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

1. World Without Tears at AllMusic
2. The A.V. Club review
3. Mojo magazine review, June 2003, p. 94
4. Q magazine review, May 2003, p.144
5. Robert Christgau review
6. Rolling Stone review
7. Spin magazine review, May 2003, p. 109
8. Uncut magazine review, May 2003, p.88
9. Todd Martens, "Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight To No. 1", Billboard.com, April 16, 2003.
10. Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Williams' Wild 'West'". Billboard. February 8, 2008.