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Robert Cray

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,012

1,469
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  239
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  4,796
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  7,090
Genres
- Blues
  
  of 748
  
  439
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  6,377
- R&B & Soul
  
  of 1,920
  
  829
- Rock
  
  of 8,170
  
  3,914

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1980s

2.5544

1990s

1.6493

2000s

0.8134

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Robert Cray is ranked overall as 2.2636 out of 4 stars

2.2636

Robert Cray Biography

Formed:

August 1953

Genres:

Blues, Pop, R&B & Soul, Rock, Miscellaneous

Labels:

Charlin/france Cd's, Hightone Records, Hip-O, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Msi Music, Polygram, Polygram Label Group, Rhino Records, Ryko Distribution, Sanctuary Records Group, Universal Records, Universal Special Products/umv, Vanguard Records

History:

Tin-eared critics have frequently damned him as a yuppie blues wanna-be whose slickly soulful offerings bear scant resemblance to the real down-home item. In reality, Robert Cray is one of a precious few active blues artists with the talent and vision to successfully usher the idiom into the future without resorting either to slavish imitation or simply playing rock while passing it off as blues. Just as importantly, his immensely popular records helped immeasurably to jump-start the ...more

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