Lucky Me (album)

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Lucky Me
KillingtheDream-LuckyMe.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
Genre Hardcore punk, melodic hardcore
Length19:05
Label Deathwish (DWI111)
Producer Pat Hills, Zack Ohren
Killing the Dream chronology
Fractures
(2008)
Lucky Me
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Decibel (7/10) [1]
Exclaim! (positive) [2]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Lucky Me is the third and final studio album by the American hardcore punk band Killing the Dream. The album was released on November 22, 2010, through Deathwish Inc. [4]

Contents

The title of the album is said to be "sarcastic in a sense, but is really genuine in another" by vocalist Elijah Horner, who saw himself as lucky to be where he was in his life during the recording of Lucky Me. [5]

Track listing

All songs composed by Elijah Horner, except where noted. [6]

  1. "Blame the Architects" – 3:27
  2. "Walking, Diseased" – 2:37
  3. "Testimony" (Kurt Travis) – 3:07
  4. "Past of a Saint (We Were Thieves)" – 2:35
  5. "Part IV: Sinner's Future" – 1:17
  6. "Hell Can Wait" (Larrah Feliciano, Horner) – 2:13
  7. "Black" (Horner, Chad Roberts) – 3:49

Personnel

Killing the Dream [7]

Additional musicians [7]

Recording and packaging [7]

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