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Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731455833829
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
MPN: 558338
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Release Date: June 30, 1998
Studio: Island / Mercury
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Editorial Review:
Six years in the making, Car Wheels somehow lives up to its lofty expectations because of Williams's direct songwriting and her wonderfully unaffected vocals. With assistance from cohorts such as Steve Earle, Williams uses the acoustic accents of Dobros, mandolins, slide guitars, and accordions to add color to her grooves, whispers, and rumbles. Her lyrics are undisguised as she presents to us the travelogue of her memory. We can't wait for 2004! --Marc Greilsamer
Lucinda Williams makes this whole music thing seem so simple: Write in plain language about the people and places that crowd your memory; add subtle flavors of a mandolin here, a Dobro there, perhaps an accordion or slide guitar; above all, sing as honestly and naturally as you can. Of course, it took her six years to achieve this simplicity, an amazing achievement considering the number of knobs that were turned. Her exquisite voice moans and groans and slips and slides--she delivers a polished tone in a coarse manner. On the superb "Concrete and Barbed Wire," soft acoustic guitars are punctuated by electric slide, accordion, mandolin, and Steve Earle's harmony. Williams's deeply personal stories are matched with bluesy rumbles, raunchy grooves, and plaintive whispers. The entire Deep South is reduced to a sleepy small town filled with ex-lovers, dive bars, and endless gravel roads. --Marc Greilsamer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Over-rated, but I love the way she sings
A couple of good songs, but all in all a bit too squared off. Not much imagination, roots music doesn't have to be so dry. I was drawn to her by her appearance at the Gram Parson Tribute concert. When she has great songs to sing she is really fine.
Rating:  - The Lucinda I fell for years ago
I used to own this album when it first came out, it was my first taste of Lucinda Williams. At the time, I loved all the hits (title track, Too Kool 2 B Forgotton, etc). Now, I've grown tired of those songs and when purchasing and listening to this album again, it is her other songs on it that captivate me. I would say there is not one song on this album that isn't great. I know that some of her other work is fairly sad, or dark, but this one is not. If you like anything you have heard from ... Read More
Rating: - Can't I give it more than five stars?
An American masterpiece. It is that simple. If you are only going to buy one Lucinda album, this is the one for you. As great as her self-titled album was, this is better. A flawless gem, one of those albums that can change your life.
Rating: - "Love Hangover"
`Car Wheels on a Gravel Road' is properly titled for its sound and content. Featuring breathy, but spirited vocals, Lucinda Williams reminds one slightly of Janis Joplin on her near-acapella song "Mercedes Benz". Having plenty to say about breaking up with her boyfriend(s), her cyclical, twangy honky-tonk songs of regret come off as both sad and exhilarating despite the bitterness. Only on her truly scathing "Joy" does she take aim at her significant other at full force. Otherwise, she's just ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing Lyrics
I ordered this cd specifically for the song "Drunken Angel". It has to be some of the best lyrics written, it makes you feel the heartache and wonder how anyone could write that without actually living through it. The rest of the cd is equally as spectacular. It is an emotion filled cd, with wonderful vocals and music. I would recommend this cd to many people, even if you do not particually care for country music.
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