The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | |||
| 1 | Kissing The Lipless (Album) | 3:18 | 9,755 | ||
| 2 | Mine's Not A High Horse (Album) | 3:19 | 9,739 | ||
| 3 | So Says I (Album) | 2:47 | 9,842 | ||
| 4 | Young Pilgrims (Album) | 2:46 | 10,106 | ||
| 5 | Saint Simon (Album) | 4:24 | 9,828 | ||
| 6 | Fighting In A Sack (Album) | 2:26 | 9,481 | ||
| 7 | Pink Bullets (Album) | 3:52 | 10,033 | ||
| 8 | Turn A square (Album) | 3:10 | 9,768 | ||
| 9 | Gone For Good (Album) | 3:12 | 9,611 | ||
| 10 | Those To Come (Album) | 4:23 | 9,456 |
About this album
Chutes Too Narrow is The Shins’ 2003 follow-up to their debut album, Oh, Inverted World. The album title comes from a lyric in the song “Young Pilgrims.” The album was generally well received by critics, garnering an overall score of 88/100 on Metacritic. According to Nielsen SoundScan, they have sold over 393,000 copies to date.
Chutes Too Narrow features cleaner production standards than the “lo-fi” Oh, Inverted World. This is largely due to the album’s being mixed by producer Phil Ek, who has also worked with Built to Spill and Modest Mouse. Chutes Too Narrow also departs from the band’s keyboard-driven debut and shifts towards more emphasis on guitars.
The album also included violin parts on “Saint Simon”, played by Annemarie Ruljancich, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The cover art was designed by Jesse LeDoux. The songs “Gone for Good” and “Those To Come” were used in the 2004 film In Good Company.
Chutes Too Narrow features cleaner production standards than the “lo-fi” Oh, Inverted World. This is largely due to the album’s being mixed by producer Phil Ek, who has also worked with Built to Spill and Modest Mouse. Chutes Too Narrow also departs from the band’s keyboard-driven debut and shifts towards more emphasis on guitars.
The album also included violin parts on “Saint Simon”, played by Annemarie Ruljancich, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The cover art was designed by Jesse LeDoux. The songs “Gone for Good” and “Those To Come” were used in the 2004 film In Good Company.
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Shouts
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Kosmonavts wrote:
This is my favorite!
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Monker001 wrote:
most certainly my favourite shins.
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osmark wrote:
hands down their best.
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TheOne01 wrote:
best Shins album
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SpiralStatic90 wrote:
XFD (album), that's beautiful. Probably my favourite Shins album, every song is seriously amazing.
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shabbytom wrote:
fuckin last.fm messing things up, (album)? yes we know that already
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IAJP wrote:
i do love this album, so uncontrollably happy in every way. not a shed of darkness or paranoia..truly great!
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dgimp wrote:
never thought i'd say this about a shins album but this is one of my favourite albums ever
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StrikeAChord wrote:
I never tire of hearing this album -- one of my favorites. ...Agreed! What the hell's with the (Album) in every song?!?
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shad0ws- wrote:
why is every song here tagged (Album) at the end? mah scrobblez won't work because of that. ... & no, i'm not putting (Album) at the end of all my song names. i already *know* it's an album. :\
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mferrante30 wrote:
Best Shins album
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rights_reserved wrote:
By far the best. It ranges in so many different styles.
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interpolarity wrote:
I seriously like this album the least of the three...
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ehsteve14 wrote:
guys, a call to apathy is an alternate title for gone for good. different issues have different titles, but it's the same song.
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PageA wrote:
an easy and tender touch
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Moegopher wrote:
This album really is my favorite.
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vucubcaquix wrote:
Why is this my favorite of their albums?
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zack10488 wrote:
great album.
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ellord wrote:
Blame the bittorrent shares for the incorrect titles.
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Vittorio_E wrote:
I just assumed I was the only one who thought Gone for Good was the best track on the album. I'm glad everyone else seems to love it as well. However, the fact that it's nowhere to be seen on Last.fm's track-listing is a bit disconcerting.
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Recent Activity
- Anne_7, skylime, lawncouch and 1 other person added The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow to their libraries. Monday evening
- perfectreject tagged Chutes Too Narrow with ‘indie rock’. Saturday afternoon
- smartcoookie, Darkknight_93, gittedox and 3 other people added The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow to their libraries. Friday evening
- Signofthezodiac loved The Shins – Gone For Good (Album). last month
- redhanz loved The Shins – Kissing The Lipless (Album). last month
- DeathCab727 tagged Chutes Too Narrow with ‘sub pop’. last month
- countrysucks and takethevespa added The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow to their libraries. last month
- concordflight13 created the wiki page for Chutes Too Narrow. last month
- k-brad, peanut-bee, houl6492 and 8 other people added The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow to their libraries. last month
- JannaR tagged Chutes Too Narrow with ‘better on vinyl’. last month
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