The Shins discography explained

Artist:	The Shins
Studio:	5
Live:	1
Option:	1
Option Name:	Remix albums
Ep:	3
Singles:	23
Music Videos:	21

The discography of American rock band The Shins consists of five studio albums, one live album, one remix album, three extended plays, two splits, twenty-three singles, and twenty one music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
US ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	BEL ^[3]	CAN ^[4]	FRA ^[5]	GER ^[6]	IRL ^[7]	NLD ^[8]	SCO ^[9]	UK ^[10]
Oh, Inverted World	Released: June 19, 2001 (US)^[11] Label: Sub Pop Formats: CD, LP	168	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50	—	RIAA: Platinum^[12]
Chutes Too Narrow	Released: October 21, 2003 (US)^[13] Label: Sub Pop Formats: CD, LP, digital download	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	82	75	82	RIAA: Gold
Wincing the Night Away	Released: January 23, 2007 (US)^[14] Label: Sub Pop Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	5	39	2	62	44	8	27	17	16	RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver^[15]
Port of Morrow	Released: March 20, 2012 (US)^[16] Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	4	24	7	83	33	14	20	10	11
Heartworms	Released: March 10, 2017 (US)^[17] Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download	20	16	60	36	152	61	18	26	16	19
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Album details
Live at Third Man Records	Released: June 25, 2013 (US) Label: Third Man Format: LP

Remix albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions
US Sales ^[18]	NZ Heat ^[19]	UK Record ^[20]
The Worm's Heart	Released: January 19, 2018 (US, EU) Label: Aural Apothecary Records, Columbia Format: CD, LP, digital download	81	10	16

Splits

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Album details	Additional artists
Lower / Shade and Honey / Caring Is Creepy, It Is	Released: 2001 (US) Label: Devil in the Woods Format: 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 Format: 7"	Ramsey Kearney & Tim Oehmsen Denison Witmer

Extended plays

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Details
Nature Bears a Vacuum	Released: 1999 (US) Label: Omnibus Records Format: 7"
Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive)	Released: April 4, 2007 (US) Label: Sub Pop Format: Digital download
Port of Morrow Acoustic EP	Released: March 20, 2012 (US) Label: Columbia Format: Digital download

Singles

Main singles

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Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
US ^[21]	US Rock ^[22]	AUS ^[23]	BEL	CAN Rock ^[24]	JPN ^[25]	MEX ^[26]	SCO ^[27]	SWI ^[28]	UK ^[29]
"When I Goose-Step"^[30]	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"New Slang"^[31]	2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver	Oh, Inverted World
"Know Your Onion!"^[32]	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	154
"So Says I"^[33]	2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	82	—	73		Chutes Too Narrow
"Fighting in a Sack"^[34]	2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	94
"Pink Bullets"^[35]	2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Phantom Limb"^[36]	2006	86	—	100	—	37	—	—	17	—	42	RIAA: Gold	Wincing the Night Away
"Australia"^[37]	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	—	62	RIAA: Gold
"Turn on Me"^[38]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	62	—	—
"Sea Legs"^[39]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Simple Song"^[40]	2012	—	19	—	54	25	96	30	—	95	192		Port of Morrow
"It's Only Life"^[41]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"No Way Down / Fall of '82"^[42]		—	—	—	81	—	—	—	—	—	—
"So Now What"^[43]	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wish I Was Here (Music From The Motion Picture)
"Dead Alive"^[44]	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	—	—	—		Heartworms
"Name for You"^[45]	2017	—	32	—	—	—	—	39	—	—	—
"Half a Million"^[46]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Cherry Hearts"^[47]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Heartworms (Flipped)"^[48]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Worm's Heart
"The Great Divide"^[49]	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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Year	Peaks	Album
BEL
"Kissing the Lipless"^[50]	2004	—	Chutes Too Narrow
"Sleeping Lessons"^[51]	2007	—	Wincing the Night Away
"Nothing at All"^[52]		—
"The Rifle's Spiral"^[53]	2012	117	Port of Morrow

Other appearances

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Year	Album
"We Will Become Silhouettes"^[54]	2003	"Such Great Heights"
"They'll Soon Discover"^[55]	2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music from the Movie and More
"Breathe"^[56]	2007
"Wipe My Butt"^[57]	2008	Awesome Record, Great Songs! Volume One
"It's Okay, Try Again"^[58]	2009	Yo Gabba Gabba! Music is... Awesome
"Plenty Is Never Enough"^[59]		Score! 20 Years of Merge Records
"Goodbye Girl"^[60]	2010	Levi's Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings
"Death Cream"^[61]	2012	Spotify Sessions
"Wonderful Christmastime"^[62]		Holidays Rule
"So Now What"^[63]	2014	Wish I Was Here: Music from the Motion Picture
"Panic / Name for You"^[64]	2017	Spotify Sessions

