| False Accusations | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Sage & Sound, Music Lab & Haywoods, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 38:23 | |||
| Label | Hightone | |||
| Producer | Bruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker | |||
| The Robert Cray Band chronology | ||||
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False Accusations is the third studio album by the Robert Cray Band, released 1985. [1] [2]
In the same year, Cray won the W.C. Handy Award for best male artist of 1985.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [4] |
| Rolling Stone | Favorable [5] |
| The Village Voice | A− [6] |
The Boston Globe listed the album among the best of 1985, writing that Cray "melds soul-style vocals with masterful blues guitar." [7]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (RMNZ) [8] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [9] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States | — | 350,000 [10] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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