Sold Date: August 8, 2021
Start Date: July 15, 2021
Final Price: $19.99 (USD)
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This was given to me as a gift years ago. Never played. Still in factory shrink BUT OPEN.  NO CUT OUT on sleeve.   Visually inspected high gloss vinyl with a no fade perfect label....... as expected (never played).     No stickers, no marks, no writing.  Priced as NM used for quick sale.  Don't miss out.

Electrifying  urban blues by RobertCray. Here he fleshes out his sound with bursts of brassy Southern soul courtesy of the , but keeps his pungent, steely guitar solos out front in an engaging dialogue with his plaintive vocals. Released in 1986, Strong Persuader signaled that Cray, as a writer--like his contemporary --had something to say about his interior life beyond the usual blues man's laments, an approach that pays homage to the music's rich traditions while suggesting new areas of inquiry.

Cray's commercial breakthrough. The single 'Smokin' Gun" spearheaded yet another blues revival. This album is a strong collection of blues and R&B-based songs steeped in the tradition of Bobby Bland, 0. V. Wright, Stax Records, and guitar styling of equal parts Steve Cropper and Albert Collins. The songs are thematically linked-all deal with cheating and its ramifications-and give Cray an anguished, contemporary persona.

Tracks include: . Smoking Gun 2. I Guess I Showed Her 3. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) 4. Nothin' But A Woman 5. Still Around 6. More Than I Can Stand 7. Foul Play 8. I Wonder 9. Fantasized 10. New Blood