This Sweet Old World

This Sweet Old World
A photo of Williams seated in a car, looking back toward the camera
Studio album by
Lucinda Williams
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Recorded2017
StudioDave's Room, North Hollywood, California, United States
Genre
Length70:59
LanguageEnglish
Label
Producer
  • Tom Overby
  • Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
The Ghosts of Highway 20
(2016) 		This Sweet Old World
(2017) 		Vanished Gardens
(2018)

This Sweet Old World is the 13th studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on September 29, 2017, by Highway 20 Records and Thirty Tigers. A re-recording of her 1992 album Sweet Old World,[1] Williams was motivated to revisit the older material by her husband and manager Tom Overby, who co-produced the album with her.[2] The album has received critical acclaim.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Independent5/5[4]
PopMatters[5]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, This Sweet Old World received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 from five critic scores.[3] Mark Deming of AllMusic Guide gave the album a positive assessment, with the editorial staff ranking it 3.5 out of five stars. Deming calls this release "a genuine improvement" over the famously fraught 1992 album, with his only complaint being the wearing on Williams' voice due to age.[1] Writing for Exclaim!, Mark Dunn gave the album seven out of 10, agreeing that Williams' voice has changed dramatically in the ensuing 25 years but noting that she uses it as an instrument masterfully, pairing it with stripped-down country arrangements, compared to the more pop feel of the 1992 release.[6] George de Stefano of PopMatters gave the release nine out of 10, calling it a "surprising and bold move" and writes that both the re-recordings and the new tracks are "gems".[5] In The San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Zucker calls the album a document of Williams' musical evolution, with a mix of live energy, emotional lyrics, and rocking sound.[7] In The Independent, Andy Gill recommended several tracks for download and gave the album five out of five stars, summing up: Her voice, meanwhile, has grown into these songs splendidly: it’s amazing how much brazen sensuality she can bring to an image like “Saw you in the laundromat, washing your clothes/Getting all the dirt out”.[4]

Chart performance

On October 21, 2017, This Sweet Old World reached No. 21 on Billboard's Internet Albums chart,[8] No. 57 on the Top Current Albums,[9] No. 6 on Americana/Folk Albums Sales,[10] No. 17 on Rock Album Sales,[11] No. 14 on Independent Albums,[12] and No. 22 on Tastemakers.[13] For the comprehensive Total Album Sales, it topped out at No. 65.[14] The album peaked for one week at No. 101 in the Netherlands.[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lucinda Williams, except where noted.[16]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Six Blocks Away" 4:13
2."Prove My Love" 4:53
3."Something About What Happens When We Talk" 4:44
4."Memphis Pearl"
  • Lucinda Williams
  • Lorne Rall
4:19
5."Sidewalks of the City" 5:23
6."Sweet Old World" 4:45
7."Little Angel, Little Brother" 4:42
8."Pineola" 4:18
9."Lines Around Your Eyes" 2:45
10."Drivin' Down a Dead End Street"
  • Williams
  • Betty Elders
6:06
11."Hot Blood" 6:19
12."Which Will"Nick Drake4:31
13."Factory Blues"Traditional3:36
14."What You Don't Know"
3:52
15."Wild and Blue"John Scott Sherrill3:31
16."Dark Side of Life" 3:02
Total length:70:59

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • Fetzer Design – design
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • David McClister – photography
  • Tom Overby – production
  • David Spreng – engineering

Charts

Chart performance for This Sweet Old World
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 101
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[10] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 14
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[11] 17
US Tastemakers (Billboard)[13] 22

References

  1. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "This Sweet Old World – Lucinda Wililams". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Anderson, Fran C. (August 16, 2017). "Lucinda Williams Re-Records, Re-Releases 1992 Album Sweet Old World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "This Sweet Old World by Lucinda Williams". Metacritic. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Andy (October 19, 2017). "Album reviews: Niall Horan – Flicker, Pink – Beautiful Trauma, Destroyer – Ken". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b de Stefano, George (October 2, 2017). "Lucinda Williams: This Sweet Old World". PopMatters. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Dunn, Mark (October 2, 2017). "Lucinda Williams This Sweet Old World". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Zucker, Joshua (December 20, 2017). "Lucinda Williams Revisits This Sweet Old World". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  14. ^ "Lucinda Williams Chart History". Billboard. October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Lucinda Wililams – This Sweet Old World". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  16. ^ This Sweet Old World (booklet). Lucinda Williams. Highway 20 Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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