Twenty (Robert Cray album)

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Twenty
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Studio album by
Released24 May 2005
RecordedSound City Recording Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Genre Blues
Length43:18
Label Sanctuary
Producer Robert Cray, James Pugh
Robert Cray chronology
Time Will Tell
(2003)
Twenty
(2005)
Live from Across the Pond
(2006)
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Twenty is a blues album by Robert Cray. [1] It was released on May 24, 2005, through Sanctuary Records. [8]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Cray; except where indicated

  1. "Poor Johnny" – 5:01
  2. "That Ain't Love" – 4:43
  3. "Does It Really Matter" (Scott Mathews, James Pugh) – 3:54
  4. "Fadin' Away" – 3:56
  5. "My Last Regret" (James Pugh) – 3:50
  6. "It Doesn't Show" – 3:54
  7. "I'm Walkin'" (Chris Hayes, Kevin Hayes) – 3:54
  8. "Twenty" – 6:46
  9. "I Know You Will" (John Hanes, James Pugh) – 4:14
  10. "I Forgot to Be Your Lover" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 2:17
  11. "Two Steps from the End" (James Pugh) – 4:29 [1]

Personnel

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