Strong Persuader is the fifth studio album by American blues singer and guitarist Robert Cray. It was recorded by Cray at the Los Angeles studios Sage & Sound and Haywood's with producers Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker,[1] before being released on November 17, 1986, by Mercury Records and Hightone Records.[2]Strong Persuader became his mainstream breakthrough and by 1995 it had sold over two million copies.[3] The record was later ranked No. 42 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 80's.[4]
