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9.0
143498
9.0 |
Hot Press
The type of record that restores faith that rock and roll might just outlast the current state of chassis in global politics
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8.1
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8.1 |
Beats Per Minute
World’s Gone Wrong extends Williams’ fertile run, infused with the aesthetic adventurousness and undiluted honesty that have characterized her work for over four decades
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
While burning with barely suppressed anger, her 16th album shows that, even in the darkest of times, there’s hope to be found
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8.0
143475
8.0 |
All Music
World's Gone Wrong is an album of its moment that addresses issues that have been with us for centuries, and like a good blues song, they never stop being timely – and worth singing loud and clear, which is just what Williams does here
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Even as she turns 73, Williams sounds present, ready to mix it, and therefore as good a hope as we have. Print edition only
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8.0
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Uncut
The music is straight and soothing, a band coming together in a rootsy salve as Williams returns to a favourite theme, deliverance through music. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
World’s Gone Wrong may well turn out to be a landmark release in Lucinda Williams’ career. But it’s not only its uncompromising lyrical message but its musical direction that raises questions. You can’t recapture lightning in a bottle, and it may be that her future lies in a less quirky, more strident genre than previously. And that’s a choice she has earned the right to make
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Energised, focused, enraged yet also fully infused with the warmth of compassion and a wary hope for better things to come
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
The ten tracks on Lucinda Williams’ World Gone Wrong are heavy. This ain’t no party record. There’s too much pain going around in the world
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7.5
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7.5 |
Paste Magazine
The alt-country legend doesn’t offer a survival guide or false hope, but she does offer solidarity—and a commitment to fight
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7.3
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7.3 |
Spectrum Culture
World's Gone Wrong, while plenty angry, turns out to be less a protest album and more a mix of reportage and a call for resilience, all written in a style that allows it to be a timeless piece of resistance, born from its moment but not beholden to it
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7.0
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7.0 |
XS Noize
Secret Love represents a definitive consolidation of the band’s identity, marking a sophisticated transition toward a more intricate and atmospheric sonic landscape
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6.9
143499
6.9 |
Pitchfork
Lucinda Williams’ world-weary new album takes comfort in rootsy rock’n’roll with a casual, authoritative swing that belies its stylistic range
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