Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album)
| Mr. Lucky | ||||
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| Studio album by John Lee Hooker | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood Plant Recording Studios, Sausalito Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco |
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| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 46:04 | |||
| Label | Classic/Silvertone (UK) | |||
| Producer | Ry Cooder, Mike Kappus, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B-) |
| Robert Christgau | (A-) |
| Rolling Stone | |
Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker. Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Carlos Santana under the executive production of Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards, Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter; and three inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones and Johnnie Johnson. Released on Virgin Records "Classic" label, it peaked at #101 on the "Billboard 200".
In 1989, John Lee Hooker achieved commercial and critical success with The Healer, an album which paired him with musicians including Keith Richards and Bonnie Raitt, with whom Hooker shared a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Recording" for the track "In the Mood". With Mr. Lucky, producers Cooder, Rogers and Santana follow the same successful formula, to mixed critical reviews; Rolling Stone praised the album as a refinement over its predecessor with an "all around...sharper fit", its notable guests serving as "superb sidemen for a great bluesman".Entertainment Weekly, by contrast, described the album as essentially "a tribute album" where "most of the tunes...don't sound like Hooker at all". In spite of mixed reception, the album charted well, reaching #101 on the "Billboard 200" chart in 1991 and also enjoying international sales success. It was nominated for, but did not win, a Grammy.
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