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After making a promising start with their self-titled debut, Loverboy hit the big time in 1981 with Get Lucky. This canny combination of AOR hooks and new wave production gloss boasts some memorable radio-ready tunes but isn't as solid an album as its success might lead one to believe. The best tunes on Get Lucky were the songs that became its hit singles: "Working for the Weekend" is a party anthem that blends some gutsy hard-rock guitar riffs with a synthesizer-drenched new wave rhythm arrangement to become a huge hit, while "The Lucky Ones" layers clever lyrics about the jealousy that success inspires in others over a song that mixes pomp rock grandeur with a punchy AOR arrangement full of gutsy yet slick guitar riffs. Loverboy got additional airplay with "When It's Over," a moody power ballad that boasts a show-stoppingly emotional vocal performance from Mike Reno, and "Take Me to the Top," a sleek mid-tempo piece built on a hypnotic synthesizer arrangement. The rest of Get Lucky isn't as impressive as these hits because it relies on filler to pad the album out: "Gangs in the Street" is an overwrought song about street tensions whose lyrics are melodramatic to the point of being unintentionally funny, and "Emotional" is a sloppy bar band jam with annoyingly sexist lyrics and an awful vocal from Paul Dean. Due to this overabundance of less than stellar tracks, Get Lucky fails to be as consistent a listen as Loverboy or Keep It Up, but offers enough solid tracks to please the group's fans and AOR fanatics. Other listeners may want to check out the album's highlights on a compilation before picking it up.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
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Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Composer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Matt Frenette, Lyricist - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Nancy Nash, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Bryan Adams, Composer - Bryan Adams, Lyricist - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Jim Vallance, Composer - Jim Vallance, Lyricist - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Composer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Matt Frenette, Lyricist - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Denise Thurlow, Composer - Denise Thurlow, Lyricist - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass - Scott Smith, Composer - Scott Smith, Lyricist
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Composer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Doug Johnson, Lyricist - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Composer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Matt Frenette, Lyricist - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Composer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Doug Johnson, Lyricist - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Bob Rock, Mixing Engineer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Doug Johnson, Composer - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Doug Johnson, Lyricist - Keith Stein, Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Drums - Mike Fraser, 2nd Engineer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Vocal - Paul Dean, Background Vocal - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Guitar - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Rob Porter, 2nd Engineer - Scott Smith, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Joseph M. Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1980, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Joseph M. Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1980, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Joseph M. Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Joseph M. Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer - Loverboy, Performer - Matt Frenette, Composer - Matt Frenette, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Composer - Mike Reno, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer - Paul Dean, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Album review
After making a promising start with their self-titled debut, Loverboy hit the big time in 1981 with Get Lucky. This canny combination of AOR hooks and new wave production gloss boasts some memorable radio-ready tunes but isn't as solid an album as its success might lead one to believe. The best tunes on Get Lucky were the songs that became its hit singles: "Working for the Weekend" is a party anthem that blends some gutsy hard-rock guitar riffs with a synthesizer-drenched new wave rhythm arrangement to become a huge hit, while "The Lucky Ones" layers clever lyrics about the jealousy that success inspires in others over a song that mixes pomp rock grandeur with a punchy AOR arrangement full of gutsy yet slick guitar riffs. Loverboy got additional airplay with "When It's Over," a moody power ballad that boasts a show-stoppingly emotional vocal performance from Mike Reno, and "Take Me to the Top," a sleek mid-tempo piece built on a hypnotic synthesizer arrangement. The rest of Get Lucky isn't as impressive as these hits because it relies on filler to pad the album out: "Gangs in the Street" is an overwrought song about street tensions whose lyrics are melodramatic to the point of being unintentionally funny, and "Emotional" is a sloppy bar band jam with annoyingly sexist lyrics and an awful vocal from Paul Dean. Due to this overabundance of less than stellar tracks, Get Lucky fails to be as consistent a listen as Loverboy or Keep It Up, but offers enough solid tracks to please the group's fans and AOR fanatics. Other listeners may want to check out the album's highlights on a compilation before picking it up.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:31
- Main artists: Loverboy
- Composer: Paul Dean
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 1981, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
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