Lucky Charm (album)

Lucky Charm is the eighth studio album by Australian rock act The Black Sorrows. Previously a band with a set line-up, for this album lead singer Joe Camilleri was the only constant from track to track, as he worked with 42 other musicians on the album.

Lucky Charm
Studio album by The Black Sorrows
Released	4 November 1994 (1994-11-04)
Genre	Blues rock Folk rock pop rock country rock
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joe Camilleri, Kerryn Tolhurst
The Black Sorrows chronology
The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits (1993) Lucky Charm (1994) Radio Waves (1996)
Singles from Lucky Charm
"Snake Skin Shoes" Released: July 1994 "Last One Standing for You" Released: 24 October 1994[1] "Lucky Charm" Released: February 1995

Lucky Charm was released on 4 November 1994. The album debuted and peaked at number 20 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's fifth consecutive top twenty album.

Track listing

CD track listing (478280 2)^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lucky Charm"	Joe Camilleri Nick Smith	Joe Camilleri Kerryn Tolhurst	4:57
2.	"Biggest Show in Town"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:51
3.	"Snake Skin Shoes"	Camilleri Jeff Griffin	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:44
4.	"Last One Standing For You" (with Jon Stevens)	Camilleri Griffin Laurie Polec	Camilleri	4:14
5.	"Down to the Sea"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri	3:55
6.	"Don't Judge Me Too Hard"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:39
7.	"Radio Was King"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:02
8.	"Sacred Thing"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:42
9.	"Mystery Ship"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri	4:27
10.	"I'm a Stranger"	Camilleri Griffin	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:33
11.	"Kiss From a Cage"	Camilleri Polec	Camilleri Tolhurst	5:11
12.	"Time to Burn"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri Tolhurst	4:40
13.	"Bone Man"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri	3:20
14.	"When it All Comes Down"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri	3:55
15.	"Life's Sad Parade"	Camilleri Smith	Camilleri	3:24

Additional track on US/European releases

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Stir It Up"	Bob Marley	Camilleri	3:35

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	20

Personnel

• Joe Camilleri – vocals, guitars (1,5,9,13,14), saxophone (2,4), accordion (7), vibes (9)

with:

• Kerryn Tolhurst – guitars (1,2,3,10), banjo (3), tiple (4,6,7,8,10,12), mandolin (4,7,11) lap steel (12), Hawaiian guitar (8,11)
• Andy York – guitars (1,3,6,7,8,11)
• Claude Carranza – guitars (2,4,9,10,12), dobro (9)
• Stuart Fraser – guitar (4)
• Shane O'Mara – guitars (5,14), dobro (5)
• Phil Butson – guitar (6)
• John Scurry – banjo (15)
• James Black – keyboards (1)
• Bob Mayo – keyboards (1,3,7)
• Charlie Giordano – accordion (2,8,12), keyboards (2,4,10)
• Michael Allen – sound effects keyboard (3)
• John Margolis – keyboards (6,11)
• David Bates – piano (15)
• Robert Burke – flute and clarinet (5)
• Chris Taner – clarinet (15)
• Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone (7)
• Crispin Cioe – baritone saxophone (12)
• Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone (12)
• Vinnie Cutro – trumpet (10)
• Eugene Ball – cornet (15)
• Todd Reynolds – violin (2)
• Eileen Ivers – fiddle (6,11)
• Susan Pirotti – strings (14)
• Rosanne Hunt – strings (14)
• Julia De Jonghe – strings (14)
• Karen Coulton – strings (14)
• Steven Hadley – bass (1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10,11,12)
• Joe Creighton – bass (9)
• Howard Cairns – double bass (15)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10,11,12)
• John Watson – drums (9)
• Allan Browne – drums (15)
• Jon Stevens - co-lead vocal (4)
• Rebecca Barnard – backing vocals (1,5,14)
• Gordon Dukes – backing vocals (2)
• Ron Grant – backing vocals (2,4)
• Wayne Hernandez – backing vocals (2,4)
• Kenny Simpson – backing vocals (4)
• Nick Smith – backing vocals (6)
• Joey Diggs – backing vocals (7)
• Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals (7)
• Johnny Rosch – backing vocals (7)