Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World
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Free Music Review: ugh.
Hit: 2 Stars
looks like someone at the record company (in close cahoots with a producer or two, probably) had the "brilliant" notion to turn the author of 1988's best album (Lucinda Williams) into a sort of post-Stevie Nicks pre-Sheryl Crow type of middle-of-the-road-rootsy-sorta-country type gal. bad idea. (but not, thankfully, fatal: witness the brilliant Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -- the best album of 1998).Free Music Review: A background to your day, truly speaks to life experiences
Hit: 5 Stars
My hard-rocking teenage daughter said to me one day, "I never knew what she was talking about with 'Lines Around Your Eyes' until I saw George Clooney." Enough said?Free Music Review: See below
Hit: 4 Stars
A lot of people have criticized this one for being too sentimental or syrupy. I'm a sucker for emotional music, so maybe that's why I liked it so much, but I would have to disagree. It's not as good as "Lucinda Williams", but very, very few records in the history of American music have been. The production is softer and more "folky" than "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road", but I think the songs are just as good. It is true that the emotion in these songs is very naked and direct. I think this makes some uncomfortable.Free Music Review: Hugely disappointing
Hit: 2 Stars
I bought this album several years ago on the strength of a print review and Lucinda Williams' reputation. After listening to it several times, and then letting it gather dust over the years, I finally just got rid of it. While some of the melodies on this CD are lovely, Lucinda Williams should stick to writing music for others (which she does with great success) -- her voice is nasal and reedy, and while she may be trying for an "honest, folky sound," she simply comes off as someone who needs voice lessons (esp. if she wants to avoid nodes on her vocal cords later in her career...) Furthermore, I'm truly surprised that others find her work insightful or moving in any way. "Sweet Old World" is written for a friend who committed suicide -- and I have never encountered such a complete misunderstanding of how depressed people & potential suicides see life. The song is just a lazy (yet jarring) litany of things that suicidal people realize they should appreciate, but can't. To anyone who has been in that position, this song is like a dripping water torture. The only song I found worthwhile was "Lines around your eyes," which wasn't strong enough to make me want to keep the album. If you are interested in a folky singer-songwriter, try Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Catie Curtis, The Story, or Christine Kane. Your money will be better spent there.Free Music Review: "Sweet Ol' World" is one of the best CD's own.
Hit: 5 Stars
A close friend clued me in to Lucinda Williams "Sweet Ol' World" and I've loved it every time I've listed to it since. Almost every song on the CD is excellently written and wonderfully sung. "Memphis Pearl" is a little too Country for me, but "Something About What Happens When We Talk" (a beautifully written and performed song), "Sweet Ol' World (ditto), and "Little Angel, Little Brother" (ditto again) are songs I can listen to over and over again. "Pineola" is even more powerful (if that's possible) once you learn that the song was written about Frank Stanford -- a family friend and poet who killed himself.Lucinda writes the kind of slant rhyme lyric Emily Dickinson would have enjoyed. It's not surprising to learn she grew up with poetry (her father is the poet Miller Williams) since she has a wonderful way with words.
Buy it, it's the best.