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Little Honey»rank: 30par: Lucinda Williams
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West»rank: 2295par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Though the arrangements stray from Lucinda Williams's motherlode blend of blues, country, and folk, West may well be her best album. lt is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired. Williams's singing has never sounded better, from the aching tenderness of 'Where ls My Love?' to the ravaged catharsis of 'Unsuffer Me.' New York producer Hal Willner, who has worked with artists such as Marianne Faithful and Lou Reed, enlists the support of eclectic progressives like guitarist Bill Frisell, keyboardist Bob Burger, and ... |
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Sweet Old World»rank: 5991par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue: essential recording:Granted, Sweet 0ld World isn't the masterpiece that 1988's Lucinda Williams is. The too-simple explanations of 'He Never Got Enough Love' aren't up to Williams's mile-high standards, and the arrangements throughout are often so similar to that previous release's that the melodic differences here aren't as clear as they might've been. But when she raises her vulnerable cry to sing the three, pained perspectives on suicide that are at the heart of this album--the title track, 'Little Angel, Little Brother,' and 'Pineola'--Williams's very humanity provides its ... |
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road»rank: 1479par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Lucinda Williams makes this whole music thing seem so simple: Write in plain language about the people and places that crowd your memory; add subtle flavors of a mandolin here, a Dobro there, perhaps an accordion or slide guitar; above all, sing as honestly and naturally as you can. 0f course, it took her six years to achieve this simplicity, an amazing achievement considering the number of knobs that were turned. Her exquisite voice moans and groans and slips and slides--she delivers a polished tone in a ... |
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Essence»rank: 2707par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Few artists in recent memory have been able to wring more from less than Lucinda Williams. The hauntingly beautiful, wistful and often breathtaking Essence is another case in point of how far raw emotion and honesty can carry an artist. Williams's singing is at its paralyzing best throughout 11 bare originals, an incredibly affecting vocal performance by a woman who was not blessed with exceptional tone, range or pitch. Throughout, her voice is incredibly naked, vulnerable and wrought with feeling. 'Blue' and 'Broken Butterflies' are gorgeous anti-lullabies ... |
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Ramblin'»rank: 10184par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Few artists in recent memory have been able to wring more from less than Lucinda Williams. The hauntingly beautiful, wistful and often breathtaking Essence is another case in point of how far raw emotion and honesty can carry an artist. Williams's singing is at its paralyzing best throughout 11 bare originals, an incredibly affecting vocal performance by a woman who was not blessed with exceptional tone, range or pitch. Throughout, her voice is incredibly naked, vulnerable and wrought with feeling. 'Blue' and 'Broken Butterflies' are gorgeous anti-lullabies ... |
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Happy Women Blues»rank: 3176par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From :All too often dismissed as an immature work that was quickly eclipsed by her self-titled breakthrough on Rough Trade, Williams's second and final album for Folkways reveals much about her current lyrical sensibility and vocal approach. Most singer-songwriters, in fact, would give their Martins for songs as good as 'Lafayette' and 'Maria.' That she reprises 'l Lost lt' on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and continues to explore this album's themes--the value of native ground and the endurance of loss--is enough evidence that, while not as ... |
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World W/O Tears»rank: 13130par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Most artists who appeal to adult listeners tend to settle into a comfortable niche, but Lucinda Williams refuses to play it safe. lnstead, her music stings like an open wound, as she continues to strip away the protective layers from her art's emotional core. Though Williams has long been prized for the naked honesty of her music, this collection is even rawer than its predecessors. From the down-and-dirty bar-band blues of 'Atonement' to the Rolling Stones-style swagger of 'Bleeding Fingers' to the tricky balance of debasement and ... |
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road»rank: 16684par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From : This 1998 Grammy-winning release--Lucinda Williams's popular breakthrough--certainly merits the double-disc 'deluxe edition' treatment. And it's hard to find significant fault with anything here: the remastered version of the original album, the second-disc live performance from that year featuring guitarists Kenny Vaughn and Bo Ramsey, and the smattering of outtakes (highlighted by a slower, sadder version of '0ut of Touch' than the one Williams ended up releasing). Yet the set misses a glorious opportunity to document one of the more laborious (and notorious) recording projects, one that ... |
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World Without Tears»rank: 16684par: Lucinda Williams
Chroniques et points de vue:From : This 1998 Grammy-winning release--Lucinda Williams's popular breakthrough--certainly merits the double-disc 'deluxe edition' treatment. And it's hard to find significant fault with anything here: the remastered version of the original album, the second-disc live performance from that year featuring guitarists Kenny Vaughn and Bo Ramsey, and the smattering of outtakes (highlighted by a slower, sadder version of '0ut of Touch' than the one Williams ended up releasing). Yet the set misses a glorious opportunity to document one of the more laborious (and notorious) recording projects, one that ... |
