Emotionalism
by The Avett Brothers

Emotionalism by The Avett Brothers
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-05-15
Overall rank: 3,389th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (63rd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (578th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,389th)

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The Avett Brothers bestography

Emotionalism is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by The Avett Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Avett Brothers is I And Love And You which is ranked number 2855 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 544.

The Avett Brothers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,855th)
I And Love And You
This album (3,389th)
Emotionalism
Lower ranked (6,302nd) »
The Carpenter

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Emotionalism track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,389th | 2000s rank: 578th | 2007 rank: 63rd

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 79 votes)
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03/07/2026 14:29 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,81373/100
 
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01/16/2026 10:16 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,47082/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.

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80/100
From 02/15/2018 23:04 | #208383
Love the two voices. They sound great together and individually. One of their best albums.
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From 01/30/2016 00:42 | #158161
Their breakthrough record, and also their best. It launched them into the scene and paved the way to working with producer Rick Rubin and performing at the GRAMMY's with Bob Dylan.

Tracks 1-6 are solid heartfelt songwriting.

Definitive Track: Die, Die, Die
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85/100
From 11/12/2014 20:54 | #126826
Love it!
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From 08/16/2014 06:26 | #119618
If you aren't already into the Avett Brothers, Emotionalism is the perfect place to start. This record lacks any bad tracks and has so many high points…Die Die Die, Salina, Pretty Girl From Chile, and Living of Love are the best songs.

Mignonette, however, is better…just barely.
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From 12/14/2011 15:28 | #32935
This is the album Wilco should've made as the "A Ghost Is Born" 180 degree return to the "Being There" phase. They do everything Wilco did with "Sky Blue Sky", but demonstrate more of a fresher, rootsier perspective. There are elements of funk, rock, bluegrass and punk on this album.
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