Album · 2016
True Sadness
True Sadness is a 2016 rock album by The Avett Brothers. It runs 12 tracks across 51 minutes on American Recordings.
Rock · Alternative Folk · Folk
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- 69 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 51 min
- Runtime
- 122 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
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Critics
9 publications
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- PopMatters8/10
- Consequence of SoundB
- Uncut3.5/5
- Boston Globe3.5/5
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- AllMusic3.5/5
- Slant3/5
- The Guardian2/5
- Metacriticaggregate68/100
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"True Sadness" is the ninth studio album by folk rock group The Avett Brothers, released June 24, 2016 on the American Recordings label. Upon its release, True Sadness was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
In brief
- When was True Sadness released?
- True Sadness was released in 2016 on American Recordings.
- How many tracks are on True Sadness?
- True Sadness has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
- What genre is True Sadness?
- True Sadness is catalogued under Rock, Alternative Folk, Folk.
- What BPM is True Sadness?
- True Sadness runs at a median tempo of 122 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to True Sadness?
- Listeners of True Sadness also rate Wilder Mind by Mumford & Sons, Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine, For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver.
True Sadness at a glance
- Label
- Republic Records
- Produced by
- Rick Rubin
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Credits
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Seth AvettTania Elizabeth- Vocals by
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Seth AvettTania Elizabeth
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