- Record Label: Highway 20 Records
- Release Date: Jun 30, 2023
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Jun 30, 2023These stories resonate with strength and an irrepressible spirit few other artists can summon. Williams’ ability to persevere over issues that would sideline lesser talents and create music this impressive is a testament to the vitality of her rock ’n’ roll heart.
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Jul 3, 2023It’s a relief to find Williams as thought-provoking and moving as ever.
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Jun 30, 2023Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart is an example of strength and conviction—as well as friendship.
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Jun 30, 2023Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart is a triumphant return, an uplifting listen and a valuable addition to her magnificent catalogue.
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Jun 30, 2023Now 70 years old, she is back on form with her 15th album.
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Jun 29, 2023She clearly announces that she’s not going gently into that good night. She may feel burned out, but she still wants to get higher. She refuses to give up without a fight. She’s the same as she ever was, goddamnit. All hail the queen.
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Jun 28, 2023This album is all heart, the camaraderie is immense, and Williams assures listeners that's it's not dark yet. [Summer 2023, p.78]
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UncutJun 28, 2023There's little on her 16th album to suggest it's anything other than business as usual. [Jul 2023, p.36]
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Jun 28, 2023Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart is brash, loud, triumphant, and quintessentially Williams — her perseverance in the face of adversity is truly inspiring, and these stories are tales to live by.
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Jun 28, 2023This is indeed as animated as we’ve heard Lucinda in some time. Her articulation and her songs are strong, while buoyed by excellent backing musicians, vocalists, and superb production values.
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Jul 6, 2023Even as she’s lost some of her range, Williams’ voice remains sui generis. She’s never sounded more tender or unguarded as she does on “Where the Song Will Find Me,” leaning into her vibrato, letting the holes and pockmarks in her voice tell their own stories.
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Jun 30, 2023Stories From a Rock 'n' Roll Heart isn't the triumphant return some might have hoped for, but for its flaws, it shows Williams hasn't lost her spark or her determination to create, and this may not be a great album, but it suggests she has it in her to make another great one somewhere down the line. Here's hoping.
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Jun 28, 2023Williams’s most lyrically conceptual album to date, centered around resilience, revival, and renewal.
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Jun 28, 2023As it swivels between rock hymns like the Boss-backed New York comeback and country laments like Jukebox, it becomes a primer for newcomers, not a unified statement on a par with 2020's raw Good Souls Better Angels or the landmark Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. Still, it is a triumph that this exists at all. [Aug 2023, p.80]