Luck of the Draw (album)

Luck of the Draw
Studio album by
Bonnie Raitt
ReleasedJune 25, 1991 (1991-06-25)
RecordedSeptember 1990–February 1991
Studio
GenreBlues rock
Length53:39
LabelCapitol
Producer
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Nick of Time
(1989) 		Luck of the Draw
(1991) 		Longing in Their Hearts
(1994)
Singles from Luck of the Draw
  1. "Something to Talk About"
    Released: May 20, 1991
  2. "I Can't Make You Love Me"
    Released: October 22, 1991
  3. "Not the Only One"
    Released: January 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Calgary HeraldA−[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Robert ChristgauA[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Orlando Sentinel[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Windsor StarA[9]

Luck of the Draw is the eleventh studio album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1991.

After being nominated for Grammy awards in four different categories for the album Nick of Time, Raitt went for a creative retreat in Northern California to begin work on Luck of the Draw. "I did it on purpose to see if I could come up with anything," Raitt said in 1991. "In case I won, I wanted to make sure that I had done some writing and didn't feel that Nick of Time was a fluke. I didn't want to win just 'cause I quit drinking and spent twenty years not making any money, you know? There wasn't enough. So I basically forced myself to go to songwriting boot camp. There were three of four days when it didn't happen — but because I didn't have alcohol or unhappiness or anything to get in the way, it started to open up and I started three of the four songs of mine that are on this album. And then it didn't matter if I won or not, because I had proved to myself that it was okay."

The album surpassed Nick of Time's commercial success, having sold seven million copies in the United States alone by 2010, and was supported by a 180-date tour from 1991 to 1993. It replicated much of her U.S. success overseas as well, selling two million in France and Italy. It remains Raitt's biggest-selling recording to date.

In the liner notes, Raitt dedicated this album to blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who died in 1990 and had encouraged her to stop abusing alcohol, writing: "still burning bright".

  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Wagamese, Richard (July 7, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  3. ^ Greg Kot (June 27, 1991). "Bonnie Raitt Luck of the Draw - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: bonnie raitt". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "Bonnie Raitt on the record - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. August 23, 1991. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Steve Hochman (October 17, 1991). "ALBUM REVIEW : ***1/2 BONNIE RAITT 'Luck of the Draw' Capitol - latimes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Gettelman, Parry (August 30, 1991). "Bonnie Raitt". Orlando Sentinel.
  8. ^ Elysa Gardner (June 17, 1997). "Luck Of The Draw - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  9. ^ Shaw, Ted (August 3, 1991). "Record Review". The Windsor Star.