Lucky Old Sun [Deluxe Edition]

Disc 1
1	I'm Alive 3:18
2	Way Down Here 5:53
3	Boats 4:35
4	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven / Wailers 4:12
5	Down the Road / Mac McAnally 3:01
6	Spirit of a Storm 3:36
7	Ten with a Two 3:11
8	The Life 4:26
9	Key's in the Conch Shell 4:10
10	Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be 3:42
11	That Lucky Old Sun 4:16
Disc 2
1	Boston Live / Bonus Track 5:22
2	Got a Little Crazy Live / Bonus Track 4:58
3	Soul of a Sailor Live / Bonus Track 5:40
4	Guitars and Tiki Bars Live / Bonus Track 6:43
5	[CD-Rom Track] 5:33

All Music Guide

Kenny Chesney may title his 12th album after the pop standard that he sings here with Willie Nelson, but don't mistake Lucky Old Sun for Nelson's Stardust. Chesney is tipping his hat not to the Great American Songbook but the great ball in the sky, the one that shines on beaches from coast to coast, with the Gulf of Mexico being a particular favorite in his book. Lucky Old Sun is designed to be a soundtrack to laid-back afternoons on warm sand, which by now is very familiar territory for Chesney in his personal and professional life. Since Chesney swaps Jimmy Buffett's boozy goofball schtick for gentle strumming, this isn't music for a party, it's music that laps softly against the shore. To be sure, there's some pleasure to be had here, but it's all about appreciating the album as pure texture and sunbleached mood music, which is appealing as far as it goes. [The Deluxe Edition contains a second disc with four live tracks.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine

New York Times

Instead of his usual steady-chugging country-rock, the music is quiet acoustic guitar picking. “Lucky Old Sun” is as close as Mr. Chesney has gotten to an unplugged album....Through the album, Mr. Chesney steers the songs toward half-smiles or at least a certain resigned acceptance, but he still sounds less complacent than ever. Jon Pareles

Entertainment Weekly

A batch of songs focused on his preoccupation with sailing the Caribbean; it's a slightly more commercial sequel to 2005's similarly mellow and nautical Be as You Are. [B] Chris Willman