Robert Cray - Strong Persuader

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Album Details

Title: Strong Persuader
Artist: Robert Cray
Release Date: 1986
Re-Released On: 1/12/1993
Label: Mercury, Mobile Fidelity
Duration: 39:34
UPCs: 042283056824, 0042283056824, 015775156425, 042283056817, 042283056848
Genre: Blues
Styles: Soul, Soul-Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Retro-Soul
Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Refined/Mannered, Slick, Earthy, Reserved, Smooth, Sophisticated, Stylish, Warm, Bittersweet, Bright, Earnest, Elegant, Passionate, Reverent
Total Copies: 17
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Smoking Gun
I Guess I Showed Her
Right Next Door (Because of Me)
Nothin' But a Woman
Still Around
More Than I Can Stand
Foul Play
I Wonder
Fantasized
New Blood

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1993	CD	Mobile Fidelity	564
1986	CD	Mercury	830568-2

Other Editions

No other editions were found for this album.

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Album Review

The set that made Cray a pop star, despite its enduring blues base. Cray's smoldering stance on "Smoking Gun" and "Right Next Door" rendered him the first sex symbol to emerge from the blues field in decades, but it was his innovative expansion of the genre itself that makes this album a genuine 1980s classic. "Nothing but a Woman" boasts an irresistible groove pushed by the Memphis Horns and some metaphorically inspired lyrics, while "I Wonder" and "Guess I Showed Her" sizzle with sensuality. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Aaron Rapoport	Photography
Andrew Love	Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Bill Dashiell	Mixing, Engineer
Bill Levy	Art Direction
Bruce Bromberg	Producer
Charlie Brocco	Mixing Assistant
Dave Olson	Drums
Dennis Walker	Producer
Fidel Bell	Mixing Assistant
Henry Diltz	Photography
Jeff Hendrickson	Mixing
Kosh	Cover Design
Larry Sloven	Executive Producer
Lee Spath	Percussion
Peter Boe	Keyboards
Richard Cousins	Bass
Robert Cray	Vocals, Performer, Guitar
The Memphis Horns	Horn Arrangements
Toni Greene	Mixing Assistant
Wayne Jackson	Trumpet, Horn, Trombone

Member Reviews

Felicia J. (FMJ) wrote on 1/8/2008...

On "Strong Persuader," Robert Cray combined soulful vocals, crisp guitar slinging and funky horns to produce an R&B classic. You'll want to listen to it again and again, and the melodies will get stuck in your head.

Laura K. (cornmaiden8) wrote on 6/13/2007...

Classic Blues. A great break-up album.