Saint Simon (track)
by The Shins
Year: 2003
From the album Chutes Too Narrow (track #5)
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Saint Simon appears on the following album(s) by The Shins:
- Chutes Too Narrow (track #5) (this album) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 46 hours ago | matterhornrider | 22,790 | 86/100 | |
| 01/31/2026 03:29 |  Purplepash | 33,785 | 76/100 | |
| 11/27/2025 00:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,738 | 70/100 | |
| 10/13/2025 13:35 |  AAL2014 | 35,870 | 76/100 | |
| 05/14/2025 02:42 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.2/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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Best track on the album.
Once you 'Step into the night' not only are 'Mercy's eyes blue' but you have entered heaven.
Beautiful, beautiful song
Disagreed with below comment. Not just the best on the album, but possibly the best Shins song. The lyrical depth is incredible, and the song itself - holy shit... One of the most beautiful things ever recorded.
Mercy's EYES ARE BLUE
Solid song, but I don't think it's the best song in the album like it's rated
so so so so so beautiful
pearljammer13 12/13/2011 23:44 | #32881
la la la la, la la la la la la.
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