The Shins In Brief

Wincing The Night Away (2007)

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Pitchfork Rating: 7.0
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From Amazon.com: Indie-rock's hardest-working slackers finally release their third album, on which they've made the clear transition from bedroom-pop to stadium-rock without losing everything that makes them great. Those soaring vocals that sound like the unholiest collision of the Cure and Simon and Garfunkel, the nimble pop hooks that are never overused, those lyrics that are as self-deprecating and razor sharp as they are playful--dude, it's all still here. Relax, you can still swoon. [more]

Track Listing

1.	Sleeping Lessons		Lyrics
2.	Australia		Lyrics
3.	Pam Berry		Lyrics
4.	Phantom Limb		Lyrics
5.	Sea Legs		Lyrics
6.	Red Rabbits		Lyrics
7.	Turn On Me		Lyrics
8.	Black Wave		Lyrics
9.	Spilt Needles		Lyrics
10.	Girl Sailor		Lyrics
11.	A Comet Appears		Lyrics

Phantom Limb (single) (2007)

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From Amazon.com: The Shins' new album Wincing the Night Away is easily one of the most long-in-coming, highly anticipated albums of 2007. "Phantom Limb" is the first single, while both b-sides are exclusive to this release. A drastically different version of "Spilt Needles" appears on Wincing the Night Away. [more]

Track Listing

1.	Phantom Limb		Lyrics
2.	Nothing At All
3.	Split Needles (alternate version)		Lyrics

Fighting In A Sack (single) (2004)

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From Amazon.com: Taken from the band's 2003 album Chutes Too Narrow, the title track is backed with three non-album tracks: "Baby Boomerang", "New Slang" (live at the Knitting Factory, LA Feb. 2003) & "So Says I" (video). [more]

Track Listing

1.	Fighting In A Sack		Lyrics
2.	Baby Boomerang
3.	New Slang (Live)		Lyrics
4.	So Says I (Video)		Lyrics

Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

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Pitchfork Rating: 8.3
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From Amazon.com: The Shins' sophomore album is a joy from start to finish, though it's rather different from their 2001 leftfield pop genius stunner Oh, Inverted World. That album was like a warm embrace from a long-lost pal. True to its title, all of the songs were of a piece, seeming to inhabit one landscape, with an invitingly similar sound throughout. Chutes is more far-reaching and decidedly eclectic. [more]

Track Listing

1.	Kissing the Lipless		Lyrics
2.	Mine's Not A High Horse		Lyrics
3.	So Says I		Lyrics
4.	Young Pilgrims		Lyrics
5.	Saint Simon		Lyrics
6.	Fighting In a Sack		Lyrics
7.	Pink Bullets		Lyrics
8.	Turn a Square		Lyrics
9.	Gone For Good		Lyrics
10.	Those to Come		Lyrics

So Says I (single) (2003)

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Track Listing

1.	So Says I		Lyrics
2.	Mild Child
3.	Gone for Good (Alternate Version)		Lyrics

Know Your Onion (single) (2002)

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Track Listing

1.	Know Your Onion!		Lyrics
2.	My Seventh Rib (Live)
3.	New Slang (Live)		Lyrics
4.	Sphagnum Esplanade

Oh, Inverted World (2001)

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Pitchfork Rating: 8.0
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From Amazon.com: Something extraordinary is afoot in Albuquerque. The Shins' first big-time record, Oh, Inverted World, combines mysterious narratives with golden song structures, resulting in lavish and opulent indie pop. Touches of Neutral Milk Hotel's lyrical majesty and the nostalgic swirl of Echo and the Bunnymen abound. But the Shins' music–rich with acoustic guitars, flickering rhythms, and Casio-tone keyboards–is distinct and peculiar. [more]

Track Listing

1.	Caring Is Creepy		Lyrics
2.	One By One All Day		Lyrics
3.	Weird Divide		Lyrics
4.	Know Your Onion!		Lyrics
5.	Girl Inform Me		Lyrics
6.	New Slang		Lyrics
7.	The Celibate Life		Lyrics
8.	Girl On The Wing		Lyrics
9.	Your Algebra		Lyrics
10.	Pressed In A Book		Lyrics
11.	The Past And Pending		Lyrics