Comments on Lucinda Williams "World Without Tears"


I just purchased it and enjoying it. She is on tour with Neil Young & Crazy Horse this Spring and Summer.
jasman
Can you compare it to her last two? I loved Gravel Road but
hated Essence. Makes me hesitate on this one.
It got trashed in a review in the Washington Post. They say it's so dark and hopeless it borders on satire. I'll have to listen for myself though, I love most of her earlier work.
It is more "Essence" than "Essence" - but that's just from my first listen. The sound is fabulous and the simplicity she was striving for in Essence seems to come off better this time - simple, simple songs, yet beautiful and unique. Time will tell.
I really like it. Can't compare it to "Essence" since I don't have it, but it's in the same general class as "Car Wheels.."