Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (studio album)
by Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-03-24
Overall rank: 465th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 686 votes)
     
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Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (64th)
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Overall rank: 465th | 2010s rank: 64th | 2015 rank: 6th

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78/100 (from 686 votes)
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80/100
From 07/10/2022 19:20 | #287253
Divertido, animado e bem fresh!
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75/100
From 05/18/2021 20:29 | #269897
Remarkable to think that Courtney Barnett from the humble northern suburbs of Melbourne has an album inside the BEA top 500 overall charts proving if she can do it anyone can
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80/100
From 03/15/2020 07:27 | #248745
Highlights:

Depreston
Pedestrian At Best
Kim's Caravan
Elevator Operator
Dead Fox
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75/100
From 12/20/2019 19:34 | #245846
I like Courtney's ability and her snarky observations. But I don't know how much this album will stay with me. There are some pretty solid songs on here though.
Pedestrian At Best, Small Poppies, Depreston, and Kim's Caravan.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 04/25/2019 23:27 | #235498
I've been listening to this album since it came out, but I have a version with Avant Gardner and History Eraser as songs 12/13, and I've always thought that's the only, "correct" version lol. Right now I've learnt that I'm wrong. Anyways while those two are certainly great, the whole album is excellent so the rating is applicable for any version of tracklisting. Such a beautiful voice, and incredible lyrics and songwriting.
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95/100
From 01/25/2019 20:29 | #230585
A distillation of everything we like and fetishize about the classic alternative era (Nirvana, Beck, Pavement, you name it), [Sometimes I Sit and Think] is not merely the Great 90's Album that never was. Courtney Barnett's wit and wisdom, as well as a mean guitar which she plays herself, mind you, elevates this and her earlier double-EP to a more timeless level. Rock'n'Roll is still kicking, and has found a new torchbearer.
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80/100
From 03/16/2018 18:15 | #211061
Beautiful lyrics and shows a lot of potential.
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70/100
From 03/11/2018 11:39 | #210632
Very pleasant, unpretentious homely record. Obviously nothing special and revolutionary but it defends itself.
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70/100
From 02/25/2018 09:47 | #209562
Fresco rock cantautorale non così tanto ricalcato sui modelli soliti bensì personale, ruvido, una Lucinda Williams punk... E ironico, fin dal titolo. Ascoltandolo più volte l'ho un po' ridimensionato, soprattutto per via della scrittura che non è ( ancora ) al top; nell'attesa che lo diventi questo rimane comunque un buon modo di iniziare...
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85/100
From 02/21/2018 02:48 | #209029
A relative newcomer with a couple of very good albums under her belt. Interesting musically but,the lyrics are what stands out. Depreston is inspired. I,can’t wait to see how this,artist develops over the coming years. Is she this generation’s Dylan? We will see.
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