I Got Lucky

Elvis Presley

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I Got Lucky Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

A companion to C'mon Everybody -- another careless Camden comp released just three months prior -- I Got Lucky shares many similarities to its 1971 cousin, right down to how the jumpsuited King on the cover camouflages how this LP is simply a collection of soundtrack tunes that never made it to a long-player prior to this. Like C'mon Everybody, the source material for I Got Lucky consists of four specific films: Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad, both released in 1962, 1964's Viva Las Vegas, and 1967's Easy Come, Easy Go. The one exception to this is a snappy 1967 cover of Leiber & Stoller's "Fools Fall in Love," which also happens to be the best thing here, probably because all the good stuff showed up on C'mon Everybody. Occasionally, there's a nice moment -- "Home Is Where the Heart Is" floats along sweetly, there's some insouciant swagger to "What a Wonderful Life" -- but it's mainly forgettable formula, highlighted by the bonkers "Yoga Is as Yoga Does," a song that functions as shorthand for how absurd Elvis' films could get.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I Got Lucky Dolores Fuller / Ben Weisman / Fred Wise	Elvis Presley	01:58	Amazon
2	What a Wonderful Life Jerry Livingston / Sid Wayne	Elvis Presley	02:29	Amazon
3	I Need Somebody to Lean On Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman	Elvis Presley	03:03	Amazon
4	Yoga Is as Yoga Does	Elvis Presley	02:12
5	Riding the Rainbow Ben Weisman / Fred Wise	Elvis Presley	01:41	Amazon
6	Fools Fall in Love Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller	Elvis Presley	02:07	Amazon
7	The Love Machine Fred Burch / Gerald Nelson / Chuck Taylor	Elvis Presley	02:51
8	Home Is Where the Heart Is Hal David / Sherman Edwards & Donald Meyer	Elvis Presley	01:53	Amazon
9	You Gotta Stop	Elvis Presley	02:20
10	If You Think I Don't Need You Gary Joe Cooper / Red West	Elvis Presley	02:04	Amazon