{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = I Am the Moon | type = Studio | artist = Tedeschi Trucks Band | cover = I Am the Moon.jpg | alt = | released = September 9, 2022 | recorded = 2021–22 | studio = Swamp Raga Studios (Jacksonville, Florida) | genre = Blues rock | length = 130:28 | label = Fantasy | producer = | prev_title = Signs | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = Future Soul | next_year = 2026 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''The Arts Fuse'' |rev1score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artsfuse.org/260723/album-review-the-tedeschi-trucks-bands-i-am-the-moon-part-four-farewell/ |title=Album review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s "I Am the Moon" — part four, "Farewell" |work=The Arts Fuse |date=August 21, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=McLennan, Scott}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev2score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tedeschi-trucks-band-i-am-the-moon-1362019/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band have jams to last all summer |work=Rolling Stone |date=June 8, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Browne, David}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' |rev3score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tedeschi-trucks-band-i-am-the-moon-crescent-album-review/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band, "I Am the Moon: Crescent": album review |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Graff, Gary}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Live For Live Music'' |rev4score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/tedeschi-trucks-band-musical-masterpiece-i-am-the-moon/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band delivers musical masterpiece with "I Am the Moon" |work=Live For Live Music |date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Thomson, Rex}}</ref> |rev5 = ''NPR'' |rev5score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2022/08/30/1119926946/tedeschi-trucks-talk-i-am-the-moon-albums |title="I Am the Moon" is Tedeschi Trucks at their finest and most adventurous |work=NPR Music |date=August 30, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Kallao, Stephen; Myers, John}}</ref> |rev6 = ''Glide Magazine'' |rev6score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glidemagazine.com/277486/tedeschi-trucks-band-delivers-second-of-four-albums-in-i-am-the-moon-series-with-episode-ii-ascension-album-review/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band delivers second of four albums in "I Am the Moon" series with "Episode II: Ascension" |work=Glide Magazine |date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Hynes, Jim}}</ref> |rev7 = ''Spectrum Culture'' |rev7score = 77%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2022/07/19/tedeschi-trucks-band-i-am-the-moon-crescent-ascension/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band: I Am the Moon (Crescent & Ascension) |work=Spectrum Culture |date=July 19, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Fish, Bob}}</ref> |rev8 = ''Entertainment Focus'' |rev8score = —<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2022/06/01/tedeschi-trucks-band-i-am-the-moon-i-crescent-review/ |title=Tedeschi Trucks Band – "I Am the Moon: I. Crescent" review |work=Entertainment Focus |date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=December 23, 2025 |author=Engleson, Mark}}</ref> }}

'''''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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2022/08/30/1119926946/tedeschi-trucks-talk-i-am-the-moon-albums|title='I Am The Moon' is Tedeschi Trucks at their finest and most adventurous|website=NPR|access-date=30 March 2023|date=30 August 2022|author1=Stephen Kallao|author2=John Myers}}</ref> The completed album was released via Fantasy Records on September 9, 2022 and is the band's first since 2019's ''Signs''.

Conceptually, the project is based on the story of Layla and Majnun, a romantic poem of Arabian origin about star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fantasyrecordings.com/tedeschi-trucks-band-announces-i-am-the-moon-a-stunning-four-album-rock-n-roll-experience/ | title=Tedeschi Trucks Band Announces I Am the Moon, A Stunning Four Album Rock 'N' Roll Experience | date=20 April 2022 }}</ref>

It was ranked as the 10th best guitar album of 2022 by ''Guitar World'' readers.<ref name="GWbest22">{{cite web |last1=Horsley |first1=Jonathan |title=The best guitar albums of 2022 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-best-guitar-albums-of-2022 |website=Guitar World |publisher=Future plc |access-date=30 October 2024 |date=21 December 2022}}</ref>

