Robert Cray – Strong Persuader (VG/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1986

Strong Persuader is an LP by Robert Cray from 1986 released on the Mercury label.

About this album

Strong Persuader is the album that pushed Robert Cray from respected bluesman to mainstream breakthrough. Released in 1986, it sharpened his blend of blues, soul and rock into a contemporary electric sound that crossed over well beyond the genre’s core audience. Produced by Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker, the record pairs Cray’s cool, expressive guitar with restrained, emotionally precise songwriting, and the single Smoking Gun became his signature hit. Together with songs like Right Next Door (Because of Me) and Nothin’ But a Woman, the album helped define modern blues-rock in the 1980s and remains one of Cray’s most acclaimed releases.