Closer Than Together

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Closer Than Together
The Avett Brothers Closer Than Together.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2019
Recorded2019
Length55:24
Label American, Republic
Producer Rick Rubin
The Avett Brothers chronology
True Sadness
(2016)
Closer Than Together
(2019)
The Third Gleam
(2020)

Closer Than Together is the tenth studio album by American folk rock band the Avett Brothers. The album was released on October 4, 2019, by American Recordings and Republic Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 52/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 4/10 [5]
Paste 5.2/10 [6]

Closer Than Together received generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 52, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 4 reviews. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bleeding White"3:36
2."Tell the Truth"3:22
3."We Americans"6:23
4."Long Story Short"4:05
5."C Sections and Railway Trestles"4:33
6."High Steppin'"3:21
7."When You Learn"4:06
8."Bang Bang"4:12
9."Better Here"3:50
10."New Woman's World"4:04
11."Who Will I Hold"4:22
12."Locked Up"3:18
13."It's Raining Today"6:10
Total length:55:24

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 28
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [8] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [9] 4

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