''Lucky'' is the eighth album by singer-songwriter

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and its lead ...

, released in 2004. Lucky made a debut on Billboard chart at No. 15 with almost 92,000 copies sold. "Tuesday Morning" is dedicated to the memory of

Mark Bingham Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 – September 11, 2001) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. During the September 11 attacks in 2001, he was a passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93. ...

, his family and friends, paying tribute to all the heroes of

9/11 The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial ...

. Shortly after the album's release, Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer and was forced to cancel all promotion to undergo

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherap ...

treatments.

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted #"Lucky" – 3:58 #"This Moment" (Etheridge, Shanks) – 3:27 #"If You Want To" – 3:08 #"Breathe" ( Armstrong, Dwiggins, Jordan, Randall, Wanninger) – 3:15 #"Mercy" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:20 #"Secret Agent" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:52 #"Will You Still Love Me" – 4:13 #"Meet Me in the Dark" – 5:34 #"Tuesday Morning" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:49 #"Giant" – 5:15 #"Come on Out Tonight" – 3:12 #"Kiss Me" – 3:54 #"When You Find the One" – 4:06

Credits

Personnel

*Melissa Etheridge – acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, lead vocals *

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ene ...

– percussion, drums,

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

*Bernie Barlow – background vocals ("Mercy") *

Jay Bellerose Jay Bellerose is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Biography Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended ...

– drums, programming *Mark Browne – bass guitar *

Paul Bushnell Ednaswap was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, that existed between 1993 and 1998. Over a span of five years, the band released four major label records on East West, Elektra Records and Island Records. The band is best know ...

– bass guitar *Jon Plum – keyboards, programming *

Brandi Carlile Brandi Marie Carlile ( ; born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer whose music spans many genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. , Carlile has released seven studio albums. She has ...

– background vocals *David Channing – baritone guitar *

David N. Cole David Cole is a record producer, who has worked with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Melissa Etheridge, Richard Marx, Steve Miller Band, Emerson Drive, NSYNC, and many others. Early career In 1976, David Cole began working as a Staff Enginee ...

– keyboards, programming *James Harrah – electric guitar *Ross Hogarth – keyboards *Richard (Rick) Hopkins –

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

*Rami Jaffee – keyboards *

Matt Laug Matt Laug (born March 17, 1968) is an American drummer who has played with many bands/artists such as Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, Slash's Snakepit and Vasco Rossi. Matt moved to Los Angeles after graduating from South Florence High School ...

– percussion, drums *Kipp Lennon – background vocals * Brian MacLeod – drums *

Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was). Biography Muhoberac has worked with acts including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, B ...

– keyboards *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– acoustic guitar,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, electric guitar * Josh Freese – drums *

Blues Saraceno Blues Saraceno (born October 17, 1971) is an American rock guitarist, composer and music producer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He was discovered by ''Guitar for the Practicing Musician'' magazine at the age of 16, which assis ...

– electric guitar *

Eric Schermerhorn Eric Schermerhorn is an American guitarist and composer. He played with Iggy Pop on the '' American Caesar'' and ''Naughty Little Doggie'' albums, and David Bowie on the Tin Machine '' It's My Life Tour'' (as background vocalist and guitarist ...

– electric guitar *

John Shanks John Matthew Shanks (born December 18, 1964) is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist. Early life and education John Matthew Shanks was born in New York City. Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 years old. He was in a ban ...

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Cameron Stone – cello *Jonathan Taylor – programming *Jeffrey C.J. Vanston – bass guitar, keyboards, programming *

Patrick Warren Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', '' Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series ' ...

– keyboards

Production

*Producers: Melissa Etheridge,

, Ross Hogarth, Rick Parashar, John Shanks *Engineers:

, Marc DeSisto, Ross Hogarth, Terese Joseph, Christian Mack, Rick Parashar, Jeff Rothschild, Mark Valentine *Assistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Jaime Sickora *Mixing: Ross Hogarth,

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play wel ...

, Geoff Ott, Rick Parashar *Digital editing: David Channing, Christian Mack *Tracking assistants: Sergio Chavez, Mark Kiczula, Joey Paradise, Jeremy Parker, Shawn "Fox" Phelps *A&R: Jeff Fenster, Tara Podolsky, Paul Pontius *Production coordination: Steven Girmant *Coordination: Shari Sutcliffe *Assistants: Chris Reynolds, Honchol Sin, Jason Warner *Creative director: Rick Patrick *Art direction: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden *Design: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden *Illustrations: Tavis Coburn *Photography: Cynthia Daniels

Charts

Singles – Billboard (North America)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Melissa Etheridge albums 2004 albums Albums produced by John Shanks Albums produced by Rick Parashar Island Records albums Albums produced by David N. Cole