- indie rock
- 40 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Port of Morrow is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Shins. The album was released in the UK on March 19, 2012, and in the US on March 20, 2012, on Aural Apothecary and Columbia Records and was co-produced by Greg Kurstin and frontman James Mercer.
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Character
Classical in form, character-led, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 72/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1The Rifle's Spiral3:30
- 2Simple Song4:15
- 3It's Only Life4:02
- 4Bait and Switch3:23
- 5September3:33
- 6No Way Down3:16
- 7For a Fool3:57
- 8Fall of '823:48
- 940 Mark Strasse4:39
- 10Port of Morrow5:50
10 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Shins
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- March 15, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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