{"product_id":"lucinda-williams-essence-25th-anniversary-edition-pink","title":"Lucinda Williams - Essence (25th Anniversary Edition) [Pink]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucinda Williams' Essence is getting a 25th anniversary pressing on pink vinyl, a fresh look at the hushed, hypnotic 2001 album that followed her career-making breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing after the widely acclaimed Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Essence surprised some listeners by slowing everything down. Williams co-produced with Bo Ramsey and Tom Tucker, and the songs trade detailed storytelling for something more elemental, all longing and the ache of absence, sung in a voice that sounds like it has seen everything twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is superb, with Jim Keltner on drums and Charlie Sexton adding colour. \"Essence\" itself is a slow, smouldering plea, with Ryan Adams and Gary Louris lending their voices, while \"Lonely Girls\" opens the record with a spare, repetitive beauty. \"Get Right with God\" swings into fiery gospel-blues territory and earned Williams a Grammy, and \"Blue\" is every bit as aching as its title suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer writing here is more impressionistic than ever, built on repeated lines that work like mantras until they get under your skin and stay there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Americana devotees, this anniversary edition is a welcome excuse to sink back into one of her most quietly powerful records, and the pink vinyl makes a striking companion to its moody songs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57269572763953,"sku":"199957967105","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Lucinda_Williams-Essence_25th_Anniversary_Edition_Pink.jpg?v=1793641758","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/lucinda-williams-essence-25th-anniversary-edition-pink","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}