The Shins discography

The Shins discography

The Shins performing in 2007.
Releases
↙Studio albums 4
↙Live albums 1
↙EPs 3
↙Singles 11
↙Music videos 13

The discography of American rock band The Shins consists of four studio albums, one live album, three extended plays, two splits, eleven singles and thirteen music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 BEL
(FL)
[3]		 BEL
(WA)
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 FRA
[6]		 IRL
[7]		 JPN
[8]		 NZ
[9]		 UK
[10]
Oh, Inverted World
  • Released: June 19, 2001 (US)[11]
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Formats: CD, LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Chutes Too Narrow 86 — — — — — — — — —
Wincing the Night Away
  • Released: January 23, 2007 (US)[15]
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 5 39 — 2 62 8 202 21 16
  • RIAA: Gold[12]
  • BPI: Silver
Port of Morrow
  • Released: March 20, 2012 (US)[17]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 3 4 24 3 7 83 14 163 17 11
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums
Title Album details
Live at Third Man Records
  • Released: June 25, 2013 (US)
  • Label: Third Man
  • Formats: LP

Splits

List of split releases
Title Album details Additional artists
Lower / Shade and Honey / Caring Is Creepy, It Is
  • Released: 2001 (US)
  • Label: Devil In The Woods
  • Formats: 7"
  • Sparklehorse
  • Mates of State
The Gloating Sun / You're Not the Only One / Worry All the Time
  • Released: February 2004 (US)
  • Label: Devil In The Woods
  • Formats: 7"
  • Ramsey Kearney & Tim Oehmsen
  • Denison Witmer

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Album details
Nature Bears a Vacuum
  • Released: 1999 (US)
  • Label: Omnibus Records
  • Formats: 7"
Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive)
  • Released: April 4, 2007 (US)
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Formats: Digital download
Port of Morrow Acoustic EP
  • Released: March 20, 2012 (US)
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

Main singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[18]		 US
Alt.
[19]		 US
Rock
[20]		 CAN
Alt
[21]		 UK
[22]
"When I Goose-Step"[23] 1999 — — — — — Non-album single
"New Slang"[24] 2001 — — — — — Oh, Inverted World
"Know Your Onion!"[25] 2002 — — — — 154
"So Says I"[26] 2003 — — — — 73 Chutes Too Narrow
"Fighting in a Sack"[27] 2004 — — — — 94
"Phantom Limb"[28] 2006 86 16 — — 42 Wincing the Night Away
"Australia"[29] 2007 — — — — 62
"Turn on Me"[30] — — — — —
"Sea Legs"[31] — — — — —
"Simple Song"[32] 2012 106 10 19 11 192 Port of Morrow
"No Way Down / Fall of '82"[33] — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Kissing the Lipless"[34] 2004 Chutes Too Narrow
"Sleeping Lessons"[35] 2007 Wincing the Night Away
"Nothing at All"[36]
"The Rifle's Spiral"[37] 2012 Port of Morrow
"It's Only Life"[38]

Other appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"We Will Become Silhouettes"[39] 2003 "Such Great Heights"
"They'll Soon Discover"[40] 2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music from the Movie and More
"Breathe"[41] 2007 The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show
"Never Gonna Wipe My Butt"[42] 2008 Awesome Record, Great Songs! Volume One
"It's Okay, Try Again"[43] 2009 Yo Gabba Gabba! Music is... Awesome!
"Plenty Is Never Enough"[44] Score! 20 Years of Merge Records
"Goodbye Girl"[45] 2010 Levi's Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings
"Death Cream"[46] 2012 Spotify Sessions
"Wonderful Christmastime"[47] Holidays Rule
"So Now What"[48] 2014 Wish I Was Here: Music from the Motion Picture

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"New Slang" 2001 Lance Bangs[49][50]
"Know Your Onion!" 2002
"So Says I" 2003 Plates Animation[51]
"Kissing the Lipless" 2004 Your Mom Films [52]
"Saint Simon" ?
"Pink Bullets" 2005 Adam Bizanski [53]
"Phantom Limb" 2006 Patrick Daughters
"Australia" 2007 Matt McCormick[54]
"Turn on Me"
"Sleeping Lessons" Antonio Campos [55]
"Simple Song" 2012 DANIELS[56]
"The Rifle's Spiral" Jamie Caliri
"It's Only Life" Hiro Murai[57]

