Black Wave (track)
by The Shins
Year: 2007
From the album Wincing The Night Away (track #8)
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Black Wave appears on the following album(s) by The Shins:
- Wincing The Night Away (track #8) (this album) (2007)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/30/2025 07:19 | brent13 | 11,318 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 07:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 158,911 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 06:03 |  Igtonumama | 31,383 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2023 16:36 | zomg101 | 11,437 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2023 08:43 | MaxStorm98 | 51,527 | 99/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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I'll take a guess and say that this is probably Grizzly Bear's favorite Shins' song...
The Shins certainly front end their albums. Now getting into the final straight and as with other Shins' albums the standard drops although not significantly.
One of the weakest songs on the album, not bad though
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