For True

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For True
Trombone Shorty - For True.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Studio New Orleans (Number C Studios, The Music Shed); North Hollywood, (Dave's Room) [1]
Genre Jazz
Length44:39
Label Verve Forecast
Producer Ben Ellman
Trombone Shorty chronology
Backatown
(2010)
For True
(2011)
Say That to Say This
(2013)
Singles from For True
  1. "Do to Me"
    Released: August 16, 2011

For True is a studio album by American jazz musician Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews. The album was released on September 13, 2011 on Verve Forecast Records as a follow up to his major label debut, Backatown (2010). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and was his first album to chart on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Buckjump" (featuring Rebirth Brass Band and 5th Ward Weebie) Troy Andrews, Mike Ballard4:03
2."Encore" (featuring Warren Haynes)Andrews, Lamont Dozier 4:03
3."For True"Andrews, Ballard2:53
4."Do to Me" (featuring Jeff Beck)Andrews, Ryan Montbleau 4:37
5."Lagniappe (Part 1)"Andrews, Clarence Slaughter, Dan Oestreicher1:09
6."The Craziest Things"Andrews, David Ryan Harris 3:19
7."Dumaine St."Andrews2:37
8."Mrs. Orleans" (featuring Kid Rock)Andrews, Alonzo Stevenson, RJ Ritchie 3:21
9."Nervis" (featuring Cyril and Ivan Neville)Andrews, Cyril Neville 3:09
10."Roses"Andrews, Montbleau3:02
11."Big 12"Andrews3:22
12."Unc"Andrews2:54
13."Then There Was You" (featuring Ledisi)Andrews, Ledisi Young, Rex Rideout, Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders 4:33
14."Lagniappe (Part 2)"Andrews, Slaughter, Oestreicher1:37
Total length:44:39
iTunes bonus track [5]
No.TitleLength
15."Yoy"2:53

Personnel

Per liner notes [1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
French Albums Chart [6] 71
German Albums Chart [7] 73
Swiss Albums Chart [8] 47
US Billboard 200 [9] 72
US Billboard Jazz Albums [10] 1
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart [11] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard Jazz Albums [12] 11

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