World Without Tears

World Without Tears
Studio album by Lucinda Williams
Released	April 8, 2003
Genre	Americana, Alternative country, Folk-Rock
Length	59:53
Label	Lost Highway
Producer	Mark Howard Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
Essence (2001) World Without Tears (2003) Live @ The Fillmore (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	(Favourable)[2]
Mojo	[3]
Q magazine	[4]
Robert Christgau	A−[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	[7]
Uncut	[8]

World Without Tears is Lucinda Williams' seventh album. It was released in 2003. It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200, selling about 54,000 copies in its first week.^[9] According to Billboard the album has sold 415,000 copies in the United States up to February 2008.^[10]

Track listing

(All songs by Lucinda Williams)

1. "Fruits of My Labor" – 4:41
2. "Righteously" – 4:36
3. "Ventura" – 4:37
4. "Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings" – 4:40
5. "Overtime" – 3:52
6. "Those Three Days" – 4:53
7. "Atonement" – 5:47
8. "Sweet Side" – 3:34
9. "Minneapolis" – 4:03
10. "People Talkin'" – 5:05
11. "American Dream" – 4:30
12. "World Without Tears" – 4:11
13. "Words Fell" – 4:11

Personnel

• Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Doug Pettibone – electric guitars, harmonies, mandolin ("People Talkin")
• Taras Prodaniuk – bass, harmonies
• Jim Christie – drums, wurlitzer ("American Dream"), vox organ ("Ventura", "Minneapolis")

References