That's What I Heard

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That's What I Heard
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Studio album by
Robert Cray
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)
Genre
Length47:53
Label Nozzle
Producer Steve Jordan
Robert Cray chronology
4 Nights of 40 Years Live
(2015)		That's What I Heard
(2020)

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
And It Don't Stop Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [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 "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]

Awards

That's What I Heard received the Soul Blues Album award at the 2021 Blues Music Award. [6]

Track listing

That's What I Heard track listing
No.TitleLength
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

Charts

Chart performance for That's What I Heard
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

References

  1. ↑ Ehrenclou, Martine (January 13, 2020). "Robert Cray To Release New Album, 'That's What I Heard' Shares New Single". Rock and Blues Muse. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ Horowitz, Hal (February 27, 2020). "Robert Cray Expands Boundaries on His Exuberant New Release". American Songwriter . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (July 8, 2020). "Consumer Guide: July, 2020" . And It Don't Stop. Substack . Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2021 Blues Music Award Winners". The Blues Foundation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Robert Cray Band – That's What I Heard" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Robert Cray Band – That's What I Heard". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Robert Cray Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Robert Cray Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
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