That's What I Heard is a studio album by American musician, Robert Cray. It was released on February 28, 2020 under Nozzle Records.[5]

That's What I Heard
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)
Genre
Length47:53
LabelNozzle
ProducerSteve Jordan
Robert Cray chronology
4 Nights of 40 Years Live
(2015)
That's What I Heard
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
And It Don't Stop(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[4]

Critical reception

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"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.[1] 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".[4] 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."[2]

Awards

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

Track listing

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Horowitz, Hal (February 27, 2020). "Robert Cray Expands Boundaries on His Exuberant New Release". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 8, 2020). "Consumer Guide: July, 2020". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "2021 Blues Music Award Winners". The Blues Foundation. Retrieved 13 June 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.