Build Me Up From Bones
by Sarah Jarosz
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Build Me Up From Bones is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Sarah Jarosz on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sarah Jarosz is Undercurrent which is ranked number 19019 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2026 12:02 | Leginlists | 3,708 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2021 00:34 | LosWochos | 47,314 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2021 02:12 | Moondance | 20,676 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2020 05:26 |  covecove | 6,656 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2019 21:46 |  buzzdainer | 3,338 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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buzzdainer 06/28/2017 03:20 | #193311
In her review of Build Me Up from Bones in the Austin Chronicle, Abby Johnston writes, "Jarosz's once whispering voice now has a weight that allows her to consider Bob Dylan's 'Simple Twist of Fate' and jaunt up Joanna Newsom's 'The Book of Right-On,' ambitious covers that flower with her gifts as an interpreter. Post graduation [from New England Conservatory of Music], the picker's nestled in Brooklyn. While that might demonstrate Ivy-grade ambitions, Build Me Up From Bones beats primal Sarah Jarosz." I tend to agree, and as much as I like the covers Johnson mentions, I also really like the darkness in the lyrics of originals such as "Over the Edge": "Lay me down beneath the shadows / Meet me where the wild things grow / Kick the moon and watch it shatter / I don’t mind if it don’t matter."
zdwyatt 11/14/2013 20:04 | #92427
I really like the sound she has going on this album. It's basically just more reverb, but it's precisely the amount needed to make it sound like you're listening to her live. Her instrumentation is strong as ever, and her vocals have improved (she was always good, but now there's more nuance). My only gripe is that she hasn't quite mastered catchy, at least not to the extent of the album's best cut: a cover of Joanna Newsom's "The Book of Right On."
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