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Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
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79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critics What's this?

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: The increasingly-popular indie-pop outfit led by James Mercer returns with a third album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. musicOMH.com
    100
    It's much less forthright and immediate than Inverted or Chutes, but it succeeds in spinning a web that draws you in; once caught you just want to lie back and absorb its gentle bounce.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    100
    Wincing the Night Away makes both [previous] albums sound like fragmented potential.
  3. Playlouder
    60
    I usually find Shins albums grow on me slowly but surely yet after a good dozen plays I feel my faith isn't being repaid this time, and as a fan that's frustrating.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 100
  3. Negative: 8 out of 100
  1. MichaelC.
    9
    The second half of the album trails off in to okay, but kind of generic and bland pop music. But the first half is so mindblowingly good, I could care less. Sleeping Lessons, Australia, and Phantom Limb are among my favorite songs of the year. The Shins can make some incredible music.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. daveg
    5
    where did the melodies go?
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DrunkenMaster
    2
    Overrated whitebread whining for spoiled middleclass kids just a bit too old to be "emo".
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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