Lucky (Marty Balin album) explained

Lucky
Type:	studio
Artist:	Marty Balin
Cover:	Lucky Balin.jpg
Released:	February 11, 1983
Recorded:	August 16 – December 3, 1982
Studio:	Record One (Los Angeles, California)
Genre:	Rock, pop rock
Label:	EMI America
Producer:	Val Garay
Prev Title:	Balin
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	There's No Shoulder
Next Year:	1983

Lucky is the second solo album by Marty Balin. It was released in 1983 on EMI America Records. The album did not fare as well as his previous one, and only rose to #156 on the Billboard chart. As a subtle tribute to Balin's friend and former bandmate Jack Casady, he recorded a cover of "Heart of Stone," an original written by Brian Marnell from Jack's new wave group SVT.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Born to Be a Winner" (Julio de Caro, Steve Head) – 4:22
2. "What Do People Like?" (de Caro) – 3:49
3. "Just Like That" (Steve Goldstein, Bob Getter, Adrian Peritore) – 2:49
4. "Do It for Love" (Jesse Barish) – 4:07
5. "What Love Is" (Greg Prestopino, Brock Walsh) – 4:44

Side two

1. "Heart of Stone" (Brian Marnell) – 3:13
2. "Palm of Your Hand" (Rick Marotta/Debra Barsha/Bob Alan) – 3:53
3. "Will You Forever" (John Farey/John Whitney) – 3:20
4. "All We Really Need" (Marty Balin/Franne Golde/Steve Goldstein/Peter Ivers) – 3:55
5. "When Love Comes" (Gene Heart/David Evan) – 3:18

CD release

BGO released "Lucky" as part of a 2 albums on one CD release with "Balin" in March 2013. Andrew Thompson remastered both albums for the CD release.

Charts

Singles^[1]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"What Love Is"	US Pop	63
	"Do It for Love"		107
		US AC	17

Personnel

• Marty Balin – vocals
• Steve Goldstein – keyboards, synthesizers, horn arrangements
• Louis Biancaniello – synthesizers
• Waddy Wachtel – guitars
• Kevin McCormick – bass
• Rick Marotta – drums
• M. L. Benoit – percussion
• Bill Bergman – horns
• Jerry Peterson – horns
• Greg Smith – horns
• Jim Price – horns
• Mike Slusher – horns
• Kenneth W. Tussing – horns
• Darrell Leonard – horns
• Lee Thornburg – horns, horn arrangements
• Jimmie Haskell – strings arrangements and conductor
• Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
• Bill Champlin – backing vocals
• Daniel Moore – backing vocals
• Matthew Moore – backing vocals

Production

• A Great Pyramid Ltd. Production
• Val Garay – producer, recording
• Niko Bolas – recording assistant
• Richard Bosworth – recording assistant
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Andy Engel – lettering
• Aaron Rapoport – photography
• Kosh and Ron Larson – design, art direction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marty Balin, Singles Chart Positions. November 24, 2016.