Emotionalism is a really great record and i love it i bought the shirt and wear it proudly!!!!!!!i've never heard a record where i loved every song on it. The Avett Brothers continue to blow my mind everytime i listen to them. Keep up the good work boys. And Thank You!!!!!

i agree. i really enjoy the prominence of the banjo in a lot of these songs on this album. also enjoy the length (more avett brothers songs!)

Emotionalism is one of those rare albums that blows you away. The vocals and music on every track is stunning. I'm not sure how much more flawless you can be in an album. One of my favorites.

This is quite possibly my favorite album of all time. I am a new Avett Brothers fan...or, should I say Avett Brothers junkie!! My son told me about the band a couple of years ago, but I was less than excited about them after I found out they are a bluegrass band. Well, The Avett Brothers have put a whole different spin on bluegrass!! What they do is amazing! I first listened to the I and Love and You album...and I found myself listening to it day after day, time after time. I told my son how great the album was, and he said, just wait till you hear Emotionalism! Oh, man. What a great playlist! It's made me buy more and more and more of their perfect music. Just try to get through listening to Emotionalism without a lyric just jumping out and grabbing you! You just cannot stop yourself from singing along and tapping your toes! Die Die Die, Shame, and I Would Be Sad will make a bad day seem to disappear. Hand-Me-Down Tune blew me away the first time I heard it. I had to play it two more times to REALLY hear it. Great vocals on that song!! Living of Love and The Ballad of Love and Hate....pretty songs....so much feeling....cannot even put it into words. The Weight of Lies and All My Mistakes make you realize how much of themselves Scott and Seth put into the music (so will many other songs on other albums!!). If you haven't listened to Emotionalism yet, I really hope you will! You can't be an Avett Brothers fan and NOT like it!! )

"Amazing" would be an understatement for this album. A proper description cannot be portrayed in words.

I absolutely am addicted to this cd...but one of the funniest songs to me is Pretty Girl From Chile...where did you guys come up with this one {I can only imagine...Im from Central America and was tooooooooootally in love with a boy from the mountains of North Carolina...geeeeezz did I laugh my a** off!!} ? I love it that you guys make your songs so relatable to......well EVERYONE!! Your music.... funny,sad,lively or you name it...you guys touch every living heart that hears it! How do you do it? <3

My personal favorite Avett Brothers album. It is packed full of lovable songs with deep lyrics and timeless tunes. I drove to Myrtle Beach to see them at the House of Blues and forgot all my cd's except for this album that I already had in the player. 6 hour drive -- these songs never get old.

love it love everything about it he best avett brothers yet and personally I thinks it's the best album in he past few years love every song!

I hope it never gets old. I listen to it everyday when i get ready for work. Of their albums, imo, this is The Avetts at their best.

Before long i'm sure i'll have all of the words memorized. What an album. 5 stars!

This album is great. It's so full of heart, something that can be lack in a lot musicians album, but for you guys it comes right through

I love the blend of styles on this album. The Avett's skill as songwriters really shines on this set of tracks.

The best album - I received two Avett Bros CDs for my birthday but not this one - I'll have to buy it myself - Thanks for letting your fans listen to it via web !!! I've been spreading the word....

in the purest form.

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Now I've grown too aware of my morality to let and forget about dying.

great sound. great art work . listen over and over .

To me, this album embodies the band. Johnny Cash had "Live at Folsom Prison", Elvis had "The Sun Sessions", The Beatles had "Sgt. Pepper's...", Bob Dylan had "Blonde on Blonde", hell, Michael Jackson had "Thriller". Every artist has an album that listeners regard as what the musician(s) set out to do. This album is the Avett Brothers' masterpiece.

Every song is a work of genius, but here are my personal favorites:

- "Paranoia in Bb Major" - The tale of being out of place in your own life is so disturbing and painful that my heart sinks when I first listen. But, in the end the Avett's assure us that someone out there will save us. "If love is a game, girl, then you're gonna win...I'll spend the rest of my life bringing victory in" is my favorite twenty words in music.

- "The Weight Of Lies" - For liars, this song is a bore. For anyone who hates to lie, and has regets, this song is an inspiration. The thought of telling lies to all the people you know, but being honest to the one you love is such a twisted notion that it almost seems dirty to write a song about it. Never were words were spoken so true than when the Avett's cry "Lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down".

- "The Ballad Of Love And Hate" - This song is so simple and plain that love seems like an afterthought until you hear "her" say "you're mine and that's it, forever". Greed, hate, loneliness, and forgiveness are all meshed into one story about any two people on this Earth. This is a display of songwriting that is unrivaled in today's music.

- "I Would Be Sad" - This song is the proverbial Bloody Mary of a broken heart. Simply put, if she doesn't love you be sad, but not for long. It's a great way to explain and resolve the thought that love is mostly fleeting.

I could go on for days about every song on this album and why it is important in my life, but that'd take a book to write down. In short, this album is the most important album in the Avett's arsenal and emotion has never been sung so sweetly.

agree with all

Can't wait for ACL on Sunday nite (1/31/10) in Minnesota!! This is the album I go to everytime I log in altho' I love the country album as well !! I love Pretty Girl from Chile.

My favorite album by TAB. One minute your rocking your face off and the next it can put you to sleep with their sweet lovely tunes! Great!!!!

This album is probably my favorite by the Avetts. Its either this or Mignonette. But thats a tough decision so i hope nobody criticizes me on the prfered choice.

An all around great release, no bad song, you could place it on the shelf with the beatles and the band

This is a definite must for the Avett Collection. Shame, Die, Ballad of Love and Hate are may favs so far.

I know I've commented on this album before, but I feel like I need to comment on it again.
I discovered the Avett Brothers pretty recently, only this past summer, and this is the album that I was first introduced to. So whenever I listen to a song off this album, I immediatley think of the summertime. Even on the coldest days of December, I can pop in this cd, close my eyes and think of the times when I'm barefoot and laying out in the hot sun. Emotionalism is pretty much the epitome of amazing, I must say.
And it's pretty great when I am hanging out with my best friend, and one word can trigger our Avetty brains to start singing a song. And the songs are usually of this album, because it is so freaking fantastic!

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I haven't eyes for anyone else, I'm thinking of you, and nobody else

I've been listening to your music for a long time - since hearing you at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville, opening for Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks. But this album grabbed my wife, son, and my daughter as well. As soon as I heard "..boatloads of shame" in the song "Shame" I knew it would grab my kids. When you played live, I even got my other son - a rap and metal fan - to like your music. And "Emotionalism" is what did it. "Mignonette" sucked in two of us, but "Emotionalism" got the other three.