We All Get Lucky Sometimes is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1995 as his first album for Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville. This album produced five singles for him on the Billboard country singles charts. "A Little Bit of You" was the first, at #2, followed by "When a Woman Loves a Man" (#12), "Heart's Desire" (#3), "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man" (#12), and the title track (#46). It is also his highest-peaking album on Top Country Albums, peaking at #26 there.
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| Released | August 1, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:19 | |||
| Label | Career | |||
| Producer | Bill Halverson Scott Hendricks Lee Roy Parnell | |||
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| Singles from Love Without Mercy | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− link |
"Squeeze Me In" was covered by Garth Brooks as a duet with Trisha Yearwood on his 2001 album Scarecrow, from which it was released as a single in 2002. The final track, "Catwalk", is an instrumental featuring accordionist Flaco Jiménez.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Little Bit of You" | Trey Bruce, Craig Wiseman | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Knock Yourself Out" | Lee Roy Parnell, Gary Nicholson | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Heart's Desire" | Parnell, Cris Moore | 4:13 |
| 4. | "When a Woman Loves a Man" | Rafe Van Hoy, Mark Luna | 3:44 |
| 5. | "If the House Is Rockin'" | Nicholson, Mike Henderson, Wally Wilson | 3:28 |
| 6. | "We All Get Lucky Sometimes" | Nicholson, Jimmy Scott | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Saved by the Grace of Your Love" | Parnell, Mike Reid | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man" | Nicholson, Parnell | 3:30 |
| 9. | "I Had to Let It Go" | Parnell, Will Jennings | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Squeeze Me In" | Nicholson, Delbert McClinton | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Cat Walk" | Parnell, Flaco Jiménez | 4:59 |
Personnel
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- Kevin McKendree - piano (4, 5, 10)
- Steve Mackey - bass guitar
- Lee Roy Parnell - Dobro, electric guitar, lead guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals (1-10)
- James Pennebaker - fiddle, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, mandolin
- Lynn Williams - drums
Additional musicians
- Trey Bruce - choir (2)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - background vocals (6)
- Steve Conn - accordion (9)
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
- Chris Egan - choir (2)
- Scott Hendricks - choir (2)
- Flaco Jiménez - accordion (11)
- John Kunz - choir (2)
- Jonell Mosser - background vocals (1-3, 5, 7-10)
- Rob Roy Parnell - harmonica (5)
- Mike Reid - electric piano (7)
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals (1-3, 5, 7-10)
- Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar (1-10)
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals (1-3, 5, 7-10)
- Reese Wynans - keyboards (11), organ (1-10), piano (1-3, 6-9)
- Trisha Yearwood - background vocals (4)
- Joe Zaukus - choir (2)
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 173 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 10 |