Album · Avett Brothers
Magpie and the Dandelion by Avett Brothers
Magpie and the Dandelion is an album by Avett Brothers, released in 2013. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Another is Waiting”, on 10 lists with a best position of #5.
Magpie and the Dandelion, the Avett Brothers' eighth studio album, arrived on American Recordings in October 2013, and it's a strange kind of sequel: every song was cut during the sessions for The Carpenter, with Rick Rubin at the desk for the third straight record after I and Love and You. The Concord, North Carolina band pitched it as an album about the wide-eyed wonder of being young, and it plays that way, looser and lighter on its feet than its older sibling.
Scott Avett's banjo and Seth Avett's guitar trade off up front, both brothers sharing lead vocals, with Bob Crawford's bass and Joe Kwon's cello filling in the grain. "Another is Waiting", premiered on NPR's All Songs Considered, is the jolt of front-porch rock and roll; "Morning Song" is the slow, aching counterweight. Critics mostly warmed to it, and it debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Magpie and the Dandelion on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another is Waiting | 10 | #5 | – | 2013–2014 | |
| 2 | Morning Song | 1 | #54 | – | 2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.