World Without Tears

by Lucinda Williams

World Without Tears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 April 2003
  • Label: Lost Highway
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:40
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eschewing meticulous studio polishing, the veteran songwriter opted for a raw, electric sound captured predominantly through live-in-the-studio takes. The unvarnished backing band perfectly complements her ragged, blues-inflected explorations of enduring abuse and hard-won resilience.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, female-vocals, guitars, storytelling, bluesy, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Fruits Of My Labor (4:48)
  2. Righteously (4:38)
  3. Ventura (4:41)
  4. Real Live Bleeding Fingers And Broken Guitar Strings (4:41)
  5. Overtime (3:58)
  6. Those Three Days (4:59)
  7. Atonement (5:50)
  8. Sweet Side (3:35)
  9. Minneapolis (4:08)
  10. People Talkin' (5:11)
  11. American Dream (4:38)
  12. World Without Tears (4:15)
  13. Words Fell (4:14)

Credits

  • Taras Prodaniuk - bass, harmony vocals [harmonies], arranged by [musical arrangement], double bass [stand up bass]
  • Jim Christie - drums, electric organ [vox organ], arranged by [musical arrangement], electric piano [wurlitzer]
  • Doug Pettibone - electric guitar, harmony vocals [harmonies], mandolin, arranged by [musical arrangement]
  • Loraine Abeles - hair, make-up
  • Ron McMaster - lacquer cut by
  • Linda Medvene - stylist [wardrobe stylist]
  • Kathleen Brennan - written-by
  • Tom Waits - written-by

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