- jazz
- 43 min
- 14 tracks
- Verve Forecast
Backatown is an album released by jazz musician Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews. The album was released in 2010 by Verve Forecast Records and was produced by Galactic's Ben Ellman. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and was nominated for the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, classical in form, cool and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Each outlet on its own scale.
- Allmusic4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Billboard89/100
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Hurricane Season3:20
- 2On Your Way Down3:36
- 3Quiet as Kept3:04
- 4Something Beautiful3:41
- 5Backatown2:47
- 6Right to Complain2:56
- 7Neph3:02
- 8Suburbia3:19
- 9In the 6th3:16
- 10One Night Only (The March)2:49
- 11Where Y’at2:59
- 12Fallin’3:45
- 13The Cure3:39
- 14928 Horn Jam0:55
14 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Trombone Shorty
- Label
- Verve Forecast
- Released
- April 20, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Cumbiana II 202288% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Gumbo 201787% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- The Promise 200387% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Hi 202186% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Next Stop: Main Road 199186% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Evil Ways 200185% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- White Van Music 200885% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- Beyond Appearances 198585% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
Making It So 202378% alikeBook · Both classical in form, grave, spare.
The Floating World 202576% alikeBook · Both classical in form, grave, cool.