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albummaster
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- Posted: 04/21/2017 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#2335): Wincing The Night Away
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Today's album of the day
Wincing The Night Away by The Shins (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2007.
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Overall rank: 606
Average rating: 77/100 (from 363 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Sleeping Lessons
2. Australia
3. Pam Berry
4. Phantom Limb
5. Sea Legs
6. Red Rabbits
7. Turn On Me
8. Black Wave
9. Spilt Needles
10. Girl Sailor
11. A Comet Appears
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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pearljammer13
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- Posted: 04/22/2017 19:59
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James Mercer, the best songwriter of the aughts.
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- Posted: 04/22/2017 20:01
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pearljammer13 wrote: | James Mercer, the best songwriter of the aughts. |
How do u like the follow up to this. I just started listening to it.
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SleepDealer
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- Posted: 04/23/2017 07:55
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I think this is just about their best album. I think I may have over-listened to Chutes Too Narrow over the years, but this one still sounds fresh. _________________ http://distranscontinuum.blogspot.co.uk/
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pearljammer13
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- Posted: 04/23/2017 18:19
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Tilly wrote: | How do u like the follow up to this. I just started listening to it. |
I'd call Port Of Morrow Mercer's weakest album. That's not to say I don't like it, but it has maybe 4 or 5 forgettable tracks, which I wouldn't say about any of his other albums. About half the album is great, and half is kind of bland. The Rifle's Spiral, Bait And Switch, No Way Down, and September are all standouts in my opinion.
I'd say that The Shins' new album that just came out a couple weeks ago, Heartworms, is considerably better. It's not quite on the level of the first 3, but it's not far off. Song's like Name For You and Half A Million stand up to anything else he's written.
Also, if you've never heard the album "When You Land Here, It's Time To Return" by Flake Music (it's just The Shins before they called themselves that), I'd highly recommend checking it out. It's easy to hear his songwriting chops even before the band found any real success. They came out with a remastered version of it a couple years ago, it's a great album in it's own right.
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BeA Sunflower
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- Posted: 04/23/2017 20:26
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pearljammer13 wrote: | I'd call Port Of Morrow Mercer's weakest album. That's not to say I don't like it, but it has maybe 4 or 5 forgettable tracks, which I wouldn't say about any of his other albums. About half the album is great, and half is kind of bland. The Rifle's Spiral, Bait And Switch, No Way Down, and September are all standouts in my opinion.
I'd say that The Shins' new album that just came out a couple weeks ago, Heartworms, is considerably better. It's not quite on the level of the first 3, but it's not far off. Song's like Name For You and Half A Million stand up to anything else he's written.
Also, if you've never heard the album "When You Land Here, It's Time To Return" by Flake Music (it's just The Shins before they called themselves that), I'd highly recommend checking it out. It's easy to hear his songwriting chops even before the band found any real success. They came out with a remastered version of it a couple years ago, it's a great album in it's own right. |
Thanks, Pearljammer. I'll switch my attention to that Flake Music album. Port of Morrow really wasn't doing much for me after two spins. Couple of fun, poppy songs as you mentioned but nowhere close to their first three.
Peace.
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- Posted: 04/23/2017 21:20
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That opener is so amazing that the rest of the record can't help but feel slightly disappointing in comparison. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
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- Posted: 04/24/2017 04:03
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My friend has the back of this record framed on a wall - it has no words. He likes the music, but the art better.
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