The Lucky Ones is the eighth studio album released by the Grunge band Mudhoney, released on Sub Pop Records on May 20, 2008. The band has said that the album was written “from the rhythm up instead of from the riff and the lyrics down” and has also stated that it’s the quickest album they recorded. As singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm has said “The effect is to thrust out the bottom end rumble of drummer Dan Peters and bassist Guy Maddison, and to bring about a cohesive whole not entirely ruled by the almighty riff although you certainly don’t have to look hard to find ‘em.” Rather spontaneously, the veterans recorded the eleven songs found on the record in only three and a half days, including overdubs. The ninth track on the album is titled Tales of Terror in honor of the Sacramento hardcore punk band Tales of Terror that influenced and inspired the grunge movement.
Tracklist:
- I’m Now
- Inside Out Over You
- The Lucky Ones
- Next Time
- And the Shimmering Light
- The Open Mind
- What’s This Thing?
- Running Out
- Tales of Terror
- We Are Rising
- New Meaning
Mudhoney
Mark Arm: vocals
Steve Turner: guitar
Dan Peters: drums
Guy Maddison: bass
Tucker Martine: production, mixing
Floyd Reitsma: assistant engineer
Bill Inglot: mastering
Dave Schultz: mastering
Jeff Kleinsmith: art direction and design
