''Lucky'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Melissa Etheridge, released by
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...
on February 10, 2004. The album made a debut on
''Billboard'' 200 chart at No. 15, with almost 92,000 copies sold.
The albums lead single, "
Breathe", earned Etheridge a nomination for the
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
"Tuesday Morning" was dedicated to the memory of
Mark Bingham and his family and friends, paying tribute to all the heroes of
9/11.
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 chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ...
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 – percussion, drums,
tambourine
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*Bernie Barlow – background vocals ("Mercy")
*
Jay Bellerose – drums, programming
*Mark Browne – bass guitar
*
Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
*Jon Plum – keyboards, programming
*
Brandi Carlile – background vocals
*David Channing –
baritone guitar
*
David N. Cole – keyboards, programming
*Trace Foster – guitar, keyboards
*James Harrah – electric guitar
*Ross Hogarth – keyboards
*Richard (Rick) Hopkins –
Hammond organ
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*Rami Jaffee – keyboards
*
Matt Laug – percussion, drums
*Kipp Lennon – background vocals
*
Brian MacLeod – drums
*
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
*
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar,
mandolin
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, electric guitar
*
Josh Freese – drums
*
Blues Saraceno – electric guitar
*Philip Sayce – guitar
*
Eric Schermerhorn – electric guitar
*
John Shanks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Cameron Stone – cello
*Jonathan Taylor – programming
*Jeffrey C.J. Vanston – bass guitar, keyboards, programming
*
Patrick Warren – keyboards
Production
*Producers: Melissa Etheridge,
David N. Cole, Ross Hogarth, Rick Parashar, John Shanks
*Engineers:
David N. Cole, 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 range compression for molding mixes that ...
, 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
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Melissa Etheridge albums
2004 albums
Albums produced by John Shanks
Albums produced by Rick Parashar
Island Records albums
Albums produced by David N. Cole