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- Summary: The latest full-length release from singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams features guest appearances by Norah Jones, Brittney Spencer and Mavis Staples.
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- Record Label: The Orchard
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jan 23, 2026World’s Gone Wrong extends Williams’ fertile run, infused with the aesthetic adventurousness and undiluted honesty that have characterized her work for over four decades.
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Jan 20, 2026World’s Gone Wrong may well turn out to be a landmark release in Lucinda Williams’ career. But it’s not only its uncompromising lyrical message but its musical direction that raises questions. You can’t recapture lightning in a bottle, and it may be that her future lies in a less quirky, more strident genre than previously. And that’s a choice she has earned the right to make. [Jan 2026, p.98]
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Jan 20, 2026The music is straight and soothing, a band coming together in a rootsy salve as Williams returns to a favourite theme, deliverance through music. [Feb 2026, p.24]
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Jan 20, 2026World’s Gone Wrong manages to turn the Tennessee-based songwriter’s urgent dismay and anger at the socio-political chaos that is tearing America apart into genuinely impactful and affecting art that is likely to endure long after the final splinters of the current mess have been swept away.
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Jan 23, 2026World's Gone Wrong is an album of its moment that addresses issues that have been with us for centuries, and like a good blues song, they never stop being timely – and worth singing loud and clear, which is just what Williams does here.
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Feb 3, 2026Williams’ self-penned lyrics boldly declare her dissatisfaction with the present. She doesn’t mince words as much as spit them out. She sings directly and passionately from the heart.
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Jan 26, 2026Williams revels in the comfort of rock’n’roll, encouraging her band to play loud even when they’re playing slow. .... There’s a casual, authoritative swing to their [the band's] performance that belies the stylistic range on the record; the songs touch upon different traditions, yet all sound of a piece.