That's What I Heard
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{{Infobox album
| name = That's What I Heard
| type = studio
| artist = Robert Cray
| cover = Robert Cray - That's What I Heard.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2020|02|28}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 47:53
| label = Nozzle
| producer = Steve Jordan
| prev_title = 4 Nights of 40 Years Live
| prev_year = 2015
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That's What I Heard is a studio album by American musician Robert Cray. It was released on February 28, 2020, under Nozzle Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2020/01/13/robert-cray-to-release-new-album-thats-what-i-heard-shares-new-single/|title=Robert Cray To Release New Album, 'That's What I Heard' Shares New Single|website=Rock and Blues Muse|last=Ehrenclou|first=Martine|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|MC=83/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/thats-what-i-heard/robert-cray-band|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=May 9, 2020}}
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-what-i-heard-mw0003348916|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Deming|first=Mark|access-date=May 9, 2020}}
|rev2=American Songwriter
|rev2score={{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/robert-cray-thats-what-i-heard-album-review/|title=Robert Cray Expands Boundaries on His Exuberant New Release|website=American Songwriter|last=Horowitz|first=Hal|date=February 27, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020}}
|rev3 = And It Don't Stop
|rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=July 8, 2020|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/consumer-guide-july-2020|title=Consumer Guide: July, 2020|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|access-date=August 6, 2020|url-access=subscription}}
}}
"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. Reviewing in his "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau highlighted the songs "This Man", "Burying Ground", and "My Baby Likes to Boogalo", while writing in the 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". 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."
Awards
That's What I Heard received the Soul Blues Album award at the 2021 Blues Music Award.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline =That's What I Heard track listing
|title1=Anything You Want
|length1=3:52
|title2=Burying Ground
|length2=2:58
|title3=You're the One
|length3=2:49
|title4=This Man
|length4=5:06
|title5=You'll Want Me Back
|length5=3:58
|title6=Hot
|length6=3:44
|title7=Promises You Can't Keep
|length7=5:55
|title8=To Be With You
|length8=2:54
|title9=My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
|length9=3:50
|title10=Can't Make Me Change
|length10=5:03
|title11=A Little Less Lonely
|length11=4:19
|title12=Do It
|length12=3:25
}}
Charts
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| Chart (2020)
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| {{album chart|Germany4|id=403519|75|artist=Robert Cray Band|album=That's What I Heard|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 9, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|47|artist=Robert Cray Band|album=That's What I Heard|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 9, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardBlues|1|artist=Robert Cray|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 9, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|55|artist=Robert Cray|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 9, 2020}} |