Strong Persuader

Infobox Album |
Name = Strong Persuader
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:unkxlffe5cqt link]
*"Rolling Stone" (very favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/robertcray/albums/album/244433/review/6067492/strong_persuader link]
Last album = "False Accusations"
(1985)
This album = "Strong Persuader"
(1986)
Next album = "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"
(1988)Released in 1986, "Strong Persuader" was Robert Cray's breakthrough album to the mainstream. "Strong Persuader" also became a nickname for Cray.

It was preceded by "False Accusations" (1985) and followed by "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1988).

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."

Track listing

#"Smoking Gun" (Amy, Cousins, Cray)
#"I Guess I Showed Her" (Cray)
#"Right Next Door (Because Of Me)" (Walker, Cray)
#"Nothin' but a Woman (featuring The Memphis Horns)" (Cousins, Cray, Boe, Bomberg, Olson)
#"Still Around" (Cray)
#"More Than I Can Stand" (Cray)
#"Foul Play" (Cray)
#"I Wonder" (Cray)
#"Fantasized" (Cray)
#"New Blood" (Cray)

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

Charts

Album

1987 Billboard 200 No. 13

ingles

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

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qc6uakok5m3v Robert Cray's Strong Persuader at Allmusic.com]