Heavy Picks: The Robert Cray Band Collection

by The Robert Cray Band

Heavy Picks: The Robert Cray Band Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:15
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Nolan Smith, Bruce Bromberg, David Olson, Buster Jones, Tom Murphy, Larry Sloven, Dennis Walker, Richard Cousins, Curtis Salgado, Warren Rand, David Stewart, Nat Dove, Mike Vannice

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Heavy Picks' anthologizes The Robert Cray Band, whose polished blues and soul-inflected guitar playing brought the genre back to American rock radio in the 1980s. Cray's clean guitar tone and Stax-influenced arrangements define the set.

Genres

Descriptors: guitar-driven, crooning, rhythmic, traditional, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Phone Booth (3:28)
  2. The Forecast (Calls For Pain) (4:03)
  3. Smoking Gun (4:05)
  4. Playin' In The Dirt (3:42)
  5. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (3:49)
  6. Too Many Cooks (2:50)
  7. The Dream (5:32)
  8. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (4:16)
  9. Consequences (4:27)
  10. Bad Influence (2:51)
  11. I Guess I Showed Her (3:37)
  12. I Shiver (5:08)
  13. Trick Or Treat (3:11)
  14. I Was Warned (7:16)

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