Nothin but Love


Nothin but Love is the 16th studio album by the American blues guitarist Robert Cray. It was released on August 28, 2012, through Provogue Records. It was his first studio album since 2009's This Time. The album was released on CD and vinyl.

Critical reception

In AllMusic, Hal Horowitz said, "The differences in Robert Cray albums are subtle but noticeable to fans of the veteran soul-bluesman. He retains the same backing trio on this 2012 release as on 2009's studio disc, with the only major difference in personnel being the addition of noted roots producer Kevin Shirley... The description of how a wrecked marriage is revealed in the empty residence a couple left behind in 'Great Big Old House' is prime Cray, too, and a worthy successor to any of his other popular busted matrimony songs. Even if the guitarist has worked this terrain plenty of times before, he is still refining and even improving the template. That makes this another quality entry in a catalog of albums over a three-decade-and-counting-year career that has remarkably few weak spots."

Track listing

  1. "Won't Be Coming Home"
  2. "Worry"
  3. "I'll Always Remember You"
  4. "Side Dish"
  5. "A Memo"
  6. "Blues Get Off My Shoulder"
  7. "Fix This"
  8. "I'm Done Cryin'"
  9. "Great Big Old House"
  10. "Sadder Days"

Limited Edition Deluxe Version

11. "You Belong to Me"
The Limited Edition Deluxe Version also includes an extended booklet with The Making of the album by Henry Yates, as well as other album information.

Personnel

;Robert Cray Band
;Additional personnel
  • Jeff Bova - string arrangements
  • Ron Dziubla - saxophone
  • Vincenzo Giammanco - photography
  • Chad Jensen - management
  • Jeff Katz - photography
  • Roy Koch - artwork
  • Jared Kvitka - engineer
  • Kevin Shirley - mixing, producer
  • Lee Thornburg - horn arrangements, trombone, trumpet
  • Leon Zervos - mastering