Love and Luck (album)

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Love and Luck
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1994
Genre Country
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown, Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart chronology
Let There Be Country
(1992)
Love and Luck
(1994)
The Marty Party Hit Pack
(1995)

Love and Luck is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Marty Stuart, released in 1994. Nearly all the songs were written or co-written by Stuart himself. The album includes the singles "Love and Luck" and "Kiss Me, I'm Gone". "Wheels" is a cover of The Flying Burrito Brothers, and "If I Give My Soul" of Billy Joe Shaver.

Contents

Daniel Gioffre of Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, praising the covers of Shaver and the Byrds and saying that the album "shows his range nicely". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love and Luck" Marty Stuart, Bob DiPiero 3:50
2."Kiss Me, I'm Gone"Stuart, DiPiero3:02
3."Wheels" Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman 3:11
4."I Ain't Giving Up On Love"Stuart, Harlan Howard 2:46
5."That's What Love's About"Stuart3:51
6."Marty Stuart Visits the Moon" (instrumental)Stuart3:17
7."Oh, What a Silent Night"Stuart, Howard3:29
8."Shake Your Hips"James Moore, Slim Harpo 2:32
9."You Can Walk All Over Me"Stuart, Wayne Perry 2:28
10."That's When You'll Know It's Over"Butch Carr, Russ Zavitson3:18
11."If I Give My Soul" Billy Joe Shaver 4:21

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [2]

Musicians (all tracks except "Love and Luck")
Musicians on "Love and Luck"
Technical

Chart performance

Chart (1994)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums28
U.S. Billboard 200141
Canadian RPM Country Albums6

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References

  1. "Love and Luck - Marty Stuart | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. Love and Luck (CD booklet). Marty Stuart. MCA Records. 1994. 10880.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)