True Sadness

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True Sadness is the ninth studio album by American folk rock band The Avett Brothers. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album was released on June 24, 2016, through American Recordings and Republic Records.[1] A vinyl edition was released on August 5, 2016.[2] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Americana Album, and the first track "Ain't No Man" was nominated for Best American Roots Performance.[3][4] The production of the album is chronicled in the 2017 Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio documentary May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers.[5]

Reviews

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[6]
Review scores
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Consequence of SoundB[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
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True Sadness received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on seventeen reviews.[6]

Sarah Brooks of Consequence of Sound gave a positive review stating "With True Sadness, The Avett Brothers open up to their audience, sharing their dark depths with tenacity and bravado, all while inspiring to see struggles as strength."[8] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone gave The Avett Brothers a 3.5 out of 5 stars. Hermes stated "It feels like the record's most profound celebration - just joyous strumming, bowing, and the sound of earnest voices collectively making light out of dark."[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave a review a 7/10 "Far from being an album for wallowing in the depths of grief, True Sadness is a record about the emergence of hope."[1]

Promotion

The Avett Brothers promoted the album by performing on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 24, 2016.[14]

Commercial performance

In its home country of the United States, True Sadness debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, with 46,000 equivalent album units, behind Drake's Views and Lemonade by Beyoncé.[15] It was the best-selling album of the week, selling 43,000 copies in its first week.[15]

Track listing

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Personnel

from Allmusic[17]

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "True Sadness - The Avett Brothers - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Avett Brothers". The Recording Academy. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."They were 'self-centered hillbillies.' Now, the Avett Brothers are movie stars". charlotteobserver. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reviews for True Sadness by The Avett Brothers". Metacritic. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ken, Capobianco (June 22, 2016). "On 'True Sadness,' the Avett Brothers outgrow their rustic roots". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brooks, Sarah (June 22, 2016). "Album Review: The Avett Brothers – True Sadness". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Avett Brothers' True Sadness: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. June 24, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harriet, Gibsone (June 23, 2016). "The Avett Brothers: True Sadness review – minor digressions from rootsy rockers". The Guardian. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Frahm, Jonathan (July 15, 2016). "The Avett Brothers:True Sadness". PopMatters. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hermes, Will (June 24, 2016). "True Sadness - The Avett Brothers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Winograd, Jeremy (June 3, 2016). "The Avett Brothers - True Sadness". Slant. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.NBC.com. "The Avett Brothers Guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC.com". Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  15. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Drake's 'Views' No. 1 for Ninth Week on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
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  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2020.

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