Strong Persuader

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Strong Persuader
Strong Persuader cover
Studio album by Robert Cray
Released November 1986
Recorded  ?
Genre Blues
Length 39:34
Label Mercury
Producer(s)  ?
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 to gigantic proportions. He would forever be listed with such great names as Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. To some, Cray also became one of the first blues sex symbols to emerge in decades. Many people liked this album better than his others because of all the smooth jazz influences, combined with Cray's great talent on the blues guitar. Fittingly, "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.

Contents

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."

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

  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)

  • Fidel Bell - Mixing Assistant
  • Charlie Brocco - Mixing Assistant
  • Peter Boe - Keyboard
  • Bruce Bomberg - Producer
  • Richard Cousins - Bass
  • Robert Cray - Main Performer, Guitar, Vocals

1987 Billboard 200 No. 13

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


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