Oh, Inverted World

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

Oh, Inverted World
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Artist: The Shins
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2001-06-19
Music Label: Sub Pop
Soundtracks:
  1. Caring Is Creepy
  2. One By One All Day
  3. Weird Divide
  4. Know Your Onion!
  5. Girl Inform Me
  6. New Slang
  7. The Celibate Life
  8. Girl On The Wing
  9. Your Algebra
  10. Pressed In A Book
  11. The Past And Pending

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Free Music Review: Best pop/rock album this decade
Hit: 5 Stars

While this album was released in 2001, it still remains one of the best albums this millennium. The Shins have since released a couple more spectacular efforts, but neither of them have eclipsed "Oh, Inverted World". The opening track "Caring Is Creepy" sets the stage for a very surreal experience. Sweeping keyboards and smooth guitars give this album a very peaceful listening experience and is best enjoyed with a nice pair of headphones and closed eyes. "The Past and Pending" is the ending track and serves perfectly to slow everything back down and give the album a graceful exit. Don't worry, though; the album does pick up in the middle with the energetic "Know Your Onion" and "Girl Inform Me", a couple of very catchy rock tunes. This album puts me in a good mood every time I listen to it, and if you're a fan of pop/rock with a lot of acoustics then I'm sure you will feel the same.

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Something extraordinary is afoot in Albuquerque. The Shins' first big-time record, Oh, Inverted World, combines mysterious narratives with golden song structures, resulting in lavish and opulent indie pop. Touches of Neutral Milk Hotel's lyrical majesty and the nostalgic swirl of Echo and the Bunnymen abound. But the Shins' music--rich with acoustic guitars, flickering rhythms, and Casio-tone keyboards--is distinct and peculiar. Worry mixes with abstraction throughout, and while James Mercer sings, "You led no celibate life / No skirt while chemicals danced on your head / You stole the keys to this ride / And your fables are falling tonight," you may wonder if he's been routing through your fondest, most troubling memories. This vital album is easily among 2001's most distinguished recordings and one of the best Sub Pop releases to date. --Thom Arno
Hailing from Albuquerque, NM, The Shins sprung from the ashes of Flake/Flakemusic in 1997 (though those previous incarnations date back nearly a decade) - same members, different instruments, different approach. Counterpoint guitars have given way to a single guitar pitted against calculated keyboard passages; swarming indie rock machinations led to pop-based melodic endeavors.
Japanese pressing of 2001 album includes one bonus track 'Spagnum Esplanade'. P-Vine.
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track

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