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Lucinda Williams - Happy Woman Blues Audio CD

A fair review of the Lucinda Williams "Happy Woman Blues" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Lucinda Williams reviews here, or go back to the Lucinda Williams tabs.

Lucinda Williams Band: Lucinda Williams
Title: Happy Woman Blues
Rating:
Release Date: 1992-07-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lafayette 2: I Lost It 3: Maria 4: Happy Woman Blues 5: King of Hearts 6: Rolling Along 7: One Night Stand 8: Howlin' at Midnight 9: Hard Road 10: Louisiana Man 11: Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)

Great early album
It is not as great as her follow up self-titled album or Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, but it is very good in its own right and has some great songs, particularly the title track, Lafayette and the original, faster version of I Think I Lost It, which she re-recorded on Car Wheels. This little-known early album showcases a much more country, much more raw Lucinda Williams.


Early Lucinda Williams - still excellent
I pulled a handful and listened. I was in the public library recently, flipping through the CD's. What a joy it was to hit this one! I so much love discovering an artist and body of work that I knew nothing of. I feel like an armchair explorer.

I have since picked up 6 more of her CD's and enjoy them all. This one is very good. There is an unguarded down-home sound to her voice here that seems to fade in following albums. It is an early work but is more sophisticated than the Ramblin' CD. The addition of background vocals and more instruments fills out the songs a little. But I still enjoy the simple sound of this period.

Mike.


Vintage Lucinda
I Lost It debuts here; (It's also on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road) and you can hear how much her sound has changed and yet remained true to her folk/alt country essence. This cd is essential if you are a true Lucinda Williams fan.


Keeps getting better
Since then, I've come to realize how good this disc really is; it gets better all the time. A couple of years ago, I reviewed this and gave it three stars. This was Lucinda's second release, and it's more country/folk than her later stuff. As raw as this is, the songwriting is superb. She has become known as one of the best artists around, and here you see,(and hear) that she had this gift right from the start. A classic.


Happy Woman Blues
A throw away that she made just to get her feet wet in the industry. Lucinda stated that she thought this was the record to avoid. I first heard Lucinda in Princeton, NJ opening for David Byrne. She blew him away and my eyes were opened to this musical genius. HWB is the perfect stepping stone to LW's later recordings. Vinyl pressings are climbing into the hundreds of dollars. Small wonder. You'll enjoy this Cd. Scott Neuman Forever Vinyl . com.


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