Lucinda Williams (album)

Lucinda Williams
Studio album by Lucinda Williams
Released	1988
Genre	Alternative country
Length	38:35
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer	Gurf Morlix Dusty Wakeman Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
Happy Woman Blues (1980) Lucinda Williams (1988) Sweet Old World (1992)

Lucinda Williams is Lucinda Williams's third album. It was first released in 1988, then re-released with bonus tracks by KOCH International in 1998. Up to January 2000 it had sold close to 100,000 copies in America.^[1]

In 1994, "Passionate Kisses" won a Grammy for best country song for Williams as songwriter, which had been covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, who also won a best female country vocal performance for the song the same year.^{[citation needed]}

It ranked number thirty-nine on Spin's 100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	A [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Lucinda Williams except where noted.

1. "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" – 2:25
2. "The Night's Too Long" – 4:15
3. "Abandoned" – 3:45
4. "Big Red Sun Blues" – 3:27
5. "Like a Rose" – 2:37
6. "Changed the Locks" – 3:39
7. "Passionate Kisses" – 2:35
8. "Am I Too Blue" – 2:55
9. "Crescent City" – 3:01
10. "Side of the Road" – 3:27
11. "Price to Pay" – 2:46
12. "I Asked for Water (He Gave Me Gasoline)" (Chester Burnett) – 3:43

Bonus tracks

13. "Nothing In Rambling (live) (Joe McCoy) - (3:12)
14. "Disgusted (live) (Lil' Son Jackson) - (3:08)
15. "Side of the Road (live) - (3:52)
16. "Goin' Back Home (traditional, arranged by Lucinda Williams) - (3:20)
17. "Something About What Happens When We Talk (live) - (3:19)
18. "Sundays (live) - (3:26)

References