Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (album)

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For other uses, see Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (disambiguation).
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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Studio album by Robert Cray
Released August 8, 1988
Genre Urban blues[1]
Length 41:28
Label Mercury
Producer Bruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker
Robert Cray chronology
Strong Persuader
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1988		 Midnight Stroll
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[2]
Chicago Sun-Times 4/4 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[3]
The Village Voice A–[4]

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, released in 1988, was American blues musician Robert Cray's follow-up to Strong Persuader. It was unable to match the mainstream success of Strong Persuader; peaking at #32 on Billboard 200 and staying on the charts for 60 weeks.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (Cray, Walker) – 3:47
  2. "Don't You Even Care?" (Cray) – 3:56
  3. "Your Secret's Safe with Me" (Boe, Walker) – 4:52
  4. "I Can't Go Home" (Cray) – 4:23
  5. "Night Patrol" (Amy) – 4:43
  6. "Acting This Way" (Boe, Cousins) – 4:26
  7. "Gotta Change the Rules" (Cray) – 3:24
  8. "Across the Line" (Amy, Boe, Cray, Olson) – 4:07
  9. "At Last" (Cray, Sermersheim) – 3:30
  10. "Laugh Out Loud" (Walker) – 4:20

Personnel

  • Fidel Bell – assistant engineer
  • Peter Boe – keyboards
  • Charlie Brocco – mixing assistant
  • Bruce Bromberg – producer
  • Richard Cousins – bass
  • Robert Cray – guitar, vocals
  • Bill Dashiell – engineer
  • Deborah Feingold – photography
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Jeff Hendrickson – mixing
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
  • Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • The Memphis Horns – arranger, horn, horn arrangements
  • Dave Olson – drums
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Chris Thompson – design
  • Dennis Walker – producer

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[6] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[7] Platinum 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  2. ↑ Allmusic Review
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone Review on cduniverse
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  5. ↑ Billboard.com
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  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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