Oh, inverted world
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| Studio album by The Shins | ||||
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Publication |
June 19, 2001 |
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| Label (s) | Sub pop | |||
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
31 min 51 s |
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Oh, Inverted World is the debut album by the American indie pop band The Shins . The title is derived from a line from the song "One by one all day".
Emergence
The first songs on the album were written in 1998. Bassist Dave Hernandez left the band during the recordings, which spanned the years 2000 and 2001, and was replaced by Neal Langford, who was already at Flake Music, the musical core of The Shins founded in 1992 Guitar was active. The album was produced by the band itself.
Track list
- Caring is Creepy - 3:20
- One by one all day - 4:09
- Weird Divide - 1:58
- Know your onion! - 2:29
- Girl Inform me - 2:21
- New slang - 3:51
- The Celibate Life - 1:51
- Girl on the Wing - 2:50
- Your Algebra - 2:23
- Pressed in a Book - 2:55
- The Past and Pending - 5:22
occupation
The Shins:
- James Mercer : vocals, guitar
- Jessie Sandovel: drums
- Marty Crandall: keyboards
- Dave Hernandez: Bass
- Neal Langford: Bass
Guest musicians:
- Melanie Crandall: Cello at Your Algebra
- Neils Galloway: French Horn on The Past and Pending
reception
Allmusic's Heather Phares sees the album as a vivid portrait of independent culture (“the vivid portrait it painted of indie culture”) and highlights Mercer's very well-read texts (“hyper-literate lyrics”).
Ryan Kearney from Pitchfork Media compares Mercer's voice on Caring is Creepy with that of Jeremy Enigk ( Sunny Day Real Estate ) and the folky new slang with the songs of Simon & Garfunkel .
One by one all day was used for the 2003 film Chance Makes Love by Chris Koch, for which Mark Mothersbaugh wrote the music. The songs Caring is Creepy and New Slang were used by director Zach Braff for the score for his 2004 feature film Garden State .
Web links
- Oh, Inverted World at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oh, Inverted World. (No longer available online.) In: albumcredits.com. Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 6, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Heather Phares: Oh, Inverted World - The Shins. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Ryan Kearney: The Shins - Oh, Inverted World. In: pitchfork.com. Retrieved December 6, 2011 .
