This Time (2009)

Product Summary Label: VANGARD YEARS UPC: 00015707996020 Release Date: 8/11/2009 Buy.com Sku: 211481119 Item#: M4PW6Q Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Chicken in the Kitchen ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 2. I Can't Fail ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 3. Love 2009 ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 4. That's What Keeps Me Rockin' ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 5. This Time ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 6. To Be True ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 7. Forever Goodbye ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 8. Trouble & Pain ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band 9. Truce ~ Robert Cray/Robert Cray Band World-renowned American blues guitarist Robert Cray releases his eighteenth album with The Robert Cray Band entitled This Time. Since his 1980 album debut Who's Been Talkin, Cray's unique playing style and distinct sound has become the bridge between traditional and contemporary blues -- a signature blend of rhythm and blues, pop, rock, soul, and traditional blues that introduced old and new fans to a more contemporary sound. Track List: 1 Chicken in the Kitchen 2 In Can’t Fail 3 Love 2009 4 That’s What Keeps Me Rockin’ 5 This Time 6 To Be True 7 Forever Goodbye 8 Trouble and Pain 9 Truce   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Jim Pugh (keyboards); Richard Cousins (bass guitar); Tony Braunagel (drums). Audio Mixers: Don Smith ; Martin Pradler. Recording information: Santa Barbara Sound Design, Santa Barbara, CA. Photographer: Erika Goldring. Because of the five-year gap between studio albums and a major overhaul of his touring and recording band, THIS TIME is being touted as the beginning of a new era in soul/bluesman Robert Cray's long career. For better or worse, that's not really the case, as this is another in a long line of classy, well- produced, and immaculately played and sung releases from the always dependable Cray. The ballads, especially the slow-burning seven-minute title track, are some of the finest he has penned, although the singer/guitarist's well-worn themes of the emotional disconnects between the sexes haven't changed. Upbeat, more lighthearted material such as the opening "Chicken in the Kitchen," the organ-led jazzy "That's What Keeps Me Rockin'," and the tough Memphis groove of "Trouble & Pain," a tune that sounds like an Otis Redding outtake, alter the generally serious mood. The same holds for the jaunty Caribbean-inflected rhythms of "To Be True." But even though this isn't much different from Cray's previous 14 studio releases, it's a consistently engaging set that will please his existing fans.. Producer: Robert Cray Engineer: Don Smith; Bob White   Compilation Appearances Vol. 2-Genuine Houserockin' Mu Journeyman Hail Hail Rock N Roll Blues Summit Live In Europe Swamp Boogie Queen Deluxe Edition Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition Pure Blues Alligator Records 30th Anniver Martin Scorsese Presents: The Best Of The Blues Essential Best Of The Blues Vol 2 Best Of The Blues Vol 2 Lightning In A Bottle American Music:hightone Records Story Blues Masters 50 Years:john Lee Hooker Anthology   Associated Artists and Works Showdown! ~ Collins, Albert Collins, Albert Showdown! ~ Copeland, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Blues Summit ~ King, B. B. Blues Summit ~ King, B.B. King, B.B.   Technical Info Release Date : 08/11/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : 79960 Label : Vanguard Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00015707996020    Product Image