The album was selected from a shortlist that included albums from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes, Josh T Pearson, Paul Simon and Gillian Welch by a panel of judges including BBC Creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, comedian Stewart Lee, singer Linda Thompson and Uncut editor Allan Jones.

Jones called the album "a brave and dramatic record", while Cooper described Harvey as "the best British artist of the last 20 years".

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