The ShinsBest The Shins Albums Ranked
8.0
Avg Score
32
Opinions
11
Albums
10
Reviewers
Summary from 32 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Shins’s catalog across 11 albums from 32 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated The Shins album is Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster) (2003) with a 8.5/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by Oh, Inverted World and Wincing the Night Away. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2001 to 2018. New Slang ranks as the highest-rated The Shins song on Rate.fm with a 9.3/10 average.
Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster)
“Reality television, actors-turned-governors, and wrestlers-turned-rappers aside, it's hard to think of many things that elicit cynicism and offhand dismissal like a sophomore album on the heels of a hyped debut. The dreaded "sophomore slump" is hardly a fictional pitfall fabricated by bitter music journalists and defensive cred-mongers; the pressures of turning out a second record can be crippling”
Port Of Morrow
“Five years after the moody Wincing the Night Away and two releases by his Broken Bells project, James Mercer returns to the Shins energized and with his songwriting prowess intact.”
Heartworms
“‘Heartworms’ feels like a pretty accurate way to describe a collection of Shins songs: sweet, indie-folk numbers that burrow inside you, find their way to your vital organ and prod it until teenage levels of emotion are emitted. Many a pop culture moment has documented this emotional response to the band. We watched Gilmore Girl, Rory, dance awkwardly to The Shins during her first ever spring bre”