Oshin
by DIIV

Oshin by DIIV
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-06-26
Overall rank: 3,745th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 138 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (657th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,745th)

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Oshin is ranked as the best album by DIIV.

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Overall rank: 3,745th | 2010s rank: 657th | 2012 rank: 69th
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2026 ssteveTop 57 Music Albums of 201217/574
2026Cheboygan74Top 20 Music Albums of 201211/203
2026 MadhattanJackTop 76 Music Albums of 20123/765
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 201236/1003
2026 imacgillTop Greatest Music Albums 201-30075/100 -
2026ThuramThugoodRanked - DIIV (USA) - Ranked4/7 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201220/1004
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 201231/1004
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201212/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 22 Music Albums of 20129/223
2026 PurplepashTop 77 Music Albums of 201235/773
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s99/1000
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 201263/1002
2025cicadelicMowno Bilan 2012 en 50 albums14/50 -
2025 johnnerBest Shoegaze & Dreampop Albums83/100 -
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s82/1004
2025JaymanthemanTop 22 Music Albums of 201220/221
2025asimpkinsTop 27 Music Albums of 201211/273
2025 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 201217/1004
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 23 Music Albums of 201221/231
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 120
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 391
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74/100 (from 138 votes)
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03/13/2026 18:19 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,58473/100
 
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02/11/2026 21:16 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,18584/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. 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

B+
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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:  
80/100
From 09/23/2015 23:52 | #150325
Simple but effective!
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75/100
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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Rating:  
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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