Blue Shadows - Lucky to Me

Tracks

		Track Name	Length
	1	Don't Expect a Reply	04:28
	2	Lucky To Me	03:21
	3	(Born To Be) Riding Only Down	04:21
	4	Time's Out of Place	05:50
	5	Let the Cowboys Ride	04:47
	6	I Know	02:10
	7	Maybe in Time	03:50
	8	Why Oh Why	03:23
	9	Tell Me	03:15
	10	The Trouble With Trouble	02:52
	11	Look at it Rain	05:11
	12	Field of Gold	02:59

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The Blue Shadows' On the Floor of Heaven was such a spectacular debut that follow-up Lucky to Me almost had to be a disappointment. In brief: it's not. The sound still conjures up The Beatles at their Rubber Soul/Revolver pop peak fused to the Gram Parsons-influenced Byrds from their Sweetheart of the Rodeo phase, with The Everly Brothers hijacked on vocal harmonies. The main difference is this: while on the debut you could point to several tracks and say "here's the Orbison influence, that's just how Dave Edmunds would have tackled this," the influences are much more effectively integrated on Lucky. The heart and soul of the sound still reside within the Siamese-twin harmonies of co-vocalists Billy Cowsill and Jeffrey Hatcher. Cowsill, of course, is a veteran of the family singing group phenomenon; he and Hatcher are not related, but it would be difficult to imagine two voices resonating with more empathy and symbiosis. On the Floor of Heaven was such a seamless pop and country fusion that neither side of the radio band quite knew what to do with it. So, for Lucky to Me the group slants perceptibly to a tougher, rockish edge. Many of the songs have more bite, with an element of CCR-like choogle not previously there. In addition, stand-up bassist Elmar Spanier was put out pasture in favor of meatier, former Barney Bental rhythm guy Barry Muir. The result? Immediate, excited response from...country radio stations! One can only deduce, therefore, that the debut album was just too country for country radio. Go figure.
-Roch Parisien, AllMusic

Bill Cowsill: vocals, acoustic guitar
Jeffrey Hatcher: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Barry Muir: bass, vocals
J.B. Johnson: drums

Recorded at Blue Wave Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia

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