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Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings
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Positive: 32 out of 44
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Mixed: 9 out of 44
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Negative: 3 out of 44
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DavidDFeb 16, 2007I really feel that the NY Times review is the only one that nailed it.. There are parts of this album that are cringe-worthy and much that is just OK. To call it her "best", nah.
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AloysiusJFeb 15, 2007With West, Lucinda Williams has finally lost her edge and joined the likes of Norah Jones as an artist who can help you relate not only to your parents, but your grandparents as well.
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MattD.Feb 22, 2007That heartbreaking voice of hers just sounds disinterested on too much of this CD. Yes, she can still have a way with a lyric, but when she tries to rev things up, it sounds desperate. I am a big Lucinda fan, but this is just generic modern folk, with a couple bluesy moments that are out of place. I'm really not sure what happened here.
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JamesJMar 3, 2007I adore this woman's music, have flown 1/2 the way across the country to just to see her. However this album is a major disappointment. There are a couple of keepers, but nothing I'd put on my favorites list, which is quite long. By the way, live in concert she is incredible, a lifetime concert and i've seen Janis Joplin.
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KateiRMar 8, 2007Disappointing. I realize it's hard to live up to an album like Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, but I can't believe it's even the same artist. Car Wheels had this incredible, raw, honest, real feel to it. West just lacks it.
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BiffDApr 18, 2007torpid
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DaleMMay 1, 2007The music on this album is slow and monotonous. Lucinda's voice is as beautiful as ever but she seems to not even be trying. The album lacks the passion of her previous albums.
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scottsFeb 19, 2007I, like many, am her number one fan. But even I have to admit that this is her weakest effort to date. Vocally: not as interesting. Musically: much less so. And too many themes are redundant from past, and better, albums. Normally, Lucinda's lyrics and delivery can overcome weak production. Not this time. Blame Lucinda, and especially producer Hal Willner, for a mediocre outing.
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ChrisRApr 13, 2007
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Awards & Rankings
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West may well be her best album. It is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired.
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Often harrowing, although Williams's emotional odyssey finds resolution on the title track.
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SpinLet those [few sub-par] parts slide into the ocean and enjoy the remaining hour of perfectly golden brilliance. [Feb 2007, p.89]