I And Love And You
by The Avett Brothers

I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-09-29
Overall rank: 2,837th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 138 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (471st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,837th)

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I And Love And You is ranked as the best album by The Avett Brothers.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,837th | 2000s rank: 471st | 2009 rank: 38th
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2026CheddarTop 25 Music Albums of the 2000s9/2514
2026cicadelicRelevant Magazine Best Albums Of 20093/20 -
2026 imacgillMissed The Cut- 200913/16 -
2026 RomanelliTop 55 Music Albums of 200947/551
2026 paladisiactop albums, #1001-1100*57/77 -
2026cicadelicHype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 200922/50 -
2026martinthoTop 39 Music Albums of 200915/393
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200919/1004
2026joathomeTop 60 Music Albums of 200943/602
2026CheddarTop 100 Greatest Music Albums19/10082
2026VanillaBeanTop 31 Music Albums of 200923/311
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 200971/1002
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 59 Music Albums of 200938/592
2026 paladisiacall-time fav arteests (pts) #196-290*20/95 -
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 2301-240025/100 -
2026adbrack1988Top 19 Music Albums of 20099/193
2025 buzzdainerTop 75 Music Albums of 200910/754
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200937/1003
2025cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 200965/83 -
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200915/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 117
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 547
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 138 votes)
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05/14/2026 08:50 HelsinkiSnorkel  Ratings distribution  2,27379/100
 
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03/19/2026 04:48 Cheddar  Ratings distribution  35182/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:34 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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05/04/2025 02:53 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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10/01/2024 16:06 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,92280/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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85/100
From 06/08/2023 17:51 | #297485
Great tunes and heartfelt songs.
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From 06/29/2020 17:38 | #254760
This was my introduction to the Avett Brothers. Solid album or some very catchy tunes.
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From 02/15/2018 23:06 | #208384
Great fun. Great musically and lyrically. Sometimes a bit sentimental!
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From 07/28/2015 03:35 | #146601
Very sincere, especially the title track
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From 07/10/2013 06:41 | #80901
The Avett Brothers are very unknown. It's ridiculous that this album barely made the top 2000. :(
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85/100
From 04/16/2013 15:51 | #73417
I have a very interesting relationship with this album, some days I absolutely love it and enjoy every second of the content on this album. Then there will be days where I put it in and instanly want to put something else on. I think it might have to do something with the tone the brothers bring by switching off for lead vocals every other song, but otherwise I'm not entirely sure why my feelings for this album are so sporadic. I And Love And You is definitely worth a lesson: the title track is absolutely beautiful, and makes for a perfect opener, Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise, January Wedding, and And It Spread are also highlights. I'm also going to say that It Goes On And On is proabably my favorite Avett Brothers song, very good stuff even if it doesn't always feel that consistent.
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From 03/06/2013 20:21 | #67239
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From 01/12/2013 14:00 | #61179
great album
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From 11/18/2012 14:23 | #55394
should be a top 5 album of 2009
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From 12/09/2011 17:46 | #32477
This time around they come with crisper production and a few heightened gimmicks. Fortunately for them, all the gimmicks work, starting with the title track, "I and love and you", the love-song-by-addition which reflects the popular i-heart-NY t-shirt directed specifically at brooklyn. It's the ballad brother to ryan adams's "new york, new york". The other gimmicky songs are just as good. "kick drum heart" simulates the singer's love through a kick drum at the chorus. "slight figure of speech" has a stop-start quality and energy that recalls ben folds's playfulness abruptly jumping into a white-boy-"rap" at the bridge. This is probably the avett brothers at their peak -- enjoy.
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