The Lady Luck EP
The Lady Luck EP is the third extended play by American rock band The Cab, released on June 30, 2009, through Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen. The EP reached the US Heatseekers Albums chart at number 14.
Background and release
On June 13, 2009, the group announced The Lady Luck EP, along with its track list. The EP features six tracks, including a remix of "Take My Hand" featuring Cassadee Pope of Hey Monday and an acoustic version of "I'll Run". The EP also features previously unreleased track "Lights" and "Diamonds Are Forever ", which was originally released as a bonus track from their debut studio album, Whisper War. On June 19, the EP was streamed to their PureVolume page, before it was officially released on June 30. Prior to the EP's release, lead singer Alexander DeLeon announced on his blog that guitarist Ian Crawford had left the band due to creative differences.Composition
The EP explores an R&B/pop sound. Tracks such as "I Am Who I Am" lean into that sound. All tracks were written by the band, expect for "I [Want to Break Free]", which is a cover of the song originally made by Queen and was written by John Deacon. Additional writing came from Brian Lee on "Take My Hand", Darwin Estrada and Gregory Cardillo on "I Am Who I Am", and Dave Katz and Sam Hollander on "Diamonds Are Forever ". All tracks were mastered at Masterdisk in New York City, by Scott Hull.Track listing
Personnel
Credits for The Lady Luck EP adapted from EP's liner notes.The Cab
- Alexander DeLeon – vocals
- Alex T. Marshall – piano, guitar
- Alex Johnson – drums
- Cash Colligan – bass
- Cassadee Pope – featured artist, vocals
- Eloquent – featured artist, vocals
- Ian Crawford – additional guitar
- Bryan Dawson – additional guitar
- Matt Squire – producer, mixing
- Alex T. Marshall – producer
- Kyle Homme – producer, mixing
- Break – producer
- Machine – mixing
- Clinton Bradley – mixing
- Scott Hull – mastering
- Kevin Luong – cover art, illustration, package design
Charts