==Track listing== Credits adapted from AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-am-the-moon-i-crescent-mw0003708568 | title=Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Am the Moon: I. Crescent Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}</ref> <br> '''I Am the Moon I: Crescent''' {{Track listing | total_length = 35:07 | title1 = Hear My Dear | length1 = 5:34 | writer1 = Derek Trucks, Gabe Dixon, Susan Tedeschi | title2 = Fall In | length2 = 5:47 | writer2 = Mike Mattison | title3 = I Am the Moon | length3 = 5:14 | writer3 = Dixon | title4 = Circles 'Round the Sun | length4 = 6:16 | writer4 = Trucks, Tedeschi, Tyler Greenwell | title5 = Pasaquan | length5 = 12:15 | writer5 = Brandon Boone, Trucks, Dixon, Isaac Eady, Greenwell }} '''I Am the Moon II: Ascension''' {{Track listing | total_length = 36:23 | title1 = Playing with My Emotions | length1 = 4:10 | writer1 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison | title2 = Ain't That Something | length2 = 5:28 | writer2 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi | title3 = All the Love | length3 = 9:03 | writer3 = Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell | title4 = So Long Savior | length4 = 2:39 | writer4 = Trucks, Mattison, Tedeschi | title5 = Rainy Day | length5 = 4:47 | writer5 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi | title6 = La Di Da | length6 = 4:10 | writer6 = Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi | title7 = Hold That Line | length7 = 6:06 | writer7 = Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell }} '''I Am the Moon III: The Fall''' {{Track listing | total_length = 29:58 | title1 = Somehow | length1 = 5:09 | writer1 = Dixon, Tia Sellers | title2 = None Above | length2 = 2:33 | writer2 = Mattison, Tedeschi | title3 = Yes We Will | length3 = 6:31 | writer3 = Tedeschi | title4 = Gravity | length4 = 6:44 | writer4 = Dixon, Oliver Wood | title5 = Emmaline | length5 = 3:34 | writer5 = Mattison | title6 = Take Me as I Am | length6 = 5:27 | writer6 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi }} '''I Am the Moon IV: Farewell''' {{Track listing | total_length = 29:05 | title1 = Last Night in the Rain | length1 = 4:53 | writer1 = Trucks, Dixon, Tedeschi, Greenwell | title2 = Soul Sweet Song | length2 = 3:55 | writer2 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison | title3 = D'Gary | length3 = 6:44 | writer3 = Trucks, Tedeschi | title4 = Where Are My Friends? | length4 = 5:20 | writer4 = Trucks, Mattison | title5 = I Can Feel You Smiling | length5 = 3:47 | writer5 = Trucks, Dixon, Wood | title6 = Another Day | length6 = 4:26 | writer6 = Trucks, Dixon, Mattison, Tedeschi }}

== Personnel == * Brandon Boone - bass guitar; baritone guitar (disc II 2, 4; disc III 5), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6) * Isaac Eady - drums, percussion; additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6) * Gabe Dixon - keyboards, vocals; lead vocals (disc I 1, 3; disc II 2, 7; disc III 4; disc IV 2, 4), acoustic guitar (disc I 3), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6) * Tyler Greenwell - drums, percussion; acoustic guitar (disc I 4; disc II 7), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6) * Susan Tedeschi - lead vocals (except disc I 2, 5; disc II 6; disc III 5); guitar (disc I 2, 3, 4; disc II 1, 2, 6; disc III; disc IV 4), drums (disc II 4) * Derek Trucks - lead and rhythm guitars (except disc III 1); steel guitar (disc I 2), acoustic guitar (disc I 1, 3; disc IV 4, 5), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6), percussion (disc II 4; disc IV 6), tabla (disc II 7) * Kebbi Williams - saxophone; flute (disc II 7) * Elizabeth Lea - trombone * Ephraim Owens - trumpet * Alecia Chakour - vocals; additional percussion (disc I 1, 2, 4; disc II 2, 5; disc III 1; disc IV 2, 6) * Mike Mattison - vocals; lead vocals (disc I 2; disc III 5), acoustic guitar (disc III 2, 3, 5; disc IV 6), additional acoustic guitar (disc II 6) * Mark Rivers - vocals; lead vocals (disc III 6), additional percussion (disc I 1, 2, 4; disc II 2; disc IV 6)

'''Additional musicians''' * Adrian Jackson - sousaphone (disc I 2; disc II 6; disc III 4, 5) * Paul Olsen - acoustic guitar (disc I 3; disc II 1, 6; disc III 2, 6; disc IV 1, 4) * Marc Quiñones - congas, additional percussion (disc I 3; disc II 1, 5; disc III 1, 3, 4; disc IV 2) * St. EOM - dialog (disc I 4) * Eric Krasno - lead and rhythm guitar (disc IV 4)

==Charts== '''Crescent''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|34|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|album=Signs|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|18|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|23|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardBlues|1|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |}

'''Ascension''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|album=Signs|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|17|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|17|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardBlues|1|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |}

'''The Fall''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|album=Signs|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|22|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|16|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardBlues|1|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |}

'''Farewell''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|album=Signs|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|17|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|13|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardBlues|2|artist=Tedeschi Trucks Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 7, 2023}} |}

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