Music videos

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Director(s)
"New Slang"	2001	Lance Bangs^[65] ^[66]
"Know Your Onion	"		2002
"The Past and Pending"	2003	Matt McCormick
"So Says I"		Plates Animation^[67]
"Kissing the Lipless"	2004	Your Mom Films^[68]
"New Slang"		Malloy Brothers
"Saint Simon"		Your Mom Films^[69]
"Pink Bullets"	2005	Adam Bizanski^[70]
"Phantom Limb"	2006	Patrick Daughters
"Australia"	2007	Matt McCormick^[71]
"Turn on Me"		MICHAEL^[72]
"Sleeping Lessons"		Antonio Campos ^[73]
"Simple Song"	2012	DANIELS^[74]
"The Rifle's Spiral"		Jamie Caliri
"It's Only Life"		Hiro Murai^[75]
"Dead Alive"	2016	Jon Sortland^[76] ^[77]
"Name For You"	2017
"Name For You (Flipped)"		Zaiba Jabbar^[78]
"Half a Million"		LAMAR+NIK^[79]
"Cherry Hearts"		seenfilm^[80]
"The Great Divide"	2020	Paul Trillo^[81]

External links

• Official website
• The Shins at AllMusic

Notes and References

1. [{{BillboardURLbyName | artist=The Shins | chart=Billboard 200}} The Shins – Chart History: Billboard 200 ]. . March 1, 2013.
2. Web site: Discography The Shins . Hung Medien . australian-charts.com . 24 September 2010.
3. Web site: Discografie The Shins . Hung Medien . ultratop.be . March 1, 2013 . Dutch.
4. [{{BillboardURLbyName | artist=The Shins | chart=Canadian Albums}} The Shins – Chart History: Canadian Albums ]. . March 1, 2013.
5. Web site: Discographie The Shins . Hung Medien . lescharts.com . March 1, 2013 . French.
6. Web site: Discographie The Shins. GfK Entertainment. June 16, 2022.
7. Web site: Discography The Shins . Hung Medien . irish-charts.com . 30 September 2011.
8. Web site: Dutch. Discografie The Shins. MegaCharts / Dutchcharts . 2016-12-13 .
9. Peaks in Scotland:
   • Oh, Inverted World: Web site: Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive. Official Charts Company. July 30, 2021. June 16, 2022.
   • Chutes Too Narrow: Web site: Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive. Official Charts Company. March 21, 2004. June 16, 2022.
   • Wincing the Night Away: Web site: Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive. Official Charts Company. February 4, 2007. June 16, 2022.
   • Port of Morrow: Web site: Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive. Official Charts Company. March 25, 2012. June 16, 2022.
   • Heartworms: Web site: Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive. Official Charts Company. March 17, 2017. June 16, 2022.
10. Web site: Shins. . January 1, 2021 . select "Albums" tab.
11. Web site: Oh, Inverted World - The Shins . . March 1, 2013 . Phares, Heather.
12. Web site: American certifications – The Shins. . May 31, 2023.
13. Web site: Chutes Too Narrow . . March 1, 2013 . Phares, Heather.
14. Web site: Wincing the Night Away . . March 1, 2013 . Phares, Heather.
15. United Kingdom. Shins. September 29, 2022.
16. Web site: Port of Morrow - The Shins. . March 1, 2013 . Phares, Heather.
17. Web site: Heartworms - The Shins. . March 16, 2017 . Phares, Heather.
18. The Shins – Chart History: Top Current Album Sales . Billboard . . April 6, 2020.
19. Web site: NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart. nztop40.co.nz. Recorded Music NZ. January 29, 2018. April 6, 2020.
20. Web site: The Worm's Heart - Official Charts. . July 17, 2023.
21. The Shins Chart History: Hot 100 . Billboard . September 4, 2022.
22. The Shins Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs . Billboard . September 4, 2022.
23. Book: Australian Chart Book 1993 – 2009 . David Kent . 978-0-646-52995-0 . 2010 . 211 . Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W..
24. The Shins Chart History: Canada Rock . Billboard . September 4, 2022.
25. The Shins Chart History: Japan Hot 100 . Billboard . September 4, 2022.
26. The Shins – Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay . . February 25, 2022.
27. Peaks in Scotland:
    • "So Says I": Web site: 2004 03 07 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company.
    • "Phantom Limb": Web site: 2007 01 28 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company.
    • "Australia": Web site: 2007 04 15 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company.
    • "Turn on Me": Web site: 2007 09 09 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company.
28. • "Simple Song": Web site: Schweizer Airplay Charts 16/2012 - hitparade.ch . hitparade.ch . February 25, 2022.
29. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except "Simple Song": Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 496.
    • "Simple Song": Web site: Shins . . January 1, 2021.
30. The Shins . 1999 . When I Goose-Step . track listing . Omnibus Records / Aural Apothecary Records . OMNI 017.
31. The Shins . 2001 . New Slang . track listing . Sub Pop Records . SP 548.
32. The Shins . 2001 . Know Your Onion! . track listing . Sub Pop Records . SPCD 591.
33. The Shins . 2003 . So Says I . track listing . Sub Pop Records . SP 644.
34. The Shins . 2004 . Fighting in a Sack . track listing . Sub Pop Records . SPCD 653.
35. Web site: Pink Bullets - Single by The Shins on Apple Music. Apple Music (US). April 20, 2020.
36. The Shins . 2006 . Phantom Limb . track listing . Trangressive Records . TRANS046.
37. The Shins . 2007 . Australia . track listing . Trangressive Records . TRANS051.
