Album · Avett Brothers
True Sadness by Avett Brothers
True Sadness is an album by Avett Brothers, released in 2016. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ain't No Man”, on 21 lists with a best position of #4.
True Sadness, the ninth studio album from the Avett Brothers, came out on June 24, 2016, through American Recordings and Republic Records, with Rick Rubin producing. The band from Concord, North Carolina, is brothers Scott and Seth Avett, who both sing lead and trade off banjo, guitar and piano, with Bob Crawford on bass and Joe Kwon on cello, and their usual stew of bluegrass, country, punk nerve and pop melody gets a bigger, bolder frame this time.
"Ain't No Man" opens the record with a stomp and a clap, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance, while the album was up for Best Americana Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The making of it was filmed for May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers, the 2017 documentary from Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from True Sadness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ain't No Man | 21 | #4 | – | 2016–2026 | |
| 2 | No Hard Feelings | 8 | #22 | – | 2018–2025 | |
| 3 | True Sadness | 9 | #13 | – | 2016–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.