Lucinda Williams: West
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Are you alright? — Mama you sweet — Learning how to live — Fancy funeral — Unsuffer me — Everything has changed — Come on — Where is my love? — Rescue — What if — Wrap my head around that — Words — West. Lead vocals and acoustic guitar by Williams.
Chuck Arnold wrote in People: "Musicians have long used songwriting as a form of therapy, but rarely as eloquently as Lucinda Williams. On the wistful 'Words,' one of many highlights of her eighth studio disc, she sings about the cathartic powers of 'the paper and the pen' as she writes off a relationship: 'My words enjoy the feel of the paper/ Better than mingling with your consonants/ Once they get going, they never waver.' … Such pure poetry helps make West … the first great CD of 2007. But the genius of Williams lies in her ability to be both poetic and plain-spoken. Just as she cautions against spending too much money on a 'Fancy Funeral,' she doesn't dress up her rootsy tunes in flowery language. Which helps her get right to the bluesy heart of a song like 'Unsuffer Me'" (2/26/07, p. 45).
Contents: Are you alright? — Mama you sweet — Learning how to live — Fancy funeral — Unsuffer me — Everything has changed — Come on — Where is my love? — Rescue — What if — Wrap my head around that — Words — West. Lead vocals and acoustic guitar by Williams.
Chuck Arnold wrote in People: "Musicians have long used songwriting as a form of therapy, but rarely as eloquently as Lucinda Williams. On the wistful 'Words,' one of many highlights of her eighth studio disc, she sings about the cathartic powers of 'the paper and the pen' as she writes off a relationship: 'My words enjoy the feel of the paper/ Better than mingling with your consonants/ Once they get going, they never waver.' … Such pure poetry helps make West … the first great CD of 2007. But the genius of Williams lies in her ability to be both poetic and plain-spoken. Just as she cautions against spending too much money on a 'Fancy Funeral,' she doesn't dress up her rootsy tunes in flowery language. Which helps her get right to the bluesy heart of a song like 'Unsuffer Me'" (2/26/07, p. 45).
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