TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Robert Cray
Robert Cray
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.2632
Robert Cray Album Rankings
1
One of Cray's best albums ever, and the one that etched him into the consciousness of blues aficionados prior to his mainstream explosion.
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2
The set that made Cray a pop star, despite its enduring blues base.
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3
Back in the mid-'80s, Robert Cray was touted as one of the fastest-rising young voices of the blues world.
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4
It's evident right from the start that Robert Cray's aiming for a Memphis soul groove onTake Your Shoes Off.
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5
Perhaps the most telling tune onShoulda Been Homeis theT-Bone Walker-influenced "Renew Blues," not because of the style, but because the slow blues fades out after just one tiny minute.
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6
Robert Cray contributed a revelatory "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" toHail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, the filmed tribute to Chuck Berry, a bluesman who smelled the American dream and turned to rock & roll.
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7
Underestimating Robert Cray is a real danger.
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8
Almost twenty years ago, Cray made his good name withStrong Persuader, an excellent album that demonstrated his prowess as a serious blues-guitar slinger and a gifted singer-songwriter.
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9
Robert Cray is still on his career-long mission to yank the blues out of its nostalgic torpor.
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10
The follow-up to Strong Persuader suffers in comparison, but has its moments, especially "Playin' In The Dirt.
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11
Cray's most confident soul outing also features the Memphis Horns . Recorded in Memphis to capture an authentic Stax-era sound, this is Cray's most infectious work in years.
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12
Fans will be jarred by the lack of horn accompaniment for the first time in Cray's career, but the switch works well, yielding a more intimate sound and quieting critics who complain that Cray is ove
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13
The Dean Martin of the blues has finally put out an album with some grit. As a staunch fan of blues music for most of my life, I do not suffer blues fools and poseurs very well.
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14
Bluesman Robert Cray has occasionally been critized for mixing pop and funk elements in his music but no such criticism can be made about this CD reissue of his recording debut.
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22
This one starts promisingly, with the title track, reminiscent of his work on Strong Persuader , and the searing "Don't You Even Care," but suffers after that from forgettable songs.
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