Lucky Day (album)

Lucky Day
Studio album by
Shaggy
ReleasedOctober 29, 2002
Recorded2002
GenreDancehall, reggae fusion
Length55:12
LabelMCA
ProducerO. Burrell
Shaggy chronology
Hot Shot
(2000) 		Lucky Day
(2002) 		Clothes Drop
(2005)
Singles from Lucky Day
  1. "Hey Sexy Lady"
    Released: November 14, 2002
  2. "Strength of a Woman"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Get My Party On"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(62/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
The Guardian[4]
People(favorable)[5]
Q[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Village Voice(positive)[8]
Yahoo! Music UK[9]

Lucky Day is the sixth studio album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. It was released on October 29, 2002. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200 and later reached Gold certification. Three singles were released from the album: "Hey Sexy Lady", "Strength of a Woman" and "Get My Party On". The album featured guest appearances from Shaggy's longtime collaborators Brian and Tony Gold, as well as a guest appearance from Chaka Khan. The song "We Are the Ones" was included on the album "Barbie Mix" which was released to promote the My Scene dolls.

MCA Records hoped that Lucky Day could stop a slump in sales at the label for 2002. While the album was a moderate commercial success (selling 352,000 copies by July 2005),[10] it did not sell as well as hoped, resulting in MCA's president, Jay Boberg, resigning from his position at the label in January 2003, and ultimately led to MCA being merged into Geffen Records in June 2003.[11]

  1. ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Lucky Day". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ "CD: Shaggy: Lucky Day". The Guardian. 2002-11-01. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
  5. ^ People review
  6. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-13.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ The Village Voice review
  9. ^ "Yahoo! Music UK review". Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ Billboard Staff (2005-07-15). "Shaggy Changes 'Clothes' On New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  11. ^ Billboard Staff (2003-05-20). "Plan Could Signal End Of MCA Brand". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-16.