Album · Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is an album by Courtney Barnett, released in 2015. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 48 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Pedestrian At Best”, on 22 lists with a best position of #4.
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett's debut album, came out on Mom + Pop on 20 March 2015, and it turns the Australian songwriter's knack for the everyday into something close to thrilling. Her deadpan delivery and witty, rambling lyrics had already won over the listeners who found her through The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas; here she plugs them into scrappy, loud indie rock that lurches from slacker shuffle to fuzzed-out garage stomp.
"Pedestrian at Best" is the full-throttle rant, all sneer and sputtering guitar, "Depreston" slows right down into something wistful, and "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party", "Elevator Operator" and "Dead Fox" keep the wry, talky songs coming. It landed on year-end best-of lists all over, and that same year she took home four ARIA Awards, with a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist to follow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedestrian At Best | 22 | #4 | – | 2015–2026 | |
| 2 | Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party | 9 | #16 | – | 2015–2025 | |
| 3 | Depreston | 9 | #17 | – | 2015–2026 | |
| 4 | Dead Fox | 5 | #36 | – | 2015–2018 | |
| 5 | Elevator Operator | 3 | #75 | – | 2015–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.