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. At the 40th Blues Music Awards, the album was named as 'Blues Rock Album of the Year'. Critical reception 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. Track listing Personnel Billy Gibbons: Guitar, Harmonica & Vox James Harman: Harmonica Joe Hardy: Fender Bass Guitar Elwood Francis: Guitar & Harmonica Greg Morrow: Drums Matt Sorum: Drums Mike Flanigin: Keyboards Charts References 2018 albums Concord Records albums