The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

20th Anniversary Edition of the Shins' album debut Oh, Inverted World!

Remastered by Bob Ludwig, under the supervision of James Mercer

Front die-cut jacket featuring "inverted" color scheme

Includes booklet filled with vintage photos, handwritten lyrics, liner notes, and more!

On June 11th, 2021, Sub Pop will reissue The Shins Oh, Inverted World (20th Anniversary Remaster), the group's much-beloved debut, for its 20th birthday.

Oh, Inverted World is the earth-shattering, indie-rock-redefining 2001 album from The Shins, and is presented here in its finest form. The classic tunes get new life with mastering by Bob Ludwig, under band leader James Mercer's watchful eye. The new front cover of this edition of Oh, Inverted World features an ‘inverted' color scheme, on a die-cut jacket, and includes a booklet filled with vintage photos, handwritten lyrics, liner notes, and more.

Twenty lucky fans who purchase the LP will receive the "Golden Ticket" edition of the album, which includes a 7"x7" classic photo of the band signed by Mercer, hidden in 10 standard black vinyl copies.

The music on Oh, Inverted World is obviously essential, and this remastering truly makes this the album Mercer always wanted it to be. Never quite satisfied with the sonics of the original, Mercer took the 20th anniversary of the album as his opportunity to finally set the (literal!) record straight. And the results sound stellar: great for new fans, and well worth the attention for those who fell in love with it in the first place.

Mercer says of Oh, Inverted World, "This record gave me the life that I never really dreamed I would have. It opened me up to the whole world and gave me validation. It's also something that stands as a bit of a pinnacle for our band. You release that first record and it's so well embraced, but you're always trying to get that magic back, I think. We've done well, certainly, but the fervor that happened around Oh, Inverted World we never quite reached again. It's a special moment when you're a new band and you've got what was apparently kind of a new sound. This record symbolized a very special moment in my life, a watershed moment for sure."

 

 

Side A

1. Caring Is Creepy

2. One By One All Day

3. Weird Divide

4. Know Your Onion!

5. Girl Inform Me

Side B

1. New Slang

2. The Celibate Life

3. Girl on the Wing

4. Your Algebra

5. Pressed in a Book

6. The Past and Pending

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