Little Honey


Little Honey is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on October 14, 2008, by Lost Highway Records. The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, selling 35,000 copies that week, thereby becoming her first Top 10 album.
A critical and commercial success, the album earned Williams a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album in 2010, the first year to feature this category.

Music and lyrics

The album includes guest appearances by Elvis Costello, Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet and Charlie Louvin. "Circles and X's" was written in 1985, around the same time was "If Wishes Were Horses," while "Well Well Well" dates from 1991. "Real Love" was released to radio and digital outlets as the first single.

Critical reception

Little Honey was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 23 reviews. Spin called it "her finest record since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road," stating she "goes back to the roots-rock well and takes a long, satisfying swig". Rolling Stone rated the 4 out of 5 stars, singling out the track "If Wishes Were Horses" as "sublime". AllMusic called the album "the most polished and studied record she's ever made", stating "its sound is utterly contemporary, though its forms are rooted in electric '70s rock as well as her fallbacks on blues and old-school Americana", but concluded that there are "songs that pack some punch, but no jaw-dropping wallops".

Awards

Track listing

All songs by Lucinda Williams, except where indicated.
Bonus tracks
  • "Jailhouse Tears" – 4:49
  • "Rarity" – 7:35
  • "Knowing" – 4:42
  • "Circles & X's" – 3:58
  • "If Wishes Were Horses" – 4:55
  • "Real Love" – 3:39

    "Lu in '08" EP

Released on October 28, 2008, as a Digital-Only EP featuring 4 live tracks :
  1. "Masters of War"
  2. "For What It's Worth"
  3. "Marching the Hate Machines Into the Sun"
  4. "Bone of Contention"
Notes
Additional musicians