“Flip Back Friday” Album Review Vol. 6
Lucky Old Sun
Released October 14, 2008
What does the Sandbar say…
Connie… “This has to be one of my top 3 albums! Love “No Where To Go, No Where To Be”. Seems like this album was made from his heart. You can hear his soul in every song. I love to listen to this whole album right before I head to the islands. It gets me in the mood for the sun, sand and the sea! I’ve even met Trinidad Charlie so it makes it even more special!”
“Nowhere to go and nowhere to be
Trinidad Charlie on a stool next to me
Readin’ his book ’bout the have and have-nots
In between chapters we take another shot
And one by one we slide from reality
With nowhere to go, and nowhere to be”
Michelle… “Way Down Here”, Just gets me every time. I know it’s about his breakup with Renee but it just states perfectly how he felt at that time. What better way to get over a breakup than to write a song about it! This whole album can calm me down after a long day. Once I visited St. John, the songs on this album took on a great meaning in my heart!”
“No the pull of the tide or the crash of the waves
Ain’t gonna wash your memory away
But theres a beautiful view of the end of the world from the pier
And if I’m gonna be down, I’m gonna be down
If I’m gonna be down, I’d rather be down way down here
Way down here”
Label Blue Chair, BNA
Producer Buddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Singles from Lucky Old Sun
“Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven”
Released: August 11, 2008
“Down the Road”
Released: November 10, 2008
Lucky Old Sun is the 12th studio album by country music artist Kenny Chesney, released on October 14, 2008 as the first release for Blue Chair Records, Chesney’s personal division of the BNA Records record label. The album produced two singles in “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” and “Down the Road”, which were both number ones on the country charts. Chesney’s versions of those two songs are also duets with The Wailers and Mac McAnally respectively.
The lead-off single, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven”, was released on August 11, 2008. In October, this song became a Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. The next single is “Down the Road”, a duet with Mac McAnally which was previously released as a single for McAnally himself from his 1990 album Simple Life. This rendition has also reached Number One.
Two of this album’s songs were previously recorded by Willie Nelson: “Ten with a Two” was previously a single in 1990 from his album Born for Trouble, and “I’m Alive” from his album Moment of Forever. “That Lucky Old Sun”, recorded here as a duet with Nelson, is a cover of the 1949 pop standard made famous by Frankie Laine. Chesney’s version of “I’m Alive”, which is a duet with Dave Matthews, also appears on his 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits II from which it was released as its second single in August 2009.
Track Listing
1. “I’m Alive” (duet with Dave Matthews) Kenny Chesney, Dean Dillon, Mark Tamburino 3:19
2. “Way Down Here” Chesney, Casey Beathard, Tony Martin 5:52
3. “Boats” Chesney, Dillon, Scotty Emerick 4:36
4. “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” (featuring The Wailers) Jim Collins, Marty Dodson 4:13
5. “Down the Road” (duet with Mac McAnally) Mac McAnally 2:58
6. “Spirit of a Storm” Chesney, Brett James 3:36
7. “Ten with a Two” Jack Mack, Bill Nosworthy, Bo Roberts, Mack Vickery 3:11
8. “The Life” Beathard, James T. Slater 4:27
9. “Key’s in the Conch Shell” Aaron Barker, Dillon, Emerick, Tom Gross 4:11
10. “Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be” Chesney 3:41
11. “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” (duet with Willie Nelson) Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie 4:15
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
12. “Boston” (live) Chesney, Tamburino 5:22
13. “Got a Little Crazy” (live) Chesney, Chris Wallin 4:58
14. “Soul of a Sailor” (live) Chesney, Dillon, Emerick 5:40
15. “Guitars and Tiki Bars” (live) Chesney, Dillon, Tamburino 4:11