The shortlist of nominees for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which honors the best British album of the past year as chosen by a panel of British music critics and industry figures, has been announced. The list is:

Aphex Twin - Syro

Wolf Alice - *My Love Is Cool

*Róisín Murphy - Hairless Toys

C Duncan - *Architect

*ESKA - *ESKA

*Florence and the Machine - *How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

*Ghostpoet - *Shedding Skin

*Benjamin Clementine - *At Least for Now

*Jamie xx - *In Colour

*SOAK - *Before We Forgot How to Dream

*Gaz Coombes - *Matador

*Slaves - Are You Satisfied?

The Mercury Prize winner will be announced on November 20.

Last year's winners were Young Fathers. Previous winners have included James Blake, PJ Harvey, the xx, Pulp, Portishead, Arctic Monkeys, Antony and the Johnsons, Franz Ferdinand, and more.