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Universal acclaim- based on 188 Ratings
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Positive: 162 out of 188
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Mixed: 16 out of 188
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Negative: 10 out of 188
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ToddWJan 26, 2007
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DrunkenMasterJan 23, 2007Overrated whitebread whining for spoiled middleclass kids just a bit too old to be "emo".
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BillyGJan 23, 2007While this album has good parts to it, the rest is a befuddled mess. The Shins get good ratings because people are under the impression that they are supposed to love the Shins, even when they are shitting in your ears.
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GeorgeC.Feb 7, 2008This is a plea to stand-in guitarist Eric Johnson. Please Eric... please resurrect Fruit Bats before these douchebags end up dragging you and your creativity into the turd basket with them, and before Marty tries to beat up your girlfriend.
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jeffsJan 22, 2007Following the trajectory of Coldplay and Death Cab For Cutie, the Shins have gone from heroes to zeroes in two albums. Bravo.
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JSheetsMar 19, 2007pass this one up. A complete and total waste of time. The entire album sounds the same.
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KurtCobainJan 22, 2007The Shins give pop music a bad name. Go by Deerhoof's new album intead of this easy listening garbage.
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LoganMFeb 12, 2007what a dissapointment!!! it sucks so bad, don't buy this unless you want to waste your money on a cheap album
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Awards & Rankings
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Wincing is neither the clever genre recombinant exercise of their second album nor is it the perfect little self-contained universe of their debut. This is not the Shins' best album; it's their growing pains third record.
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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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Wincing the Night Away feels labored. Gracefully realized though it is, you can hear the three-plus years Mercer spent pondering how to satisfy the expectations his surprise classic had created -- and also how to remain fresh and true to himself.