Artist: Robert Cray
Title Of Album: The Definitive Collection
Year Of Release: Feb 27, 2007
Label: Hip-O Records
Genre: Blues
Format: MP3
Quality: VBR kbps I 44.1 Khz I Joint Stereo
Total Time: 1 h 10 min 24 sec
Total Size: 105 mb

Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Warren Rand (saxophone); Mike Vannice, Peter Boe (keyboard); Richard Cousins (bass instrument); David Olson (drum).

Liner Note Author: Scott Schinder.

Released in 2007, this 16-track compilation presents an excellent overview of Robert Cray's first 25 years of recording. Although it shares many tracks with 1999's HEAVY PICKS--including, of course, the Georgia-based bluesman's ominous '86 hit, "Smoking Gun"--DEFINITIVE COLLECTION tops that set by extending its reach to '05 with the wistful "Poor Johnny," making it the more comprehensive anthology.

Tracklist
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1. Phone Booth (3:30)
2. Bad Influence (2:54)
3. Playin' In The Dirt (3:46)
4. Smoking Gun (4:07)
5. I Guess I Showed Her (3:38)
6. Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (4:19)
7. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (3:47)
8. Forecast (Calls For Pain) (3:59)
9. Consequences (4:26)
10. I Was Warned (7:14)
11. I Shiver (5:06)
12. Moan (5:59)
13. Trick Or Treat (3:11)
14. Love Gone To Waste (4:14)
15. Survivor (5:15)
16. Poor Johnny (4:59)