Strong Persuader

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Strong Persuader
Strong Persuader cover
Studio album by Robert Cray
Released November 1986
Recorded Sage & Sound, Los Angeles; Haywood's, Los Angeles
Genre Blues
Length 39:34
Label Mercury
Producer Bruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker
Professional reviews
Robert Cray chronology
Showdown (A Collins & J Copeland)
(1985)		 Strong Persuader
(1986)		 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(1988)

Released in 1986, Strong Persuader was Robert Cray's breakthrough album to the mainstream and his small fanbase grew significantly. "Strong Persuader" also became a nickname for Cray.

As far as studio albums go, False Accusations came before it in 1985, and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark was his next release, in 1988.

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[edit] Lyrics

Cray's music contains sometimes sexual lyrics, which are showcased on Strong Persuader. Some lyrics from "Fantasized," for example: "She had sugar-sweet lips and magical hips just like I fantasized, what a slow ride, she moaned and she cried just like I fantasized."

[edit] Critical praise

In 1989, Strong Persuader was ranked #42 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Smoking Gun" (Amy, Cousins, Cray)
  2. "I Guess I Showed Her" (Cray)
  3. "Right Next Door (Because Of Me)" (Walker, Cray)
  4. "Nothin' But A Woman (featuring The Memphis Horns)" (Cousins, Cray, Boe, Bomberg, Olson)
  5. "Still Around" (Cray)
  6. "More Than I Can Stand" (Cray)
  7. "Foul Play" (Cray)
  8. "I Wonder" (Cray)
  9. "Fantasized" (Cray)
  10. "New Blood" (Cray)

[edit] Credits

  • Fidel Bell - mixing assistant
  • Charlie Brocco - mixing assistant
  • Peter Boe - keyboards
  • Bruce Bomberg - producer
  • Richard Cousins - bass
  • Robert Cray - main performer, guitar, vocals
  • David Olson - drums
  • Lee Spath - percussion
  • Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson - trumpet, trombone

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

1987 Billboard 200 No. 13

[edit] Singles

  • 1987 "Smoking Gun" Billboard Hot 100 No. 22
  • 1987 "Smoking Gun" Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2


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