Lucinda Williams has always been adept at painting landscapes of the soul, illuminating the spirit's shadowy nooks and shimmering crannies -- but she's never captured the sun breaking through the clouds as purely as on her new Lost Highway release, Little Honey
The album features a duet with Elvis Costello "Jailhouse Tears" Other guest vocalists include Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin.
The first single "Real Love" is available for download in the Amazon MP3 store.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Want More than a Moment or Two:
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... more info
Little Honey:
This is the best album Lucinda Williams has done since `Wheels on a Gravel Road' I highly recommend
okay but not her best:
this is more rock, less country. majority of tracks didn't move me, especially. her energy and enthusiasm show through, though. good to listen to occasionally. if this was an experiment for her, it was worth it.
Disappointing:
disappointing... Steel Wheels on a Gravel Road and the albums that preceded it were her oeuvre...since then it's been downer album after downer album. too bad.
