| The Carpenter | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | the Avett Brothers |
| Cover: | The Carpenter (The Avett Brothers) cover art.jpg |
| Released: | September 11, 2012 |
| Recorded: | Asheville, Venice Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles |
| Genre: | Indie rock, folk rock, folk punk, roots rock, Americana |
| Length: | 46:40 (iTunes Edition) |
| Label: | American |
| Producer: | Rick Rubin |
| Prev Title: | Live, Volume 3 |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Magpie and the Dandelion |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
The Carpenter is the seventh studio album by folk rock group the Avett Brothers. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, who'd produced their previous full-length studio album, I and Love and You.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The album was listed at #41 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying, " The palette ranges from Nineties grunge to wintry front-porch lamentation to Beatles bounce, tied together by a sweet Southern-bro sentimentality."[5]
Upon its release, The Carpenter by The Avett Brothers received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 24 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews." First and foremost, The Carpenter has received positive or favorable reviews from the following publications: About.com, AllMusic, Alt Rock Live, Alternative Press, American Songwriter, The Austin Chronicle, The A.V. Club, Christianity Today, diffuser.fm, Entertainment Weekly, The Lantern, musicOMH, Paste, PopMatters, Pitchfork, Punknews.org, Rolling Stone and Taste of Country. On the other hand, The Carpenter got mixed reviews from the following publications: Consequence of Sound, The Guardian, The Independent, The Milk Carton, NME, Pop 'stache and Thank Folk for That.
| Chart (2012) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top Billboard 200[7] | 143 |
| US Billboard Top Rock Albums[8] | 40 |
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