Lucky Town
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Lucky Town is the tenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

, released in 1992. This album was released on the same day as Human Touch
Human Touch
Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1992 . This album was co-released on the same day as Lucky Town...

. The title track was featured in the film Lucky You
Lucky You (film)
Lucky You is a 2007 drama directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, and Robert Duvall. The film was shot on location in Las Vegas...

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History

When Springsteen was working on Human Touch
Human Touch
Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1992 . This album was co-released on the same day as Lucky Town...

, he was intending to release the album sometime in 1990, but the project took him longer than he thought. He shelved the project in early 1991 and came back to it in September of the same year. He was intending to make one more song for the album, but he ended up making ten new songs, which wound up making a whole new album. Once he completed Lucky Town, he decided to release both albums at the same time.

Track listing

All songs by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

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  1. "Better Days" – 4:08
  2. "Lucky Town" – 3:27
  3. "Local Hero" – 4:04
  4. "If I Should Fall Behind" – 2:57
  5. "Leap of Faith" – 3:27
  6. "The Big Muddy" – 4:05
  7. "Living Proof" – 4:49
  8. "Book of Dreams" – 4:24
  9. "Souls of the Departed" – 4:17
  10. "My Beautiful Reward" – 3:55

Personnel

  • Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , various instruments, lead vocals
  • Gary Mallaber
    Gary Mallaber
    Gary Mallaber is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He got his start playing drums in a band from Buffalo, New York, known as Raven....

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Randy Jackson
    Randy Jackson
    Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     on "Better Days"
  • Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces.-Small Faces and Faces:...

     – organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

     on "My Beautiful Reward"
  • Roy Bittan
    Roy Bittan
    Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974...

     – keyboards on "Leap of Faith", "The Big Muddy" and "Living Proof"
  • Patti Scialfa
    Patti Scialfa
    Vivienne Patricia "Patti" Scialfa is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is married to Bruce Springsteen and they have three children.- Early life :...

     – backing vocals on "Better Days", "Local Hero" and "Leap of Faith"
  • Soozie Tyrell
    Soozie Tyrell
    Soozie Tyrell, , formerly known as Soozie Kirschner, is an American violinist and vocalist, most known for her work with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band.-Biography:...

     – backing vocals on "Better Days", "Local Hero" and "Leap of Faith"
  • Lisa Lowell – backing vocals on "Better Days", "Local Hero" and "Leap of Faith"
  • Anton S. Trees – assistant engineer
  • Scott Hull – digital editor
  • Sandra Choron – art direction
  • Alexander Vitlin – stills photographer
  • James Wright
    James Wright
    James Wright or Jim Wright may refer to:*James Homer Wright , American pathologist*James Wright , President of Dartmouth College, historian*James Wright , American creator of Silly Putty...

    – wardrobe
  • David Rose – cover photography

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