Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (2008)

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Lucinda Williams does anguish so well it’s easy to forget that Happy Woman Blues is not just the title of her 1980 album, but also the way she thinks of herself. That identity comes across full force in Little Honey, the follow-up to 2007’s heavily brooding West, where her melancholy voice seemed to creak with sadness. Here, a full-throated Williams revels in the rejuvenation of her engagement to her manager/co-producer Tom Overby, over whom she’s positively giddy on "Real Love."



Her newfound bliss opens the floodgates to a musical revival, as well, since Little Honey, her ninth studio album, ranks as one of her most diverse, ranging from pounding rock ‘n’ roll (the raw sex of the title track) to the Hank Williams-ish country blues of "Well, Well, Well," to "Knowing"'s ‘60s soul. But some of the finest writing appears on "Plan to Marry," as thoughtful a meditation on love as any time-honored sonnet. Just when Williams seems to have run the gamut, she pulls out a Stones-y (via Louisiana) cover of AC/DC’s "It’s a Long Way to the Top" as the punctuation mark. It all makes for a rollicking ride with one of roots-rock's most unpredictable and passionate artists.



Little Honey is a much happier album the Lucinda's last album, West, although I'm not sure it's better, it's just as good just the same.

The album kicks off with "Real Love" a rocking, happy tune. It's something we've never heard from Lucinda, then it goes into the country-tinged ballad "Circles and X's" which was actually written over twenty years ago and I'm not sure why she hadn't used it before, and she slips into a very bluesy "Tears Of Joy" talking about playing games but now she has met a man to whom she loves, then comes the loud, beautiful "Little Rock Star", now this is one of the highlights, most definitley, it may even be the best song on the album. "Honey Bee" is a fast raunchy rocker, it is fun although a bit silly.



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Tracklist:

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01 - Real Love

02 - Circles ands X's

03 - Tears of Joy

04 - Little Rock Star

05 - Honey Bee

06 - Well Well Well

07 - If Wishes Were Horses

08 - Jailhouse Tears

09 - Knowing

10 - Heaven Blues

11 - Rarity

12 - Plan to Marry

13 - It's a Long Way to the Top



*2008 Lost Highway Records / Universal | B001143402





Personnel:

Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar

Butch Norton – drums, percussion

David Sutton – electric bass, double bass, cello

Chet Lyster – electric and acoustic guitars, saw and table steel

Doug Pettibone – electric and acoustic guitars, pedal steel



Additional musicians

Rob Burger – wurlitzer, vibraphone, piano, Hammond organ

Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs – backing vocals ("Real Love", "Little Rock Star", "Rarity")

Charlie Louvin, Jim Lauderdale – backing vocals ("Well Well Well")

Elvis Costello – vocals ("Jailhouse Tears")

Susan Marshall, Gia Ciambotti, Kristenin Mooney – backing vocals ("Tears of Joy")

Kristen Mooney, Tim Easton, Susan Marshall – backing vocals ("It's a Long Way to the Top")

Jim Lauderdale, Susan Marshall, Gia Ciambotti, Kristen Mooney – backing vocals ("Jailhouse Tears")

Bruce Fowler – trombone

Walt Fowler – flugelhorn

Albert Wing – tenor sax