''The Lucky Ones'' is the eighth studio album released by

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. It was released by

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Records on May 20, 2008.

Writing and recording

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 fastest album they made. 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 3.5 days, including overdubs. The ninth track on the album is titled "Tales of Terror"Sub Pop: Mudhoney
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that influenced and inspired the grunge movement.

Track listing

All songs written by Mudhoney. # "I'm Now" - 2:40 # "Inside Out Over You" - 3:25 # "The Lucky Ones" - 4:52 # "Next Time" - 3:01 # "And the Shimmering Light" - 3:05 # "The Open Mind" - 2:26 # "What's This Thing?" - 2:54 # "Running Out" - 3:28 # "Tales of Terror" - 3:17 # "We Are Rising" - 4:30 # "New Meaning" - 2:39

Personnel

Mark Arm Mark Arm (born Mark Thomas McLaughlin; February 21, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. His former group, Green River, was one of the first grunge bands, along with Malfunkshun, So ...

- vocals *

Steve Turner Steve or Steven Turner is the name of: Sports * Steve Turner (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league footballer * Steve Turner (Australian rules footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules footballer * Steven Turner (born 1987), Canadi ...

- 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

References

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