Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
by Courtney Barnett
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is ranked as the best album by Courtney Barnett.
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/13/2026 07:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 14:19 |  Tamthebam | 23,247 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 01:57 |  AvalancheGrips | 779 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 01:38 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 272 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 13:31 | alexandermause | 1,587 | 86/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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VictorVale 07/10/2022 19:20 | #287253
Divertido, animado e bem fresh!
Brad1770 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 (Edited)
Montpejo 03/15/2020 07:27 | #248745
Highlights:
Depreston
Pedestrian At Best
Kim's Caravan
Elevator Operator
Dead Fox
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.
LedZep 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.
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.
Beautiful lyrics and shows a lot of potential.
Very pleasant, unpretentious homely record. Obviously nothing special and revolutionary but it defends itself.
Sandrof1969 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...
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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