Strong Persuader

by Robert Cray

Strong Persuader cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:09
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Revitalizing the commercial viability of the blues for a new generation, Cray's major-label debut was a massive critical and commercial success. The remarkably crisp, modern production highlights his incredibly clean, piercing Stratocaster tone and deeply soulful vocals detailing narratives of infidelity and regret.

Genres

Descriptors: hedonism, regret, bluesy, soulful, guitars, rhythmic, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Smoking Gun (4:06)
  2. I Guess I Showed Her (3:38)
  3. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (4:19)
  4. Nothin' But A Woman (3:57)
  5. Still Around (3:42)
  6. More Than I Can Stand (2:57)
  7. Foul Play (4:06)
  8. I Wonder (3:56)
  9. Fantasized (4:03)
  10. New Blood (4:20)

Credits

  • Robert Cray - primary artist, vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Richard Cousins - bass, written-by
  • David Olson - drums, written-by
  • The Memphis Horns - horns, arranged by, performer
  • Peter Boe - keyboards, written-by
  • Lee Spath - percussion
  • Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson - tenor saxophone

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