Oh, Inverted World
by The Shins
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The Shins bestography
Oh, Inverted World is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by The Shins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Shins is Chutes Too Narrow which is ranked number 358 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,576.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Oh, Inverted World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Oh, Inverted World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 37 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/37 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 28 Music Albums of 2001 | 10/28 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 50 Music Albums of 2001 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 35 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 87/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Ever Albums - 1 Per Artist | 69/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 1000 | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 |  jhuik | Best/ Favourite Songs of All Time | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 75 Music Albums of 2001 | 7/75 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2001 | 25/89 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 470 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,674 | |||
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Oh, Inverted World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 23:51 |  LebowskiRams | 1,463 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:37 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 02:44 | ianredhott | 3 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Oh, Inverted World forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5430): By ForegroundNoise BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5413): By telegramOh, Inverted World comments
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rkjones10 07/05/2012 18:04 | #45944 | TOP COMMENT
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In a perfect world, The Shins would have received the same attention and praise that Arcade Fire has.
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2018 03:58 | #220646 | TOP COMMENT
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Unlike many, I didn't discover The Shins through the movie Garden State and the song from that movie soundtrack, New Slang (it will 'change your life' and all that). I was initially blown away by their second album Chutes To Narrow which led me on to this other excellent album of theirs. Like Chutes, there isn't a bad tune here. It's understated production makes it less glossy in sound but a bit more cred as an indie classic. And while New Slang won't necessarily change your life, it will give you a satisfied smile which is just as important sometimes.
Best album by The Shins by far. Some argue that Chutes Too Narrow is more consistent, but there isn't a bad song on here, and the highs are so much higher.
Fantastic album. It's easy to deride as simple or unoriginal (and there's not much defense against that), but lyrically it's interesting (if sometimes verging on overwraught) and the melodies are beautiful.
Above all it's consistent, chocked full of good tracks that can stand up on their own.
Necharsian TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/20/2012 03:05 | #44815 | TOP COMMENT
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Oh, so good. One of the best of the decade. Not a bad track in sight.
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