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Cray, a five-time Grammy winner, originally released Strong Persuader, his fifth studio album, in 1986 — his major label debut. Stinging urban blues by way of Texas and Memphis distinguish Cray's guitar mastery — since the release of Strong Persuader, Cray has gone on to record 15 Billboard-charting studio albums and has written or performed with everyone from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray ...
3. Aug. 2020 · With outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound from first note to last, this is a superb copy of Strong Persuader – exceptionally quiet vinyl too. This is the album that propelled Cray into the mainstream, earning him a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 80’s, 5 stars on AMG, and endless accolades from critics and ...
4:02. Robert Cray - Strong persuader. 4:18. I Guess I Showed Her. 3:39. I Wonder. 3:57. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1986 Vinyl release of "Strong Persuader" on Discogs.
Strong Persuader received rave reviews from contemporary critics. In a review for Rolling Stone, Jon Pareles said Cray delivered intriguing stories about sex and infidelity with disciplined singing, songwriting, and "a version of blues and soul that doesn't come from any one region, building an idiom for songs that tell with conversational directness the stories of ordinary folks".
2. Aug. 2023 · While Cray’s sense of what was happening on the American rock scene in late 1986 is accurate, it modestly downplays the accomplishments of the singer-guitarist and his backing trio. In February of that year, Strong Persuader — Cray’s fourth album — hit Number Thirteen on the Billboard pop-albums chart, making it the highest-charting ...
28. Jan. 2024 · Stinging urban blues by way of Texas and Memphis distinguish Robert Cray's major-label debut, which followed three strong independent releases. Here he fleshes out his sound with bursts of brassy Southern soul courtesy of the Memphis Horns, but keeps his pungent, steely guitar solos out front in an engaging dialogue with his plaintive vocals ...
Horns [Arranged By, Played By] – The Memphis Horns; Keyboards – Peter Boe; Management [Direction] – Mike Kappus, The Rosebud Agency; Mastered By – Bernie Grundman; Mixed By – Bill Dashiell (tracks: A5, B3 to B5), Jeff Hendrickson (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2)
