Shoulda Been Home

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Shoulda Been Home
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Studio album by
Robert Cray
ReleasedMay 15, 2001
Recorded Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Blues
Length52:45
Label Rykodisc
Producer Steve Jordan
Robert Cray chronology
Take Your Shoes Off
(1999)		Shoulda Been Home
(2001)		 Time Will Tell
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pop Matters Positive [1]
Rolling Stone Mixed [2]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]

Shoulda Been Home is a 2001 album by blues musician Robert Cray consisting of 12 fresh tracks, seven of them written or co-written by Cray. [3] It was released with Rykodisc Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Cray; except where indicated

  1. "Baby's Arms" – 2:55
  2. "Already Gone" – 6:32
  3. "Anytime" (Jim Pugh) – 5:26
  4. "Love Sickness" (Bonnie "Mack" Rice) 2:59
  5. "I'm Afraid" – 3:11
  6. "No One Special" – 4:47
  7. "Out of Eden" (Jim Pugh) – 9:19
  8. "Cry for Me Baby" (Mel London) – 3:06
  9. "Far Away" (Cray, S. Turner) – 6:24
  10. "Renew Blues" (Cray, Jim Pugh, Kevin Hayes, Karl Sevareid) – 1:02
  11. "Help Me Forget" – 4:18
  12. "The 12 Year Old Boy" (Mel London) – 2:46 [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Untitled". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ↑ [ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 "Shoulda Been Home - Robert Cray | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . Retrieved 23 May 2021– via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 145. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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