Big Moon Ritual

Big Moon Ritual is the debut studio album by American blues rock band Chris Robinson Brotherhood. It was released on June 5, 2012,^[2] and was recorded during the same sessions as the band's second album, The Magic Door, which would be released three months later.^[12]

Big Moon Ritual
Studio album by Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Released	June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
Recorded	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA[1]
Genre	Blues rock
Length	60:28[2]
Label	Silver Arrow Records[1]
Producer	Thom Monahan[3]
Chris Robinson Brotherhood chronology
Big Moon Ritual (2012) The Magic Door (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blues Rock Review	8/10[5]
Classic Rock	[6]
Consequence of Sound	[7]
The Independent	[8]
Mojo	60/100[4]
NME	8/10[9]
The Observer	[10]
Uncut	8/10[11]

Track listing

All songs by Chris Robinson, except where noted.^[13]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tulsa Yesterday"	Robinson, Neal Casal	11:54
2.	"Rosalee"		9:05
3.	"Star or Stone"		9:32
4.	"Tomorrow Blues"		7:07
5.	"Reflections on a Broken Mirror"		7:37
6.	"Beware, Oh Take Care"	Robinson, Casal	7:46
7.	"One Hundred Days of Rain"	Robinson, Casal	7:27

"Rosalee", "Star or Stone", "Tomorrow Blues" and "Reflections on a Broken Mirror" published by Psychedelic Hippopotamus (BMI). "Tulsa Yesterday", "Beware, Oh Take Care" and "One Hundred Days of Rain" published by Psychedelic Hippopotamus (BMI)/Grand Island Music (ASCAP).^[1]

Personnel

Chris Robinson Brotherhood^[3]

• Chris Robinson – lead vocals, guitar
• Neal Casal – guitar, vocals
• Adam MacDougall – keyboards, vocals
• Mark Dutton – bass, vocals
• George Sluppick – drums

Others^[3]

• Thom Monahan – engineer, mixing, production
• Nicolas Essig – assistant
• Geoff Neal – assistant
• Bruno Borges – artwork
• Alan Forbes – artwork (CRB lettering/label art)^[1]