| That's What I Heard | ||||
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| Released | February 28, 2020 | |||
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| Length | 47:53 | |||
| Label | Nozzle | |||
| Producer | Steve Jordan | |||
| Robert Cray chronology | ||||
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That's What I Heard is a studio album by American musician Robert Cray. It was released on February 28, 2020, under Nozzle Records. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| American Songwriter |  [4] |
| And It Don't Stop |  [5] |
"That's What I Heard " was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 83, based on 6 reviews. [2] Reviewing in his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau highlighted the songs "This Man", "Burying Ground", and "My Baby Likes to Boogalo", while writing in the summary of the album: "At 66, one of the sharpest songwriters ever to identify bluesman identifies the abuser in the house and invents a dance called the FBI". [5] Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote in his review: "At a time when deep Southern soul isn't doing a whole lot better than the blues in the marketplace, Robert Cray is an effective cheerleader for both forms." [3]
That's What I Heard received the Soul Blues Album award at the 2021 Blues Music Award. [6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anything You Want" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Burying Ground" | 2:58 |
| 3. | "You're the One" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "This Man" | 5:06 |
| 5. | "You'll Want Me Back" | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Hot" | 3:44 |
| 7. | "Promises You Can't Keep" | 5:55 |
| 8. | "To Be With You" | 2:54 |
| 9. | "My Baby Likes to Boogaloo" | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Can't Make Me Change" | 5:03 |
| 11. | "A Little Less Lonely" | 4:19 |
| 12. | "Do It" | 3:25 |
| Chart (2020 | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] | 75 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] | 47 |
| US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [9] | 1 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [10] | 55 |
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