Ranking: Songs from Lucinda Williams - s/t (1988)

  It took Lucinda Williams 8 years to come up with her second album of original material.  And what a stunner it is.  My favorite album of hers because it includes my favorite song of hers, "Side of the Road". It's also an album that was mined for great covers by others: "Passionate Kisses". "Changed the Locks". Car Wheels On A Gravel Road often gets mentioned as the ultimate Lucinda album.  No doubt it's a great one too, but I have to give the edge to this 1988 one.

1.  Side of the Road

2.  Passionate Kisses

3.  Changed the Locks

4.  I Just Wanted To See You So Bad

5.  Crescent City

6.  Price to Pay

7.  The Night's Too Long

8.  I Asked For Water

9.  Big Red Sun Blues

10.  Like A Rose

11.  Am I Too Blue

12.  Abandoned