Before we delve into the Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album, a mea culpa is in order: Our predictions were really, really off this year. We looked at wins for Ozzy Osbourne and the Rolling Stones in recent years, and concluded that the Recording Academy was going to stick with the old timers and give the prize to David Gilmour for Luck and Strang e. Well, Gilmour wasn’t even nominated. They also put up the Cure’s Songs of a Lost World and Wet Leg’s Moisturizer for Best Alternative Music Album as opposed to Best Rock Album. But, hey, at least we were right about Yunglud’s Idols getting the nod. To very roughly paraphrase the words of 1994 Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo winner Meatloaf, one out of five ain’t bad.

The Nominees

Deftones – Private Music

Haim – I Quit

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