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Wincing The Night Away by: The Shins List Price: £11.99 CD-Charts Price: £8.78 You Save: £3.21 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5051011945120 Label: Sub Pop/Transgressive Records Manufacturer: Sub Pop/Transgressive Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sub Pop/Transgressive Records Release Date: January 29, 2007 Studio: Sub Pop/Transgressive Records Sales Rank: 1275 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: The Shins had their work cut out for them with the release of the Wincing the Night Away. Their previous album, 2004's Chutes Too Narrow, topped many critics' Best of the Year lists, and was given a lucky dose of both marketing push and indie credibility by featuring heavily in the film Garden State. It's good to know that all that success hasn't gone to their heads. Sure, they've managed to bring in heavyweight producer Joe Chiccarelli, who's worked with both U2 and Beck, but they're still signed to Sub-Pop Records and, crucially, they're still writing great songs. In fact, Wincing the Night Away is, in some ways, a better album than its predecessor. It's certainly bigger and more symphonic than Chutes Too Narrow. Album opener "Sleeping Lessons" starts off relatively low-key, with a simple looped keyboard before building to an explosive finish. First single "Phantom Limb" is their catchiest song yet, packed with reverb-rich vocals and sunny, Beach Boys-inspired harmonies. Throughout, the Shins seem more comfortable and willing to take advantage of their no-doubt bigger recording budget, from the layered, 1960's-style American pop of "Turn On Me" to the sound loops and samples of "Spilt Needles". Wincing the Night Away is the sound of the Shins spreading their wings, and it positively soars. --Ted Kord Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - beautiful sing along indie pop clealry one of the highlights of 2007 this band go from strength to strength. beautiful sing along indie pop with standout tracks Phantom Limb and Sealegs approaching perfection. Rating:  - Fusion Cooking !What a gem ! These boys really know how to fuse the myriad pop/rock sounds of the past 40 years and cook up a near masterpiece. The Shins melodic sound is far away from the riffy grunge sound which came out of their home town of Seattle.Rather...it is an accessible harmonious clean vocal sound mixed with jangling guitars and boosted drum beat which at times echo no lesser outfits than The Beach Boys or REM. Up tempo or acoustic mood shifters...the songs melt on the ears like warm honey. Seattle do nicely ! Rating: - one of the albums of 2007I thought their last album 'chutes' was great but this was a step in a more dance / beats direction. I had already read a couple of very good reviews before unleashing this in my stereo. I have to say it's completely brilliant. Every song on this album has an instant likeability to it. The singers voice and words are so spot on you cant help but lavish in the beauty and effervescence of the songs. Stick this on after you've had a bad day at the office and you'll soon be back in the zone. Standout tracks: australia, red rabbits Rating: - My album of 2007I'm a big fan of The Shins. I'd enjoyed Chutes Too Narrow and Know Your Onion. If I levelled one criticism at these albums, it'd be that they didn't quite feel like 'albums', but more like brief notes that played well but occasionally left you with the sense that there was still more to be said. On 'Wincing the Night Away' I feel that the Shins have fleshed out a much more coherent vision of what they feel their music should be, and consequently have produced one of the best pop albums of the year. Opener 'Sleeping Lessons' is indicative of this approach. It builds to a crescendo of bright guitars and loose drumming and feels vital and glimmers with understated production. 'Australia' continues in a similar groove, ... Read More: Rating: - Deliciously understatedThis CD sat by my player unlistened for 2 months before I heard a track from it on 6 Music and decided to give it a whirl. What a find! 11 tracks in all, the juice is pretty much contained in the first 7 though. This is collection of (at least 7) well crafted, thought provoking guitar ditties. Track 7, Turn on me, has affected me like no other song since the Killers' "All these Things". It is quite simply an inspiring song about a break up. "Affections fade away, adults start to play the most ridiculous, repulsive games..." The lyrics are sometimes hard to hear but further investigation reveals a tightly woven labyrinth of emotional dilemmas and throw away pithy comments. This is a great album, the songs are enjoyable, sun-kissed ballads I would ... Read More: |
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