Randall Bramblett
No More Mr. Lucky
New West Records
*** (out of 5)

The first three seconds of this record sound great. The rest of it, unfortunately, isn't as great. If you smell the beautifully-printed liner notes, you'll notice that either the ink or the paper used smells like dust. This is a sharp contrast to the musical contents.

No More Mister Lucky has a full, über-produced sound that straddles the border of cheesy. Parts of it remind me of Robbie Robertson's first two solo albums. Depedning on my mood, I either enjoy listening to it or put something else in the disc player before the first song is over.

I think I'd really like to see Randall play a solo acoustic set. The songwriting is solid. The music is solid as well, but there's too much of it. It's catchy though. I've woken up with a Different song from No More Mr. Lucky in my head for a week solid.

Right this minute, I like the album. But ask me later and I may not. Go out and buy it. At the very least, it'll become one of those albums that you rarely listen to but can't quite bear to part with.

-Meathead

reader comments

i read your review and while everyone is entitled to an opinion, i can only say that i strongly disagree with your assessment of NO MORE MR LUCKY. i have listened to it many times and have found it to be creative & entertaining with great musicianship.

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