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Robert Cray - The Definitive Collection
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Artist : Robert Cray
Album : The Definitive Collection
Genre : Blues
Label : Hip-O Records
Source : CDDA
Size : 102,1 MB
Quality : VBRkbps
: 44.1kHz
: Joint
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Tracklist:
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01 phone booth 03:31
02 bad influence 02:54
03 playin' in the dirt 03:47
04 smoking gun 04:08
05 i guess i showed her 03:39
06 right next door (because of me) 04:20
07 don't be afraid of the dark 03:47
08 forecast (calls for pain) 03:59
09 consequences 04:26
10 i was warned 07:15
11 i shiver 05:07
12 moan 06:00
13 trick or treat 03:12
14 love gone to waste 04:14
15 survivor 05:15
16 poor johnny 05:00
Total Runtime: 70:34 min
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Release Notes: Robert Cray's musical strengths, which include an
economic, elegant and melodic guitar approach and a soulful and
unthreatening vocal style, have led many blues purists to question his
authenticity in the genre, but to his credit, Cray has ignored all that
and fashioned an approachable legacy that treats the blues as a vital
ingredient in a kind of soul/blues mix that looks forward as much as it
enfolds the past. This is an artist, remember, who managed to get the
blues, even if it was somewhat sanitized, into regular rotation on MTV
in the 1980s, and if he seems more jazz than Delta in his guitar playing,
well, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. Cray's main talent may
be in synthesis, but he can still get you good in a cutting contest.
This 16-track compilation spans Cray's recording career beginning with
his Hightone Records debut, Bad Influence from 1983 (nothing from
Cray's first LP, 1980s Who's Been Talkin' on Tomato Records, is
included here) and runs through his lengthy stint with Mercury Records
to his more recent turns with Rykodisc and Sanctuary Records. What
becomes obvious in listening to this sequence is how remarkably
consistent Cray has been in his sound, even as he has grown more to
the soul side of things. The blues is always there, just beneath the
surface, and his broad accessibility is impressive. What's perhaps
even more impressive is Cray's songwriting, which has opened up to
include several political songs of late, and he is doing what many
more acclaimed contemporary blues players have shied away from. He
is addressing his times, all within the context of his style. This
collection makes an adequate introduction to Cray's work, and it
features key tracks like "Phone Booth," "Smoking Gun" and "I Was
Warned," but one gets the feeling that it might be a bit premature,
that Cray's best and most innovative work might still be up and around
the bend.
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