| Mignonette | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Avett Brothers |
| Cover: | Mignonette album.jpg |
| Released: | July 27, 2004[1] |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 73:04 |
| Label: | Ramseur |
| Producer: | The Avett Brothers |
| Prev Title: | A Carolina Jubilee |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Mignonette is a 2004 album by the American folk rock band the Avett Brothers. The album, released by Ramseur Records on July 27, 2004, was written and produced by Seth Avett, Scott Avett, and Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers, featuring additional vocals from their sister Bonnie Avett Rini and their father Jim Avett, who wrote and performed the song "Signs" in the 1970s.[2] The album was preceded by the February 2004 release of the EP "Swept Away," also on Ramseur Records.[3] The album was adapted into a musical, Swept Away, which premiered in 2022 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and on Broadway in 2024 at the Longacre Theatre.[4]
The album was named after the eponymous English yacht that sank in the 1880s off the Cape of Good Hope, leaving the crew of four stranded on a lifeboat. The cabin boy, Richard Parker, was killed and eaten by the others, two of whom were later put on trial and convicted of murder.[5] [6]
The album was released on vinyl for the first time in November 2024 to mark the twenty year anniversary of the album.