Album of the day (#720): Oh, Inverted World by The Shins

[albummaster]

Today's album of the day

Oh, Inverted World by The Shins (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2001.
Overall rank: 375.
Average rating: 80/100 (from 164 votes).

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

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[thejoj96]

inb4pearljammer

[ShaneSpear]

I like it, but I would never ever say it's life changing. Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure I like Wincing the Night Away better.

[junodog4]

I find I have difficulty picking one Shins album over another. That's not a knock on them - their quality is consistent to me.
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Finnegan was super bad-ass.

[dwils0891]

Underrated! Second best Shins album... The only one that's better is Chutes Too Narrow.

[CellarDoor]

I think I'll go home and mull this over
Before I cram it down my throat
At long last it's crashed, its colossal mass
Has broken up into bits in my moat

Lift the mattress off the floor
Walk the cramps off, go meander in the cold
Hail to your dark skin, hiding the fact you're dead again
Underneath the power lines seeking shade

Far above our heads
Are the icy heights that contain all reason

It's a luscious mix of words and tricks
That let us bet when you know we should've fold
On rocks I dreamt of where we'd stepped
And of the whole mess of roads we're now on

Hold your glass up, hold it in
Never betray the way you've always known it is
One day I'll be wondering how I got so old just wondering how
I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow

This is way beyond
My remote concern of being condescending

All these squawking birds won't quit
Building nothing, laying bricks
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I'll be your plastic toy.

[Wombi]

[Necharsian]

The best Shins album. Absolutely perfect. New Slang is defs in my top 10 songs ever.

[Borve Baunehoj]

I listened to Chutes Too Narrow, that wasn't anything special. I saw them live this summer, they were boring. I see this album and I want to hear it

[pearljammer13]

James Mercer <3

The first masterpiece of The Shins. I don't know how it's possible to dislike this band.