Lucky (Melissa Etheridge album)

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Lucky
Melissa Etheridge - Lucky.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 10, 2004
Recorded2003
Studio The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length54:03
Label Island
Producer Melissa Etheridge,
David N. Cole,
Ross Hogarth,
Rick Parashar,
John Shanks
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Skin
(2001)
Lucky
(2004)
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (69/100) [1]
Review scores
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Billboard (mixed) [3]
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Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1] [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Lucky is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records on February 10, 2004. The album made a debut on Billboard 200 chart at No. 15, with almost 92,000 copies sold. [7]

Contents

The albums lead single, "Breathe", earned Etheridge a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. [8] "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 treatments.

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted

  1. "Lucky" – 3:58
  2. "This Moment" (Etheridge, Shanks) – 3:27
  3. "If You Want To" – 3:08
  4. "Breathe" (Armstrong, Dwiggins, Jordan, Randall, Wanninger) – 3:15
  5. "Mercy" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:20
  6. "Secret Agent" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:52
  7. "Will You Still Love Me" – 4:13
  8. "Meet Me in the Dark" – 5:34
  9. "Tuesday Morning" (Etheridge, Taylor) – 4:49
  10. "Giant" – 5:15
  11. "Come on Out Tonight" – 3:12
  12. "Kiss Me" – 3:54
  13. "When You Find the One" – 4:06

Credits

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 51
US Billboard 200 [13] 15

SinglesBillboard (North America)

YearSingleChartPosition
2004"Breathe"Hot 100106
2004"Breathe"Adult Contemporary22
2004"Breathe"Adult Top 409
2004"Lucky"Adult Alternative17
2004"This Moment"Adult Top 4034

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