Name: This Time
Brand: Welk
SKU: 53591113
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This Time

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Album: This Time
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Chicken In The Kitchen	More Info...
2)	I Can't Fail	More Info...
3)	Love 2009	More Info...
4)	That's What Keeps Me Rockin'	More Info...
5)	This Time	More Info...
6)	To Be True	More Info...
7)	Forever Goodbye	More Info...
8)	Trouble And Pain	More Info...
9)	Truce	More Info...
10)	Keep Loving Me Baby (Bonus Track)	More Info...

Album: This Time
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Chicken In The Kitchen	More Info...
2)	I Can't Fail	More Info...
3)	Love 2009	More Info...
4)	That's What Keeps Me Rockin'	More Info...
5)	This Time	More Info...
6)	To Be True	More Info...
7)	Forever Goodbye	More Info...
8)	Trouble And Pain	More Info...
9)	Truce	More Info...
10)	Keep Loving Me Baby (Bonus Track)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Because of the five-year gap between studio albums and a major overhaul of his touring and recording band, THIS TIME is being touted as the beginning of a new era in soul/bluesman Robert Cray's long career. For better or worse, that's not really the case, as this is another in a long line of classy, well- produced, and immaculately played and sung releases from the always dependable Cray. The ballads, especially the slow-burning seven-minute title track, are some of the finest he has penned, although the singer/guitarist's well-worn themes of the emotional disconnects between the sexes haven't changed. Upbeat, more lighthearted material such as the opening "Chicken in the Kitchen," the organ-led jazzy "That's What Keeps Me Rockin'," and the tough Memphis groove of "Trouble & Pain," a tune that sounds like an Otis Redding outtake, alter the generally serious mood. The same holds for the jaunty Caribbean-inflected rhythms of "To Be True." But even though this isn't much different from Cray's previous 14 studio releases, it's a consistently engaging set that will please his existing fans..

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (p.41) - "'Love 2009' rocks gently with shimmering tremolo guitar, 'To Be True' has a slight Caribbean accent and 'Trouble & Pain' features a grittier vocal..."