For True

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For True
File:Trombone Shorty - For True.jpg
Studio album by Trombone Shorty
Released September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded New Orleans (Number C Studios, The Music Shed); North Hollywood, (Dave's Room)[1]
Genre Jazz
Length 44:39
Label Verve Forecast
Producer Ben Ellman
Trombone Shorty chronology
Backatown
(2010)Backatown2010
For True
(2011)
Say That to Say This
(2013)Say That to Say This2013
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.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 67/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[4]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Buckjump" (featuring Rebirth Brass Band and 5th Ward Weebie) Troy Andrews, Mike Ballard 4:03
2. "Encore" (featuring Warren Haynes) Andrews, Lamont Dozier 4:03
3. "For True"   Andrews, Ballard 2:53
4. "Do to Me" (featuring Jeff Beck) Andrews, Ryan Montbleau 4:37
5. "Lagniappe (Part 1)"   Andrews, Clarence Slaughter, Dan Oestreicher 1:09
6. "The Craziest Things"   Andrews, David Ryan Harris 3:19
7. "Dumaine St."   Andrews 2:37
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, Montbleau 3:02
11. "Big 12"   Andrews 3:22
12. "Unc"   Andrews 2:54
13. "Then There Was You" (featuring Ledisi) Andrews, Ledisi Young, Rex Rideout, Drew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders 4:33
14. "Lagniappe (Part 2)"   Andrews, Slaughter, Oestreicher 1:37
Total length:
44:39

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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