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The Carpenter (album)

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Released
  
September 11, 2012

Artist
  
The Avett Brothers

Producer
  
Rick Rubin

Length
  
46:40 (iTunes Edition)

Release date
  
11 September 2012

Label
  
Republic Records

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Recorded
  
Asheville, Venice Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles

The Carpenter (2012)
  
Magpie and the Dandelion (2013)

Genres
  
Americana, Roots rock, Folk punk

Similar
  
The Avett Brothers albums, Americana albums

The Carpenter is the seventh studio album by folk rock group The Avett Brothers. The album was produced by Rick Rubin who produced their previous full-length studio album, I and Love and You.

Contents

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."

Reception

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.

Personnel

The Avett Brothers

  • Seth Avett – Lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ
  • Scott Avett – Lead and backing vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Bob Crawford – Upright and electric bass, backing vocals, trumpet on "Down With The Shine" [uncredited]
  • Joe Kwon – Cello
  • Jacob Edwards - Drums, percussion, trombone on "Down With The Shine" [uncredited]

    • Additional Musicians

  • Lenny Castro - Percussion on all songs excluding "A Father's First Spring"
  • Benmont Tench - Organ on "The Once & Future Carpenter", "A Father's First Spring", "Life", "Paul Newman vs. The Demons", "Through My Prayers", Mellotron on "A Father's First Spring", Harmonium on "Through My Prayers", Piano on "Winter In My Heart"
  • Chad Smith - Drums on "Live & Die", "Down With The Shine", "Paul Newman vs. The Demons"
  • Steven Nistor - Drums on "A Father's First Spring"
  • Ryan Hewitt - Percussion on "February Seven"
  • Charlotte & Hattie Webb - Backing vocals on "Life"
  • Doug Wamble - Slide guitar on "Live & Die"
  • Blake Mills - Electric guitar on "Live & Die"
  • Dana Neilsen - Chimes on "I Never Knew You"
  • April Cap - Oboe on "Through My Prayers"
  • Geoff Nudell - Bass clarinet on "Through My Prayers"
  • Ed Roth - Piano on "Through My Prayers"
  • Danny Moynahan - Saw on "Winter In My Heart"

    • Production

  • Jake Sinclair - Additional engineering on "Down With the Shine"
  • Tucker Martine - Additional engineering on "A Father's First Spring"
  • Jordan Silva, Jon Ashley, Julian Dreyer, Evan Bradford and Evan Hill - Recording assistants

    • Songs

    1The Once And Future Carpenter4:52
    2Live And Die4:31
    3Winter In My Heart4:55

    References

    The Carpenter (album) Wikipedia
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