38. The Shins . 2007 . Turn on Me . track listing . Trangressive Records . TRANS057.
39. The Shins . 2007 . Sea Legs . track listing . Trangressive Records . TRANS064.
40. The Shins . 2012 . Simple Song . track listing . Columbia . 88691937327.
41. The Shins . 2012 . It's Only Life . track listing . Columbia . none.
42. The Shins . 2012 . No Way Down / Fall of '82 (Swift Sessions) . track listing . Columbia . 38-548479.
43. Web site: Zach Braff and The Shins go together like bread and butter . Happy Magazine . July 1, 2014 . November 21, 2023.
44. The Shins . 2016 . Dead Alive . track listing . Columbia . none.
45. The Shins . 2017 . Name For You . track listing . Columbia . none.
46. Web site: Half a Million by The Shins on Apple Music. Apple Music (US). October 8, 2020.
47. Web site: Cherry Hearts - Single by The Shins on Apple Music. Apple Music (US). October 8, 2020.
48. Web site: Heartworms (Flipped) by The Shins on Apple Music. Apple Music (US). October 8, 2020.
49. Web site: The Great Divide - Single by The Shins on Apple Music. Apple Music (US). October 8, 2020.
50. The Shins. 2004 . Kissing the Lipless . track listing . Sub Pop Records . SUB PROCD 93.
51. The Shins . 2007 . Sleeping Lessons . track listing . Sub Pop Records . PROCD 125.
52. The Shins . 2007 . Nothing at All . track listing . Sorepoint Records . PRO 109.
53. The Shins . 2012 . The Rifle's Spiral. track listing . Columbia . none.
54. Web site: Such Great Heights - The Postal Service . . March 1, 2013.
55. Web site: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music From the Movie and More - Various Artists. . March 1, 2013 . Phares, Heather.
56. Web site: The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Shows – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 . O'Brien, Jon.
57. Web site: Awesome Record, Great Songs! Volume One – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 . Wilson, MacKenzie.
58. Web site: Music Is... Awesome! – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 . Collar, Matt.
59. Web site: Score! 20 Years of Merge Records – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 . Herzog, Kenneth.
60. Web site: The Shins Cover Squeeze On Levi's Pioneer Recording Sessions . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104002953/http://www.mtv.com/news/1641499/the-shins-cover-squeeze-on-levis-pioneer-recording-sessions/ . dead . November 4, 2016 . . June 14, 2010 . March 1, 2013 . Harper, Matt.
61. The Shins. 2012. Spotify Sessions. Streaming audio. July 20, 2014. Spotify.
62. Web site: Holidays Rule – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 . Thomas, Fraed.
63. Web site: Wish I Was Here: Music from the Motion Picture – Various Artists . . March 1, 2013 .
64. Web site: The Shins Cover the Smiths' "Panic": Listen . . 3 May 2017. February 28, 2018.
65. Web site: Know Your Onion! The Shins Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184804/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/15313/know-your-onion.jhtml. dead. January 31, 2017. . March 1, 2013.
66. Rob Brunner. The Shins: Indie Gestation. 633. Entertainment Weekly. January 4, 2002. July 19, 2014. July 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726235002/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,252677,00.html. live.
67. Web site: So Says I The Shins Music Video . . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081230024434/https://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/25453/so-says-i.jhtml. 30 December 2008. March 1, 2013.
68. Web site: Kissing the Lipless The Shins Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20091029082806/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/46057/pink-bullets.jhtml . dead . October 29, 2009 . . March 1, 2013.
69. Web site: Gottlieb . Steven . COVER STORY: The Shins "Saint Simon" . VideoStatic . 14 July 2022 . 22 December 2005.
70. Web site: Pink Bullets The Shins Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609225154/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/30537/kissing-the-lipless.jhtml . dead . June 9, 2009 . . March 1, 2013.
71. Web site: Australia The Shins Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211141415/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/145691/australia.jhtml . dead . December 11, 2008 . . March 1, 2013.
72. Web site: The Shins 'Turn On Me' . Bronco Showdown . 14 July 2022.
73. Web site: Sleeping Lessons The Shins Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201085703/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-shins/169284/sleeping-lessons.jhtml. dead. December 1, 2008. . March 1, 2013.
74. Web site: Simple Song The Shins Music Video . . March 1, 2013.
75. Web site: Video: The Shins: "It's Only Life" . . 11 July 2012. July 20, 2014.
76. Web site: Watch the Shins' Video for New Song "Dead Alive" . . 26 October 2016. October 31, 2016.
77. Web site: The Shins - Name For You (Video) . YouTube . 30 September 2020.
78. Web site: The Shins - Name For You (Flipped) . YouTube . 30 September 2020.
79. Web site: The Shins - Half a Million (Video) . YouTube . 30 September 2020.
80. Web site: The Shins - Cherry Hearts (Video) . YouTube . 30 September 2020.
81. Web site: The Shins - The Great Divide . YouTube . 30 September 2020.