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Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

by Lucinda Williams

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All Time

of 455,189

33
1990's

of 166,479

9
1998

of 24,812

1
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,094
    
    11
- Country
  - Country
    
    of 21,912
    
    5
  - Alt-Country & Americana
    
    of 2,790
    
    2
  - Bluegrass
    
    of 8,599
    
    2
  - Contemporary
    
    of 6,249
    
    2
- Folk
  - Folk
    
    of 17,261
    
    3
  - Contemporary Folk
    
    of 4,983
    
    3
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,638
    
    33
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    26
  - Singer-Songwriters
    
    of 8,639
    
    7
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,577
    
    26
  - Folk Rock
    
    of 4,567
    
    3

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.7494 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is ranked overall as 3.7494 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 4.0000 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road has an avg. critic score of 4.0000 out of 4 stars

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Album Reviews

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Rolling Stone

It took Lucinda Williams six years and three producers to make her best album, an amazing record that sounds like it was casually banged out in a particularly creative weekend. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

Like many a songwriter, Lucinda Williams is a sucker for American gothic --backwater Southern towns, two-lane country highways, wasted blue-collar lives. ...more

All Music Guide

It isn't surprising that Lucinda Williams' level of craft takes time to assemble, but the six-year wait betweenSweet Old Worldand its 1998 follow-up,Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, still raised eyebrows. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Due to Lucinda 's obsessive quest for an indefinable perfection, Car Wheels was recorded and re-recorded several times over the last six years; that it sounds natural and tossed-off with easy hooks and quick one-liners is solid proof that there's no immediate connection between process and product. ...more

Yahoo! Music

It isn't surprising that Lucinda Williams' level of craft takes time to assemble, but the six-year wait between Sweet Old World and its 1998 follow-up, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, still raised eyebrows. ...more

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All it takes is one song off of one album for a discriminate listener to broaden their musical palate. The hypocritical phrase, "I'm open minded, but I would never buy a (insert your most hated genre) record," has crossed many people's lips,...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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The A.V. Club

Lucinda Williams is many things, but fast is not one of them. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road is her first release since 1992's Sweet Old World , and the road to the album's fruition was a rocky one. Several false starts, including a stint with Steve Earle...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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