A Guardian columnist said one album sums up the UK, and the internet did its thing – 16 top suggestions

Guardian columnist John Harris, whose ballpark is music and politics, has been waxing lyrical about the Leeds-based group English Teacher, who won this year’s Mercury Music Prize for their album This Could Be Texas.

I travelled up and down the UK this year. One album sums up what I saw | John Harris

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— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) December 22, 2024 at 12:30 PM

He felt their songs thoroughly conveyed the state of Britain right now, but Bluesky users decided to post the albums he might have meant – in a very tongue-in-cheek fashion, of course.

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— Angus Main (@angusmain.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:33 PM

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— Gary Brannan (@garybrannan.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM

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Ah, the memories…

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— Tennessee Von Sydow (@nicksterj.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM

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— Stuart Millard (@franticplanet.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:19 PM

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— Graham (@grahamofthedead.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:29 PM

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— Andy Parmo (@andyparmo.co.uk) December 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM

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— David Snow (@davidsnow.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM

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— James Loxley (@oldnorthroad.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 9:57 PM

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— Russty Russ (@russtyruss.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:13 PM

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— Russell Parker (@pussellrarker.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:59 PM

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— Andrew Coleman Francis (@andrewcfrancis.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM

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— Billy OceanGate (@stitzch.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM

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— bleary (@bleary.off-the-records.com) December 30, 2024 at 10:10 PM

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— Bantership Potemkin (@bonesdrawstuff.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM

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— Chris PG | PapaGlitch (@papaglitch.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM

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— Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:00 PM

For anyone not familiar with English Teacher, this might be a good time to remedy that.

Have to give thanks where its due; the article made me look for the album to listen to, and it was worth the effort:

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— James Ryan (@jamesryan.bsky.social) December 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM

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