On the title track of her 2001 album Essence, Lucinda Williams sang about waiting for a lover, but she phrased her anticipation in the starkest physical terms, likening his essence to a drug and requesting a kiss with force behind it. The new World ...more
The Austin Chronicle
Lucinda Williams' third album in six years opens with "Fruits of My Labor," a tune so lonesome it'd be perfect for closing time at a saloon near the end of the world. It's a bold move kicking off the disc this way, especially considering that what ...more
Yahoo! Music
There are those who will argue that Lucinda Williams 's voice is an acquired taste. But those who have acquired it will also tell you that one man's "She sounds like Olive Oyl" is another man's erotic wet dream. It sometimes seems that William is so ...more
Yahoo! Music
While many considered Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Essence as definitive statements of arrival for Lucinda Williams as a pop star, she "arrived" creatively with her self-titled album in 1984 and opened up a further world of possibilities with Sweet ...more
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