That's What I Heard

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 Robert Cray
Released	February 28, 2020
Genre	Blues Southern soul
Length	47:53
Label	Nozzle
Producer	Stevie J
Robert Cray chronology
4 Nights of 40 Years Live (2015) That's What I Heard (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
And It Don't Stop	[4]

Critical reception

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 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]

Track listing

That's What I Heard track listing

No.	Title	Length
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"	3:5
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

Chart performance for That's What I Heard

Chart (2020	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	75
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	47
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[8]	1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[9]	5

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
2. 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. 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. "Offiziellecharts.de – Robert Cray Band – That's What I Heard" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Robert Cray Band – That's What I Heard". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
8. "Robert Cray Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
9. "Robert Cray Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2020.