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Live from Across the Pond | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Robert Cray Band
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 66643
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79815
UPC: 157079815216
EAN: 0015707981521
ASIN: B000GY73IW
Release Date: September 12, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Phone Booth | | • | Poor Johnny | | • | Our Last Time - Robert Cray, Pugh, Jim | | • | Right Next Door (Because of Me) - Robert Cray, Walker, Dennis | | • | 12 Year Old Boy - Robert Cray, London, M.R. | | • | I Guess I Showed Her - Robert Cray, Walker, Dennis | | • | The Things You Do to Me |
Disc 2
| • | I Was Warned | | • | Twenty | | • | Bad Influence | | • | The One in the Middle - Robert Cray, Pugh, Jim | | • | Back Door Slam - Robert Cray, Hayes, Bonnie | | • | Time Makes Two | | • | I'm Walkin' - Robert Cray, Hayes, Chris |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Subtlety is both a blessing and curse for Robert Cray. In the studio, his increasingly restrained arrangements have served to frame his growing mastery of classic Memphis soul, allowing his soaring, vibrato-rich voice to carry tunes that directly echo the Stax years. That can work well live, too, and does so here in "Phone Booth" and the funky distillation "Back Door Slam," an ode to sexy down-home belters like Little Johnnie Taylor. But too often Cray downplays his incendiary guitar abilities on stage, which makes long numbers like "The One in the Middle" interminable, and leaves this two-disc live set--recorded during a week of shows opening for Eric Clapton at London's Royal Albert Hall in May 2006--full of cold spots. Things heat up whenever Cray picks up his Stratocaster in earnest, whether he's plucking out fat, singing notes a la Albert Collins in his radio hit "I Guess I Showed Her" or weaving a slow, soulful path through the bridge of the ballad "The Things You Do to Me," using his whammy bar and unpredictable variations on the melody to conjure shades of introspection. Overall, this set will please Cray's die-hard fans, but is unlikely to lure new listeners. --Ted Drozdowski
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lured and hooked! October 9, 2008
Jonathan Sherman (www.TheMarriageAcademy.com)
Ted Drozdowski in the Amazon.com Editorial Review above says, "Overall, this set will please Cray's die-hard fans, but is unlikely to lure new listeners." Well, my colleague just gave me this CD to listen to as she was appalled that as a long-time lover of the blues that I had never heard Cray before. Sorry, Ted, I have to say this set both lured and hooked this new listener. I'm thoroughly grooving to this excellent live concert and superb artist--great to chill to in a dark quiet room or rock out to while driving. --Jonathan Sherman
Love the CD January 27, 2008
L. Wheat (Texas, USA)
Live from Across the Pond Typically not a huge fan of live CD's, this seems to be very well engineered. A good mix of driving beats, great song writing with soulful ballads. I'm a true fan of Robert Cray's BB King inspired style. Continues to become more soulful at his craft. I don't think you'll be disappointed. Highly Recommend.
Excellent April 18, 2007
C. Nicks (Houston Area)
Dont like his politics, but love his music. Good to finally get a live CD.
 Increasingly dull April 4, 2007
M. Moore (Fremont, CA USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I saw Robert Cray on this tour and have seen him more than 10 times. We just him opening for Clapton last month. Sadly, his live shows get duller every year. He seems to be stuck playing these mid-tempo songs from his playbook that just aren't that interesting. Phone Booth and Our Last Time are slowed down to the point where they have lost whatever charm they once possesed. Songs such as Bouncin Back, Consequences, Picture of a Broken Heart, or Survivor would have made a much stronger playlist.
There are some bright lights on this album: I Was Warned and Time Makes Two are riveting and intense. It is time for Cray to get some new collaborators as he and his longtime band have settled into a deep and somnambulent rut.
There are many better ways to enjoy Cray's music than this. I strongly recommend Strong Persuader and I Was Warned as the best ways into his songbook.
marvelous March 23, 2007
David A. Graff
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Refer to my first review of the Robert Cray Band. There is nothing to add.
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