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World Without Tears
Singer-Songwriter · 2003 · 13 tracks

World Without Tears

Lucinda Williams

Southern Gothic grit. Raw, blues-soaked songs of heartbreak and spiritual reckoning delivered with an unmistakable, whiskey-stained drawl.

April 7, 2003 · Lost Highway

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A heavy, humid blend of Southern heartbreak and spiritual grit that feels lived-in and raw.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Fruits of My Labor
4:53
02
Righteously
4:46
03
Ventura
4:47
04
Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
4:47
05
Overtime
4:03
06
Those Three Days
5:04
07
Atonement
5:54
08
Sweet Side
3:41
09
Minneapolis
4:12
10
People Talkin’
5:16
11
American Dream
4:42
12
World Without Tears
4:21
13
Words Fell
4:15
Moments Worth Listening For
The swampy, distorted guitar crunch that anchors the menacing crawl of Atonement.
The way her voice cracks with desperate longing on the opening line of Fruits of My Labor.
The hypnotic, slow-burn groove of Righteously that feels both dangerous and deeply intimate.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does World Without Tears sound next to the rest of Lucinda Williams's catalogue?

Late Night+1.9σ

Late Night saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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