Lucinda Williams Essence

Spin: Ranked #13 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001".
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item number:  DAE2
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CD Details

  • Released: June 4, 2001
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Lost Highway

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 5/24/01, p.84
3.5 stars out of 5 - "...ESSENCE finds Williams returning to the willful intimacy of her earliest records. Laid-back, rock-ish and small in scale....[The album] is spotty and sweet, winningly imperfect and often striking..."
Spin - 1/02, p.77
Ranked #13 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001".
Spin - 7/01, p.125
8 out of 10 - "...As halting, spare and downbeat as its predecessor [CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD] was giddy, verbose, and downbeat....by stripping down, [she] tests herself against the universals that underlie her music's power....Strange stuff..."
Entertainment Weekly - 12/28/01, p.138
Ranked #9 "Album of the Year" in EW's "Best of 2001".
Entertainment Weekly - 6/8/01, p.74
"...Her folkiest, gentlest album...a steamy slow-crawl that plays into her strengths as the Joan of Dark of the alt-country set..." - Rating: B+
Q - 7/01, p.125
4 stars out of 5 - "...A swift, superb follow-up....with a more bluesy, intimate sound....Almost essential."
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/02, p.69
Ranked #16 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001".
Mojo (Publisher) - 7/01, p.98
"...Stellar writing and performing. The lovesick blues haven't sounded better."

Tracks:

  • 1.Lonely Girls
  • 2.Steal Your Love
  • 3.I Envy the Wind
  • 4.Blue
  • 5.Out of Touch
  • 6.Are You Down
  • 7.Essence
  • 8.Reason to Cry
  • 9.Get Right With God
  • 10.Bus to Baton Rouge
  • 11.Broken Butterflies

Product Info

  • UPC: 008817019727
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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