Sigh No More (studio album) by Mumford & Sons

This album isn't as terrible as most people make out it out to be, there are a few great tracks on here that do give it some redeeming qualities. However, it definitely shouldn't be considered one of the greatest either as there is quite a lot wrong with the record. The vocal can be quite annoying and on some tracks it is almost unbearable but then on other tracks it is pretty decent. This album really slows down at the end as you could cut out the last 5 tracks and it would improve. Also, I think the banjo just sticks out like a sore thumb and doesn't suit this album at all and should have been removed from the album. Overall, it isn't a good album and I would struggle to call it average but it isn't the worst record ever made and there is quite a lot worse than it.

slow quiet banjo, loud fast banjo, slow quiet banjo, loud fast banjo

This album is hated on for no good reason. I agree that Mumford and Sons shouldn't have won any Grammys, but this is a good album. The quality definitely dips in the second half, but the low ratings on this are unjustified and out of spite.

From thirstyDog 10/06/2020 18:33

I remember hearing The Cave on the radio and thinking it was pretty good. Then Little Lion Man hit the airwaves and the station i listened to played it constantly. You couldn't have the radio on more than 5 minutes without that muhfucker coming on. I hated it, and I grew to hate this band.

From teague 06/30/2020 21:48

How is this in the top 10 of 2009? Above Crack the Skye? Generic, one-note, and possibly the most annoying vocals of the decade (maybe not), this album has absolutely no substance. Bold and brash? More like belongs in the trash. Please.

Is this the worst rated album that appears in the site's top 10 listing for any year? Currently 67/100

From Brad1770 10/20/2019 07:51

I don't care what anyone says ,'Sigh No More' isn't only one of the great debuts of all its of the great album period . For god sake it's more like a greatest hits album than an actual album

The opening to the album is simply sublime with

1- "Sigh No More"
followed by

2- "The Cave"
followed by

3- "Winter Winds"
followed by

4- "Roll Away Your Stone"
followed by

5- "White Blank Page"
followed by

6- "I Gave You All"
followed by

7-"Little Lion Man"

That's 7 stupidly amazing tracks to open an album

Granted the quality does dip in the back half , but they are good tracks regardless

In my younger and more vulnerable years I listened to this one and Babel on a loop but I don't care enough these days to try again

From LebowskiRams 07/30/2019 00:17

It's a good album, chill

This album is garbage