Tell Me How You Really Feel
by Courtney Barnett
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Courtney Barnett bestography
Tell Me How You Really Feel is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Courtney Barnett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Courtney Barnett is Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit which is ranked number 453 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,709.
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Tell Me How You Really Feel track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tell Me How You Really Feel rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | jon5417 | Top 24 Music Albums of 2018 | 12/24 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 66 Music Albums of 2018 | 49/66 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 30 Music Albums of 2018 | 22/30 | 2 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 10 Music Albums of 2018 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2026 | JeffN999 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 278 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 895 | |||
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Tell Me How You Really Feel ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/18/2026 08:45 | ASOARE | 2,544 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 04:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,900 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 23:36 |  MadhattanJack | 6,024 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Tell Me How You Really Feel forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5417): By Tamthebam
imacgill 09/19/2025 23:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Tell Me How You Really Feel comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2018 07:42 | #216211 | TOP COMMENT
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Australia's own Courtney Barnett went from playing pubs to world consciousness and Ellen appearances within a few months following 2015's commercial and critical smash 'Sometimes I Sit and Think....' . So the follow up was always going to be interesting
I can split the album into 2 parts: tracks 1 to 6 are rather excellent with "Hopefulness" opening things perfectly as it builds to a crescendo , "City Looks Pretty" and its catchy hooks , "Charity" , single "Need A Little Time" , "Nameless , Faceless" and the Riot Grrl inspired rocker "I'm Not Your Mother... "
However things close on a flat note with the final 4 tracks and especially closer "Sunday Roast " which TBH keeps the worst for last unfortunately
Fortunately there is enough class in the front half of this album to give it a pass
55/100
Vatsal TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/11/2018 06:05 | #216512 | TOP COMMENT
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I like the album. As a stand alone piece of music its a good deadpan indie rock record. But as a follow up to Sometimes I Sit & Think.. I just see no growth. Which I won't necessarily hold against her, since its not a bad sounding album either way and an artist doesn't always need to find a new sound with every album. Its just less exciting and doesn't really invoke many emotions in me.
I hope the fans don't abandon her and stick around for the next release.
PlasticRob 06/15/2018 02:18 | #216787 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely not as immediate as her first one, but the songwriting is pretty solid. She's got a great ear for a hook, and lyrically this is introspective and sober for the most part. The production brings the songs to the foreground, which feels appropriate. It'll be interesting to see if Courtney expands her musical palette next time.
I am really liking this the first couple listens in. I can hear Summerteeth era Wilco in a few of the songs, and the outros as well are Jeff Tweedy in style. Great guitar here.
Really rather like this. 1st album I've bought by her (on a recommendation) and will be looking out for others. (Edited)
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