The Shins 
The best album credited to The Shins is Chutes Too Narrow which is ranked number 353 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,697.
The Shins is ranked number 190 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 10,746.
The Shins official website: http://www.theshins.com
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The Shins best albums
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| 05/01/2025 20:36 | jtc91 | 135 | 73/100 | |
| 02/05/2024 10:53 | bonnequestion | 397 | 71/100 | |
| 01/18/2024 16:38 |  hoyquarlow | 252 | 73/100 | |
| 09/22/2023 16:59 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 | |
| 09/07/2023 08:38 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.8.
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My personal 'The Shins' ranking albums :
1- Chutes Too Narrow (2003) => 81
2- Wincing The Night Away (2007) => 78.5
3- Oh, Inverted World (2001) => 76.8
4- Port Of Morrow (2012) => 73
5- The Worm’s Heart (2018) => 71.4
6- Heartworms (2017) => 70.5
If I had to create a 'Best of The Shins', it would be made of 19 tracks :
- New Slang (2001) => 90
- Caring Is Creepy (2001) => 85
- Know Your Onion! (2001) => 80
- Girl On The Wing (2001) => 80
- The Past And Pending (2001) => 80
- Saint Simon (2003) => 90
- Kissing The Lipless (2003) => 85
- So Says I (2003) => 85
- Pink Bullets (2003) => 85
- Young Pilgrims (2003) => 80
- Turn A Square (2003) => 80
- Gone For Good (2003) => 80
- Australia (2007) => 90
- Sleeping Lessons (2007) => 85
- Phantom Limb (2007) => 85
- Turn On Me (2007) => 80
- A Comet Appears (2007) => 80
- Simple Song (2012) => 80
- Heartworms (Flipped) (2018) => 80
Though their output has decreased in quality as their noterity has done the opposite, many of us remember a time when only people that actively searched for their music had even heard of The Shins. Their first three albums stand as a testament to the artistic power that enthused early 2000's indie rock. You will be hard pressed to find a more complete album than Chutes Too Narrow.
Possibly the best band around at the moment.
Pegasus 05/29/2015 14:51 | #142641
Very consistent band with great music.
indieshins 01/06/2015 06:24 | #130899
This band still holds a special place in my heart, but my last comment was ridiculously hyperbolic. A great band, but definitely not the best ever, not by a long shot. I guess it goes to show how I've become more discerning of what's good and bad in the last couple of years. But my rating still stands due to my own personal connection to this band.
James Mercer can do no wrong
jqmusiclove 09/15/2013 13:42 | #85994
While I'm not obsessed or mesmerised by the Shins they have some really beautiful albums that I will be further exploring over time.
jhuik 06/27/2013 01:51 | #79915
At their worst they are catchy and tuneful, at their best they are brilliantly, artfully tuneful, only occasionally do they veer toward obscurity or lack of relevance.
indieshins 03/31/2013 07:12 | #70761
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one of my favorite bands
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