Notes

    References

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    5. ↑ "The Shins – Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    6. ↑ "Discographie The Shins". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    7. ↑ "Discography The Shins". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
    8. ↑ "CD Album Oricon rankings". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    9. ↑ "Discography The Shins". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    10. ↑ "Shins" (SELECT "ALBUMS" TAB). Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    11. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Oh, Inverted World - The Shins". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "American certifications – The Shins". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    13. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Chutes Too Narrow". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    14. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan (January 7, 2007). "12 Months of Tunes". Billboard (New York City: Prometheus Global Media) 119 (1): 30. ISSN 0006-2510.
    15. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Wincing the Night Away". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    16. ↑ "The Shins To Release 'Port of Morrow' Album in March". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 14, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    17. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Port of Morrow - The Shins". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    18. ↑ "The Shins – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    19. ↑ "The Shins – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    20. ↑ "The Shins – Chart History: Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    21. ↑ Rock, Canadian (4 April 2012). "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock – April 3, 2012". Canadianrockalt.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
    22. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
      • All except "Simple Song": Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 496. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
      • "Simple Song": "Shins" (SELECT "SINGLES" TAB). Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    23. ↑ When I Goose-Step (track listing). The Shins. Omnibus Records / Aural Apothecary Records. 1999. OMNI 017.
    24. ↑ New Slang (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2001. SP 548.
    25. ↑ Know Your Onion! (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2001. SPCD 591.
    26. ↑ So Says I (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2003. SP 644.
    27. ↑ Fighting in a Sack (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2004. SPCD 653.
    28. ↑ Phantom Limb (track listing). The Shins. Trangressive Records. 2006. TRANS046.
    29. ↑ Australia (track listing). The Shins. Trangressive Records. 2007. TRANS051.
    30. ↑ Turn on Me (track listing). The Shins. Trangressive Records. 2007. TRANS057.
    31. ↑ Sea Legs (track listing). The Shins. Trangressive Records. 2007. TRANS064.
    32. ↑ Simple Song (track listing). The Shins. Columbia. 2012. 88691937327.
    33. ↑ No Way Down / Fall of '82 (Swift Sessions) (track listing). The Shins. Columbia. 2012. 38-548479.
    34. ↑ Kissing the Lipless (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2004. SUB PROCD 93.
    35. ↑ Sleeping Lessons (track listing). The Shins. Sub Pop Records. 2007. PROCD 125.
    36. ↑ Nothing at All (track listing). The Shins. Sorepoint Records. 2007. PRO 109.
    37. ↑ The Rifle's Spiral (track listing). The Shins. Columbia. 2012. none.
    38. ↑ It's Only Life (track listing). The Shins. Columbia. 2012. none.
    39. ↑ "Such Great Heights - The Postal Service". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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    42. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Awesome Record, Great Songs! Volume One – Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    43. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Music Is... Awesome! – Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    44. ↑ Herzog, Kenneth. "Score! 20 Years of Merge Records – Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    45. ↑ Harper, Matt (June 14, 2010). "The Shins Cover Squeeze On Levi’s Pioneer Recording Sessions". MTV News. MTV. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    46. ↑ The Shins (2012). Spotify Sessions (Streaming audio). Spotify. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
    47. ↑ Thomas, Fraed. "Holidays Rule – Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    48. ↑ "Wish I Was Here: Music from the Motion Picture – Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    49. ↑ "Know Your Onion! | The Shins | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    50. ↑ Rob Brunner (January 4, 2002). "The Shins: Indie Gestation" 633. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
    51. ↑ "So Says I | The Shins | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    52. ↑ "Kissing the Lipless | The Shins | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    53. ↑ "Pink Bullets | The Shins | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    54. ↑ "Australia | The Shins| Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
    55. ↑ "Sleeping Lessons | The Shins | Music Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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