Gettin' Lucky

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Gettin' Lucky
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1977
Recorded1976
Genre Hard rock
Label A&M
Producer Richard Podolor
Head East chronology
Get Yourself Up
(1976)
Gettin' Lucky
(1977)
Head East
(1978)
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Gettin' Lucky is an album by the American band Head East. [2] It was released in 1977 on A&M Records. Along with Flat as a Pancake and Head East Live!, it is one of their most renowned releases. The album peaked at No. 136 on the Billboard pop albums chart. [3]

Contents

The album was re-released together with Head East on CD as a double album.

Personnel

Track listing

  1. "Gettin' Lucky" (Huston, Somerville)
  2. "Back in My Own Hands" (Birney, Somerville)
  3. "Show Me I'm Alive" (Birney)
  4. "Take It on Home" (Huston)
  5. "Dancer Road" (Birney)
  6. "Don't Let Me Sleep in the Morning" (Somerville)
  7. "Sands of Time" (R Boyd)
  8. "Call to Arms and Legs" (L Boyd, Huston)
  9. "Time Has a Way" (Huston)
  10. "Every Little Bit of My Heart" (Boyd, Schlitt)

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References

  1. "Gettin' Lucky Review by Richard Foss". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. Youngblood, Wayne L. (Oct 14, 2005). "Reissues". Goldmine. Vol. 31, no. 21. p. 34.
  3. "Artist / Head East". Billboard Database.