Courtney Barnett’s ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit’ – a Track-by-Track Assessment

I’ve gone in to a couple of my track-by-track deep dives having never heard the album, but this was the first one I went into with almost zero familiarity with the artist.

I had read a lot of praise about Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, which made her 2015 studio debut a respectable choice for my first ever “going in cold” experiment. The album’s cheeky title suggested I’d be charmed by Barnett’s wit, if not her music.

Turns out I was quite charmed by both. This is a smart, funny, and often poignant album that warmly illuminates Barnett’s worldview while serving up some truly catchy indie pop.

  1. ‘Elevator Operator’
  2. ‘Pedestrian as Best’
  3. ‘An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)’
  4. ‘Small Poppies’
  5. ‘Depreston’
  6. ‘Aqua Profunda!’
  7. ‘Dead Fox’
  8. ‘Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party’
  9. ‘Debbie Downer’
  10. ‘Kim’s Caravan’
  11. ‘Boxing Day Blues’