Heartworms (studio album) by The Shins
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Heartworms is ranked 5th best out of 6 albums by The Shins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Shins is Chutes Too Narrow which is ranked number 348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,163.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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04/18/2024 01:55 | imacgill | 1,614 | 80/100 | |
12/28/2023 04:03 | bonnequestion | 1,397 | 70/100 | |
12/07/2023 16:45 | BoxFL | 2,384 | 51/100 | |
11/17/2023 16:43 | zomg101 | 2,212 | 69/100 | |
11/08/2023 16:17 | Kali | 689 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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I'm surprised this grew on me the way it did. My first listen I was pretty turned off. This might be blasphemy, but as it grew it became a type of Modern Vampires type album.
I've come to terms with the fact that they will never get back to the level of their first two albums (a near impossibility for any band to reach those peaks), but I'm really enjoying this one. Port Of Morrow had it's moments but was a disappointment overall. Heartworms however feels like a return to form. No real urge to skip any tracks, and several classic toe tappers we've come to expect from Mercer (Name For You, Cherry Hearts, Half A Million). Some Broken Bells sounds seep in occasionally which isn't really a bad thing, and overall a significant step forward from Port Of Morrow I'd say. An album I plan to spin many times with the warm weather approaching.
Another strong comeback from the Shins, if perhaps less essential than the band were in the early 2000s. There's a big difference in quality between this, and for example, the similarly timed okay but still disappointing comeback from Grandaddy.
We Shins fans all wait for the next impeccable Chutes Too Narrow-type album release to come from Mercer and are ultimately left a bit disappointed because of it. Such expectation is completely unreasonable because I believe Chutes is in the best cluster of albums ever made. I have chosen to listen to Heartworms without expectation and so far it's been an enjoyable listen. I'm actually really taken by the diversity of sound on this album and the fact that it isn't relying on a tried and true Shins formula. There are certainly signature Shins-style melodies and there is a touch of Oh Inverred World coming through in Dead Alive that will please the 'nostalgics' amongst us but it is a fresh sound for the most part. There is definitely enough nuances within the composition and lyrics to want to return to the album for more listens. Therefore it has room to grow on you further. It does lack a killer punch and an edginess though to ever make it a classic but is nonetheless a very likeable album. 78/100
I'm sure I'll revisit this, but my initial reaction is that it's just too poppy for my ears, and each new release is poppier than the last. I still think Chutes is the highest height this band reached.
Sure, this may seem like James Mercer doing the solo thing but this also feels like a return to the classic sound in more ways than not. Tinged with the garage & follk signatures cemented by Oh, Inverted World & Chutes Too Narrow but this time adding some of pop sensibilities leftover from their last, Port of Morrow & new-wave to the mix. However, the instruments aren't the only thing to keep an eye on, like any good album, it's the lyrics too. And lyrically, reflection is the core theme of the album.
Equal to Port of Morrow at this point.
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