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Lucinda Williams - Essence (2001)

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Lucinda Williams - Essence (2001)

Lucinda Williams - Essence (2001)
Rock/Blues | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 107 MB | Cover | RS.com


01. Lonely Girls
02. Steal Your Love
03. I Envy The Wind
04. Blue
05. Out of Touch
06. Are You Down
07. Essence
08. Reason to Cry
09. Get Right With God
10. Bus to Baton Rouge
11. Broken Butterflies


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Few artists in recent memory have been able to wring more from less than Lucinda Williams. The hauntingly beautiful, wistful, and often breathtaking Essence is another case in point of how far raw emotion and honesty can carry an artist. Williams's singing is at its paralyzing best throughout 11 bare originals, an incredibly affecting vocal performance by a woman who was not blessed with exceptional tone, range, or pitch. Throughout, her voice is incredibly naked, vulnerable, and wrought with feeling. "Blue" and "Broken Butterflies" are gorgeous anti-lullabies whose simple melodies belie their poignant ruminations. The title track is a sultry and susceptible sex-as-drug come-on while "Reason to Cry" has all the hallmarks of a classic country lament. The only departure from the subdued mood is "Get Right with God," a rousing gospel tune that practically begs for salvation through punishment and is the rare acknowledgement of a world beyond Williams's own fears and desires. More meditative than the personal narratives found on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Essence is ultimately more powerful. Williams wallows in sorrow and weakness, and the result is moving and disarming.
"Get Right With God" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.