Live at the Fillmore (Lucinda Williams album) explained

Live @ The Fillmore
Type:live
Artist:Lucinda Williams
Cover:Live @ the Fillmore.jpg
Released:May 10, 2005
Recorded:November 20–22, 2003
Genre:Americana, alternative country,
country rock, folk-rock,
heartland rock, blues rock
Length:115:36
Label:Lost Highway
Producer:Lucinda Williams
Taras Prodaniuk
Prev Title:World Without Tears
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:West
Next Year:2007

Live at the Fillmore (stylized as Live @ The Fillmore) is a live album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, her eighth album overall, released on May 10, 2005, by Lost Highway Records.

Recorded in November 2003 during a three-night stand in San Francisco,[1] the double album was met with critical acclaim, and debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 12 reviews. Critic Robert Christgau rated it highly for the live performance, but criticized it for only containing album tracks, including 11 from her previous album, 2003's World Without Tears. In his written review, Christgau stated "There's no point questioning Lucinda Williams's talent, or her perfectionism. Of course her first live album sounds dandy. There isn't a bad song or performance on it. Unfortunately, there isn't a new song or performance on it either".[3]

AllMusic rated the album 4 out of a possible 5 stars, writing "as Williams searches through the nooks and crannies of her songs, you sense she's discovering things that she didn't expect to find, and it's a tremendous thing to hear," concluding that she "is an artist who writes from her soul, and she's thoroughly unafraid of letting her passion show when she sings. If that makes for strained technique, it also results in very real art, and this album offers a privileged glimpse of a singular songwriter in full flight".[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lucinda Williams.[4]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Live at the Fillmore! Chart (2005)! Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 110
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 43
US Billboard 20066

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/live--the-fillmore-mw0000243756 Live @ The Fillmore - AllMusic review
  2. Billboard 200 > Lucinda Williams. Billboard. 2021-10-02.
  3. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/williams2-ble.php www.robertchristgau.com
  4. Lucinda Williams . Live @ the Fillmore . 2005 . booklet . Lost Highway Records.
  5. Web site: Lucinda Williams chart history. imgur.com. 2021-10-02.
  6. Web site: Dutch Charts > Lucinda Williams. Dutch Album Top 100. 2021-10-02.
  7. Web site: Swedish Charts > Lucinda Williams. Sverigetopplistan. 2021-10-02.