lol the shins are boring

Any of those bands with short names and a "the" at the beginning are boring (The Shins, The Strokes, The Hives, etc.).

an interesting observation, but i think you're probably right. weird.

Album Rating: 3.0

sweeping generalizations with no basis in fact itt

Album Rating: 4.0

lol rudy just never give another record a 3 and this can all be avoided.

not to mention 'the beatles' and 'the byrds'

Too right Ned, The Doors and The Smiths are boring too. Oh! The Zombies, they are boring... list goes
on. *Sarcasm
=)

The Smiths are fucken awesome

I know, one of my favourite bands. =)
The Queen is Dead is arguably my favourite album. It's up there any way.

I'd choose their self-titled over their other releases any day

but each opinion to their own :]

Really? =O
So weird! The Queen is Dead and Strangeways are my favourites and then the self titled. =)

No love for Meat is Murder?

Hatful of hollow and maybe queen is dead are the only smiths you need

I didn't like Meat is Murder as much as the others. I mean, I still liked it but by Smiths standards, preferred the other three.
I haven't heard Hatful of Hollow in its entirety yet. =P Just songs from it, you all know which ones. =D

"Hatful of hollow and maybe queen is dead are the only smiths you need"

but neither of those have pretty girls make graves :[

The Boy With The Thorn in His Side. Can't say any more. =)

discussions about the smiths on a shins thread

i love it

Haha, my bad. =/
The Shins are great too! This isn't their best release, admittedly but there are some fantastic songs on it. I wish all of them were as good as the highlights, then it'd be incredible! Love Fall of '82 and Bait and Switch

Yea the shins got progressively worse with each release

still debating if i want to check this out or not

Ah, you might as well. Chutes Too Narrow is still their best for sure. I love that album but this isn't bad by any means.
You might as well listen to it, it's only music. =)