| Signs | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 15, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Studio | Swamp Raga Studios (Jacksonville, Florida) | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 46:28 | |||
| Label | Fantasy Records | |||
| Producer | Derek Trucks, Jim Scott, Bobby Tis | |||
| Tedeschi Trucks Band chronology | ||||
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Signs is the fourth studio album by American blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. The album was released on February 15, 2019, by Fantasy Records, [1] [2] on the same day that Kofi Burbridge, the band keyboardist, died. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| American Songwriter | [6] |
| Slant Magazine |  [7] |
Signs received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Signs, High Times" | Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Kofi Burbridge, Tim Lefebvre | 3:51 |
| 2. | "I'm Gonna Be There" | Trucks, Tedeschi, Anthony Cole, Doyle Bramhall II | 5:48 |
| 3. | "When Will I Begin" | Tedeschi | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Walk Through This Life" | Warren Haynes, Lefebvre, Tedeschi, Trucks | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Strengthen What Remains" | Mattison | 2:36 |
| 6. | "Still Your Mind" | Burbridge, Trucks | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Hard Case" | Mattison, Tedeschi, Trucks | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Shame" | Mattison, Lefebvre, Tedeschi, Trucks | 4:55 |
| 9. | "All The World" | Bramhall, Tedeschi, Trucks | 3:21 |
| 10. | "They Don't Shine" | Mattison, Kristina Train | 3:33 |
| 11. | "The Ending" | Tedeschi, Trucks, Oliver Wood | 5:02 |
| Total length: | 46:28 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "High & Mighty" | Bramhall, Trucks | 4:33 |
| Total length: | 51:07 | ||
Additional musicians
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] | 63 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] | 155 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] | 171 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] | 96 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [13] | 182 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] | 20 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] | 23 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 20 |
| UK Americana Albums (OCC) [17] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 [18] | 28 |
| US Folk Albums (Billboard) [19] | 2 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] | 3 |
| US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [21] | 1 |
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