I Was Warned

I Was Warned
Studio album by Robert Cray
Released	April 1992
Recorded	Fantasy Studios, L.A.
Genre	Blues
Length	48:30
Label	Mercury
Producer	Dennis Walker
Robert Cray chronology
Midnight Stroll (1990) I Was Warned (1992) Shame + A Sin (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A–[3]
Down Beat	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Q	[4]
Rolling Stone	[4]

I Was Warned is a blues album by Robert Cray. It was released in April 1992 through Mercury Records.

Track listing

1. "Just a Loser" (Tim Kaihatsu) – 4:23
2. "I'm a Good Man" (Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:12
3. "I Was Warned" (Cray, Dennis Walker) – 7:15
4. "The Price I Pay" (Cray, Dennis Walker) – 5:06
5. "Won the Battle" (Jim Pugh, Dennis Walker) – 3:53
6. "On the Road Down" (Cray, Steve Cropper) – 4:02
7. "A Whole Lotta Pride" (Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:34
8. "A Picture of a Broken Heart" (Boz Scaggs, Dennis Walker) – 5:22
9. "He Don't Live Here Anymore" (Jim Pugh, Dennis Walker) – 5:13
10. "Our Last Time" (John Hanes, Jim Pugh) – 5:10

Personnel

• Robert Cray - guitar, vocals
• Tim Kaihatsu - guitar
• Karl Sevareid - bass
• Jim Pugh - keyboards
• Kevin Hayes - drums

Memphis Horns

• Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet, trombone

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Kot, Greg (September 24, 1992). "I Was Warned (Mercury)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "The Robert Cray Band". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. p. 189. ISBN 0312245602. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
4. "Robert Cray - I Was Warned CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
5. Boehm, Mike (September 20, 1992). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

External links

• Review by Robert Christgau for Playboy