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| Released | 9 June 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 London | |||
| Genre | Post-punk revival, indie rock, dance-punk, indietronica | |||
| Label | Moshi Moshi Records | |||
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Luck is the third studio album by artist Tom Vek, released on 9 June 2014. The first single "Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)" was released on 11 April 2014.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How Am I Meant to Know" | 2:38 |
| 2. | "Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)" | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Broke" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Pushing Your Luck" | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Ton of Bricks" | 5:36 |
| 6. | "Trying to Do Better" | 4:58 |
| 7. | "The Girl You Wouldn't Leave for Any Other Girl" | 4:19 |
| 8. | "A Mistake" | 4:06 |
| 9. | "You'll Stay" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "The Tongue Avoids the Teeth" | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Let's Pray" | 3:52 |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| NME |   [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | [3] |
| musicOMH | [4] |
Luck received generally favourable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 72 based on 14 reviews. [5]
Sofie Jenkinson from The Line of Best Fit called the album, "the vehicle for one of the most unusual and malleable voices in Britain today." and gave the album a score of 85/100. [6]
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