Wincing the Night Away The Shins Album

Wincing the Night Away is the third full-length album by indie rock band, The Shins. The album's first single was the song "Phantom Limb."

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Indie Rock
2. Release date: January 23, 2007
3. Label: Sub Pop
4. Producers: James Mercer, Joe Chiccarelli
5. Peak chart position: The Billboard 200 #2
6. Singles: "Phantom Limb," "Australia," "Turn on Me," "Sea Legs"
7. Title of the album is a play on the name of the song "Twistin' the Night Away" by Sam Cooke

Track Listing

1. "Sleeping Lessons"
2. "Australia"
3. "Pam Berry"
4. "Phantom Limb"
5. "Sea Legs"
6. "Red Rabbits"
7. "Turn on Me"
8. "Black Wave"
9. "Split Needles"
10. "Girl Sailor"
11. "A Comet Appears"

Reviews

• "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." - musicOMH.com

• "What really makes Wincing the Night Away succeed is how the Shins’ moneymaker templates evolve into more complex tapestries. In a manner similar to the New Pornos, the third album becomes the most successful due to an implied heft that comes from a concerted effort to sound like a band rather than a singer-songwriter vehicle." - Stylus Magazine

• "If Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow were like ADHD-riddled cousins, unable to inhabit their own thoughts for longer than a few seconds at a time, then Wincing The Night Away is the Ritalin-gorged riposte. Its bounce is more bleary-eyed; its euphoric bouts tempered by a weird, waking-dream sensation that some dark presence is stalking the peripheries of its foggy vision." - Drowned In Sound

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