ROBERT CRAY - STRONG PERSUADER

ELEMENTAL / MERCURY

£25.18

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 700196
Barcode: 0600753975473
Release Date: 22 Sep 2023
Genre: Rock

Limited gatefold. Rolling Stone magazines #42 in 'must have' 80's albums.

Strong Persuader is the fifth studio album by American blues singer and guitarist Robert Cray.
It was recorded by Cray at the Los Angeles studios Sage & Sound and Haywood's with producers Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker

THE FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM BY AMERICAN BLUES SINGER AND GUITARIST ROBERT CRAY, STRONG PERSUADER WAS RECORDED AT THE LOS ANGELES STUDIOS SAGE & SOUND AND HAYWOOD'S UNDER PRODUCERS BRUCE BROMBERG AND DENNIS WALKER. RELEASED BY MERCURY RECORDS AND HIGHTONE RECORDS ON NOVEMBER 17, 1986, IT MARKED CRAY'S MAINSTREAM BREAKTHROUGH AND BY 1995 IT HAD SOLD OVER TWO MILLION COPIES. THE ALBUM WAS RANKED #42 ON ROLLING STONES' LIST OF THE 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE '80S.

SIDE A:
1. SMOKING GUN
2. I GUESS I SHOWED HER
3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR
4. NOTHIN' BUT A WOMAN
5. STIL AROUND

SIDE B:
6. MORE THAN I CAN STAND
7. FOUL PLAY
8 . I WONDER
9. FANTASIZED
10. NEW BLOOD