Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
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Free Music Review: Strong rock - wry and sweet.
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm a newcomer to Lucinda Williams songwriting strengths, so "Little Honey" reinforces my breakthrough to the surprising subtleties under her rough rocking veneer. Clever and sweet, direct and honest lyrics are the qualities that win me to her fan club, adding to the "Real Love" she must inspire in more place than one....Free Music Review: Many of Her Finest Songs
Hit: 4 Stars
This is not her best album, but it also contains some of her strongest songs, including "Rarity" and "Knowing." It stands in stark contrast to previous moodier, darker records such as the immediately preceding "West," but it still holds its own among her much-revered catalogue.Free Music Review: Not Really an Album
Hit: 4 Stars
This isn't so much an album as a dive bar gig that has been expertly produced and released by a major label. It is Lucinda Williams, so it's the best dive bar gig ever.Free Music Review: A Lil' Honey
Hit: 4 Stars
A good listen if you're a Lucinda fan. The title track is hot! Elvis Costello fits in well on "Jailhouse Blues". It's a good addition to my library.Free Music Review: Want More than a Moment or Two
Hit: 3 Stars
I was not expecting a Lucinda Williams disk so soon after 'West' was released. I didn't even know 'Little Honey' was coming until I stumbled across a review in a Sunday paper a few days prior to its release date.
Unlike many, I really liked 'West', save a few songs. I thought it had some unique elements for a Williams disk. It was supposedly her 'sad' album, as opposed to her 'angry' album or this one, which people are calling her 'happy' disk. Whatever.
Williams sings with such conviction on any of her releases, that I don't really go for the emotional labels people & reviewers insist putting on her.
But I will say - after a month or so of playing, this disk is not grabbing me. Not entirely. It has its moments, but all of her disks have moments ('World Without Tears', anyone??). I will also say, the iPod has made full "album" listening much more difficult. I lament the loss of the needle hitting vinyl and listening to a disk song by song. Some of the issue is my time, or lack thereof.
I'm not surprised at folks like Jim Lauderdale & Elvis Costello on the disk. A little more at Matthew Sweet and much more so of Susanna Hoffs (though when you get Sweet, sometimes you get Hoffs), and then can't quite over a cover of any AC/DC song ("It's a Long Way to the Top"). It was a surprise to see a little known singer, Gia Ciambotti, from an 80's group called the Graces, doing background vocals.
As with the last few albums, Williams has some stand-outs, some ok songs and some clunkers. I love "Knowing", "Circle and X's" and "Rarity". I really like "Real Love" and "Little Rock Star" too. But in my opinion, when the songs clunk, they clunk. I'm not a fan of "Well Well Well" or "Honey Bee" - and don't get me started on that AC/DC song.
My only true problem with Lucinda's last few disks is that she is consistently inconsistent. And that is an issue I had not seen in her before 'World Without Tears'. I'm hoping she can rectify that. Like I said, all of her disks have moments - I want more than that.