the following:

The winner will be judged on artistic merit.

The artist must be Canadian.

They must have released a full length album between June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.

So, who do you think?

On Edit: Below is the list of albums that have been mentioned to date (either in the comments section, via email, on twitter, or via facebook.) A few were left off because they did not qualify (came out too early, not Canadian etc). Anything to add?

AC Newman - Get Guilty
Adam & the Amethysts - Amethyst Amulet
Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie
Andre Ethier - Born of Blue Fog
Andrew Vincent - Rotten Pear
the Arkells - Jackson Square
Attack in Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bison BC - Quiet Earth
Black Hat Brigade - Fathers
Blackout Beach - Skin of Evil
Brian Borcherdt - Coyotes
Bruce Peninsula - AMIAM
the Burning Hell - Baby
the CFL Sessions
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane
Charles Spearin - the Happiness Project
The Constantines - Kensington Heights
Cour de Pirate - Self Titled
Dance Yourself to Death - Ready for Love
Dog Day - Concentration
Dog is Blue - Makes Ghost Noises
Doug Paisley - Self Titled
Elliot Brood - Mountain Meadows
Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century
the Free Press - Half Truths & Whole Lies
the Grass Mountain Hobos - Self Titled
the Great Bloomers - Speak of Trouble
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
Gentleman Reg - Jet Black
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
Jason Bajada - Loveshit
Jenn Grant - Echoes
Joel Plaskett - Three
Jon-Rae Fletcher - Oh Maria
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
K'naan - Troubador
Kyrie Kristmanson - Pagan Love
Laura Barrett -Victory Garden
Mantrakid - Palmflowerblack
Metric - Fantasies
Mother Mother - O My
NQ Arbuckle - XOK
One Hundred Dolars - Forest of Tears
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Rah Rah - Going Steady
Rock Plaza Central - At The Moment Of Our Most Needing, Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren’t Alone
Said The Whale - Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - self titled
Shotgun Jimmie - Still Jimmie
Smothered in Hugs - the Healing Power of Injury
Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
Sunparlour Players - Wave North
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Timbre Timbre - self titled
Torngat - La Petite Nicole
Years - self titled