Port of Morrow

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Port of Morrow
Studio album by The Shins

Publication
(s)

March 20, 2012

admission

2011

Label (s) Aural Apothecary
Columbia Records
Interscope Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Indie pop

Title (number)

10

running time

40:13

production

Greg Student
James Mercer

chronology
Wincing the Night Away
(2007) 		Port of Morrow Heartworms
(2017)

Port of Morrow is the fifth album by the US indie band The Shins . The album was recorded in Los Angeles and Portland during 2011. James Mercer did the songwriting and vocals. It was produced by Greg Kurstin. Rich Costey mixed it up.

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Port of Morrow
  DE 33 04/02/2012 (1 week)
  AT 35 03/30/2012 (1 week)
  CH 33 04/01/2012 (1 week)
  UK 11 March 31, 2012 (3 weeks)
  US 3 04/07/2012 (4 weeks)

All songs were written and composed by James Mercer.

  1. The Rifle's Spiral - 3:30
  2. Simple Song - 4:15
  3. It's Only Life - 4:02
  4. Bait and Switch - 3:23
  5. September - 3:33
  6. No Way Down - 3:16
  7. For a Fool - 3:57
  8. Fall of '82 - 3:48
  9. 40 Mark Strasse - 4:39
  10. Port of Morrow - 5:50

Charts and reception

In the German-speaking countries, the album reached the Top 40 (Germany: 33rd place; Austria: 35th place and Switzerland: 33rd place) and stayed in the charts for a week. In the United Kingdom, Port of Morrow rose to number 11 and was on the charts for two weeks, while it peaked at number 3 in the United States. The album was also in the top 10 in Norway at number 9 and in Australia at number 4. Furthermore, Port of Morrow was placed at number 20 in the Netherlands, number 24 in Belgium, number 35 in Sweden and number 35 in Denmark 25th, 48th in Spain and 17th in New Zealand.

Allmusic's Heather Phares awarded the album 3.5 out of 5 stars. The album doesn't sound like the Shins are used to, but most of the songs are tempting enough to satisfy most fans. Erich Renz from laut.de criticizes that a lot on the album is "either too polished or [...] absolutely dull". Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork sees it differently . For him, the album is the triumphant return of a musical project that was previously exposed to the risk of drifting from the indie corner into the mainstream. But with Port of Morrow Mercer overshadows everything that he had created musically with the Shins so far.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  2. ↑ norwegiancharts.com: Album placement in Norway
  3. ↑ australian-charts.com: Album placement in Australia
  4. ↑ dutchcharts.nl: album placement in the Netherlands
  5. ↑ ultratop.be: album placement in Belgium
  6. ↑ swedishcharts.com: Album placement in Sweden
  7. ↑ danishcharts.com: Album placement in Denmark
  8. ↑ spanishcharts.com: Album placement in Spain
  9. ↑ charts.org.nz: Album placement in New Zealand
  10. ↑ allmusic.com: Review by Heather Phares
  11. ↑ laut.de: Review by Erich Renz
  12. ^ Pitchfork.com: Review by Larry Fitzmaurice