Oshin (studio album)
by DIIV

Oshin by DIIV
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-06-26
Overall rank: 3,792nd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 138 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (70th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (669th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,792nd)

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Oshin is ranked as the best album by DIIV.

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Oshin track list

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Oshin rankings

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Overall rank: 3,792nd | 2010s rank: 669th | 2012 rank: 70th

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Oshin ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 138 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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80/100
From 09/23/2018 18:24 | #221528
Just some really great dream pop.
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From 10/26/2016 17:30 | #177489
I don't quite know why, but I was taken aback by this album and just how great it is; perhaps it's because it was the first time I listened to the shoegaze genre. Cohesive, dreamy and really cool, the record zips on by and makes you want to play it again straight after it's finished.
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From 02/27/2016 03:52 | #160821
Some really catchy guitar riffs and vocals

Favorite tracks: Past Lives, Doused

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From 02/08/2016 20:04 | #159129
Oshin is good dream indie rock debut album. Nothing spectacular here but this deserves a good listening.

Favorite tracks: (Druun), Follow
Less favorite tracks: Past Lives, Wait
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Rating:  
75/100
From 09/23/2015 23:52 | #150325
Simple but effective!
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From 11/22/2012 19:10 | #55646
I guess this album fills the position that Real Estate's Days occupied last year. You know, it's all dreamy and jangly, and quite inoffensive, which means that P4k and subsequently the indie crowd will eat it up. And me? Well, I love dream pop.. So yeah, I like this. I don't think it's quite as good as Days though, that one was way more chill, and put me into some... "special place". But this is good.. Just beware, if you're not into this music and somehow don't love the jangly guitar sounds that form the beautiful wall of noise, you'll probably find this way too bland to enjoy.

Anyway, my favs: How Long Have You Known, Human
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85/100
From 07/28/2012 14:12 | #47369
Excellent debut continuing the current trend for all things shoegaze albeit with some motorik krautrock thrown into the mix. DIIV's reverb heavy dream-pop is nonetheless engaging at times often reminescent of Swedish nu-gazers The Radio Dept.
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55/100
From 07/03/2012 15:17 | #45821
I can feel some BSS in the instrumental sections, but there are so many instrumental sections that aren't fully compelling, and the vocals are indistinguishable and so tucked back into the mix that i don't foresee (forehear?) listening to this again. Good potential though.
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