Magpie And The Dandelion
by The Avett Brothers
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The Avett Brothers bestography
Magpie And The Dandelion is ranked 11th best out of 16 albums by The Avett Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Avett Brothers is Emotionalism which is ranked number 3306 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 453.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Magpie And The Dandelion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Magpie And The Dandelion rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0301-0400* | 66/77 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (65.39-65), #001-100* | 24/35 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | henrygreen0203 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2013 | 33/46 | 2 |
| 2022 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  samistake2ice | Top 90 Music Albums of 2013 | 29/90 | 3 |
| 2019 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 53 Music Albums of 2013 | 18/53 | 3 |
| 2017 | ecwashere | Top 55 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/55 | 1 |
| 2016 |  glitter-bubbles | Top 14 Music Albums of 2013 | 8/14 | 3 |
| 2016 |  zags7000 | Producer's Series: Rick Rubin | 47/64 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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Magpie And The Dandelion ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/15/2021 07:52 | zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2021 02:35 | Moondance | 20,068 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2021 16:34 | LosWochos | 46,853 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2019 17:46 | cronadigallina | 2,918 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2019 19:12 | nosepail | 506 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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buzzdainer 01/22/2018 00:08 | #206253
The Avett Brothers have always been guilty of a certain amount of shallow, hokey romanticism, as shown by the number of tracks they've recorded with titles following the formula "Pretty Girl from _____." While this is a rare Avett Brothers album that has no such song titles, there is a fair amount of cheesiness here. That's to be expected, I suppose. What keeps me coming back to the Avett Brothers are those moments when their earnest sentiments transcend their schmaltz. For me the moment on Magpie and the Dandelion that comes closest to this kind of transcendence comes in "Another Is Waiting," when they try to move past evaluating women strictly according to their looks: "She's a rose, she's a queen / But she's staring at a magazine / In the dark, on that path / Where they doctor every photograph."
paladisiac 12/20/2013 16:50 | #98196
Here's another americana-influenced album from the avett brothers. Gone are the days when they had an edge as heard in songs like "die die die" , "the weight of lies" , "kick drum heart", "i and love and you" and "live and die". Their new album has the feel of a live album; a live album where they're trying out new ideas. (At least one song is in fact performed live.) But these new ideas are in the good-not-great territory, with no big creative spark to set them in the upper echelon of avett brothers' songs like those i listed. All that's left is a good americana band playing good songs.
I've spent a lot of time trying to get into this album. There are a few high points (Another Is Waiting, Good To You, Souls Like The Wheels which was recorded live) but the majority of the album is exactly what I feared from initial announcement, tracks that basically weren't good enough for last years' The Carpenter. If you're a diehard fan, check it out. But elsewhere, its basically a weaker reheated sequel to The Carpenter but lacking the consistency of its predecessor. Hopefully the next album will be stronger.
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