Lucky (Melissa Etheridge album)

Lucky
Studio album by Melissa Etheridge
Released	February 10, 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	54:03
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)
Singles from Lucky
"Breathe" Released: January 12, 2004 [1] "This Moment" Released: 2004

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(69/100) [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Billboard	(mixed) [4]
Blender	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [5]
PopMatters	[2] [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

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. ^[8]

The albums lead single, "Breathe", earned Etheridge a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. ^[9] "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

• Melissa Etheridge – acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, lead vocals
• Kenny Aronoff – percussion, drums, tambourine
• Bernie Barlow – background vocals ("Mercy")
• Jay Bellerose – drums, programming
• Mark Browne – bass guitar
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
• Jon Plum – keyboards, programming
• Brandi Carlile – background vocals
• David Channing – baritone guitar
• David N. Cole – keyboards, programming
• Trace Foster – guitar, keyboards
• James Harrah – electric guitar
• Ross Hogarth – keyboards
• Richard (Rick) Hopkins – Hammond organ
• Rami Jaffee – keyboards
• Matt Laug – percussion, drums
• Kipp Lennon – background vocals
• Brian MacLeod – drums
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric guitar
• Josh Freese – drums
• Blues Saraceno – electric guitar
• Philip Sayce – guitar
• Eric Schermerhorn – electric guitar
• John Shanks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Cameron Stone – cello
• Jonathan Taylor – programming
• Jeffrey C.J. Vanston – bass guitar, keyboards, programming
• Patrick Warren – keyboards

Production

• Producers: Melissa Etheridge, David N. Cole, Ross Hogarth, Rick Parashar, John Shanks
• Engineers: David N. Cole, Marc DeSisto, Ross Hogarth, Terese Joseph, Christian Mack, Rick Parashar, Jeff Rothschild, Mark Valentine
• Assistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Jaime Sickora
• Mixing: Ross Hogarth, Chris Lord-Alge, Geoff Ott, Rick Parashar
• Digital editing: David Channing, Christian Mack
• Tracking assistants: Sergio Chavez, Mark Kiczula, Joey Paradise, Jeremy Parker, Shawn "Fox" Phelps
• A&R: Jeff Fenster, Tara Podolsky, Paul Pontius
• Production coordination: Steven Girmant
• Coordination: Shari Sutcliffe
• Assistants: Chris Reynolds, Honchol Sin, Jason Warner
• Creative director: Rick Patrick
• Art direction: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Design: Sara Cumings, Jeri Heiden
• Illustrations: Tavis Coburn
• Photography: Cynthia Daniels

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10]	40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12]	18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13]	51
US Billboard 200 [14]	15

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2004	"Breathe"	Hot 100	106
2004	"Breathe"	Adult Contemporary	22
2004	"Breathe"	Adult Top 40	9
2004	"Lucky"	Adult Alternative	17
2004	"This Moment"	Adult Top 40	34

References

1. "News". melissaetheridge.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
2. Critic reviews at Metacritic
3. AllMusic review
4. "Billboard review". Billboard . Archived from the original on June 19, 2004. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
5. Feliciano, Kristina (February 13, 2004). "Lucky Review". Entertainment Weekly . p. 72. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
6. PopMatters review
7. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
8. "Norah Jones Tops a Mil at #1; Kanye West Settles for #2". MTV . Archived from the original on June 7, 2017.
9. "Melissa Etheridge". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Melissa Etheridge – Lucky" (in German). Hung Medien.
11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – Lucky" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – Lucky" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – Lucky". Hung Medien.
14. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

External links

• Lucky at Metacritic