I Am the Moon

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I Am the Moon
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2022
Recorded2021–22
StudioSwamp Raga Studios (Jacksonville, Florida)
Genre Blues rock
Length130:28
Label Fantasy Records
Tedeschi Trucks Band chronology
Signs
(2019)
I Am the Moon
(2022)

I Am the Moon is the fifth studio album by American blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. It is a quadruple album which was initially released in four separate parts over consecutive full moons in 2022: Crescent (released on June 3), Ascension (released on July 1), The Fall (released on July 29) and Farewell (released on August 26), with each album including a corresponding short film. [1] The completed album was released via Fantasy Records on September 9, 2022 and is the band's first since 2019's Signs .

Contents

Conceptually, the project is based on the story of Layla and Majnun, a romantic poem of Arabian origin about star-crossed lovers. [2]

It was ranked as the 10th best guitar album of 2022 by Guitar World readers. [3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [4]
I Am the Moon I: Crescent

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hear My Dear" Derek Trucks, Gabe Dixon, Susan Tedeschi 5:34
2."Fall In" Mike Mattison 5:47
3."I Am the Moon"Dixon5:14
4."Circles 'Round the Sun"Trucks, Tedeschi, Tyler Greenwell6:16
5."Pasaquan"Brandon Boone, Trucks, Dixon, Isaac Eady, Greenwell12:15
Total length:35:07

I Am the Moon II: Ascension

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Playing with My Emotions"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison4:10
2."Ain't That Something"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi5:28
3."All the Love"Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell9:03
4."So Long Savior"Trucks, Mattison, Tedeschi2:39
5."Rainy Day"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi4:47
6."La Di Da"Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi4:10
7."Hold That Line"Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell6:06
Total length:36:23

I Am the Moon III: The Fall

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somehow"Dixon, Tia Sellers5:09
2."None Above"Mattison, Tedeschi2:33
3."Yes We Will"Tedeschi6:31
4."Gravity"Dixon, Oliver Wood 6:44
5."Emmaline"Mattison3:34
6."Take Me as I Am"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi5:27
Total length:29:58

I Am the Moon IV: Farewell

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Last Night in the Rain"Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell4:53
2."Soul Sweet Song"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison3:55
3."D'Gary"Trucks, Tedeschi6:44
4."Where Are My Friends?"Trucks, Mattison5:20
5."I Can Feel You Smiling"Trucks, Dixon, Wood3:47
6."Another Day"Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi4:26
Total length:29:05

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Crescent

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 34
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 18
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 23
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

Ascension

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 16
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 17
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 17
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

The Fall

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 14
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 22
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 16
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

Farewell

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 14
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 17
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 13
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [8] 2

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