Essence (studio album) by Lucinda Williams

Essence by Lucinda Williams
Year: 2001
Overall rank: 6,943rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2001 (127th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,222nd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,943rd)
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Lucinda Williams bestography

Essence is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Lucinda Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lucinda Williams is Car Wheels On A Gravel Road which is ranked number 745 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,348.

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 45 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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From 10/13/2014 04:25
This album is real mellow but evokes much emotion with the vocal delivery, arrangements & production. I listen to this very frequently. Probably my 2nd fav Lucinda album slightly behind "Car Wheels". Very stripped and sparsely arranged, which suit these songs perfectly. Fav tracks: "Lonely Girls", "Steal Your Love", "Get Right With God", "Essence", "Out OF Touch" & "I Envy The Wind". Least fav "Broken Butterflies". A+ Good listening for some couch sitting lovin with your date. Romance enhancer for sure MEZ
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From 02/25/2013 23:36
Originally my Number One album of 2001, in a year that I saw her live, which may have had some influence on my feelings toward this album. I still love this one, even though it's a change of pace from her classic previous release, Car Wheels. This one is much more bare and subtle than the classic country-rock of Car Wheels. It's typified by "Blue" - as that word also describes the overriding mood of the album.

"Lonely Girls," "Essence," and "I Envy the Wind" also fit in with the melancholy, and are also among Lucinda's better songs.
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