The Lucky Ones (Willie P. Bennett album)

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The Lucky Ones
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Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedInception Sound, North York, Ontario
Genre Country music, Rockabilly
Producer Danny Greenspoon
Willie P. Bennett chronology
Blackie and the Rodeo King
(1979)
The Lucky Ones
(1985)
Collectibles Vol 1
(1991)
Singles from The Lucky Ones
  1. "The Lucky Ones"
  2. "Train Tracks"

The Lucky Ones was the title of both the fourth and fifth albums released by Canadian singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett, his only releases in the 1980s. Though the albums share the same title, they are completely different recordings, and mostly of different compositions. The two albums have only three compositions in common: "The Lucky Ones", "Reckless Baby" and "Patience of a Working Man".

Contents

Bennett self-released the first Lucky Ones album on cassette only in 1985. This album featured a solo acoustic side co-produced with Paul Trotter, and a second side backed with a band, including guitarist Colin Linden, who co-produced Side B with Danny Greenspoon and Willie.

A substantially different album, produced by Danny Greenspoon and featuring only a few of the same songs but entirely different recordings was released by Duke Street Records in 1989 (LP: DSR-31059, CD: DSRD 31059, cassette DSRC 31059). The tracks from this version have since been released in MP3 format through the iTunes Store, a consequence of Duke Street Records sale to the Universal Music Group, making it the only album by Willie P. Bennett available digitally.

The 1989 single release of "The Lucky Ones", rose to #19 on the Canadian Country Music charts. The song "Goodbye, So Long, Hello", co-written with Russell deCarle was later recorded by deCarle's band Prairie Oyster, who released it as a single. It was subsequently named the 1990 Song of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association. [1]

The 1989 album includes a re-recording of the title song from Bennett's debut album, Tryin' to Start Out Clean.

1985 release

Track listing

SIDE A COUSTIC

  1. "Sometimes It Comes So Easy"
  2. "Rains On Me"
  3. "The Lucky Ones"
  4. "L.I.A.D.T."
  5. "Reckless Baby"
  6. "Job Disorder"

Produced by Paul Trotter and Willie P. Bennett

SIDE B AND

  1. "Maybe Grandfather"
  2. "Push On"
  3. "Sometimes It Comes So Easy"
  4. "Our Love, Our Love"
  5. "Patience of a Working Man"
  6. "Heart Headlines"

Produced by Colin Linden, Danny Greenspoon and Willie P. Bennett [2]

1989 release

Track listing

  1. "Train Tracks" - 4:25
  2. "The Lucky Ones" - 4:10
  3. "Ain't Got No Notion" - 2:46
  4. "Cryin' the Blues" - 3:11
  5. "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" - 2:24
  6. "Tryin' to Start Out Clean" - 3:34
  7. "Reckless Baby" - 3:45
  8. "Don't Have Much to Say" - 2:27
  9. "Patience of a Working Man" - 3:30
  10. "Andrew's Waltz" - 2:46

All words and music by Willie P. Bennett, except "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" by Wille P. Bennett and Russell deCarle. All song published by Top Side Charlie Music/Willlie P. Bennett Publishing except "Patience of a Working Man" by Top Side Charlie Music/Mendelsongster Publishing & Willie P. Bennett Publishing.

Personnel

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References

  1. "CCMA Hall of Fame - Willie P. Bennett". www.ccma.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-15.
  2. "Willie P. Bennett – the Lucky Ones (1985, Cassette)". Discogs .
  3. "Willie P. Bennett - the Lucky Ones". Discogs .