Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
by Courtney Barnett
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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 216 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 198 out of 216
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 216
  3. Negative: 7 out of 216
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  1. DRauchDoes2015
    Jun 14, 2015
    6
    Courtney is such a damn clever lyricist. There are neat little one-liners and quirky storytelling abundant throughout this album. It's simultaneously aimlessly mundane in it's everyday observations, yet poised and weirdly profound in it's humdrum nature. I don't find the instrumentation quite as appealing, however. The garage/alt rock aesthetic is limited, and grows stale fast, some tracksCourtney is such a damn clever lyricist. There are neat little one-liners and quirky storytelling abundant throughout this album. It's simultaneously aimlessly mundane in it's everyday observations, yet poised and weirdly profound in it's humdrum nature. I don't find the instrumentation quite as appealing, however. The garage/alt rock aesthetic is limited, and grows stale fast, some tracks turning me away in spite of their fantastic lyrical content sheerly because they bore me on a musical level. If others can look past this limiting factor (as they seem to have) you're in for a pleasant and diverting, yet provoking listen.… Expand

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88

Universal acclaim - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Jul 28, 2015
    80
    The kind of details she hones in on are so easily overlooked, but often the most jarring. Sometimes... begs you stop to sit and think about them for a while.
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  2. The 405
    Apr 2, 2015
    85
    Barnett's emotional candour on Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit shows us that sometimes she brushes off her mistakes and sometimes she dwells on them--just like the rest of us.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 1, 2015
    80
    Sometimes I Sit And Think is littered with wry, smile-inducing couplets and wonderfully mundane detail. [May 2015, p.114]
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