Luck of the Draw | ||||
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Released | June 25, 1991 | |||
Recorded | September 1990–February 1991 | |||
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Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 53:39 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Singles from Luck of the Draw | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Calgary Herald | A− [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Robert Christgau | A [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Orlando Sentinel | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
The Windsor Star | A [9] |
Luck of the Draw is the eleventh studio album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1991.
After being nominated for Grammy awards in four different categories for the album Nick of Time , Raitt went for a creative retreat in Northern California to begin work on Luck of the Draw. "I did it on purpose to see if I could come up with anything," Raitt said in 1991. "In case I won, I wanted to make sure that I had done some writing and didn't feel that Nick of Time was a fluke. I didn't want to win just 'cause I quit drinking and spent twenty years not making any money, you know? There wasn't enough. So I basically forced myself to go to songwriting boot camp. There were three of four days when it didn't happen — but because I didn't have alcohol or unhappiness or anything to get in the way, it started to open up and I started three of the four songs of mine that are on this album. And then it didn't matter if I won or not, because I had proved to myself that it was okay."
The album surpassed Nick of Time's commercial success, having sold seven million copies in the United States alone by 2010, and was supported by a 180-date tour from 1991 to 1993. It replicated much of her U.S. success overseas as well, selling two million in France and Italy. It remains Raitt's biggest-selling recording to date.
In the liner notes, Raitt dedicated this album to blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who died in 1990 and had encouraged her to stop abusing alcohol, writing: "still burning bright".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Something to Talk About" | Shirley Eikhard | 3:47 |
2. | "Good Man, Good Woman" | 3:33 | |
3. | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | 5:32 | |
4. | "Tangled and Dark" | Bonnie Raitt | 4:52 |
5. | "Come to Me" | Raitt | 4:20 |
6. | "No Business" | John Hiatt | 4:24 |
7. | "One Part Be My Lover" |
| 5:06 |
8. | "Not the Only One" | Paul Brady | 5:03 |
9. | "Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)" |
| 2:43 |
10. | "Slow Ride" |
| 3:59 |
11. | "Luck of the Draw" | Brady | 5:17 |
12. | "All at Once" | Raitt | 5:03 |
Total length: | 53:39 |
Weekly charts
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Decade-end charts
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Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
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US [24] | US AC [25] | US Rock [26] | UK [27] | ||
1991 | "Something to Talk About" | 5 | 5 | 12 | — |
"I Can't Make You Love Me" | 18 | 9 | — | 50 | |
"Slow Ride" | — | — | 28 | — | |
1992 | "Not the Only One" | 34 | 2 | — | — |
"Come to Me" | — | 10 | — | — | |
1993 | "All At Once" | — | 17 | — | — |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [28] | 4× Platinum | 400,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United States (RIAA) [30] | 7× Platinum | 7,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Year | Winner | Category |
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1991 | "Good Man, Good Woman" | Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal [31] |
1991 | Luck of the Draw | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance |
1991 | "Something to Talk About" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
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