Home / Music / Bad Influence was Robert Cray's pre-breakthrough second albumMusic linernotes album music the-robert-cray-bandBad Influence was Robert Cray's pre-breakthrough second albumBad Influence was released in 1983 on Hightone Records. It was Robert Cray’s second studio album and helped establish him before his mainstream breakthrough with Strong Persuader in 1986. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesDennis Walker and Bruce Bromberg produced Robert Cray's Bad Influence — a million-sellerThe Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main actTango in the Night featured all five classic Fleetwood Mac membersPeter Gabriel's Passion outgrew the film it was made forBrian Eno's Music for Films actually made it into filmsExploreThe Rodgers and Hart Songbook reached No. 11 on the Billboard chartsThe Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers was released on 23 April 1971Isaac Hayes' Shaft soundtrack arrived in July 1971 on Stax's Enterprise labelOrnette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come was cut in one dayAlvin Lucier's The Shutout was released in 1970Previous Bad to the Bone was George Thorogood's major label debutNext An Electric Storm was recorded in a converted London flat