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- Summary: Recorded live in studio with her band and co-produced by Mark Howard, 'World Without Tears' marks the follow-up to Williams' acclaimed 2001 release 'Essence.'
- Record Label: Lost Highway
- Genre(s): Rock, Folk, Alt-Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 18
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Mixed: 3 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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SpinWhile Essence was lyrically spare, World marks Williams' return to the painful sensuality of the specific. [May 2003, p.109]
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A perfectly imperfect set, it's looser, blowsier, and more what-the-hell? than anything she's done.
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Williams' captivating lyrics are gut-wrenchingly intimate.
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It is simply the bravest, most emotionally wrenching record she's ever issued.
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It's an album filled with appetites and their consequences.
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BlenderUnlike 2001's spare Essence, this album prickles with the lyrical details that make Williams's work exceptional. [#15, p.126]
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Beyond the musical unevenness of an album whose finer qualities interleave those mounting miscalculations, a rising suspicion that misery is of more comfort to her than happiness makes the tenor of Williams' songs increasingly hard to bear.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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BrianKFeb 14, 2007her best? it's a toss up between Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and this album. She is truly an amazing performer and songwriter.
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JonHJun 13, 2004another wonderful record from Lucinda.
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[Anonymous]Jan 28, 2006the best album i've ever heard
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MattJul 9, 2003Another great album for Lucinda. Different is not always worse.
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RussAug 14, 2007
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JimLApr 4, 2006Great! Harder rocking.
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T.DavidApr 30, 2003
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