| The Big Bad Blues | ||||
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| Released | September 21, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 39:48 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | Billy Gibbons, Joe Hardy | |||
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The Big Bad Blues is the second studio album by American rock musician Billy Gibbons. The album was released on September 21, 2018, by Concord Records. [1] [2] At the 40th Blues Music Awards, the album was named as 'Blues Rock Album of the Year'. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| American Songwriter |  [6] |
The Big Bad Blues received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on four reviews. [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Missin' Yo' Kissin'" | Gilly Stillwater | 3:19 |
| 2. | "My Baby She Rocks" | Billy Gibbons | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Second Line" | Gibbons | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Standing Around Crying" | McKinley Morganfield | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Let the Left Hand Know" | Gibbons | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Bring It to Jerome" | Jerome Green | 4:34 |
| 7. | "That's What She Said" | Gibbons | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Mo' Slower Blues" | Gibbons | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Hollywood 151" | Gibbons | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Rollin' and Tumblin'" | Morganfield | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Crackin' Up" | Ellas McDaniel | 2:42 |
| Total length: | 39:48 | ||
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 19 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] | 43 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] | 19 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [10] | 63 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] | 109 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] | 8 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] | 4 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [14] | 19 |
| US Billboard 200 [15] | 73 |
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