Some Rainy Morning

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Some Rainy Morning
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Studio album by
Released1995
Recorded Studio D (Sausalito, California)
Genre Blues
Length51:04
Label Mercury
Producer Robert Cray
Robert Cray chronology
Shame + A Sin
(1993)
Some Rainy Morning
(1995)
Sweet Potato Pie
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Some Rainy Morning is a blues album by Robert Cray, released in 1995 through Mercury Records. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Moan" (Cray) - 6:01
  2. "I'll Go On" (Cray) - 4:11
  3. "Steppin' Out" (Howard Grimes, Andrew Hall, Earl Randle) - 4:48
  4. "Never Mattered Much" (Cray) - 4:46
  5. "Tell the Landlord" (Cray, Kevin Hayes, Karl Sevareid) - 4:53
  6. "Little Boy Big" (Cray) - 5:12
  7. "Enough for Me" (Cray, Kevin Hayes) - 6:20
  8. "Jealous Love" (King Curtis, Bobby Womack) - 4:13
  9. "Will You Think of Me" (Cray, Jimmy Pugh) - 5:29
  10. "Holdin' On" (Jimmy Pugh) - 6:31
  11. "Love Well Spent" (Jimmy Pugh, Kenney Dale Johnson) (bonus track; only on European edition) - 4:45

Personnel

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References

  1. "Some Rainy Morning - Robert Cray, Robert Cray Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 144. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. Himes, Geoffrey (September 8, 1995). "ROBERT CRAY'S STEADY ASCENT" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. Strauss, Neil (August 12, 1995). "MUSIC REVIEW; Courteous Robert Cray And a Friend: Heartbreak". The New York Times.